Most people around here seem to think the sky is falling in, but that's the Socialist People's Republic of South Yorkshire for you.
I am (and always have been) a floating voter. Last time around, I honestly believed a Conservative / Lib Dem coalition was the best outcome. I stick by that. For all the coalition's (many) faults, they've done a reasonable job on most fronts, whereas another five years of Gordon Brown would have been disastrous.
This time around, I had my fingers crossed for a Labour / Lib Dem / SNP alliance of some sort. Labour seemed to be offering a pretty sensible centre-left alternative; the Lib Dems could've kept their worst tax-and-spend instincts in check; and the SNP would have led them into discussions for sensible electoral and constitutional reform.
The scale and pace of the Conservatives' planned cuts really does scare me. Yes, government borrowing needs to be reduced, but it should be a longer term plan and there are better ways of doing it than they are intending.
I also fear for the future of the United Kingdom. The results were such a disconnect between Scotland and everywhere else, and I worry that Cameron's constitutional reforms will be more about gerrymandering than they will be about addressing the real issues of discontent with over-centralised politics.
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I am (and always have been) a floating voter. Last time around, I honestly believed a Conservative / Lib Dem coalition was the best outcome. I stick by that. For all the coalition's (many) faults, they've done a reasonable job on most fronts, whereas another five years of Gordon Brown would have been disastrous.
This time around, I had my fingers crossed for a Labour / Lib Dem / SNP alliance of some sort. Labour seemed to be offering a pretty sensible centre-left alternative; the Lib Dems could've kept their worst tax-and-spend instincts in check; and the SNP would have led them into discussions for sensible electoral and constitutional reform.
The scale and pace of the Conservatives' planned cuts really does scare me. Yes, government borrowing needs to be reduced, but it should be a longer term plan and there are better ways of doing it than they are intending.
I also fear for the future of the United Kingdom. The results were such a disconnect between Scotland and everywhere else, and I worry that Cameron's constitutional reforms will be more about gerrymandering than they will be about addressing the real issues of discontent with over-centralised politics.
We'll see.