Apparently, most of the Tory governments since the war have become so without a majority of the popular vote. That does not, in my opinion, mean that they have a mandate. They persist in talking as though they have some sort of mystical mandate in which most people voting against them means that most people wanted them to carry out their manifesto. They OBVIOUSLY think we are stupid. Or They obviously think we are STUPID. I'm experimenting with the correct stress here. They obviously think WE are stupid. Not sure I know which way I want to go. I think maybe I want to replace think with believe.

One thing I find very irritating with Cameron is his repeated appeal to his intestines instead of his brain. Voting for prisoners makes him feel sick. He doesn't want a voting system that requires thinking, but one relying on gut instinct. It's an unusual place for a man to locate his mind, but I would have thought Oxford and Eton would have suggested an alternative, more scientifically approved place. I can't see Democritos and Cicero seeing his guts as a valid argument. (Though I think they placed thought in the heart. Perhaps Cameron still thinks the brain is a cooling device.)

And them whining that it isn't fair...

I've had a very nice email from the Greens explaining that my county has been affected by Tory voting incomers making it impractical for poor parties to stand against them. That isn't fair - and nor is the above quoted stats about the numbers voting for the Tories.

Penny