British election

[Guest guest]

As an expatriate I am entitled in theory to a

postal vote, but my ballot form doesn't seem to have

arrived in time. Makes no practical difference - I would

have voted Labour and they have a huge majority anyway

where I (used to) live. Not quite like one of the

elections when I was at college (circa 1981 or 2), when I

could vote either in my college town or my home town,

and both were among the closest contests in the

country. In the end I voted at college, and the contest at

home was *the* closest in the country, decided by

about 5 or 6 votes. I could have at least caused

another recount if I'd gone there instead.<br><br>Such

things matter much less to me than they used to. As soon

as one has any degree at all of psychological or

spiritual awareness, one starts to realise what empty and

irrelevant illusions most of what passes for public

political dialog are about. Although I would feel much less

detached from it all if the corrupt and obnoxious Tories

hadn't been so thoroughly kicked out last time. I was

pleased about that.

[Guest guest]

Alan - Thank you for sharing.<br><br>If I were

British, I would vote the same. I had a good laugh

recently reading in an English newspaper that, when asked

to give her opinion about the Tory candidate,

William Hague, a woman commented plainly that "He's a

tit". It's interesting also to notice that a large part

of the English conservative press - The Times, the

Financial Times, The Economist - this time favours Blair instead of his rival from the Tory Party. I'm

quite confident that Labour wins the second term

tonight it clearly deserves. I hope so.