I am really tired at the way politics is conducted in this country. Nobody seems to care about these elections and I kind of see why. Politicians no longer represent our interests, and real change seems to be lost in the sniping and snarling of party politics. However, I also feel that if we allow ourselves to wallow in apathy nothing will change. It is a real shame that the real voice of Britain is so apathetic because I believe AV would pass easily if there had been a way to tap into peoples actual wants. I just wish more people wouldn't give up on our right to vote, and to realise that everything in their life is affected by getting out and putting a person in power (hopefully centre left). It wouldn't create real change, but centre left candidates will help the lower classes who are generally more apathetic.
Simon Carr writing in the Independent said something that I think is worth reading:
"Underlying this is the enduring illusion of Westminster: "Next time it will be different." Vote us, the opposition, into government and promises will be kept, waste will disappear, manufacturing will be reborn, communities will order their own affairs (bidding, indeed, for nuclear power stations and airports to be built in their midst). These incumbents are liars and incompetents, which is why the fabric of the country is being destroyed."
I am sick and tired of the way this country is run and I want REAL change, but does everyone else?