They're not voting because...
- I *am* going to vote, but... Politics...
I *am* going to vote, but...
Politics in this country truly depress me. I'm a History and Politics student at University, and it just sickens me how the ideology, the commitment, the verve, the *passion* has just been sucked out of the three main parties. None of those parties have the guts to stand up against the baser instincts of the electorate.
For example: I am sick to death of the fact that most social policy in this country is determined by such rags as the Daily Mail. Why don't one of the three party leaders stand up to the seemingly growing tide against Asylum Seekers (for this, read "foreigners") and say NO! to this passive racism?
I don't regard any of the Party leaders very highly - especially Messrs. Blair and Howard.
So, am going to vote Lib Dem on May 5th, but don't interpret this as an endorsement of this country's electoral system, or its decaying parties.
written 18th Apr 2005
