05/05/05

Ok so Tony Blair will be voted back in power on the 5th of May. This was never in any doubt, even when tens of thousands of British voters demonstrated against the invasion of an undemocratic Iraq last year we knew he would win the next election. I might've voted for Labour if Tony had let Gordon Brown have his go as leader, but the Liberal Democrats have a more positive manifesto for the country. The Tories are feeding off the fears of the paranoid people, trying to scare us into voting for them, so I'll give them a miss.

I checked out a website that asks you to fill in a questionnaire, then tells you which party shares your views the most:

Who should I vote for?

Your expected outcome:

Liberal Democrat

Your actual outcome:

Labour -6
Conservative -33
	Liberal Democrat 54
UK Independence Party -17
	Green 36

You should vote: Liberal Democrat

The LibDems take a strong stand against tax cuts and a strong one in favour of public services: they would make long-term residential care for the elderly free across the UK, and scrap university tuition fees. They are in favour of a ban on smoking in public places, but would relax laws on cannabis. They propose to change vehicle taxation to be based on usage rather than ownership.

Take the test at Who Should You Vote For

"BNP in league with Muslim business over newspaper"

"The BNP newspaper, Voice of Freedom, is published by a Saudi Arabian printing press that also counts The Sikh Times and Daily Jung as its customers".

"Brits hurt by melting pyjamas, alligators and centipedes"

"Other unusual injuries included four victims of noise exposure, four of vibration and 40 from contact with a high-pressure jet".

"Crossing continents on the Old Kent Road"

"One small stretch of London seems to capture half the world - and it is Britain's future, whether Michael Howard likes it or not".

My sound kill a sound guy by day...

"...and crucify dem by night" - or something like that.

Sound Killah - Basic Operations

Scientists aware of Indonesian earthquake risk

I found this article dated 16th March, twelve days before the earthquake that wrecked the Indonesian island of Nias.