Abandoning the Labour ship...but where to turn...

So Boris Johnson is mayor of London. That as far i'm concerend is rubbish! The guy is a complete disaster. He's not funny, he actually means all the dumb things he says. The Lib Dems had a great candidate in Brian Paddick, a really good choice, and he was sidelined by the media. Now London has Boris. The future is not great.

So, council elections. Labour got utterly trashed. Utterly and totally trashed. To lose 331 councillers in one go is in fact a complete disaster. It's just an utter shame then that the mian benifactors of this have been the Tories. The Lib Dems have made a few games (up 34 councillers, and in control of a net total of 1 more council) so hopefully they will be able to build on this. People need to understand that if you hate Labour then the way to turn is the Lib Dems, not the Tories. Take the 10p tax for example...the Lib Dems were voicing their anger at this from day 1 it was mentioned. It's against the Lib Dems fundamental principals of creating a fairer tax system. The Tories have just taken advantage of it to damage Labour, idealogicaly they have no problem with it. It's a right-wing idea. The Tories are right wing. Go figure.

The problem with Labour is that they have been to authoritarian and whilst we can applaud their willingness to invest in public services it's time for some changes in the management of them...i.e. lets drop this obession with targets and red tape and get things in working order. Voting for the Tories is not a solution to this, the Conservative party have always been idealogically oppsoed to a strong wealfare state, they would damage the NHS and education by aiming to reduce public spending in them. Look past Cameron's shiny face at the Tory backbenchers and see their real agendas.

When it comes to civil liberties and environmental issues the answer simply is to vote Lib Dem. You want liberal values protected? Vote for the Liberal party! Want action on the envrionment? The Lib Dems have been protecting ideas of green taxation and strong action way before the Tories ever jumped on the bandwagon.To cut to the chase, people want a change from Labour.

I urge you/them to vote Liberal Democrat in the future and avoid the Tories like the plague.