Indeed @gleneagles , along with the realisation that at the end of the day and as many have always suspected, our votes are pointless. As the old he saying goes, whoever you vote for the government always gets in.
Like the choice between Democrat of Republican in the US, Left or Right, Labour or Conservative, under examination those fundamental policies are almost exactly the same.They might disagree on such things as gay rights, immigration, abortion and other social policies such as housing but defence, foreign affairs and the economy all follow as they must the same set line.
Maggie went to war over the Falklands, Blair took us into Iraq, Edward Heath signed us into Europe, Blair still thinks it's the best thing since sliced bread and both sides of that political divide regard our National Health Service as too important or valuable to be interfered with.
Are we heading for a constitutional crisis? Seems like it at the moment.
PS. And now, in this age of global warming we have Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat councillors all backing a new deep coal mine in Cumbria despite protests!
Don't limit the friends you haven't met with arguments you'll never have.
