Posh boy seeks posh boy

Posh boy seeks posh boy with view to getting feet under table. Same would be appreciated for some of my friends. Several million votes in back pocket. No task too menial, principle no object.

Oi, Norman, I want my vote back!

Apparently the Liberal Democrats couldn't see how to establish a progressive, reforming government with Labour. So they've turned to the Tories.

My Liberal Democrat MP, Norman Baker, stood for parliament claiming a vote for him was the only way to keep the Tories out. I voted for him on that basis, as I have done before. Now his party has put the Tories in power.

So I might as well have voted Labour, or Green.

Can I have my vote back?

Talking Democracy Blues

Leon Rosselson voices his frustration on 13 years of labour rule and an imminent Tory government. Words, music and video: Copyright Leon Rosselson 2010.

A wasted vote or a nasty shock?

 

From Voter Power Index, Lewes Constituency

If 48.5% of Lewes voters didn't vote for the winning candidate in 2005, then 51.5% did. The Liberal Democrats won the seat with an overall majority of the votes, which sounds reasonable to me.

What statistical presentations like this leave out is the politics. Lewes was a 'safe' Tory seat until 1997. In that election many Labour and Green supporters took electoral reform into their own hands, and voted tactically for the Liberal Democrats. We've had a Lib Dem MP since then, he's been a good MP and he's maintained his seat. The same has happened in many constituencies around the UK - many voters have been able to use an 'alternative vote', even within the existing system, and have managed to influence the outcome.

If people think their vote is going to be 'wasted', they will be less likely to vote. If they don't vote, they're leaving the decision to those that do - and they may like the result even less.

Beware - don't take the politics out of politics - you might end up with a nasty shock.

Of the rich, by the rich, for the rich

Sums them up, really.

More from the same source.

R.I.P. Classless Society

Burke and Hare were serial murderers in the 1820s. Whereas Cameron and co. wouldn't cut a thing, would they?

More at the usual place.

I've never voted Tory before

And I'm not likely to this time, either.

I'm probably the last person on earth to see this. More gems on mydavidcameron.com . Defacing political posters just got a whole lot easier!