UK Election 2010

Once again, I enjoy being blunt. Particularly when in contrast to what I'm talking about.


If you're a UK citizen it's likely that you watched or heard of the first Prime Ministerial debate recently. It was an enjoyable 90 minutes. The media's analysis was awful, which I will get onto later.


ITV did a crap job of the set, I thought. It harks back to the 1980s and Fifteen-to-One. It looked archaic and outdated, and already on newsbites the clips of the debates look over 20 years old. And there was no text on screen of what the question was to remind us as the three men argued.


Anyway, to the nitty-gritty. Personally, I could see Gordon Brown tear David Cameron's policies apart. No wonder Brown was smiling - he was crippling his policies. Unfortunately it seems most other people I spoke to about it completely ignored what was being said and though Cameron wasn't waffling at all. On so many occasions Brown cornered Cameron - particularly on public spending and the £6bn cuts. As Brown was grimacing at Cameron, I was laughing WITH Brown. I loved watching Cameron's wishi-washi idealistic crap be torn apart. I was paying attention to what was being said.


I could tell Brown was genuinely worried about what the Tories would do in power. And I agree with him. At times like these spending needs to be upheld. Tory cuts would make thousands redundant and destroy a large slice of the state's income and ability to finance itself. You have to spend money to make money! That was Gordon Brown, the economist speaking. Yes, Brown was part of the economy that collapsed, but so were the Tories. Remember that it was Thatcher and Reagan who set up that system in the 1980s.


The Lib Dems agree with Labour (mostly) on this issue. Cuts in public spending are not the answer. And I like Vince Cable. I'd love to see Brown as PM and Cable as Chancellor. No disrespect to Alastair Darling, he is a competent Chancellor.


As for Clegg, I didn't have a major bone to pick with him, apart from the Trident issue. As much as it pains me to say, Cameron has it right on Trident. But so does Brown. I'd hate to see what the Lib Dems would to our deterrent. He says he wants cheap one, well, we can't get much cheaper than the one we already have! The deal we have with the USA is a bargain already. We can't get better for less than what we're already paying.


But Clegg did do well in the debate. Like Gordon Brown, he could put figures to his policies. Cameron was full of abstract language and absent figures and commitment to policy.


Well done Brown and Clegg, let's just hope the nation sees the holes you've put in Cameron's 'policies'.


The media coverage afterwards was awful. ITV reporting was awful as always. Cameron bias of course, saying he did very well... blah blah blah. That and the Icelandic volcano will kill us all.


Newsnight wasn't much better... argh I got so angry. I don't care what jonny-anonymous has said on twitter or facebook! If I wanted to know I'd have looked myself. The same reason you're reading this - you might be interested to know what I think. And then the Newsnight man showed this pointless shitty flash game on the interweb where Cameron and Brown were boxing... I mean - this is Newsnight! Not CBBC! Bloody hell... And the 'experts' on Newsnight were shit... I don't care about Clegg's body language... so what if he has one leg slightly forward of the other?!


The British media's coverage of the debate can be summed up in one word: FAIL.