Oh... Bugger.

It's been a tense day all around Britain, every turn taken leads to another sign proclaming somebodies policitcal aleigance, and billboards all over the the sides of our roads show parties smear campaigns against one another. As I write this it is 04:45am and the seats are as follows

Torys: 219
Labour: 161
Lib Dem: 34
Other: 26

It is a sad day, a grey day, and in true British spirit, I intend to complain.

Lest we forget at the moment we are still in an economic crisis, and I feel we cannot afford a Tory government, not now, not ever. Although My family actually stands to be one of the 3,000 that would gain from the Tory's most enigmatic scheme (3,000 families benefitting may sound good, but out of the 60,000,000 people living in britain, the 3,000 most wealthy households getting the tax payers money from the rest, is an abomination) I find myself physically sickened by the idea. Let's face it, Cameron is a bastard-wanker, and now that he is in power, we're stuck with him for FOUR YEARS! I'd also like to point out that the last time the torys were in power they successfully managed to:

1) Destroy trade unions leading to record unemployment, nationwide riots and picketing, and the eventual downfall of Britains thriving coal and steel industries. Subsequently this led to the country having no rescources for export, which left a huge defecit in the budget (one which we couldn't afford with SAID workers now living off state benefits because they were jobless!).

2) Their policies produced 18 per cent interest rates and thousands of repossessions.

3) Privatise air travel.

4) Privatise rail travel.

5) Privatise the postal service.

6) Privatise British Gas.

7) Privatise British electricity.

ALL of these assets were privatised illegaly. Thatcher sold them, and they didn't belong to her, they belonged to the people PAYING FOR THEM. In fact, as far as I'm concerned the Tory's owe the british people their share of the billions of pounds made from selling these sectors, and SOMEONE should be held accountable (I'm genuinely amazed that in this day and age, She got away with it. The snide old crone).

And if that's not enough to deter people from voting Tory, SURELY some of their proposed manifestos should, I'll give a few examples, and let you decide wether these sound like people that ought to run a country:

1) David Cameron (Tory leader) OPPOSED the Labour scheme that said all people under the age of 25 who are unemployed for a year will recieve training or a job. Where is the actual downside in that plan!? It creates jobs while getting other people jobs, or the ability to get a job, brings new life to the economy, and costs next to nothing!

2) David Cameron (Yes, most of these points will be about him, as this soggy scrote is the leader of the parasitic tory nether regions) Plans to get rid of a citizens right to see a cancer specialist within 2 weeks of being diagnosed. I mean... What the toss is your problem you inhuman arse hole!

3) They want to get rid of the minimum wage. I have honestly never heard such a blatantly STUPID idea, I don't think I even need to explain why, but just in case: Since WHEN has giving the huge corporations MORE money, and leaving the hard working citizens of the country LESS money been a democratic ideal, let alone a socialist one!? And like it or not Cameron, you infectious ill-nurtured hedge-pig, This is a socialist country!

The Lords.

I want to talk about parliament. Specifically the House of Lords.

It will be difficult, without resorting to immature name-calling (which is not below me) for me to put into words my utter confusion, and further contempt towards the existence of this antiquated group of exceedingly pro-government buffoons, who relay the opinions of exactly nobody.

First, I feel that I should give a brief description of what it is exactly that the House of Lords does, as I see it. They essentially decide wether new laws proposed by the House of Commons are passed, checked, or changed. Usually however if the Lords insist the law is checked or changed, it will go back to the Commons, who will send it back to the Lords, who decide they cannot be bothered to read it again, and allow it to be passed. A charade of benefit to nobody as far as I can tell.

Up until as recently as 1999 the House of Lords consisted largely of wealthy white men (maybe a few women) who were there solely because of their hereditary titles, and who nobody in the real world knew anything about. In 1999 the new Labour government under Tony Blair changed things up! They reformed the House of Lords, this meant that something called an 'independent appointments commission' now chose who would sit in the House. This sounds, at first, at least a little better than hereditary positions in government, however the person who chooses most of the new faces in the House is the current governing prime minister. This means that the House of Lords is essentially a tool to help the current government pass the laws they want, and hold laws which that government do not want to see implemented. Not exactly the most democratic proccess of government, infact... Not a democratic proccess of government.

My disdain is only furthered by my complete confusion of the allowance of this Houses continued existence. In this day and age, I am utterly baffled that a supposedly democratic country such our own is home to such a blatantly un-democratic system of governing it's people. I find it an insult to my intelligence, and the integrity of my vote, that our prime ministers best buddies are all sitting around getting belly-rubs for stopping any laws that said prime minister doesn't like the look of.

fin.