Every morning to work, I would listen to the radio on my way to work. LBC, short for Londonâs Biggest Conversation, is my usual channel. Prior going to Sicily, I got so bored of the dividing opinions over Libya and the Middle East etc etc. that I decided to switch off the radio completely to get some ease of mind. That is, however, until last Friday. I switched on my radio to my trust LBC Breakfast show with Nick Ferrari. Why? Because it was the day after our wonderful referendum â to which I didnât bother voting. I wanted to hear about the utter failure of the Liberal Democrats which filled me with more joy than the news of Osama Bin Laden.
I have always told people that Nick Clegg is your perfect politician. He embodies what Politics in Britain and the west is about: lies, broken promises and failed expectations. Such a gloomy perspective on such a sunny day. Indeed, the beauty of democracy â a political system I am not particularly fond of â is that in extreme situation, the popular voice is heard. Yet, the downfall of democracy is that those who manage to trick the population into believing their lies gets to cling on the power like a child to his lollipop.
Disillusioned I may be. Yet, the joy of seeing the defeat on Nick Cleggâs face spread across most front pages and news channels on Friday morning meant that I felt the euphoria by the power of utilitarianism.
Why did the lib-dems choose the Conservatives I do not know; Some say itâs a marriage of convenience. If they were true to their words that â paraphrasing â âthe people had decided that the Conservatives had more votes so they have the mandate to run the countryâ, then the Liberal Democrats should stand aside and let the Tories run the country with their minority government. Now, it just feels like those left voters had their votes stolen from them in the General Elections.
Yes, Nick, we are not very happy with you. That was one of the reasons why I really couldnât be bothered to vote on the Referendum. Firstly, give us something more substantial to vote about; Electoral Reform is such a procedural issue to do with Westminster that frankly speaking I donât care about it. I know about it, but I donât care about it. Coupled with that fact, the only reason why we would want the AV is such that small parties which we genuinely believed could deliver change has more chance of getting elected into their seats. Well, Nick Clegg has totally killed that reason for the majority of us: University Tuition Fees, NHS reform, VAT rises â these are just some of the Tories policies actively promoted by the Liberal Democrat leader. Whatâs more? He talked about the need of keeping our Britishness in a speech today! Mr Deputy Prime Minister â you are the Europe-phile who wanted us to join the Euro and subscribe to European Laws. Letâs not talk about hypocrisy, isnât Britishness what the Tories is about? David Cameron was anti-Europe from the beginning. Forget about Scottish Independence, give us a Referendum on Europe â something that actually matters!
I am so bored of petty Westminster politics.
Then again, I am of the personality type ENFP, my attention span is so short that I find most things boring after 5 minutes.