It has been pointed out to me that the entirely pointless General Election that was held 15 years ago today had not needed to be held until a year later.
But it would still have been a waste of time and money. The two parties would still have been exactly the same, and there would still have been absolutely no doubt which of them was going to win.
Those of us who were then members of one or the other ought still to have been sent the bill, rather than expecting the community at large to pay for our weird hobby.
Why should there ever be a General Election unless there is a real difference between the parties, or a realistic possibility of a change of government, or, very preferably, both? What for?
There was certainly nothing that remotely resembled either of those on 5th May 2005.
But it would still have been a waste of time and money. The two parties would still have been exactly the same, and there would still have been absolutely no doubt which of them was going to win.
Those of us who were then members of one or the other ought still to have been sent the bill, rather than expecting the community at large to pay for our weird hobby.
Why should there ever be a General Election unless there is a real difference between the parties, or a realistic possibility of a change of government, or, very preferably, both? What for?
There was certainly nothing that remotely resembled either of those on 5th May 2005.
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