The three main parties have manifested themselves now. What have I learned so far? No one has impressed me enough so far. The red camp have my 'maybe better the devil you know' vote, the blues have the 'we're all in this together'vote, and the yellows have the 'i agree with your sentiment and ethics' vote. However all three parties have yet to convince me that they would do a better job than either of my cats!
How would a cat run the country? An interesting idea. Two mancat offensive on the rodents of britain! We would have a clean and happy society built on twice daily measured food for all, 101 uses for string and 12hour sleep sessions!
I have been very interested in the various election help websites that have popped up to aid the blogtweetfatbook generation(yes I am aware that word looks rude! B-)). My favourite site is a tool that tells you what fraction of one your vote is worth. Simply enter your postcode and BAM, an instant injection of apathy rubbing.... I can see mrfatbooktweet saying 'i mean why bother if my vote is only worth 0.001 of a whole vote?' This is the fraction I was presented with when I looked at my postcode. Its hard to feel my part in democracy in action, when i'd need 100 people to vote the same as me to make my vote equal 1! The current record amongst my friends is 0.2. Let me know if you're any higher.
Another interesting site brought to my attention by a sueperkins RT is mygayvote. It tracks how the three main parties have voted or commented, on all the gay related policies and votes in the last 5years. Interesting site, but feel it may have been designed with a stringent anti tory eye. If not the results are shocking.
So now here I sit on a packed crosscountry train wondering how my fellow passengers will vote. Maybe the question I should ask my self is HOW MANY of my fellow passengers will vote in the election. I'd like to see more effort paid to encouraging people to vote, to getting rid of the apathy, or worse the 'my mum just fills in my postal vote card, I can't be bothered' contingent. Hmm.
Ok time to leave this blog entry as I am sounding far to campaign-ey. And besides its time to venture to find a sneaky beer for the final hour of my journey!
Mmm!
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To the Sea
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The Beaches in Toronto. This is it. Ten years worth of daily images is
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