Election III

…having said that, Michael Howard was quite good on BBC Breakfast this morning.

Last night on Newsnight they ran a feature where Salam Pax (the Baghdad Blogger) went around Bethnal Green and Bow talking to the candidates and the locals. This has reconfirmed my view that Oona King is the only option.

I somehow get the feeling that I am not regarded by many of the parties as being within one of the important target demographic sectors in my constituancy. Interestingly, the only party which has been bothered to canvass at my door has been Respect. “In touch with the concerns of the people” points deducted for calling during the Liverpool — Chelsea match. Respect was always going to be on a sticky wicket anyway, canvassing inside an apartment block where the cheapest one–bedroom apartment must be worth at least £250k on the basis that “we’re the party that stands for what the Labour Party used to stand for” — i.e. royally screwing anyone in receipt of an income sufficient to service the mortgage concomitant with owner–occupancy in such an apartment block.

Isn’t it funny how Labour are now the obvious choice for the conservative voter? Isn’t it funny that earning enough to buy a lousy one–bedroom flat in central London means that you are in serious danger of being among “the rich” in the Founding Declaration commitment: “Tax the rich to fund welfare and to close the growing gap between the poor and the wealthy few”.