Politics from a vegetarian's point of view

Imagine, for a moment, that you're a vegetarian. If you are a vegetarian, this won't be hard.

You go out for dinner, and your host has thoughtfully cooked two dishes so that you choose whichever option you prefer.

"Chicken or beef?" says your host. You'd be horrified, wouldn't you? You might choose one or the other, out of necessity and perhaps politeness, but for anyone to say that you actually wanted either of them would be ludicrous.

Yet this is the choice we are faced with in politics today. Today is Local Elections day, and as I mentioned in my blog yesterday, the major parties are campaigning with typically cynical double standards. Many people feel that it is important to vote, and it is. The problem is that if you vote, however you vote, that party will take it as a vindication of their conduct and policies. This, often, could not be further from the truth. How many people today have voted Labour just to make sure that the Conservative candidate didn't win, and vice versa?

The truth is, there is a growing section of the electorate which is not voting for the candidate that they actually want. They're voting so that they don't get the candidate they really hate.

In an earlier blog, I suggested a "none of the above" or "no vote" option. Perhaps if we had that, politicians of all stripes would realise that, by and large, we think they're all useless.