Comments on Wife in the North: The black hand gang

I think one of the many things that differ between...

2008-05-03T21:22:00.000+01:00

I think one of the many things that differ between the UK and the US voting-wise is that you don't necessarily vote for the person or party you want to get elected, sometimes you have to vote strategically. Where I grew up in North Yorkshire neither dominant party was the party I felt most allied to, so I had to vote for the Libs in order to get the Tories out, so that the Tories would do less well against Labour in the general election. I think you have to be a Brit to understand that logic!!!

At least you got to vote for a person you knew and liked!

How can you vote Tory? they are pure evil in all f...

2008-05-03T09:02:00.000+01:00

How can you vote Tory? they are pure evil in all forms...

Wifey, I hate to load guilt on you, but don't tell...

2008-05-02T15:46:00.000+01:00

Wifey, I hate to load guilt on you, but don't tell your children. My mother was a staunch Labour supporter (she once stopped the car on the way to school and got one of us to jump out and stick a red "Vote Labour" sticker on the nose of a picture of the Tory candidate - he had the largest majority in the country, so it was symbolic rather than anything else). Then a friend stood as a Tory in the local elections, and she voted for him, and I couldn't, just couldn't, understand why. I thought she'd abandoned all her ideals. I've hardly recovered to this day.

Our local councillor who is/was up for re-election...

2008-05-02T12:50:00.000+01:00

Our local councillor who is/was up for re-election actually asked my husband not to vote for him, yesterday. They do seem to be employing strange tactics - some sort of new tactical voting maybe?

I was impressed that you said he didn't ask for vo...

2008-05-02T02:57:00.000+01:00

I was impressed that you said he didn't ask for votes or knock on doors so I went to his blog and saw two posts enitled "Vote for me" and "Doorstep musings". Too funny!