What do I do now?? (Warning, this is a post about politics!)

My whole voting life I've been a Labour supporter but due to events over the last year or so I'm now in a dilemma.  I don't want to vote Labour but there's no party that I trust or that represents my views.

This has been going on for a while.  To be honest I wasn't keen on Milliband as a leader, I believed Ed Balls would of been a better leader but I stood by him and trusted the party made the right choice.  Then as time went on the whole party seem to loose their backbone!  Then in the last few weeks the local branch have shown they're prepared to stab any one in the back to get what they want. (Won't go into details as I don't want to get friends in trouble).

So who do I vote for??  After growing up in the 80's with Thatcher and 90's with Major I'll never vote Tory.  Clegg killed the Lib Dems who were the one party I'd of thought about voting for!  I'm not even going to start about what's wrong with Ukip and Farage.  Which leaves the Green Party who are too green even for me who recycled everything long before it was compulsory in Swindon!  

Basically I don't feel there's any one who represents me any more.  I'm a middle aged, disabled, white mother and wife.  

Next year we've got local elections here, unless there's a good independent candidate I won't have any one to vote for.  I don't believe in not voting but it could be the first time I don't.  What's happened to politics??
  

Election 2015

I try to keep politics off this blog.  Mainly because it's a personal choice who you vote for and it can get heated!  But I need a rant about local politics!

I love in North Swindon.  There are two seats in Swindon,  North and South.  the election is on Thursday and how many canvassers have we had round?  NONE.  As for leaflets we've had 2 or 3 Tory, 1 or 2 Labour, 1 Lib Dem and 1 Independent.  Now I know this is traditionally a Tory area but how can people choose if they don't hear all sides??!  I've never voted Tory in my life but to be honest I know more about the local Tory councillor than any of the others.  In fact until the independent and Lib Dem leaflets came through I didn't know there was any one else to vote for!!!!

I know of other areas that have been canvassed and others that have been bombarded with leaflets.  I don't get this 'well it's a tory area' attitude!  How will it ever be anything else if you don't stand up and be counted??!! 

For the first time I can see why people don't bother voting.  What's the point if you don't know what the other guy stands for??!

So this is a shout out to all Haydon Wick councillors.  GET OFF YOUR ARSE AND TELL US WHY WE SHOULD VOTE!

Rant over!!! 😝