The Elections

The elections have become a massive talking point in the media recently, and it makes sense that I document today so I can look back at this blog post and go "Ah yes, the day ____ won the election. How memorable." Today, the voting began and later this evening / in the early hours of tomorrow morning it'll be revealed who has won the election. The main runners are of course The Liberal Democrats, Labour, and The Conservatives.

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to vote because my voting slip wasn't posted to me. Clearly, my opinion means nothing.

To be honest, I'm not terribly gutted not to be voting. Sure; it would be nice to have an impact on a day that'll most likely prove to be extremely influential to Britain, but I don't like the idea of voting without knowing a significant amount about each party and working out who to vote for through looking at that policies. I think the problem with the voting system is that too many people make uninformed decisions.

Somebody at college today said they were voting Liberal Democrats because they thought Nick Clegg's tie looked nice when he appeared on the live television debate last week. Point proven, I think.