Conservative Government? No ta, I quite like my milk....

I'd like to begin with another apology for my most recent hiatus. Far from being ICT coursework causing this one, it was in fact.......history coursework. Alas (or eheu), blogging does tend to suffer due to A Levels.

Now then, it had to be done eventually. Politics. More specifically, the "new" Tory/Lib Dem government. As you've probably guessed, I'm pretty conservative in outlook. Im all in favour of the monarchy, long jail sentences etc etc. But the Conservative Party? I just couldn't vote for them (if I had actually been deemed old enough to make my my own decisions about our leaders yet).

Why, I hear you asking (or, more likely, why do I actually read this). Well, several things. One, my parents lived through Mrs Thatcher's last government, so I have been instilled with a suspicion of all things Tory since I was able to say "milk-snatcher".

Second, I dislike David Cameron. He's always trying to look "cool" and "down with the kids" and "one of us". I mean, he's a Conservative, for God's sake. He's an upper middle class bloke (i.e a toff), so he should start acting like one. I'd probably like him more if he just accepted that fact, but instead he insists on rolling his sleeves up and wearing open necked polo shirts, trying to fit in amongst the people on the streets. Tut tut, Dave.

Thirdly, what do they actually stand for? All I've learnt from the Conservative election campaign is how awful Gordon Brown is. Not once have I heard a "Vote for us, because we can fix the economy, and sort out immigration, and the prison system, and the welfare state, and, above all, listen to the people." Its all just been a massive smear campaign against Labour, bitching about their faults and their mistakes, and it smacks of playground politics.

So, all in all, the Conservatives. I have sincere doubts as to whether they will actually solve any of the myriad problems Great Britain currently finds itself mired in, before the people see their true colours as a party for the wealthy minority. Of course, I would love to be proved wrong, but I'm still dubious of Dave and co. If any further proof was needed, just look at their slogan. The Conservatives: Vote for Change. Oxymoron, or what?

p.s. oxymoron, incidentally, comes from the Greek for "stupid and sharp". ( Sorry,couldn't go a whole post without any Classics references at all)

Peace and love