What are you thinking right now?

[Caspin]

I normally avoid talking about politics, mostly because I don't feel sufficiently well-informed to contribute, but I will readily admit that I think we're in a big pickle with the current government. A coalition of Conservatives and Lib Dems seemed weird enough to begin with. Like mixing up chalk and cheese to see what you get. Since they've been in power they've taken to making huge changes to the things that matter most in this country, or at least to me - education and the NHS being two big obvious ones. The changes they're making are radical and they may well be irreversible. The biggest problem I have with this is that they have no mandate to act so boldly - they are stuck in a coalition because they didn't properly win. Mr Cameron seems to have forgotten this.

People throwing their weight around, even when they haven't really been awarded the power to back it up, really annoys me. People so lacking in principles that they change them every five minutes depending on what seems popular - even worse. I don't like decisions being made based on what is popular or someone's 'beliefs' (as opposed to the facts) or just because they're too lazy to do the proper research and then start backpedaling when something goes wrong. I want people who will make rational decisions based on the best information they have at the time. "Measure twice, cut once". It's no surprise that other parties are getting more votes. Voters have to vote for someone and the choices aren't that great. Plus what you vote for isn't necessarily what you get with people so willing to ditch and revise their policies and their principles at every turn.

Makes me want to move somewhere else, but I haven't quite identified where!

Re: Game of Thrones. After a couple of episodes I was completely addicted!