Over at the England Project, John has realised he’s a Scorched Earth blogger. It’s a grouping of people who’ve had enough of politicians who excel at being, well, politicians.
I don’t really write enough about politics to be a political blogger, but if you’re of that persuasion, go over there and give it a look.
I’ve tried to work out what my MP actually does and I’m unsure. According to theyworkforyou.com she’s very strongly in favour of the Iraq War, gay rights, introducing ID cards and banning fox-hunting. She’s the vice Chair of the All-Party Hill Farmers Group, although how much this has to do with her being a Labour MP with “Shire” and “Moorlands” in the constituency name, as opposed to actually being able to tell one end of a sheep from the other, I don’t know. But, apart from what Tony tells her, what did she actually do to be able to claim £129,667 in expenses alone in 2004/5?
She did co-write “How To Select Your MP”. Could I select someone else, please?
Song playing as this was published: Azure Ray - “Beautiful Things Can Come From The Dark”
You can never beat politicians, lawyers, salesmen or Beelzebub at their own game. This is what they do for a living and it is all they do. The hardworking people they are taking advantage of are too busy working hard to read the fine print on how to get elected. The very fact that someone wants to be a politician should immediately disqualify them (why would anyone spend millions to get elected to a $100,000/year job if there wasn’t something else in it for them)?
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820: Good point, actually I just don’t understand how we have a Labour MP in an area as conservative (with a small “c”) as this. Actually, I do know, it’s because at the last election so many people thought the Conservatives weren’t conservative enough and voted for a ‘Britain Out Of The EU’ party instead. The new Conservative leader with his ‘be nice to young criminals‘ message probably isn’t going to go down well in an area where this is typical of letters to the local newspaper….
Well, you know..they’re all just misunderstood criminals and maybe if we give them just a few dollars more per month they’ll go get an education or something. Hmm, extortion for higher learning. (I’m speaking about the politicians, not the hoodies)
820: Well it’s no wonder they’re misunderstood when one actually listens to the nonsense they spout. Our Home Secretary (doesn’t matter which one, they seem to cycle regularly) seems to come up with the best lines, whilst looking ‘tough’.
I vote for moron.
So did lots of Americans at the last election…… (sorry, couldn’t resist)
phttttt! (sorry, I don’t know how to spell -insert sound effect here).
Actually last election I voted for nobody who could possibly be elected. Not the civic high-mindeness I should be demonstrating but who cares.
So, Kerry then? Okay. Maybe not.
Of course, some people would say that voting for a party that has no chance of winning is abdicating responsibility. Not here in Britain though, where we’ve developed an excellent way of registering displeasure with your ‘normal’ party. It’s called the Liberal Democrats; at each election, up to 25% of voters vote for the Liberal Democrat party, safe in the knowledge that there’s no chance of them actually getting any power whatsoever. It’s great - you fulfill the civic duty of actually voting, but without any direct consequences of your actions. Then, when (say) Tony Blair sends thousands of troops to Afghanistan but has cut the defence budget so close to the bone that they can’t afford bullets or other luxuries for them, one can just say, “Don’t blame me, mate. I voted LibDem.”