Yet another election blog. Friday, April 23, 2010

I have resisted blogging or tweeting about the General Election until now. I figured that there was already enough commentary out there, and that there was nothing to gain by adding another voice rather than another vote.

My advice? Choose who you will vote for on the day the election is announced. Then ignore all media regarding the election until the ballot day itself. Ignore the spin, the smears, the hypocrisy, the PR, the canvassing, the promotion, the endless debates and arguments. Read the manifesto for your chosen party – and others. And then vote. Exercise your mandate.

That way, the whole process will be far more likely to produce the government you wanted, rather than the government you were sold.