Whilst is tempting to climb the ladder of war to complain about Rupert Murdoch's instructions to his UK journalists staff to bash Labour and Miliband, I'm not going to let it bother me today. I'm going to deliberately ignore his decision to put his narrow commercial interests before the future and welfare of the British people. I'm going to even ignore his relentless continual exposure of the uber-troll Katie Hopkins (I wonder if she's a relative of the notorious Matthew Hopkins, the witch finder of Essex). Knowing her, it's probably just a stage name that she's chosen for the association.
The simple point is really clear today, in that our political parties don't really want the people who vote for them to discuss the policies that they are prepared to implement. All the political parties pretend that they are going to reduce expenditure, whilst at the same time improve the standard of living and return Britain to a new Elizabethan age.
Safe enemies and bogeymen have been identified, the pot of xenophobia is boiling, we're prepared to have endless discussions about our future leaders' haircuts and fashion sense, but we're not prepared to get off our arses and fully participate in the society that we live in. Participation is not about voting once every five years. What we need is to develop a sense of community engagement which lasts between the elections. But in order to achieve that we need to develop a class of politicians who don't play lowest common denominator popular politics or politicians who dump one sector of society in favour of protecting another sector of society.
I appreciate that in order to survive in the world there are going to be occasions in my future when I have to work alongside Ukip voters and Conservative party supporters. And whilst I find their policies reprehensible, divisive, popularist and narrow minded I respect your right to make the wrong decision.
When you are forced kicking and screaming into the Munteanu socialist utopia that is to come, I hope that you will appreciate a less selfish outlook, following your re-education. If not, I'm reassured by my advisors that we can still find a use for you in the salt mines.
I think the hardest thing to do in politics is learning to listen, especially when you don't agree with what the other person is saying. I have made that effort to hear you. But I'm not entirely sure, as a result of what I've heard you say whether you would return the same favour to me.
I cannot believe that the future of the world is safe in your narrow, limited consideration. And I hope that the problem faced by the lack of information in this election campaign will bring about a better politics that starts with policy statements, not haircuts.
