Hi I am new to the forum, and don't know if any body cares about my opinion, but I will give it anyway. I used to vote Labour at the General Election. They were a breath of fresh air in 1997. They did so much for this nation, such as the national minimum wage. However, as time went on cracks appeared. Such as GM crops, War with Fear, student fees, asylum, eroding our civil liberties, War on drugs etc etc. Therefore, in 2005, I felt I was left with no choice but to vote lib deb and John Leech. My reasons other than being a protest at Blair and his cronies, was that the Conservatives, a) do not have any good policies that I can see, and b) they didn't stand a chance of getting in the Withington area. So I was left with the lib dems, who a) were the only ones with a chance (even though I didn't expect them to win) and b) when I looked at the manifesto, looked like they had some good policies. Yes John may have made a mistake, but who was challenging him on the run up to the election? I didn't see anything until afterwards? However, we all make mistakes, we all tell lies (to some degree or other). However, I think I shall reserve full judgement until the next election, and if he is worthy of a second tick in the box from me, then I will give it to him, otherwise, I will make an informed choice on voting someone else!

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