Election 2010

Aagh! I am typical , I think, of the UK population at this point; floating voter indeed; we are drowning in posted & hand delivered literature (mainly Lib Dem)(Is the Amazon forest still standing?) and media coverage. All the offspring have been brought up with the mantra 'Women have died to get us the vote - so you must use it'. The media keep saying Joe Public is not interested in voting-especially the young; WRONG!! As D3 said to me 'None of these people are worthy of my precious vote'. We all want to vote and have watched debates, read literature, listened to speeches, looked at the history of each party nationally & locally.... I have never in my life seen so many people interested in politics.

I would like the Whip system to go. Belong to a party if you want but MP's shouldn't have to tow the party line but can vote on issues dictated by their knowledge, conscience, and most importantly by their constituents' requirements as they voted them in. Naive? That is what happens in the European Parliament we discovered when we went to watch the procedures there.

In our constituency the LibDems are desperate to get the seat as Newcastle Council went LibDem; however the LibDem candidate is from Gateshead & has not answered any of my (or D3's) emails requesting help over an issue regarding trees in our back neighbours' gardens which overhang our land; whereas the departing Labour MP has visited, taken photos, sent us copies of letters to & from him in support of us. D3 contacted Diane Packham a LibDem ward councillor, regarding the cost & state of public transport in Newcastle (twice the price of London travel) & received a dismissive, rather arrogant reply.


As I speak (3a.m.)ours is the only light still on in houses around us! there is little pattern to the results coming in; there is some swing to the Conservatives but will there be enough to give them a majority in Parliament? Considering the hullaballoo over Nick Clegg, where have the LibDems disappeared to? I am pleased Lembit Opik has gone as he fancied his chances as a 'star' rather then a serious politician methinks! There has been a high turnout and some polling stations could not cope ; some ran out of voting slips or did not allow people to vote as queues had formed & didn't get in when the polling station doors closed at 10pm.

I still think tomorrow will see us with a 'hung' Parliament.