I must stress before anyone attempts to sue me, the views listed within this blog are that simply of the country, and no-one elses. Sorry Gordon, its true.
Today goes to the LIBERAL DEMOCRATS. Between now and the election, each party may very well get a Dedication. But after the first TV debate, we find that Nick Clegg is actually (based solely on tonight) the best candidate for the job.
He seemed to interact with the audience a lot more than Cameron and Brown, and (as some of you will remember, after the Politics conference I attended in January), the whole party are charismatic, youthful and full of ambition.
Now a lot of people are writing Clegg off as a PM candidate, but surely he's in with a good shout? This kind of thing tonight will really push the party. They can't afford the kind of advertising that the Labour or Tory parties can, but having free advertising through 3 debates could really help gain big shares of votes.
Yes, they have some weird polciies, like the mansion tax, but there are plenty of good ones too. Electoral reform is guaranteed, the House of Lords will become a completely elected body, Trident will be slashed, and education and healthcare would receive more money.
Lots of room for improvement though, from all 3 parties. It wasn't a good debate, on any count, but it shows us the cracks in the two major parties, and shows us also how good the 'written off' party COULD be. I'm not saying that they will win this year, but come 2015, if Clegg Nut is still in charge, they could really be in for a good shout.
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, you are the Day Dedicatee for Thursday 15th April 2010.
(P.S. An update. Late Lent is halfway through, and it went quite well.... for the first few days. It deteriorated for a bit, but trying my best again! Will keep you posted.)
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