31st May
It's the end of May. Although 8th June is apparently also going to be the end of May according to the Labour Party and their acolytes. It was the leader's debate tonight, notable predominantly for the absence of the Prime Minister who subsequently got a kicking on social media for failing to turn up.
I am decidedly unimpressed with Theresa May, who comes across as cold, robotic and unable to outline her party's plans for Brexit or indeed anything else with any real sense of clarity. But I suspect that my parents and everyone else who isn't on Twitter will vote for the Conservatives anyway. The rationale will be that Labour are promising things that they won't be able to deliver without hitting British people in the pocket and their policies will alienate the rich, whose interests need to be protected above all others apparently.
Having said that, I am uncertain whether I can bring myself to vote for Jeremy Corbyn. I honestly wanted to get behind him when he was originally voted Labour leader, but since then his leadership has been catastrophic and I'm not sure a recent upturn in form extinguishes the doubts that I have about him and some of his allegiances to those on the far left. His inaction over the last year's referendum is exceedingly difficult for me to forgive and forget too.
As much as I believe in democracy, I resent this election and find it difficult to make a compelling case for any candidate. I still believe in the importance of voting however. I suspect that we'll end up with a marginally improved Tory majority but not the electoral destruction of Labour that many were anticipating.
I am decidedly unimpressed with Theresa May, who comes across as cold, robotic and unable to outline her party's plans for Brexit or indeed anything else with any real sense of clarity. But I suspect that my parents and everyone else who isn't on Twitter will vote for the Conservatives anyway. The rationale will be that Labour are promising things that they won't be able to deliver without hitting British people in the pocket and their policies will alienate the rich, whose interests need to be protected above all others apparently.
Having said that, I am uncertain whether I can bring myself to vote for Jeremy Corbyn. I honestly wanted to get behind him when he was originally voted Labour leader, but since then his leadership has been catastrophic and I'm not sure a recent upturn in form extinguishes the doubts that I have about him and some of his allegiances to those on the far left. His inaction over the last year's referendum is exceedingly difficult for me to forgive and forget too.
As much as I believe in democracy, I resent this election and find it difficult to make a compelling case for any candidate. I still believe in the importance of voting however. I suspect that we'll end up with a marginally improved Tory majority but not the electoral destruction of Labour that many were anticipating.
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