Politics in Britain is rubbish. Genuinely rubbish. If, like
me, at the last election you voted for the Liberal Democrats, it's even more
rubbish. See, I don't like the Tories and I don't like Labour. So I went out
and voted for the Lib Dem's. The Lib Dem's then used the votes given to them by
people like me and joined up with the Tories. Thus we have a Tory government.
You can see why this has me a bit merked. It would be like going to Burger King
and ordering a Whopper but then getting a Big Mac because Burger King had
decided to go into a partnership with McDonalds but have also decided to no
longer sell their own food. Essentially, Britain is now like walking into a
Burger King but all the food is being sold by Ronald McDonald. It doesn't
attract anyone. The Burger King fans are annoyed because they can't have a
Whopper and the Mcdonalds fans are annoyed because they've got to eat their
McNuggets in an unfamiliar interior. It's all a giant mess.
Disgusted by what has happened, I've decided no longer to
support the Lib Dem's. They will not have my vote again, unless all the people
who were responsible for making this decision leave the party. This is going to
take a while. I am morally and ethically opposed to the Tory Party, so they are
out as well. I am neither a racist nor a fascist so the BNP is a definite no.
I'm actually reasonably pro Europe so UKIP won't be getting my vote. I'd rather
wipe my bum with sand paper than vote for any party linked to George Galloway
and I think the Green Party is a wasted vote. That all leaves Labour.
I'm not sure about Labour. Never have been. Labour will
always be the party of Tony Blair to me. The party that led us into an illegal
war in Iraq and the party that pretty much 0amde us into a CC-TV nation. What
with ID cards and everything else, Labour's genuine disregard for our civil and
personal liberties is the biggest reason to NOT vote for them in my eyes. That
being said, Unemployment did drop for quite a while under the Labour government
and they did bring in the minimum wage too which has been a giant positive step
in worker/employer relations. Forcing employers by law to pay workers a guaranteed
minimum amount was a huge victory for every day to day working person and I
hope we never forget what a momentous act it was. That being said, I'm still
not a Labour supporter and as of right now they do not have my vote.
The reasons are mostly due to my own prejudices’ but also
due to the fact that I am getting increasingly annoyed by their form of
opposition. The Labour approach to opposition these days is to basically come
out and say "the government is doing everything wrong. WRONG I SAY!".
Now, this is perfectly fine, for a party who've just announced a new leader and
are trying to find their voice. Ed Milliband has been Labour for quite a while
now. Even longer than quite a while actually. In fact, you could probably say
he's been leader for a decent amount of time. He's certainly been leader enough
to actually have some policies by now. Problem is, Eddy Baby doesn't have any
policies. I mean literally he has none. Not a single one. I couldn't tell you
his stance on anything. All I can tell you about Edward Von Milliband Esq is
that he thinks David Cameron is rubbish. He thinks David Cameron is a bad prime
minster. That's it. That's all I know about his political views. I'm sorry but
how am I supposed to do anything with that? You'd expect him to think that
David Cameron is a rubbish PM because otherwise he'd be in the government and
not THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION. The clue is kind of in the name there really.
What really set me off was Millibands latest performance in
Prime Minsters Questions. Mills took Cam-Bone to task for doing a U-Turn on his
cheaper alcohol policy. He made a joke about how Camzilla couldn't organise a
you-know-what in a brewery. Everyone on the labour side laughed and guffawed
(somewhat like Tories from the 80's actually) and clapped away because
Millidizzle had smacked Cam-Dog with a giant zinger. It was a reasonably good
line that I'm sure Eddy had practiced in the mirror 50 times before PMQ's. It
really wound me up though. It would be one thing to take a cheap shot at the PM
if you had something else to offer instead but Labour have nothing. Literally
nothing. I've yet to see Ed Milliband declare a stance on anything yet. I'm
begging him to come up with a policy. Seriously, any policy. "No more
money for nuclear weapons", "More money for nuclear weapons",
"More immigration", "less immigration", "disband the
house of lords", "free corsets for the under five's",
ANYTHING!!!
To all Labour supporters I really only have one question.
Why do you support them? It can't be because you connect with their values and
policies because they don't have any. I have come to the conclusion that the
only people who support Labour are people who think the Tories are rubbish and
just want to vote for somebody different in the vague hope that different =
better. If that's the way you are going to be, you might as well not vote. I
will only vote for someone if I think they are going to do a better job than
the person already voted in. That's the whole point of politics as far as I'm
concerned. You vote someone in, they do something, someone else comes along and
says how they would do it differently and then you base your next voting
decision on that information. This has now been twisted to the point that you
vote for someone but they then join up with someone completely opposite
allowing them to get into power, they do something, someone else comes along
and says they are doing a bad job but gives no information on how they would do
it differently and then you somehow try and work out how the frick you're going
to vote. NO WONDER LESS THAN 50% OF THE ELECTORATE VOTES!!!!
People seem fixated that Ed Milliband sounds a bit weird and
looks kind of nerdy. All the commentators seem to care about is his personality
or lack there of. This is immaterial. Ed Milliband could have the charisma of a
damp rag and the personality of a nursery school janitor and STILL get into
power if people felt he had any idea on how to run the country. Look at John
Major for proof that personality is no where near as important as people
thinking you'd be better at the job than the other guy. Maggie Thatcher (the
Baboon from the Lagoon) was pretty widely disliked and seen as an un-caring
person who stole kids milk money but she appeared to have the better policies
(And unlike Blair she won her war) than Michael Foot who's manifesto for the
1983 election was called "The longest suicide note in political
history". Say what you want about Thatcher, Major or Foot but by gum they
knew where they stood and they weren't afraid to show it.
This insistency from politicians to try and get away from
policies and beliefs is that eventually no party will have a clear idea on
anything and extreme right wing and left wing parties (Like the BNP and Greens)
will see a surge in their popularity for the simple reason that they actually
believe in something. Labour need to show us where they stand and what they
plan to do, otherwise the already waning interest in politics in this country
will continue it's never ending erosion.
