I don't think I am even registered to vote these days, and besides that I have never actually voted and at this point have seen more national elections where I could vote than when I was too young. Granted looking at the results of previous elections where I am these days it would not make a lot of odds.
Read the manifestos (or "contract with the people" as the case may be in the case of the Brexit party) of all of the even vaguely notable players, and then figured out what they are actually saying or is likely to actually happen because basic laws of finance, governing principles of law making in the country or physics. While I can't pretend to be upset they all seem to have gone in for fancy words and fun with numbers to obfuscate things and puff themselves up. While all of them have some things I would like to see happen they also all have some things I would be horrified see come to pass and operate on logic I find incredibly questionable, and histories and cronies not much better. To that end I can't say I am a fan of anybody running, and definitely not anybody with a chance of winning* (be the whole deal or any one country in the union). Nobody seems to take on the idea of ruling whilst listening to people that actually know what they speak about (be it drug laws, housing laws, industry laws, car laws, medical financial planning, infrastructure, education, environmental laws...) and are often actively clueless and dismissive of any issues I might like -- I am not liking the demise of free speech/rise of censorship in the UK, and the puppet masters for some parties are growing a bit too bold for my taste.
Don't think I even have a lesser of two evils type pick either as they are both doing nothing for me, albeit in slightly different ways. and general momentum means neither would get too much of a chance to hose it up too much more. If I have to have anything I want another hung parliament.
As far as leaving the EU I remain yet to be convinced it is a good course of action (leaving aside the possibilities as far as what path that might take -- Norway style being rather different to another member of the UN/WTO), though if leave was the result then do it well there lads. To that end I can also safely say none of the deals thus far presented have been any good either -- I want political/diplomatic hardball, not staring off into space and hoping it gets done by magic or that you just have to be there in there body but not mind (such things work well for boring school lessons, less in hardcore international politics) with "it'll be alright on the night" the guiding principle and plan. That said I have enjoyed seeing said politicos get some egg on their faces when their incompetence rises up to greet them, though if I had long term plans/care for the country or expectation of anything from the services the looming no lube rogering that the US, China and maybe Russia are preparing to give might concern (while there are bigger concerns then the US is likely to export its IP system as part of deals, mainly as they have before when dealing with other small countries, and that would be awful).
*haven't bothered to look at the polls to see what they say. But I do like the following video for explaining some of their quirks
I am also curious to see what will happen to any leaders following the results. Last time many were predicting the end of Jeremy Corbyn's tenure as leader of Labour, and it did seem plausible, but he seems to have hung in there instead (not that I am sure who they would replace him with, though purely as a "this would be utterly hilarious" type deal I would love to see what Diane Abbott makes of the role with the amount of drivel that comes out of her mouth most of the time). Similarly the Conservatives are also struggling to contain things with only the fear of the spoiler effect seemingly managing that one, and seeing their departing members say some of the things they have would be utterly historic if utterly historic were not a daily occurrence right now. Roll on the political blood sports and give me some nice stats and cool political manoeuvres using them and odd rules to look at.
Read the manifestos (or "contract with the people" as the case may be in the case of the Brexit party) of all of the even vaguely notable players, and then figured out what they are actually saying or is likely to actually happen because basic laws of finance, governing principles of law making in the country or physics. While I can't pretend to be upset they all seem to have gone in for fancy words and fun with numbers to obfuscate things and puff themselves up. While all of them have some things I would like to see happen they also all have some things I would be horrified see come to pass and operate on logic I find incredibly questionable, and histories and cronies not much better. To that end I can't say I am a fan of anybody running, and definitely not anybody with a chance of winning* (be the whole deal or any one country in the union). Nobody seems to take on the idea of ruling whilst listening to people that actually know what they speak about (be it drug laws, housing laws, industry laws, car laws, medical financial planning, infrastructure, education, environmental laws...) and are often actively clueless and dismissive of any issues I might like -- I am not liking the demise of free speech/rise of censorship in the UK, and the puppet masters for some parties are growing a bit too bold for my taste.
Don't think I even have a lesser of two evils type pick either as they are both doing nothing for me, albeit in slightly different ways. and general momentum means neither would get too much of a chance to hose it up too much more. If I have to have anything I want another hung parliament.
As far as leaving the EU I remain yet to be convinced it is a good course of action (leaving aside the possibilities as far as what path that might take -- Norway style being rather different to another member of the UN/WTO), though if leave was the result then do it well there lads. To that end I can also safely say none of the deals thus far presented have been any good either -- I want political/diplomatic hardball, not staring off into space and hoping it gets done by magic or that you just have to be there in there body but not mind (such things work well for boring school lessons, less in hardcore international politics) with "it'll be alright on the night" the guiding principle and plan. That said I have enjoyed seeing said politicos get some egg on their faces when their incompetence rises up to greet them, though if I had long term plans/care for the country or expectation of anything from the services the looming no lube rogering that the US, China and maybe Russia are preparing to give might concern (while there are bigger concerns then the US is likely to export its IP system as part of deals, mainly as they have before when dealing with other small countries, and that would be awful).
*haven't bothered to look at the polls to see what they say. But I do like the following video for explaining some of their quirks
I am also curious to see what will happen to any leaders following the results. Last time many were predicting the end of Jeremy Corbyn's tenure as leader of Labour, and it did seem plausible, but he seems to have hung in there instead (not that I am sure who they would replace him with, though purely as a "this would be utterly hilarious" type deal I would love to see what Diane Abbott makes of the role with the amount of drivel that comes out of her mouth most of the time). Similarly the Conservatives are also struggling to contain things with only the fear of the spoiler effect seemingly managing that one, and seeing their departing members say some of the things they have would be utterly historic if utterly historic were not a daily occurrence right now. Roll on the political blood sports and give me some nice stats and cool political manoeuvres using them and odd rules to look at.
