Time to Vote

Back from holidays and its time to vote. It is important. Yes expenses scandal and not agreeing with the actions of politicians and parties may make you sick but the only way to end that is to vote. Twenty years ago our television screens were covered with dramatic scenes from China. Brave students, journalists and others stood up infront of bullets and very memorably tanks to protest and in some cases die for the right to vote. If you agree - vote, if you disagree - vote, if you are happy, sad, angry, fed up - vote.

Often I hear people say politicians do nothing for me they are only interested in fighting the otherside. Staying at home will not solve that but voting can! Remenber if you dont like the politicians just remember who put them there.

There may indeed be another opportunity to vote soon. Gordon Brown has lost four cabinet ministers and in Prime Ministers Questions he refused to say that the Chancellor would still be in his post in the near future. Its relatively easy to predict that the Conservatives will win but will they do any better?

Whatever you feel about politics at the moment your vote can change it or your vote can keep it. Analysts are predicting 50% turn out for the European elections today - thats pretty pathetic - if you don't vote why should people listen to you complain?