The Voter's Dilemma

With the Election coming up I have to decided who will get my vote - or will I just chicken out and vote for none of them.. The trouble is that to vote for any party suggests that I agree with them, when, for the most part I do not. When I look at the New Labour Party and its proponents like Mandelson and Alistair Campbell, the chief spin doctors who treat the electorate with arrogant contempt, I see a party devoid of all principles and concerned only with holding the reigns of power. For thirteen years they have been mesmorized by excess wealth and the money-making gluttony of The City. They have thrown money at public services but achieved less and less with each colossal hand-out. And every step was decorated with crackpot dogma and political correctness - like using children to interview their own teachers and assess their suitability for the job. It is the bureaucracy of the loony bin. But then most politicians do not inhabit the real world. It now seems that there is another power struggle going on in the party to make sure that New Labour wins over Old Labour and if Gordon Brown loses - which they expect - they want to replace him with David Miliband. What on Earth makes them believe that the country will flock to a party led by David Miliband? He looks and sounds like a second rate 6th form prefect. And he comes from a wealthy background. Perhaps not as rich as Cameron but certainly not poor.

This government ploughs new depths of awfulness at it seeps into oblivion. Roy Hattersley called it "The Long Parliament". Like the parliament in the middle of the 17th century which Cromwell eloquently condemned, they have been here too long. I am coming to the conclusion that the Tories will win but I have little faith in them doing anything like a real good job. The only thing I can claim if I vote for the Tories is self-interest. It's not a good reason for voting for any party but I don't think that parties do high moral principles anymore. There was a cartoon in The Independent on Wednesday which illustrated with great force the dilemma facing the electorate ]see above].

Whatever we decide, it will be good to get rid of the excesses of the present parliament. I can quote Cromwell - "In the name of God, Go!"

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