Psychoblog

i take quite a lot of interest in political stuff these days. i guess it’s part of the whole getting old thing. tonight i am mostly looking forward to jeremy paxman’s interview with michael howard. based on previous encounters it looks certain that mr paxman is going to rip him apart. i think it will be pure car crash tv.

thing about this election is that it’s very national. of course it’s national, but i mean that if you didn’t take time to read/watch the national news then you wouldn’t know it was going on. i have never seen a canvasser, the “vote for me” posters usually plastered on the lamposts are nowhere to be seen and we haven’t had any bumpf (love that word, although i might have made up the spelling) through the door. actually, we did get something through the door yesterday. it was our latest edition of the ashfield and eastwood news, which i thought was odd because we have never had /any/ edition of it before. then i noticed it was all about one person. he must be a real local hero i thought. it was carl who spotted the subtley placed conservative logo on the 3rd page. it was like this guy was doing everything he could to disguise the fact that he was a wannabe conservative mp.

i think people who want my vote should try a little harder to get it. seems like they are just relying on their leaders going on tv to promote their cause, rather than working for themselves. if i was that conservative guy i would do some less closeted campaigning before mr paxman ruins his chances.