A casual observer of my blog might assume that I am vaguely interested in politics. That assumption is correct. I became 'mentally unwell' in 1979, the year that Margaret Thatcher came to power, so rightly or wrongly I associate the oppression of her Conservative administration with my own unhappiness. She didn't have to tell me, because I always knew that there was no such thing as society. I have been 'sailing this ship alone' since the age of 13. I have a child's memory of the entry into the European Union and then after the winter of discontent we were straight into an administration that left an indelible mark on a generation of people. The 1980's were an incredible decade for music and I wonder whether this was a reaction to the Oppression of the Government. From the Falklands to the Miners' Strike over here to the Republican Administration of Reagan, popular culture and creativity thrived.
As any politician worth their salt, I digress. This blog post coincides with Bipolar Awareness Day. Are you Labour or Conservative? Which end of the Bi-polar Political spectrum do you stand? Spectrum is the important word. In this forthcoming general election I am hoping that we will see a spectrum of opinion where individual voters will not be afraid to err from the choice of two on the menu which has been on the table for eons. I include this BBC link to show the British Prime Ministers and the political timeline.
It appears that we are creatures of habit, Conservative, Labour, Conservative, Labour, Conservative, Coalition. So the best that we can hope for is that the next Labour, Conservative, Coalition government is not as bad as the last one. How can we have high expectations when we know what politicians (for they are human beings) are like?
We are a captive audience, we are at the whims of political parties and their members, the members who supply us with the 'Top Sharks' that we are required to vote for. The most important General Election in a generation? Yeah right.
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