bygjohn's blog

Thank heaven the Crewe and Nantwich by-election is now over. Not quite the outcome I would have preferred (Tory win, in case you've been on the moon for the last few weeks), but good enough in that the current fake-Labour regime got a kicking.

That said, I wouldn't wish a by-election on anyone. Ordinary elections are bad enough, but the hoopla surrounding the by-election was completely barmy. Luckily I missed anyone banging on my door by being at work or asleep (ME occasionally has its up-sides...!), but the daily avalanche of paper coming through my letter box was ludicrous. Sometimes up to five letters or pamphlets per candidate per day, for heaven's sake.

I was far from impressed, too, by the tone of some of the campaign, which got downright nasty with respect to the Tory candidate. While I'm not a fan of the Tories, there really was no call for that. Politics aside, he didn't seem to be too bad a bloke, so attempting to spark some sort of class war with a lot of childish name-calling and pointing was just appalling. As for the fake-Labour attempt to make the seat hereditary, how ridiculous was that?

I almost resorted to voting for the Flying Brick (Monster Raving Loony Party) simply on the basis that I had no junk mail from him/it...