Never in my life have I approached an election with so little enthusiasm for either of the two main parties. Indeed, I regard both with horror. One is the party of the Iraq war, of dependable duplicity, that regards education as a sub-branch of business, that attaches zero importance to personal liberty, and that will not be satisfied until a plague of targets of Stalinist proportions has bettered all services on paper but not in fact.
The other is in the pocket of the Murdoch organisation and dedicated to trimming the B.B.C. in the interest of its commercial rivals. Perhaps the B.B.C. has over-reached itself somewhat but it plays a vital role in keeping the politics of the Tea Party at bay. In so far as I fear for the B.B.C., I fear for Britain as a relatively sophisticated and well-informed democracy.
And so I would despair were it not for the Liberals. As exciting as soya, certainly, but that is the point. Logic and sense rarely stir the blood. But a Hung Parliament may concentrate minds upon sensible solutions.
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