Election

I'm sure you all remember this post. The one I made when the general election date was formally announced. When I asked you all to start thinking about your vote, about the policies, about the issues, about the candidates running in your local area, because I was going to tell you to vote on May 6th and I didn't want to hear any whinges about 'oooh, I don't know enough to vote' or 'but it doesn't make any difference anyway'.

So, have you started educating yourself? I know I've made up my mind the best I can, as I sent my postal vote off yesterday; are you ready to enter the ballot box yet?

Maybe not. Maybe you want to see the last leaders' debate tonight before committing yourself. Maybe you're waiting on replies from your local candidates to e-mails and letters you've sent them. Fine - that's all evidence-based reasoning. But if you are still mithering around worrying about not having an opinion, it's high time to form one.

I suggest you start with the BBC's very helpful policy comparison website, which will tell you precisely what parties think about issues that may be of interest to you and shows you their manifesto pledges side by side. From there, you can explore the whole of the BBC election site, which is full of helpful information.

If you have been thinking about all this hung parliament malarky, then I recommend you pop over to Hang 'Em, which has some thoughts on the subject. In the interests of full disclosure, that is partly powered by libellum.

There's a week to go. There's still time to make an educated decision. Make sure you do.

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