I have never been a fan of local politics, and I don’t believe I ever will. For me, “local politics” consists of constructing and demolishing traffic calming measures over a 4 year cycle – nothing more.
Party A thinks the road requires a traffic island, Party B doesn’t – essentially, one party comes to power and builds it, another party comes to power and removes it, then the first party comes back to power and re-builds the island, and so on, and so forth…
I hope this demonstrates why I’ve never been too excited by a local election. A general election however, is a whole different matter…
I’ve just completed my vote registration form (having moved residence), and will be printing the form and posting to the local electoral office. I will admit however that I’m willing the day that everything can be done online.
So, with the 2010 General Election looming on May 6th 2010, I figured I should learn a little more about what is going on (beyond the BBC News Election site) as it is likely to have an impact upon the next few years of my life in some way, shape or form.
Do you even know who your MP is? I didn’t.
If you want to learn a little more about your local MP, I’d recommend taking a look at TheyWorkForYou.com.
