Policies and manifestos are one thing but it would be foolish to believe that any more than a tiny minority actually bother to find out the differences - both perceived and real - between the different parties prior to casting their votes.
I am the first to complain about labour reneging on its manifesto promise to hold a referendum on the proposed EU Treaty [on the rather dodgy grounds that there are 4 % differences between this and the abandoned CONstitution] nonetheless, I must admit that the number of labour voters who had actually spotted this at the point of voting is going to be negligible.
Since when have votes been cast based on policies? In a country where a bald man, we are told, has no hope of election, we may have to conclude that this generation of voters which is overseeing the dismantling of hundreds of years of freedoms because of its apathy is going to get the kind of nation it deserves. What cannot be argued is that generations yet unborn deserve to enter life under the totalitarian regime which, notch by notch, small step by small step, the EU is becoming.
If you are naive enough to trust our elected 'representatives' or you cannot be bothered to find out what is going on in the real world - it is all YOUR fault!
