Was it worth it?

No winner. No government. No stability.

The Best Part Of The Election

Seeing the scores come in. Seeing how people can predict the whole nation's vote from just a few results. Proof that people are the same wherever you go. And a trend in one area will be reflected across the country. Us humans are disappointingly unoriginal. I vote for change.

Just Back From The Polling Station

Not really.

Election Eve

Ooo. It's like Christmas Eve. But without the excitement and anticipation of the next day. Mind you, with the hours the party leaders have been spending travelling around the constituencies, desperately trying to drum up last minute support, I wouldn't be surprised if someone tried to get down my chimney tonight to secure my vote. Who'll be the turkey tomorrow? The polls seem to suggest that all three are going to have a similar size vote in their stockings. And like those stockings, parliament will be hung.

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.

Whatever Happened to the Fun Parties?

By their very name, parties are supposed to be fun. Political parties have to be the least fun parties I can think of. Seems in this evermore serious age in which less and less youngsters smoke and drink, fewer political parties are just there for the fun of it. It's not the winning, it's the talking about farts that counts. Bring back The Monster Raving Looney Party. Then I might bother to vote.

Reasons Not To Vote No.6

Whoever gets in will tax the hell out of you, cut services and benefits. But blame it on someone else. If you wanna support that, by all means put an X on that scrap of paper.