My taxi driver told me the other day that the word on the street is that the election is going to be announced for May 6th.
It’s Budget day today. Hold an old battered red briefcase next to your head outside Downing Street Day. Presumably alcohol, cigarettes and petrol will be more expensive tomorrow and apart from that the country still doesn’t have any money to budget with so it’s all a little immaterial.
Everyone seems to be confused about who to vote for. The parties and political boundaries are now so blurred that nobody seems sure that a change in government will have much effect. Politics has been so devalued and undermined of late that it really is a depressing state of affairs.
The younger generation seem wholly apathetic about the election – disaffected even. I wonder how much that is due to the way they use the internet to skim news and absorb stuff. There appears to be an unattractive attempt to pander to the young in all camps that I’m not sure will work. When I asked my son who he would have voted for if he’d been old enough he said “Labour….no, Conservative…..no, mum I really don’t give a shit”. Which is really, really bad if he is anywhere near normal. Although perhaps teenagers in general behave like this.
David Cameron’s promise of tax breaks for the married sends the message that the Conservatives still believe that a childless, but married couple is more deserving of recognition and financial backing than those single parents struggling to keep families afloat in difficult times. He is not going to get my vote as a result of that decision.
So, it seems to me that most people feel let down by Labour and are not sure about Cameron.
Liberal sympathisers may therefore be more prevalent than we thought.
How much does our national press influence our decisions? I find it fascinating that David Cameron socialises with Rebekah Brooks (nee Wade) who is CEO of News International and who must have had some influence in “The Sun” newspaper’s decision to back the Conservatives instead of Labour. This is likely to have a massive effect on the nation’s opinions.
March 24th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
If it’s May 6th then I will be able to vote in person instead of postal. Let down by Labour not sure about Cameron – yup that’s me! At least I’ve got 5 weeks to figure out which direction I want to vote…
March 24th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
Do you think I can still vote?
March 24th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Course you can still vote Lx
March 24th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
I’m old school and was always taught by my mum that my vote counted for something. But nowadays I am definitely feeling more like your son..that makes me quite sad.
March 24th, 2010 at 8:25 pm
Oh I don’t want to vote for any of them…. but feel I should as women died all those years ago so we could get the right to vote. Shame I can’t muscle up any enthusiasm all these years on… xx
March 25th, 2010 at 5:21 am
I reaslise that these days I still vote Labour because I have always voted Labour and I fear the thunderbolts which will strike me if I vote for anyone else. But I’ve lost faith. Sad.
April 4th, 2010 at 11:31 pm
This is a nice blog i must say, usually i don’t post comments on others’ blogs but would like to say that this post really forced me to do so!
April 11th, 2010 at 12:03 am
awesome post dude
April 24th, 2010 at 5:19 am
For most families, daycare expenses form a huge chunk of their monthly budget, and it has become extremely difficult for them to see a way through it.