More apolitical blues

[psychochicken]

I posted last week about my political quandary - how I am struggling to see who I should give my 'X' to on May 6th. Since then I've watched the second TV debate (by all accounts a bit more firey than the first, but not by much) and tried to read up on what the various parties are doing and promising. All of the parties have policies I am for, and

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[dalg]

The point the SNP are making is that if people can vote for your party in an election, you are entitled to coverage the same as the other parties. The Welsh Nats are having the same problems. Yes I know that he is never going to be PM in the "UK" but it's the principle. In Scotland (and Wales) there IS a fourth option, but these parties are being excluded from the debate, and could miss out on votes as a result.

Maybe making the debates regional would solve this.

[psychochicken]

The regional debates are Scotland specific and there to address this, and it's right that the SNP are strongly represented there; but the national debate is called the prime ministerial debate for a reason - it's for those people we are choosing between to be prime minister and is appropriate to the entire United Kingdom. Alex Salmond is simply not one of those people.

Plus the SNP has no right to equal UK representation. Only 10% of the population can vote for them so why should 90% the country be subjected to their whining? Likewise the Welsh nats, but at least they realise that the prime ministerial spot is not open to them as things stand. I'd imagine that the three parties represented have a candidate in pretty much every constituency in the country. Frankly the Greens and half a dozen other minority parties probably have better population coverage than the SNP.

This is a publicity stunt, pure and simple, and in my eyes at least, he's damaging his cause with it.

[dalg]

Actually the Welsh Nats are complaining as well. It's a joint complaint by both parties.

I get your point, but there's not an equivalent debate north of the border.

[psychochicken]

But there is. Salmond is apparently boycotting it. Arse.

[dalg]

It's all academic anyway. If voting changed anything, they'd outlaw it.