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"Election 2005"

I have made up my mind, after years of being Liberal I am going to vote Labour at the elections next Thursday. Reason are way to many to list but in short, since Labour took over I have bought my own home, we have a good life style we want for little and in general for me at least every thing is tickety Boo just now.

He's slime.
Makes me cringe every time I see him.

Slimey creep.

Agreed.

[URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/blog/4508069.stm[/URL] Heh, Howard's bus taken off road because of out-of-date tax disc.

Out of the three main leaders i have heard least out of Howard.

Did anyone catch that ask Tony Blair thing last night?

It had me laughing at the amount of time the interviewer bloke interrupted Blair and then Blair goes "NO, Let Me Finish" or "Stop interrupting me!"

Sounds like that scene from South Park the Movie.

"Can I finish? Please let me finish! ...Okay, I've finished."

I see/hear lots of Howard. I also caught one of those campaign videos last night. Please don't let that fool win.

I like the labour poster with the hidden agenda under the pillow and Howard dreaming of cuts to hospitals and schools

Clever.

The Wardy wrote:
> It had me laughing at the amount of time the interviewer bloke
> interrupted Blair and then Blair goes "NO, Let Me Finish"
> or "Stop interrupting me!"

People seem to do that a lot when they are interviewing Blair. The same thing happens with other major political players. The interviewers seem to think that constantly interrupting will help them get answers. Most of the time it seems to be done completely deliberately, probably because the interviewer thinks it makes them look "hard". It's bloody annoying when some stupid, witless, ignorant twunt starts interrupting.

A bit of repetition on my part there, but do you see what I'm getting at? Interrupting an interviewee isn't big or clever.

Yeah, i agree. He is just getting into saying a good answer and the dopey interviewer bloke interupts him and goes off on another question, then he just starts answering that one and the interviewer will go on about something else

I'm not going to explain my reasons, but i'd vote labour - Being only 16 though, *sigh* :)

Just read the Guardian's leader advice: "voters should use their heads and hearts to re-elect Labour with an increased Liberal Democrat presence." Riiiiiight. Where would that box be on the ballot paper then? Why be such cowards about it? Blair has committed the ultimate sin: either misleading the country into war, or jumping into war with such reckless abandon that he forgot to check the truth of his "evidence". But, no, he shouldn't lose his job because that would be a bit harsh. The bigger the crime, apparently, the easier it is to forgive. If Blair had nicked a packet of Polos from the newsagent he'd have been out on his ear a long time ago. It honestly makes me despair when the newspaper that I grew up reading suspends all its principles because, essentially, Tony Blair is "one of us". Except, as demonstrated repeatedly by his actions, HE $%£$ING ISN'T! He might be a Labour Prime Minister but he isn't in any way, shape or form a LABOUR Prime Minister. Kick him out, he deserves it. If the Tories accidentally get in, then storm parliament and kick them out by force - then we'll have a proper election without the imperialist running dog grinning his way to an undeserved victory.

I'll be voting Lib Dem on Thursday because I'm lucky enough to live in a constituency where they could defeat Labour.

And about Respect:

I agree with a lot of Respect policies. I also disagree with the "nah nah, you're anti-semitic!" campaign that Labour has chosen to run in Oona King's constituency. But most of all I disagree with the decision by an allegedly principled socialist party to tie its fortunes to George Galloway. There's a reason he isn't standing again in his own constituency: judged on his local performance very few would vote for him without the Labour strapline. Second, I just don't get socialists who condemn Donald Rumsfeld for meeting Saddam but who aren't prepared to do the same for George Galloway: if Galloway wasn't on the left he would be crucified by the left. I consider myself a socialist but Respect seems like a desparate grab for power by the SWP (and assorted temporary friends), whose brand of socialism I think is authoritarian and utterly devoid of subtlety.