What's the alternative?

As the local elections roll round, and all parties gear up for their final desperate push, is there really any choice any more for voters?

Die hard fans not withstanding (by that I mean affiliates of one of the parties, rather than Bruce Willis fans... although you may be just as well voting for him...)  it used to be that you voted for the "other" party when the current one had made a sufficient mess of things.

However given that we have had both a Labour and a Tory mess in recent years, a Labour leader in opposition who seems nice enough but can often be utterly forgotten about, and not forgetting that the other usual alternative, the Lib Dems, are currently in league with the Tories and have upset even their own followers... what is the alternative?  

How will voters show their lack of support for the current batch of self-serving, self-centered, monolithic, rich, political oafs?

It seems that despite being labelled a joke party, not to be taken seriously and only slightly less dubious than the MRLP, UKIP has tottered along and manages the impressive feat of seeming more like old down to earth Labour whilst having a leader who sounds posher than Cameron!

It might not be the US presidential elections but it should be interesting to see if voters can be bothered to vote for anyone and if so, who they choose as an alternative to the current local leaders.

Definition of irony......

Definition of irony.. CPS quoting Oscar Wilde in closing statements of a case attempting to desperately criminalise a gay man...

Also, the fact he fantasised about being in an orgy is part of the case against... so why aren't CPS going after '50 sharts of gravy' author for inciting extremes of thought...

wait, a photo of someone in a gas-mask is illegal?

So to clarify, the CPS try to prove a photo of someone in a gas mask is illegal, as the person MIGHT die wearing one (odd they were so popular in WW2 then) yet causing someone to ACTUALLY die is not illegal.  That seems perfectly sane..

Well that seems fair...

Interesting..  a policeman with a history of violence and various complaints, assaults an innocent bystander and causes them to die, and yet is found utterly innocent of anything.. yet here, the CPS are trying ever more
desperate attempts to make an innocent person guilty....  (including, after an incompetent attempt to view files on an email account, deciding that an image of someone in a gas mask was in breach of the Criminal Justice act as it could cause "serious harm" or death....!!!) 

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