Categories: random
Tags: Scotland, Brockley, election
Date: 12 April 2007 13:19:44
I got notification this morning that they're allowing me a postal vote for the upcoming election (which is good, as I leave Glasgow 2 days before the election). The only trouble is, I haven't the first clue who to vote for. Based on the responses to my garden letter, top of the pops are the LibDems (who wrote back with a very good second response) and the Greens, but the Greens are pro-independence (I don't think I am) and the LibDems up here seem to want to just do deals with whoever's in power and piggyback on them, which rather gives the impression of them being more opportunistic instead of principled. Which I suppose is as good a summary as any of modern politics, but I'd like my vote to be a bit more meaningful - at least to me (I doubt any of the politicians are losing much sleep over the meanings and principles of my vote, they're only after it for its numerical value).
Too bad I don't live in the People's Republic of Telegraph Hill any longer. That was the best council ward in Lewisham, we always got the protest vote candidates in locally, and the local MP although Labour was sensible and often defied the whips to vote with her conscience rather than toe the party line. It was really easy to vote there, but here it's a minefield - mediocrity vs no-hopers vs smug bigwigs, what a choice!