Diary of an up and coming sociopath

Some interesting BBC links related to the election:

Is anyone interested in the election? - An article by Andrew Marr about voter apathy. There’s not much to it, besides an extended metaphor, but it’s worth a quick read. At least it’s pretty much in tune with the general public. Turnout from the last election was only 59%. It’ll be interesting to see if there’s a higher turnout after such a polarising term for the government, but then, I wouldn’t be the slightest bit surprised if it dropped again.

Non-voters get their own cartoon. - Very interesting to see, because it means that someone is actually acknowledging that the non-voting does actually have political opinions. A common misconception is that voter apathy equals political apathy. You’d be hard pressed to find anyone with a vote who doesn’t have an opinion on the government, but you’d slightly more trouble finding people who necessarily want to use their vote to support any of the current parties.

Finally, a useful policy comparison grid. I’ve set it to Labour, Lib Dem and Green Party, because to be fair I don’t see how anyone could bring themselves to vote Conservative without admitting that they’re completely racist. Quotas on REFUGEES for christ sake, not just your standard immigrants. Despicable. Still, all this should give you a good feel for the policies, and they even have each party’s menifesto in PDF format. So there’s no excuse for not deciding informedly who to vote for (if, indeed, you choose to vote for anyone.)