VOTE YOU FOOLS (2/2) by Lee Cassanell

(1/2), (2/2).

The Green Party We are the world We are the children We are the ones who make a brighter day So let's start giving.... There's a choice we're making We're saving our own lives It's true we'll make a better day Just you and me

Conclusion Bless their hemp socks. I appreciate and respect all the Green Party policies but I wish they would also have ideas when it comes to the day to day running of a country and not just the grander issues. I personally think if you dealt with nuclear disarmament, renewable energy and the Environment then they would have a profound and lasting affect on our everyday lives but still...I do feel they need to have more to say when it comes to the mundane issues such as crime, health and education.

The BNP You're aving a Turkish ain't ya? Conclusion You would have to have a brain the size of a Mayfly egg or some weird agenda based on snippets of stupidity that you picked up from your ignorant parents or disillusioned friends.

Why not spoil your ballot paper, buy a Gestapo uniform and cultivate a Hitler moustache instead of voting because that way that you will still be a racist...but a god damn dapper racist.

The Rest The odd Independent socialist, a woman who channels her policies through the urn of her dead Labrador, a couple of hippies who think every child should have access to free Mung beans and the token legalise Cannabis candidate who has a great record collection but has problems threading his shoelaces. Conclusion

Socialism is a dirty word thanks to communism but it's a very different idea and one worth considering and as much as fond of Mung beans and Marijuana I'd have to pitch my tent in the dead Labrador camp because maybe, just maybe the barkings of a long deceased ghost dog carry some political weight....after all he's been to the other side and therefore chances are, he knows something we don't.

So to wrap up then before I hit the haystack...Labour, Conservative and the Liberals are all yesterdays cat litter and if we as a nation are going to truly express our disapproval at the way democracy has been destroyed then let us rise from our ashen armchairs, grab a stiff cup of Fair Trade Coffee and mosey on down to the polling booth to register our firm yet badly thought out Protest Vote.

It's not such a big chore is it and so it's only local councillor elections and so you might miss five minutes of your Pilates class it's your solemn duty as a citizen of the world to express your opinion and your forefathers have fought and died in order for you to have that right so rather than piss on your ancestors bones why do something that actually matters for as change and who knows, you might actually enjoy the feeling. Go for the Green Party perhaps...sure they have there problems but it would be a great coup for Hull if we had a few ecologically friendly councillors.

Avenues candidate Martin Deane seems to have only the best of intentions and Newland candidate Ruth Nicol is a mean piano player and if that's not a good reason to give her a chance, I don't know what is! Then again Pol Pot was a keen pianist so maybe we should just all play safe and vote for the dead dog.

Photographs courtsey and Copyright ©  Mo 2005

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