No, not the Grand National...

The General Election.

I love it, all the campaigning, the gaffes, the rogue polls, the election night (swingometer etc) when I won't go to sleep. Don't think the gut wrenching feel of 1992 will be there this time, nor the joy of 1997 (how long ago does that seem!).

I think the Tories will end up with a majority of 20 to 30 seats.

I have a rudimentary understanding of economics, social policy and the global political situations. i also have strong opinions on taxation and the ethics of society.

but the truth is, despite all this knowledge...

i am voting, in essence, anti-david-cameron's-f***ing-face

which is default labour

How erudite

touche

Loved the graphics on election night back in '97 with all the red towers smashing through the blue onesicon_biggrin.gif

Gonna be an interesting one as most people seem fed up with Labour but the torries dont really seem to be offering a decent alternitive. Makes me laugh though how the torries think the public are so stupid that the're trying to make everyone believe resession was all Gordon Browns fault.

Really we need this alternative voiting system brought in. That way voting Lib dem in tory/lab strongholds, or smaller parties anywhere isn't a total waist of time as it is under the current system

I was delivering newspapers when I read the infamous headline 'If Labour wins today, will the last person to leave Britain please turn out the lights'. Even then, in my tender years, I thought that was a very powerful message. I expect more of these fun and games over the next month - the TV debate should be a corker.

Why dont thay just bring Donald Tusk in (polish pm) and have done with it. I shall not be voteing as if i vote for a party that wants all these forigners out we get classed as raceist... can win!! countrys on its .

I await the Conservative manifesto with baited breath.

I think years of Brown taking credit for the good times and the famous quote of "abolishing boom and bust economics" make it fair game.

Labour coalition with Lib Dems for me...Vince Cable as Chancellor

One thing, regardless of your allegiance, everybody agrees on.

Anyone but labour and i'm happy.

Politics bores me to tears, whoever gets in will do a similar job to the other, we will still end up paying the same crazy taxes regardless of who is squatting in number 10.

He's a flip flopper, he can say what he wants as he will never be in power. It's a myth that he is some kind of wise man of economics.

Politics and Religion are areas of little interest to me.
Lots of -wipes willy waving, enduring endless pointless debate after debate, all of which ultimately have the same outcome for the majority of us. Either tax hikes or war, or both.

I must say however, that TV show spotlighting David Cameron recently had a moment of brilliance. He addressed a group of police officers who were stood inside the reception at the Conservative annual up ball in Brighton and said:

< voice> "Hi there, thanks for coming. Your doing a fine job boys, keep it up"
There was a unamonous look of "" starring back at him.

He turned back to the camera with a big grin on his mush as if to say "look at me peeps, I care, looked them in the eyes and everything.. PS Vote for me"