I'm afraid for my country. I really am.
When did this election all become about one issue? Proportional Representation. That seems to be THE debate right now. Forget schools, the NHS, tax credits... No. They are yesterday's news. What matters now is PR, a policy only fought for by the party who came third in our election.
Cameron and Brown are falling over themselves to offer up precious policies as sacrifice to Clegg, each hoping to win his favour and claim the keys to Number 10. A prize that should have been awarded by us, the public, but which is now in the hands of one man.
If this is what happens when we have a hung parliament - a weakening of government and diluting of policies - why are so many people clamouring for PR? It makes no sense!
As an idealistic seventeen year old studying politics I was all for Proportional Representation. To my teenage brain it seemed only fair. Vive la Revolution! But then I grew up, and I lived, and I realised that human beings are not lovely people who want to help each other. We are arrogant and selfish and we look out for our own best interests.
PR is an unworkable dream, however appealing the 'idea' of it may sound. So please... Mr Cameron, Mr Clegg, Mr Brown... may we move past it and get back to governing the country please?
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