Desperate Measures

[poliphilo]

The Lib Dems swept by this morning with the lowest piece of campaign literature I've seen yet.  Clearly run off at the last minute- in smudgy black and white on cheap paper-  it whores for the Asian vote by pointing out that the Labour candidate is a friend of israel and their guy (who used to work for a Saudi sheik) isn't.  Borderline anti-semitic, I'd say.

Shortly afterwards the Tories came down the street with a loud speaker van. I don't know what the point of those things is. You can never hear a word that's being said.

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[oakmouse]

An English friend of mine who isn't on LJ referred to it as Pick A Loser day. I get the definite impression she's nailed it in one.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Pretty much.

Labour went into this election with a leader who is routinely described as the worst prime minister in British history and the Conservatives have a smarmy old Etonian and former PR man whom nobody particularly likes. The reason the Lib Dems have done so well is that they fielded a candidate who comes across as relatively unspoiled and unspun.

Mind you, the last prime ministerial candidate who got large numbers of us genuinely enthused was Tony Blair- and look how he turned out!

[oakmouse]

Yeah, trusting a politician of any kind, of any party is generally not too brilliant.