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The Independent once again led with another ‘cringe worthy’ editorial on what essentially is a ‘vote LibDem’ ticket which I wouldn’t mind except that they try to dress up their prejudices with ‘grandiose: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-this-historic-opportunity-must-not-be-missed-1962527.html My view on this is:

It is very simple, if you want to vote LibDem, then do so, it is not illegal between consenting adults in the privacy of the poll booth, as far as I know. But do not prattle on about PR being “a great principle of the age”, it really isn’t, the public just don’t give a toss about it. In terms of popular politics, PR is as about as burning an issue as the EU for most voters, whilst the “devotees” of either cause will bang on endlessly about it, nobody in the mainstream is even slightly bothered.

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Well there are now only three days left and then we all get to vote and what the public has probably decided already will shape our immediate futures. My hope is that we (a). Don’t have a Hung Parliament and (b). They we do get a Cameron Government with a working majority. Will I get my wish ?

Hard to say really, I suspect that the average elector is playing their cards close to their chests. On the surface, Labour is dead in the water, Clegg and the LibDems are deflating and Cameron is in the ascendant but what that will translate into on Friday, who knows ? However, one of the most crucial events that any new Government will be faced with is the Greek Financial Crisis with its impact on both the Eurozone and the whole EU.

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Now the truth is out and the reason for the appalling bad Editorials in the Independent this past week because today they have come out to encourage people to vote negatively and tactically to “Keep Cameron Out”. What a nasty bunch of shits the Independent on Sunday, Editorial Staff clearly are. http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-vote-for-change-real-change-1960288.html

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Whoever is currently writing the Independents Editorials is behaving like a stubborn, spoilt brat because they insist on turning out juvenile crap everyday. Here in these last few days of the Election, the ‘Guardian has declared for Clegg, the Times for Cameron and all the Indy can do, is moan about the Tories, what a bunch of total Muppets !

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-quick-opinion-polls-do-not-reflect-the-real-debate-in-this-crucial-election-1959640.html

Of course there is perhaps a bit of arrogance here on my part and most regular contributors in the sense that one expects the Editorial staff to read the feedback they get to their articles over the Web and the likelihood is that they never even look at the scribblings of us “civilians” when they have toenail and face painting to do this weekend.

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So last evening we had the third and last “Leaders TV Debates” and personally, I hope that they are not repeated in subsequent elections. There was an interesting comment on what Mervyn King was alleged to have said, well worth a glance:

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/edmundconway/100005270/king-election-winner-will-be-out-of-power-for-a-generation/

In addition the Independent ran another totally daft Editorial which elicited some resonse from me:

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leadi ng-articles/leading-article-voters-should-consider-judgement-above-all-1958433.html

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Today’s newspapers are of course full of the “Gordon, Mrs Duffy and Rochdale” story, the majority of which, speak of the Great Gordo’s imminent downfall. Of course a few try to downplay the whole thing which is frankly a little silly given that the last of the TV Debates is on this evening and some mention of it is inevitable.

I notice that the Independent has yet another person on ‘Work Experience’ writing Editorials with little clue how to write a headline: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-more-a-lapse-than-a-catastrophe-1957034.html

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I am sure that it will really stress him prior to the last TV Debate tomorrow and I certainly do want him to be thrown out of Downing Street next week but the Media hullabaloo about Gordon Brown calling someone a “bigot”, is rather misplaced. I though far more ‘concerning’ was his need to find someone else to blame: “Who put me with that woman ?”

The most amusing thing was watching Hattie Harmon trying to diffuse the situation live on TV. I don’t like the woman with her rather pompous interfering ways but I will give her credit, she did come out to bat. No doubt the Media will make much of it tomorrow but I thought a Labour Candidate having to be cut out of her car after ploughing through a roundabout was rather more reprehensible. I must be getting soft in my old age, I just hope the electorate is getting wise and we don’t have a hung Parliament…

Although I do like the Independent newspaper, by and large, they do have a tendency to write hair brained Editorials from time to time, a bit like they have some ‘Nutter’ locked in a broom cupboard who they let out once in a while while the rest of them go down the Pub, it is really quite odd.

I suppose it could be someone who forgets to take their medication from time to time but never-the-less, today they managed another one. This time it was to attack Cameron over the “Broken Society” theme: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-david-camerons-cynical-moral-panic-1956107.html

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This Election has become increasingly less credible by the day. Initially there was little interest and a general view of a “Plague Upon Both Your Houses…” then and after the first TV Debate, the Media ‘talked up Clegg’ as a possible winner although interestingly, ordinary members of the public who watched it, didn’t see it quite that way.

To me, it is all a bit like “We are going to have a barbecue Summer…” and after a few showers, the perception has grown that rather than a ‘typical English Summer’ things are far worse and if asked, people respond accordingly. I suspect that the whole Nick Clegg thing is the same and would not be surprised to find on May 7^th, they had not that many more seats than they currently hold today.

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The Independent today published one of their increasingly ‘immature’ editorials, do they get people on “work experience” to write them ? http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-hurrah-for-democracy-1953549.html. This elicited a response from an ‘obviously’ die hard Labour supporter, my response: “ So you don’t like David Cameron, so what but, does your blindness have consequences for your judgement ?”

The Editorial too was a bit limp too because there is an awful sickening reality behind all of this regardless of political party or policies, love them or loath them, the Conservatives under Cameron are likely the “only game in town” currently and the reason is simply because they have more ‘people to call on’ than either of the other two. Regardless of the outcome, this General Election will see one of the largest intakes of new MPs we have ever seen and will exceed that of 1997.”

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