I agree that a lot of people are pretty clueless as to what's going on, but completely disagree that the parties are doing little to communicate their policies. They aren't difficult to find, and over the next few weeks they'll be all over the media.

Almost every news website now has a 'politics for f'kin idiots' section which gives an easy outline of each party's pledges and policies. Politics in general and now the election are all over any decent news outlet. Unfortunately for British society, huge swathes of our population care more about their facebook feed, or which TOWIE 'star' is in a bikini this week, or what's happening in Corrie...etc...and there lies the core of the issue. Politics and politicians aren't, and never will be, 'cool'.

Too many people are too feckless and too lazy to educate themselves. There's no excuse for that but they can't then complain if they don't get the government they wanted, but the one they deserve.

A question for the 'anyone but the Tories' mob: Why? What is it about the 2010-2015 government and prospective 2015 onward government you find so repulsive? Are you the legacy of family loyalty, do you think they've done a bad job, or are you simply hung up on the past and the Thatcher years - in which case I'd say grow up.

They took on a shattered economy and seem to have done as well, if not better, than most. There are issues of course, such as zero-hours, etc, but things are certainly turning around. My line of work depends in part on a positive corporate outlook and I know from my meetings with a number of huge multinationals all the way down to local SMEs that things are looking up, reflected in their spend and projections.

So, why do you hate the Tories, today, in 2015? Anyone banging on about Cameron being an Etonian will get the contempt they deserve.

p.s. I'm not particularly Tory. Neither am I Labour or anyone else right now (though I'm certainly not Green ). I'll make my mind up in due course. There are parts of at least 4 policies I agree with, but none stand out.

I would never vote Tory at General Election (unless they drastically changed their policies obviously) but I have done at local council elections.

I've also voted Lib Dem at both general and local elections in the past, so whilst I am, in general a Labour voter I'm not rabidly so and have reservations over them at both local and national level.

Taking 2010-2015 in isolation, the reason I won't vote Tory and would back "anyone but Tories" is the fact I don't think they've handled the economy that well. It's been a very slow recovery and, importantly for me, the poor and vulnerable have been unfairly targeted by the Tory government. Ontop of that I'm very, very unhappy with the creeping privatisation of services from the NHS to police to prisons to justice to welfare etc. I know that some privatisation went on under Labour last time and I was unhappy about that too. It's not because it's more efficient or run better, it's just a way of absolving responsibility and reducing the quality of the service without actually admitting it.

All I can see happening if the Tories get back in again is more of that.

Just to pick up on this one point, "pledges and policies" will be forgotten on May 8th just as soon as it becomes clear if we have an outright winner or a coalition, even quicker if its a coalition (did we not learn anything from 2010).

I regard tonights seven party debate on ITV as being akin to inviting seven double glazing companies to come around to your house on the same evening and argue amongst each other pitching for your business while you sit on the settee and wonder why you did it.

Labour. Hate Tories - they're scum.

By the way, the puppy has just ripped up ANOTHER communication from the Labour Party that was shoved through the door this morning, thats two in a week and he never touches any other mail - I'm beginning to think he has an opinion.

Lots of lefties, even hard ones are very serious about environmental issues. Think you'll find that it is the hard and soft righties who are the deniers.

The thing about shouting out numbers like they're facts is it's so much easier these days to find out if the person is telling the truth or simply making stuff up because, y'now, WAAAAHHHH...Tories. So, let's take a look. 2% growth? Nah. Recession? Nah.
Then there's Germany for the same period
And France

Which basically makes the rest of your diatribe utterly redundant. Oh, the "bedroom tax (of which Rachel Reeves says abolishing will raise 10's of millions, which shows the economic illiteracy of her and her party) is a Labour invention. Still, you keep voting for them with your oh so shiny moral conscience.

But you want privatisation of the NHS, both cod'ead and yourself actively voted for it. What are you complaining about?

Oh, and here's some more numbers for you.

In 2008 817,800 people received "crisis loans"
In 2009 1,070,100 people received "crisis loans"
You do know what a crisis loan is? It's like a foodbank only the Labour gov and it's voters hopes no one asks about them. 1 million families in "crisis" under a Lab gov.

Not another economics lecture from Dave O, the man who said a couple of years ago that the economy wasn't going to grow before the next election.

Still won't admit he was wrong.

Still waiting for answers to legitimate questions.