04.28.05
No News is No News
There has been no news recently as Hanne and I have been moving into our new place, which still doesn’t have a phone line (and therefore no ‘net access either). So here’s a few random links…. hmm I really should just make a daily-links thing like Hesam et al.
- Lego Spiderman mini-movie… spider-man, spider-man, does whatever a spider can! *doop doop doop*
Oh yeah, and the General Election is to be held next week (May 5th). So far it’s looking like another victory for Labour, but hopefully the Lib-Dems will be able to pull a few seats away from Labour’s overwhelming majority. As for the Conservatives, they can all go rot… just look at Michael Howard… IMHO he looks more like a dodgy second-hand insurance salesman than a politician… actually, I guess most politicians look like that. But I just don’t like the Conservatives.
Personally I feel immigration should be a big(ger) issue for the parties this year. Maybe it’s just because I live in the middle of a large city now which is teeming with foreigners, but I think the situation is getting a bit out of hand… but that’s not to say i’m turning into Robert Kilroy-Silk or anything.
Hanne e-mailed me this following link which is quite useful for working out who to vote for. I came out as slightly more Lib-Dem than Labour, but oviously this quiz isn’t the definitive guide to choosing your party. I don’t, for instance, agree that tuition fees should be scrapped. While the idea of free education is a good one, I just don’t believe it’s feasible in this day and age, given the price of all the resources a modern university is expected to provide for its students (and it also doesn’t help that I was forced to pay approximately £9000 a year for my tuition because, having lived abroad for most of my life, I was classed as a “foreign student”… if I don’t get off cheap then neither should anyone else! 
j/k).
Who should I vote for?
Your expected outcome:
Labour
Your actual outcome:
 Labour 19 |
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Conservative -14  |
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| Liberal Democrat 21 |
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| UK Independence Party -14 |
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| Green 6 |
You should vote: Liberal Democrat
The LibDems take a strong stand against tax cuts and a strong one in favour of public services: they would make long-term residential care for the elderly free across the UK, and scrap university tuition fees. They are in favour of a ban on smoking in public places, but would relax laws on cannabis. They propose to change vehicle taxation to be based on usage rather than ownership.
Take the test at Who Should You Vote For
And now, back to work!
Hesam said,
April 29, 2005 at 12:06 am
Interesting. I got results similar to yours except that I had Conservative at 0. I didn’t understand what half the issues were, though.
Arash Ali Fatemian said,
April 29, 2005 at 10:58 am
People have fought and died to give you the opportunity to vote. Dont waste it by voting Liberal Democrat
Jacques said,
May 1, 2005 at 4:36 am
Surprise surprise. I should vote Conservative (+11)… then UKIP (+9)… not LibDem or Labour (all <0) and definitely not Green (-14). I was pro-Euro, but I guess my other viewpoints outweighed that stuff. Gareth: our graphs were completely opposite.
Amit said,
May 6, 2005 at 7:23 am
well labour looks like a leader, but only narrowly. Im very pleased about the lib dems gaining more ground.