Tuesday 5 May 2015

The General Election . . . . . Who to Vote for . . . The big Questions Answered



Yes I am back dealing with the big issues of the day, no not Royal Babies I mean just now many times can a royal baby leave hospital and it didn’t even wave and it still can’t spell its own name yet. . .

Royal babies do not do much for the masses who might show some interest if they are so inclined, it appears some folk do like royal babies. I am not a fan of babies myself as they are not good conversationalists and have unspeakable demands.

Interestingly folk who are not good conversationalists and have unspeakable demands brings us to the key point of this post Politics and the forthcoming General Election on Thursday where the politicians of each of the parties standing are keen we should vote for them as all the others are evil (or so we are told).  This is not entirely true even though most of us think they are all evil. So exactly what is the truth who should we vote for . . .  Well this is a (very) short guide to help.

 if you are wealthy and have a large private pension that will pay out loads when you are sixty my advice is vote Conservative. . . .  I personally am a bit of a lefty but even I concede that if you are rich then the Tories are your best bet.

If you are someone who is struggling on a minimum wage and live in rented accommodation it makes sense to vote labour they are historically the party who are most likely to look after your best interest. Although they are not as left as they used to be

If you live in an area where you feel you should have an MP who should have a direct interest in your area then pick the best regional party for your area such as Plaid Cymru in Wales or SNP in Scotland. And if you have strong feelings on particular issues vote for the party that will best represent those issues such as the Green Party or The Aliens are our Friends Party.

You may decide to vote Liberal Democrat as they tend to think of themselves are a centre ground party but this area of politics is one where Labour and the Conservatives tend to say they can best represent you, so in the end I would say if all else fails and you don’t like any of the other parties vote Liberal Democrat. You can’t be sure what they will do but they will muddle along in the middle ground as best they can . . . . . sort of.

Don’t attempt to tactical vote, the main two parties are always saying voting for small parties is a waste of a vote but they have a vested interest in maintaining the present voting system. And to all intent and purposes represent a cartel where Labour or the Conservatives are always the winning party.  It may take many many years before small parties have any influence in parliament but unless folk vote for what they believe rather than either or, then nothing will change and the main two parties will carry on as they have for decades more. . . So Vote for who you believe in. . . . (OK believe might be the wrong word)

Finally just make sure (if you can vote) you go and do it, and vote for who you think is best (or the best of a bad bunch) even if you vote Monster Raving Loony, or politics will never change and we will be in the hands of the career politicians forever.  

Back in January I predicted a Labour-Conservative Pack to keep all the small parties out of power it will be interesting to see if this comes to pass.    


15 comments:

  1. My roof is leaking. I wiLL vote for the candidate who wiLL personaLLy come fix my roof for free. I would even furnish a ladder. Now, of course, I might accidentaLLy remove the ladder trapping him forever on the roof while he is making the repairs, as this may be an effective way of getting rid of politicians.

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    1. Sadly you might just be in the wrong country Mr ESB. Politics in the USA looks a bit strange to us in Britain and it is certainly a lot more expensive . . .

      Would you trust a politician to fix your roof They dont look particularly practically minded to me. . . . OOoooo those two words look just too similar for their own good, much like the politicians

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    2. I do see the word parti.

      Particularly, practically, peculiarly
      Extract: parti act liar

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  2. I will also be voting for the party that fixes Mr E's roof. Never trust a politician or a child that asks you if you would like a cup of coffee and then keeps you waiting an hour after you have confirmed that yes, you would...I'm still waiting.

    I have just looked at the manifesto for the Monster Raving Loony Party and I quite like what they have to say, especially on important issues such as making Unicorns a protected species and ensuring that all meal produce contains the label 'may contain real food.'

    Ah, my hot beverage has arrived.

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    1. I am sure you will have strong views about who to vote for Miss Lily. I know you will do what you think is right. When I say right I dont mean right as in right politically but right as in right. I'm not sure any of that sounds right either, more Monster Raving Loony, sadly we dont get them over here, country folk are a little more serious about stuff and would call them Loonies although there are no loonies because we dont have any.

      One day I feel I need to stand but it would I suspect be futile.

      I hope the drink is OK and remember the old political chant . . . Coffee Coffee Coffee Hot Hot Hot. . . .

      or the popular

      What do we want. More Cappuccino.. When do we want it NOW

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    2. Lily, no body showed up to fix my roof so I guess I am going to get out of bed and go fix it myself. So I guess that means I should vote for myself. At least we have Dr Ben Carson running for president, he appears to be a little different than others. And yet he didn't volunteer to come roof.

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    3. No Roof Fix no Vote. . . . Well that is a nice little catchphrase for some T shirts Mr ESB. You can then do a few placards too and march on congress. Folk will join you, and your new movement will grow and grow, allowing you to stand for President yourself which in turn will mean you will be required to fix your own roof.

      Sometimes fate means you are doomed to fix the roof even if you are the President . . . A point more politicians need to think about.

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    4. I think I got the critcal part oof the roof fixed. It has rained here enough and often enough that I haven't had to water my grape vines in 27 days. That is unusual for us. Not sure how much total precipitation.

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    5. We had the driest April on record. Not as dry as you might think bearing in mind it normally rains but it was nice. It is now May and so far has rained every day. And today is voting day over here, where a confused public go and vote for politicians without really knowing which one will do the best job as they all say the others are rubbish. I have voted for the Green Party this time because they are the ones who are Environmentally aware (or so they say). . . So in theory should make it stop raining, well one can hope.

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  3. DAMN that was not meant to happen

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    1. Here is my try at British humor: since the Conservative party was founded by Sir Robert Peel, you can say that everytime the Conservatives win the government has been re-peel-ed.

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    2. All the opinion polls before the election predicted that no party would win overall control of parliament which would have been OK. But then the Conservatives end up winning which is something I hoped would not happen. And it ruins my predictions for the year . . . .

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    3. I think you need to practice that British Humour Mr ESB. . . . Its one of those words that we spell differently, not sure how that happened.

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    4. U spelled humor with an eXtra u.
      I always wanted to write a sentence that started and ended with U for you and see it with my own eye.
      Two sentences of similiar style, too.

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