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Where is May?

Before I start, read this Huffington Post article. Theresa May is running scared Where is our PM? Have you seen her? Have you seen her without an invitation to see her? That is the real question.  No TV debates May has said she will not be participating in TV debates because she thinks the public want to meet with her and not see the debates. She will be interviewed on the tele though so there is that. The BBC and ITV have already said that they will hold leader debates and the threat is there to 'empty chair' her if she doesn't turn up. Unfortunately Corbyn's team have been hinting that he won't do a debate without May but I think that would be a mistake. I think he should definitely appear and make her seem the scared little wotsit she really is (wanted to say something stronger but I didn't because I am a nice girl). Who is she really meeting? That is the question. If May is so desperate to 'meet the people' on this campaign the...

Women and politics

By now everyone is aware of how I vote and that I have stood (and am standing again) as Labour candidate in the local elections. I like to think of myself as fairly intelligent and able to look at the world and make up my own mind on what is fair and what works for the country I live in. I have the same rights to vote as anyone else over the age of 18 in the UK and I make the most of that vote when the opportunity arises. In case the people of Britain have been living under a rock for the last few months, you will know about the upcoming UK General Election (2015). This is taking place on 7 May and is quite interesting for a number of reasons. For the first time we have had a set amount of time between elections, five years. This was put into law shortly after the Con-Dem coalition formed in 2010 so we have actually known the date of the election for the last five years. Also, this is the first election to have such comprehensive political debates on live television. This is not en...