I have been feeling somewhat jaded by politics. I don’t believe there is any difference any more between the parties as such, and i wonder what in particular i think should be state responsibility, or within the state’s remit to meddle in. particulary as this particular party in power seems to think that it owns the populace, and should control everything.
it crossed my mind that since i don’t actually see any radical differences in the parties, that it makes voting a bit of a bugger. Maybe i should actually join a political party, and be a bit interested and involved and see if that way individuals can make a difference. i;m not convinced i had the time, but if i did, which party should it be????????
You might like to try the political compass.
They also have an interesting write up about the British parties and where they sit.
I have always come out lib dem. thing is, I think at the mo they are a fairly pointless party. I have voted for them for years pointlessly!
Ever since Thatcher/Kinnock/Ashdown days when politics was entertaining and people spoke with conviction, and maintained their position, I’ve felt disillusioned with politics and think that all politicians are the same (and I worked for one for a while). Party policy seems to be that you just oppose whatever the party in power says, no matter how sensible it is.
Marcus makes me vote because he believes apathy about politics is wrong and that we should take an interest in whoever is running our country. I vote for whoever knocks on my door to try and sell themselves and their party. It’s only the Lib Dems who bother.
we only got the conservative chap here last time, and what a blithering idiot he was too.
libdem at least are campaigning against things like id cards – even if they aren’t in power I think they are making a difference.
I’m finding it hard – born and bred a socialist, and have always, always voted labour. But er, I don’t think they ARE socialist any more, so that’s a non starter. But the thought of ever voting Tory just makes me heave.
I always feel I ought to use my vote but have almost never voted for a main party. I did vote libdem once when we I lived in a Con/Libdem marginal, but it didn’t make any difference.