There we go...and voting

[belisarius_534]

Yesterday I was amazed at my energy levels, having expected to be totally whacked out from anaesthetic after effects. In fact that was just delayed 24 hrs. Today I was asleep until 9, then napped again 12-2, 3-4 and another snooze a few minutes ago..

I managed to get out to vote which was good. Our constituency had an 8000 Labour majority last time. I wavered over voting Labour to help prevent any Tory risk, but in the end went with my conscience and voted Lib Dem.

My political thoughts this time were along these lines:

Labour: I thought the Blair government did well to start with, before getting it horribly wrong over Iraq. Brown and Darling handled the economic crisis pretty competently in the end and I'm unconvinced that any other party would have done better in the circumstances. The NHS is way better than it was, etc..

Lib Dems: They reflect my political philosophy the best out of the three parties, particularly on the EU and personal freedoms. They scored a big black mark when they decided to oppose new build nuclear power, however - that's just retarded unless they actually want the lights to go out.

Tories: I'm not as viscerally anti-Tory as most people I know. After 1979 I think some things needed to change including some privatisation and a switch to a monetarist economic approach to control rampant inflation. Unfortunately, along with this came a real streak of nasty, regressive policies against minorities and the poor, negative international policy and devastation of the north.

Cameron tries to look progressive, but I don't buy it. Behind the media savvy facade is a proper right winger. I also have a terrible urge to punch him in the nose...

Comments

[sarahlascelles.livejournal.com]

Another point on CAmeron is that he's *really* slimey.