Yes, that's right, I still have this blog and I've decided to resurrect as a place to dump my opinions on random stuff. Today: politics!
There are some European elections approaching in the UK, where we get to elect who will represent us in the European parliament.
Much has been made in the last day or two about Labour's somewhat worrying slip in the polls. I say worrying because, even though I'm not actually a Labour supporter per se, if it's bad for Labour that generally means it's good for the Tories and that's just a horror beyond imagining.
I can only speak to my own personal views on such things, so here they are...
I know that I for one, as a regular left-leaning schmuck with a generally low opinion of politicians, will be voting for the Green party in the approaching Euro elections.
Yes, I know, the Greens have the image of being a bit happy-clappy and hippyish but at least their message is actually progressive and positive, and at least they seem to genuinely, passionately believe in what they're saying. I look at the Labour front bench, at the likes of Balls, Byrne and Hunt, and all I see are the Coalition in different coloured ties.
The only Labour front bencher who I can currently recall actually fighting back against coalition policies and speaking with passion and belief is Andy Burnham.
For what it's worth, I actually quite like Miliband. He might not be the last word in charismatic leaders but he seems intelligent and decent enough and I agree, for the most part, with his politics. It's just hard to look past the shower of drones he's surrounded himself with and their piss-poor attempts to offer an alternative message to the one the coalition is spouting.
I just had a look at the leaflets I've had through the door (including one from the BNP - bless their racist little hearts, they never give up do they?). Everything in the Labour one is "David Cameron is doing this bad thing, we won't do such a bad thing!". The Tory one is essentially the mirror image of that.
The Green party leaflet, on the other hand, doesn't mention the other parties, just lays out what they believe in a simple, positive way. Maybe I'm being naive but I find that appealing.
Come the General Election next year I'll probably still vote Labour, however. It's certainly not out of any great faith in them - I have none - and not because I really want to, it's just out of fear that a split vote would give power back to the Tories and that's not something I even want to think about.
Oh, and just for the record, if you vote for UKIP then you're an idiot.
