Whole electoral process just feels alien to me

3:23pm Wednesday 7th May 2008

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I SUPPORT no political party whatsoever. In some ways that's a shame, in others it's a relief.

With reference to the letter from Anthea Hall, I suppose it may not be terribly important that the person who wants to be your local MP comes from many miles away, or he/she is gay, or makes a fortune one way or another and/or has several homes. Nor to which party they belong.

And yet there is something eerily remote about all of this; something so alien and disjointed from the reality of the lives led by many.

Ordinary folk could be forgiven for thinking the only time these 'supreme beings' have any cognizance of their existence is when votes are sought. All of a sudden they care about the issues on the lips of the voters.

These concerns and promises mysteriously disappear once they are elected and when they get a trouncing mid-term, ah well, that's to be expected.

The answer is to "vote for us again so we can finish the job".

I used to believe passionately in a British subject's duty to vote. Nowadays I can't see the point.

Paul Sawtell

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