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Originally Posted by arcamalpha2004
Election day will be just like any other day to me, and to be honest, every person in this country should treat it the same.
83% of the population do not trust politicians, does that not say something?
The politicians in this country are the cause of our problems, therefore they cannot be the solution.
If on the other hand there was the opportunity to tick a box that said " None of the above " I may take a detour from the shop to vote.
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I personally don't think people's cynicism should be indulged.
You say politicians are the cause of our problems which is clearly untrue. They can fail to tackle a problem or indeed cause some problems but that is to be expected. They are human and we all make mistakes, difference is ours are not amplified nationwide and then picked up by an entire population who claim it was an obvious mistake and they would have fixed it.
Part of the problem seems to be that everyone thinks governing a country is easy and anyone could do it. It might help if there were slightly more respect.
So if we get rid of politicians then who else should run the country? Or was that just a populist parroted line without much thought about it?
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Originally Posted by Osem
In terms of the election I think it'll hurt the Lib Dems most, New Labour only slightly less and the Tories least of all. It remains to be seen what sort of European 'unity' will emerge from this growing crisis but I suspect there are going to be a lot of arguments and dithering before anything's done. Merkel has already delayed the decision on the Greek bail-out until after some important elections at home and I predict more delays and hiccups will follow if the crisis spreads.
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I agree. Anything that brings Europe and the Economy to the fore will damage the Liberal Democrats. I don't think it's entirely fair as I don't think this is an admission of the failure of the EU principle but it might spell trouble for the Euro.