My favourite political quote of 2009 came from David Cameron and he only just managed to squeeze it in their! Cam called for a "good clean fight" in the elections that will come up - at some point March, June, who knows? - at some point in the first half of 2010. I think the greatest achievement of this particular soundbite of loveliness is that CamCam has managed to be both hypocritical and ironic. Because let's face it when was politics ever 'clean'? The point of a representative democracy is that our politicians do the dirty work for us! We like it dirty! Plus for many voters the more competitive - read dirty - the fight is the more likely they are going to come out to the polls, something that the British voting levels are starting to need.
And I personally think Cameron needs to focus his words slightly closer to home. From the NHS/American Healthcare/Daniel Hannan drama in August, to the Tories latest 'attack' over Mobiles being smuggled into prisons, the Tories have been doing a whole lot of dirty fighting themselves.
On a serious level though I think that there may be some real truths hidden deep down in Cameron's words. Since politics became less about policies and more about personalities it seems that much of the public have lost their respect for politicians, and their desire to participate. So maybe a well fought battle would be enough to inspire more people to vote. And as long as it stays a battle it would still be just as fun for those who just love to watch!
gave you an award, babski (:
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