The Brandon elections on 2 May 2013 don't interest me. I won't vote, so don't ask me.
We are swamped with Tory district and town councillors, not to mention MP Matthew Hancock. And with no socialist opposition in Brandon, apart from me and one unknown SWP member who also infiltrated the UKIP meeting a few weeks ago, that leaves Labour. At the last local election there wasn't even a Labour candidate, so I just wrote nasty things about politicians on my ballot paper.
That's not to say I would vote Labour if there was a candidate because I wouldn't. I cannot vote for a party I don't respect or share values with. And anyway, Labour has made it abundantly clear its target is the middle Englanders, the as yet undefined squeezed middle. I am still waiting for Ed Miliband to explain what he meant by squeezed middle but he is so busy wooing the traditional Tory voters he's probably forgotten why he said it. And just why is he so afraid of using that term, working class? Presumably because he has either forgotten we exist or is unsure whether we are shirkers or strivers, so best just to ignore us completely.
And someone has had the audacity to put Libdem election flyers through my door recently. These have been desiccated and binned. I used to loathe the Liberals because they were weak, wishy washy and indecisive. Now I loathe them for being part of the ConDem evil alliance. So much for their putting the brakes on Cameron's excesses.
And I know TUSC have not polled well in other elections, as I sadly recall the embarrassment of the Eastleigh by election where Daz Procter was outvoted by an Elvis Presley impersonator. Nevertheless, if there was a TUSC name on my ballot paper that candidate would get my vote. TUSC is the only party of no cuts.
http://www.tusc.org.uk/policy.php
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