The new government

     We are now 2 full months into the first solely Conservative government of the 21st century, yet I'm yet to see any of the atrocities that the Conservatives "promised". I use the term promised very loosely due to the fact most of the policies they allegedly had were made up by the opposition. Where are the promised £50 doctor visits? The abolition of all human rights? The huge increase in 0 hour contracts? The reality is Conservatives didn't actually promise these things, it was Labour's work on social media proclaiming these policies as fact which saw them known.

     Do Conservatives really want the country to get into a worse state than it currently is? Do Labour? The reality is, no, they don't. Both parties genuinely believed their way was the better way, and isn't that the wonderful thing about democracy? The fact we can have two completely different ways of running a country, and we as the people can choose who we think is best? My belief is yes, yet in the aftermath of the election thousands took to the streets to protest in the name of democracy. Let's just think about that for a moment. People took to the streets, to protest against a government, which had been democratically elected, in the name of democracy. Doesn't quite add up does it? Furthermore, people complained about the voting system resulting in just 25% of the electorate voting Tory. Their argument was that 25% wasn't a majority and it shouldn't be a Tory government. Who then? Labour who had less than 25%? And wasn't there a vote over whether we kept our current voting system or not during the years when Conservatives were in a coalition?

     This election saw more hate between the parties than any in recent years. Perhaps this was because of the more easily accessible social media? Maybe it was the surge of the SNP and UKIP taking the traditional 2 horse race with Lib Dems making up the numbers into a, to continue the analogy, full grand national? It was hard to access social media without hundreds of posts calling you "heartless" unless you voted Labour, "moronic" if you didn't vote Tory, "racist" if you voted UKIP. So my question is has this gone too far? Was this election less about policies and more about who could shout loudest? Shy Conservatives yet again showed up to give Conservatives a far greater victory than polls suggested, is that right? Should people be ashamed of their political allegiances?

     Please don't attempt to guess where my vote went from this. This is merely my thoughts on how the election panned out. If a party receives more votes than any other party, surely that party can be considered the most popular? And if they are the most popular, surely they should have the chance to govern without riots trying to undermine them? Regardless of your personal opinion? The brilliant thing about a democratic country is we have regular votes. So whether you like them or not, Conservatives are here for 5 years. Then who knows?