I'm not actually going to Uni next year, I'm having a Year In Industry. I will continue to contribute to this site and part of the reason that it will work is the group of people involved in the site. Whether a state without party politics would work or not is a bit of a non-issue (though I would be happier if parties encouraged MPs to vote for what they believed in rather than toe the party line at all times) as the reform required will never happen. This is just a quick post so I'll discuss it in a post later. Thank you Dave - I do find Peter's insults rude, and I don't see why you can't get your point across without them. I hope that I don't come across in the same way - I always try to provide a response other than "you are an idiot" or "grow up". On the 20,000 hits - that is page impressions, so you are right there are duplicates. The number of unique visitors is somewhere just over 1,000. My view that a Labour MP would best represent this constituency (and any other) is based on values - and Labour party values is why I am a member of the Labour party. Yes, things haven't gone right over the last two terms of Government but (in my opinion), many more things have become much better. Can I suggest reading Better or Worse by Poly Toynbee on the subject.