Hello lovelies.
It's decision time for all you sexy voters.
And here's what I think you should do-
ANYTHING TO KEEP THE TORIES OUT.
Vote Labour, vote Liberal, vote SNP or Plaid or whoever has the best chance in your area of keeping these odious fuckwits out of office.
Pretty unambiguous, but the time for faffage is long past.
There are plenty of good reasons to keep these slithering arses as far from power as possible. This piece by Jonathan Freedland and this piece by Johan Hari are pretty terrifying (and accurate) descriptions of what Cameron and his (oddly hairless looking) gang plan to do to poor people.
Rather than repeat what they've written so powerfully, I'm going to make another, rather overlooked point.
IF YOU ARE RICH AND SELFISH, DON'T VOTE TORY EITHER.
It's a myth that rich selfish people are better off under tax-cutting, public-sector slashing governments.
Your extra money in the bank doesn't save you from being burgled by the guy who's been out of education, training or work since he was sixteen, or being mugged by the kid who's youth centre has been closed down. If you have a heart attack in the street and someone calls you an ambulance, it won't get to you any quicker because you've got fancy private health insurance.
One of the most important functions of government is to save rich people from themselves. Inequality hurts those at the bottom most, but it'll hurt you too. Unfair societies are dangerous places to live. So if you're a millionaire licking your lips at the prospect of, say, the Tory inheritance tax break, think carefully about what you'll need to spend the money on. It might just be a new cctv system, or an electric perimeter fence for your charming residence.
Toryism isn't just nasty. It's thick. It's as thick as shit, and it terrifies me.
That's all I have to say about that.
Cause for cheeriness however: it looks like we might finally get a bit of electoral reform.
That's huge.
Don't listen to any of the anti-reform spin- it's basically anti-democracy spin. The same kind of arguments that have been used against electoral reform since the 1830s and before.
And yes, I know I said I'd write about the election every day. And I know I've managed it about five times. But, y'know, it's been sunny and I've been employed.
Tomorrow's polling day special: I will finally speculate as to what the leaders of the three main parties' willies look like.
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I couldn't agree more. The idea that voting for DavCam will surround millionaires with a forcefield of tax break protection so far removed from real life is absurd. It's so frightening how those who need the government's services most are betrayed so speedily. I remember growing up in the 1980s as the child of a single mum, living on a council estate. It wasn't great. The thought of another generation of low or no income people being demonised by Conservative aggression makes me feel ill and strangely powerless.
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