For what it's worth ... here's my analysis on the main 4 parties:
Labour - They've had 13 years to get it right. The UK debt in 1997 was approx £6B ... it's now over £160B. The Chancellor of The Exchequer for ten of those years was Gordon Brown, who has been PM for the last three. He was lauded as the best economist in the UK etc etc ... yet during his watch we have had all sorts of global and natinal financial and economic disasters.
He is also a blatant two-faced liar - take his 'on oath' answers to the Iraq Enquiry about the Defence Budgets and the Rochdale incident with Gillian Duffy this week as just two examples. And how well were our troops initially equipped for Iraq & Afghanistan? Where was the planning for rebuilding Iraq?
Verdict: Time for change ... Get rid!
Conservative - Cameron talks a good game, but hasn't convinced me at all. Still too politically correct for my liking and not willing to say it as it is.
Defence comes across well, but I'm not sure if the rest of the policies stand up to close scrutiny. Immigration is way too liberal in my view. Still seems to be the party for the rich. Bring back Maggie!
Verdict: I've always voted Conservative before - but not this time
Lib Dems - Clegg has the most presence (in the TV Debates) and comes across as more convincing on a personality basis but his policies on Defence & Immigration in particular would be a disaster.
Does he really think getting rid of the RAF Typhoon programme is viable, that a nuclear equipped Iran & North Korea would disarm if we binned Trident and that they wouldn't be a major threat? What about China & the resurgent Russia?
(picture: RAF Typhoons intercepting Russian bombers in UK Airspace in 2010)
And as for allowing illegal immigrants here to become 'legal' ... ?! Cuckoo !
Verdict: Well meaning but ultimately extremely dangerous
UK Independence Party
Might sound biased here but I can't fault their policies at all !
Education, Health, Europe, Defence & Immigration all get my vote !
Read them for yourself
No way will they form the next government, but a few seats will allow them to sanitise some of the insanity from the main three parties
Verdict: X marks the spot!
Others
The BNP couldn't run a bath, let alone a country, and The Green Party are only strong on the environment (and will cripple you financially as a motorist).
Apologies to Scottish & Welsh readers, but I don't know enough about the SNP or Plaid Cymru to comment.
And as for Sinn Fein ? Hmm ... I reckon you can guesss my thoughts on them !
Undecided?
Here is a handy all party policy comparison page from the BBC.
Cast Your Vote in our unofficial poll on the left hand side of our front page.
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That was a bit deep and meaningful. Yes UKIP have he right idea's but they don't have the MP Power - we wish
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