Wow, a boring old election between a crappy Labour leader known the world over as 'that guy who took over for Tony Blair' and the Conservative candidate and a posh pretty-boy elitist (in the genuine sense of the word) whose idea of Britain is of old boys' clubs and cups of tea while watching the test match, of 'law and order' and dealing with the ruffians (anybody who isn't rich or posh) justly, just got interesting.
Nick Clegg, leader of the traditional 'third party' in Britain, the Liberal Democrats, who are a liberal party in the true sense (their book of office is Mill's
On Liberty) has skyrocketed in the polls after the first debate from a measly third place of near-irrelevance to a statistically insignificant one point lead over the Tories and a five point lead over Labour.
Has Britain's middle class finally found its voice? Maybe Clegg's vote transcends class. Perhaps if he holds onto it and really shakes things up, elections will become less about the posh vs. the working class. It's already less about that.
Gives me mild hope that the NDP under its future post-Layton leader, or a new party entirely, can enter the Canadian scene and break apart this ridiculous two-horse race between the gigantic jokes that our Tory and Liberal parties are.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1542582/