Thursday, April 08, 2010

Voting in the HE Community

From yesterday's letter from Balls to Michael Gove:

"It is our very clear intention to ensure that all the measures you have rejected are included in a new bill in the first session of the new Parliament."

Putting aside the awful possibility that Balls is still thinking about the leadership, a Labour or Lib/Lab government is still a thing greatly to be feared. It rather looks as if many HEors will be working to make quite sure this doesn't happen.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Since the Lib Dems refuse to rule out jumping in to bed with Labour in the event of a hung parliament they've really ruled themselves out.

Jacinta said...

This election does seem different in that many people aren't starting out knowing how they're going to vote - so many have lost faith with the current system and some of the self-serving MPs who have been highlighted during the last year. I do wonder how many independents will be voted in (or will even stand) and how that might affect the outcome.

I also have no doubt that we will have to fight this battle again - the bureaucrats at the DCSF are still there. Perhaps the party that says it will get rid of them will be voted in - just think how much money could be saved.

There are some politicians who I hope may simply roll away out of the public picture, or they could be batted (or should that be "baddered?") out of the way.

Well done to everybody - they really underestimated how much Home Educators will fight for their children. I doubt they'll underestimate us again, which maybe makes them more dangerous. But things are changing - lots of people don't trust politicians anymore and the idea that "they" will do what's right for us may also be disappearing, leading to independent thought.

Anonymous said...

I have very bad and vivid memories of what the Tories did last time they were in power. I don't trust Cameron at all and have concerns about Michael Gove; however from a tactical point of view I think I have no choice at this point but to vote for them.
The LibDems have been consistent in only one thing: amoral inconsistency.
Can't vote BNP! Love the country hate nearly everyone who lives in it.
Or Green - kill a baby hug a tree
so that leaves UKIP -
or Conservative.
Groan.
So here I am ... about to vote Tory.

Carlotta said...

I suspect that is how quite a lot of HEors are feeling right now, Mum of Six. I have come to that conclusion too.

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Anonymous said...

Hi Mum6kids!
I definitely agree with you here! The conservatives could and almost certainly will be dreadful from other perspectives - there is no good option.

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Grit said...

what a wretched state of voting affairs, eh? and i am sure you are right jacinta, that the freedom to home ed as we each see fit is a battle that can only begin again. but we all had a chance to work out arguments and strategies, and that is a good base from which to start.

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