Election What Election ?

We are now halfway through the general election campaign and it has not yet caught the public imagination.

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The politicians themselves are certainly expenting a vast amount of energy - much of it directed at each other - but the person on the Tyne metro or in the Rover 75 on the AI are hardly echoing with vigorous exchanges.

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Some of the most incendiary issues in the business of politics - crime health, immigration are being discussed with real passion, yet the electorate remains almost totally unmoved.

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If, as is widly predicted, the turn out will be less than the last general elections 59 per cent question must surely be asked why the publics intrest in politics is so low. Perhaps it is an issue of quality rather than apathy. Perhaps the political 'class' in this country have quite simply lost touch with their 'customers'.

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One candididate a Mr R U Serious has clearly juged the public mood correctly. His slogan ' Work harder ! Millions on welfare depend on you' should be apt enough to get the Raving Loony Party candidate elected !