The UK Election!!!!

I've got the opposite problem where I'm at. I live far enough toward the edge of the city to be included in a largely rural constituency, which is a Conservative safe seat. They re-elect the same bloke year after year. If I wanted any chance of ousting him I would have to vote Lib Dem. I will vote Labour, though IMO they are the best choice of a bad lot. The "New Labour" that came in with Blair is too right-wing for my liking, but I'd much rather have them than the Tories. Shame the Greens don't have much of a foothold in this country yet.

Well I would like to see the system changed so that I can vote the way my heart tells me and still feel like it matters.But judging by the runaway popularity of the Lib Dems at the moment, I will vote strategically and see if we can kick the career Tory out.

Blimey, it's a small world. You probably live a bicycle journey from me. So how about someone who gets more busses running, on time, to more areas; eases the terrible rush hour congestion in the south of the city; does something about the abysmal architectural planning that puts a space-age modern building next to (and dwarfing) one of the few landmarks from the Middle Ages we have left? I could go on . . . but these are issues for the councils really. To be honest I don't feel like my votes count for much at all, but I will vote in order to keep people like the BNP out.Edited by Kitsune, : No reason given.

I used to teach at Moat Community College. I'm glad the locals keep the white racists out. I was appalled to find out last year that the guy round the corner from us ran as a local BNP candidate. He lives across the street from the corner shop, which is run by a Ugandan Asian family. I feel sorry they have to put up with people like that in their shop. Maybe they don't visit there, who knows.Edited by Kitsune, : No reason given.

Bit complicated really. Vin's been all over the world. He was born in India, moved with his family to Uganda. That country once invited Asians to move there and contribute their skills to the workforce, then Idi Amin came along and kicked them out. Many, being Indian, held British passports and moved to the UK. Somehow Vin and his family took a detour to Canada first; I've never got the story completely straight. That's the way I understand it anyway; others from the UK feel free to correct me.