Who Would You Have Instead?

Well I am not sure if the question referred to the Euro elections, politicians in general, or the Labour party.

I'll try and write a quick answer to all three. Well I have already publicly severed my connections with Labour a few posts back. I'd still support a party headed by a coalition of David Miliband, Alan Johnson, and Jack Straw over the Osborne and Cameron club. However Labour has too many unpopular, uncredible and downright poor front benchers. I genuinely fear another Labour victory will lead to a sterile, ineffectual government whose only hope of popular governance is an appeal to xenophobia and active scare mongering. Which would most likely result in more anti-liberal laws, scape goating and preservation of the status-quo. At least if Labour came back to power the party may be so unpopular that all cash for honours and bribery may end.

We still need politicians though and I'll be voting for the party which offers the most ambitious but realistic set of reforms. In 1997 Labour ran on a reform agenda set on bringing in proportional representation and reform of the House of Lords. They have spent 11 years probing at the latter and have completely forgotten the former. Clegg, on Sunday, renewed calls for Lords reform, something which I think is greatly needed, and ordered any capital gains avoidance made from house 'flipping' and and profits from property investment to be paid back to the public. Is that change we can believe in? Maybe not, but its the most radical, realistic alternative.

In regards to Europe there are two parties i would not like to see take the seat. The SNP or the Tories (well ukip and BNP are unlikely). Labour can't be trusted the clean up their national expenses so I doubt their MEPs will be troubled much by not only Europe's SISO system or their massive public waste. That leaves us with the Greens or the Lib Dems and I don't even know who their candidates are.

Ahh, delving into minority party voting...it feels so....unprofessional.