I really am bored with this election ~ the name calling is pathetic, the policy announcements are meaningless and the truth dares not raise its head.
The only people who seem to be getting themselves worked up about it are the members of the fourth estate. I don't remember previous elections being so bloody tame that the media had to work so hard to try and get some excitement going. Nick Robinson seems to be about the only one who is enjoying any of it.
As for the "Leaders Debates" what a waste of time they are. I hear that Private Eye are saying they are like BOGOFF offers or Three for the Price of Two ..... but most of all the speakers are simply not telling us anything. Has anyone here actually heard anything that has made them think "Oh I must get to the polling station and put my X next to that party?"
I can see us ending up like the French ~ resigned to being ruled by a bunch of malcontents and neerdowells out to feather their own nests and not actually caring what laws they pass. An occasional burning of a few sheep, blockading of a port or two or, in extremis, shut down the air traffic control for a bank holiday weekend until we get what we want and the rest of the time simply ignore what is happening in parliament.
