How did this happen? #GE2015

By Lucette Davies

I wasn’t the only person feeling somewhat optimistic on Thursday.  There was now a chance that we could get a more progressive government.  A chance that the underlying angst that had hung over many people for the last five years would be lifted.  But hopes were dashed on the announcement of the exit polls.  After a restless night on Thursday, I woke with a migraine, fumbled to turn on my smartphone and found out  the reality was far worse.  So what on earth went wrong?

The root of all evil

By Sally Patricia Gardner

Like many others, I watched the Question Time debate last week. Pity Dave wasn’t brave enough to go head-to-head, so I guess this was as good as it gets. The bit that really annoyed me was when he produced and waved around that famous note (you know, ‘The money’s all gone’- that one). Because he knows perfectly well that really was intended as a joke.

This General Election is feeling very negative

By Lucette Davies

On Thursday many people will be going to polling booths to cast a vote for either SNP, Plaid Cmyru, The Green Party or UKIP.  The government that we end up with will still be either Labour or Conservative although they are more than likely to be in a coalition.  So should we be thinking about ending the two party system that we have lived with for so long and embrace electoral  reform?

A belief in fairness and equality means I will be backing Ed

By Sally Patricia Gardner

It is hard not to get political at the moment with politics everywhere.  As a Prime Minister whose own party failed to achieve an overall majority in 2010, Cameron’s immediate response was to fence himself in for a five year term.  Consequently we have all been subjected to this American style (long!) election campaign.  Thanks Dave.

Conservative Party policy for 2015 seems quite implausible

By Lucette Davies

David Cameron is proposing a drastic cut back on the size of the state if he is re-elected in May.  But this has left me feeling unsure of what he is hoping for regarding the future of Britain.  It seems that unless he allows the lives of many  British people to reduce to the quality of life they could have expected in Victorian times, he is going to have to upset his donors. 

The NHS and the choices we will have this May

By Lucette Davies

My previous blog post has attempted to explain why I believe that the future of our NHS service should be considered very carefully by everyone as they go into polling booths on the 7th May.

I wanted to write this post,  so as to try and give voters who share my concerns a brief run down on how our choices that we make when voting this May will influence health policy.

Who will win an election that is a battle between right and left?

By Lucette Davies

Tony Blair recently made a statement about how he feels the 2015 General Election will be the traditional fight between left and right with the traditional result, meaning a Conservative victory.  How true was this statement?

What are the choices we will have in 2015?

By Lucette Davies

Electioneering has started with a vengeance.  Each of the political parties is pouring their energy into winning the support of the public.

Some people say that they feel all the parties are as bad as each other.  Others say that they don’t like politics or that they don’t care who is in power in 2015.

Are all the parties much the same?  Can we really ignore politics and take no interest? How do we decide who to vote for on polling day?