More Tory madness

This story in today’s Times is yet one more reason (I’ve lost count, I think I might be nearly at 5 figures now) why despite every other party’s considerable inadequacy you won’t see me voting Tory this year (or, er, ever). Actually I’m waiting for Tractor Girl’s much more sensible and incisive comment on the article, given that it is about her field rather than mine (ie education). For now, all I have to say is:

Carol Vorderman – one of the greatest minds in Britain???????!!!!!! Good grief, whatever next, they’ll be asking Gillian McKeith to write university curricula for medicine.

These guys are seriously scary, God help us all if they get in.

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Getting in on the act

Seeing as everyone else has been posting their versions of the David Cameron campaign posters, I thought I would post this photo (warning for those who are sensitive about this sort of thing: language) which made me smile.

Hackney’s response. [Thanks to Tim for the link, not that Tim knows this blog exists, but still, credit where it's due]

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Scottish election

I got notification this morning that they’re allowing me a postal vote for the upcoming election (which is good, as I leave Glasgow 2 days before the election). The only trouble is, I haven’t the first clue who to vote for. Based on the responses to my garden letter, top of the pops are the LibDems (who wrote back with a very good second response) and the Greens, but the Greens are pro-independence (I don’t think I am) and the LibDems up here seem to want to just do deals with whoever’s in power and piggyback on them, which rather gives the impression of them being more opportunistic instead of principled. Which I suppose is as good a summary as any of modern politics, but I’d like my vote to be a bit more meaningful – at least to me (I doubt any of the politicians are losing much sleep over the meanings and principles of my vote, they’re only after it for its numerical value).

Too bad I don’t live in the People’s Republic of Telegraph Hill any longer. That was the best council ward in Lewisham, we always got the protest vote candidates in locally, and the local MP although Labour was sensible and often defied the whips to vote with her conscience rather than toe the party line. It was really easy to vote there, but here it’s a minefield – mediocrity vs no-hopers vs smug bigwigs, what a choice!

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