Tuesday 4 May 2010

Tactical Voting

Apparently that's what the Labour party want people to do to stop letting the Tories in (or more likely, to make the margin of defeat for their own party less embarrassing). But there's no room for tactics in a polling booth. There's barely room for a pen, paper and a person. I think these places should be made a little more inviting. Maybe a little chair on which to ponder what is, after all, a very important decision. And how about tea, coffee, biscuits? Some brain food. Starbucks have missed a trick there. Maybe next election. Make the polling booth more alluring and you may attract some extra voters. Now which biscuits? Rich Tea if you vote Tory, Chocolate Gordon Brownies for the Labour supporters, and one with something nice and yellow in the middle for the Lib Dems - Custard Creams. Mmmm.