Is it really a three horse race!!

I have struggled to get excited about the UK general election campaign because in reality it seems to have been going on for so long. It was a surprise Nick Clegg winning the first televised debate but for me even more of a surprise was Gordon Brown campaigning on the economy, which is a pretty poor one. David Cameron has had to change tactics. But
whoever you vote for, I think it is very important that you do vote. I am saddened by the low electoral turnout. Perhaps we should consider a compulsory voting system like in Australia.

I was surprised that so few of the British expat community vote in percentage terms. But this community seems to want the UK government to act on their behalf when things go wwong such as the bulldozing of illegal appartments in southern Spain.

The volcanic ash cloud from Iceland has at least reduced the UK electoral coverage
and some areas around Heathrow must have enjoyed the quiet skies. My nipper says that Kew Gardens was a real treat!

Is it really a three horse race? It would be interesting if the Liberal Democrats really did top the number of votes nationwide and lost out on the first-past-the-post system.