A comment posted by Omar, linked to http://bit.ly/lEMKY, inspired this entry. I was interested to read the thoughts on living in the here and now and how our minds frequently wander to some other time, past or future, because the grass may be greener somewhere else.
It took me back to a time when KC and I were picnicking on the banks of the Severn with Omar, Hannah and Adam who were (approximately) aged between 4 and 10 and they were pretending to fly off the top of a gate. I remember thinking if I could stay somewhere in time and space it would be here and now. I took a photograph which I have somewhere.
This post struck a chord because sometimes when I am walking along the beach or cycling to the shop in the sunshine and I feel so lucky, a little voice inside says wouldn’t you rather be at home in the UK.
Should we vote now we know that our politicians are no more honest than the rest of us? I have to admit than I do know one or two totally honest people, but lets be honest wouldn’t we all go with a bit of a scam if we could? Especially if it was within the rules?
But to answer the question; should we vote? No I don’t think we should. I, rather tongue in cheek, suggested at the last election that we should have ‘A no vote is a positive vote’ campaign, because I didn’t believe any of them was doing a good job for the good of the country. And if nobody voted then the people that govern us would realise that we had all lost confidence in them AND something BIG had to be done to get us back on track!
Being told you have to vote, because the suffragettes… blah blah blah is *****. We have the right not to vote if there is no one worth voting for; in fact I would go so far as to say that it is our duty not to vote for politician we have no confidence in!
I personally believe that party politics has a lot to answer for, what we need and have needed for many years is a coalition government to sort this country and the wider world out! (But thats a whole new blog)
