Yep, I hated the Tories
Even now I still can't quite forgive them... Their lack of clearly defined policy does nothing to warm my heart to them.

Yet I remember the fanfare in 1997; "Things can only get better!", it felt good to give the Tories the kicking they deserved. I voted Labour for the first and only time. Never again.

Eleven years later we have had an illegal war which has killed over 100,000 people, the continued hysteria surrounding unwanted ID Cards, swingeing stealth taxes targetted at the middle classes, uncontrolled immigration, irresponsible spending, the neutering of the police, the death of social mobility, UK sanctioned torture of detainees, failure of transport policy, hypocritical environmental policy - simply a means of leveraging more excessive taxation for those who can ill afford it, legalized discrimination and the denial of a referendum on further EU integration - contrary to election promises in 2001 and 2005.

A piece of graffiti scrawled on the wall of the US Embassy in Moscow during the 90s summed it up perfectly - "No matter who you vote for, you still get screwed".
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 2 Dec 2008, 10:05, 1 reply)

I live in the narrowest marginal constituency in the county
So my vote could well swing a general election!
Funny old world, innit?
(davywavy, Tue 2 Dec 2008, 10:06, closed)