I’ve always looked forward to the first election I can vote in, but at the moment I’m not sure there is really going to be a lot of difference between the various choices on the ballot slip. The reason for this, of course, is the total lack of idealism in British politics at the moment, something which has left a situation where voters are being asked to pick between variations of one way of running the country. This is the almost universal politics of the centre.

Certainty is a very dangerous thing, but holding a socio-economic ideal is, in my opinion, vital for forcing politicians to make progress in the gradual improvement of the organisation of the human race to the optimum situation. By this I mean that this centre, non-idealist system is even more about simply winning votes and keeping people comfortably, falsely happy. Some would argue that it is realistic, that ideals cannot be achieved by their very nature. This is not true because if we cease to strive, we can never get anywhere. Many great figures across history have created that this was thought to be impossible at one point or another in time.

My hope is that the Labour leadership contest will push the winner over to the left, and this will then push the Tories nicely over the other way, returning to the age-old battle that *will* be won one day.

PS - my about page is open. Go there for political overviews of me, with my move towards a more serious blog. Keep the red flag held high, Comrades