I will be voting come May

I will be nailing my colours to the Labour party in the upcoming May general election.

 

I have always voted Labour but was momentary seduced by the gang of four (Social Democrats) during the crazy time around Militant tendency and there attempt to take over the party. In the end, I chickened out when it came to put my x on the ballot paper. I have always voted but for one local election and feel strongly if you have a vote use it just don’t throw it away.

 

I now vote via post, how easy is that? I can’t see why people who find it tiresome to go to a polling station don’t in brace this method of voting. I strongly believe it is time to make voting compulsory.

My problem with this election is that while I vote for my party odds on there will be a coalition and if Labour are the biggest party will have to do deals with other parties. Not my kind of politics horse-trading. Rumour has it that when the Scottish Nationalist destroy Labour in Scotland they will rush down to Parliament to join Labour in some kind of coalition beneficial to them. If I were Ed Miliband, I would shut the door in the face because they will ask for the impossible banking on the lust for whoever is to be Prime Minister. It will be the same for all the smaller parties they will all want to demand some kind of price for their support.

 

So why bother with a manifesto? There will be no guarantees manifestos can be for filled with the horse-trading that will be taking place if there is a hung parliament.

 

Someone we all know who just loves a coalition is the leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg. Where would he be if he weren’t a junior partner in a Tory government? Probably in a better position than he finds himself with his party in freefall. However, besides alienating a large part of his party and the voters who were not best pleased with the Liberals getting into bed with the Tories. He bagged a job for himself and a few for some others.