I stand corrected - from the BBC's election blog, Mark Mardell informs me I am being lazy with my suggestion that the election is boring.
We have a PM used to being the golden boy, tarnished by an unpopular war, used to treating his party with disdain, finding he needs them and making a deal with his rival.We have an opposition party still struggling to find its way back to power, energised by a new and clever campaign making immigration an election issue for the first time in 20 years.
We have a third party taking votes from the ruling party, threatening uncertain results all over the country.
The political situation isn't boring. And while I'm not one of those who thinks the electorate will be enthused if you go over housing policy in great detail, there are enough policy difference to capture interest. What's boring ?
Good points. Although I know where I stand on the issues I do find it relatively interesting that there appears to be little discussion about the election in my circles - except my father in law telling me how he had great delight in baiting the Labour canvasser who rang him up, over Pensions...
I've only been visisted by one candidate but as I know and support him its not really that valid. Not one of the other candidates have been around and I doubt they will now. Strange thing is despite this being a national election you are voting for a local representative and yet I couldn't even begin to tell you what the main issues are locally. (I could guess but I don't have a feel from others). Despite Aldershot being a target seat for the Lib Dems, I don't expect anything too exciting to happen here but if the Tory vote collapses (highly unlikely) then anything it could.
I wonder how the average soldier feels about the Iraq war?