Purple Politics and the Blank Canvas: A Vision of Change

Since the birth of New Labour in the 90s, UK politics has become so neutral that you can barely tell the difference between a Labour policy and a Conservative one. The only thing you can be sure of is that the Opposition, whichever party may be in opposition, will always oppose. They will oppose policies which they themselves would have championed, had they been in power. In some cases they oppose policies they DID champion, before they were booted out of government. This is the nature of our far-too-narrow politics. And this nature must change.

Do I, the voter, prefer Red or Blue? How can I tell when the whole supposed spectrum appears Purple. Even with a splash of Yellow, our Government and the Opposition are still Purple to the core.

Central. Neutral. Insipid.

We have a Government which will stand until the next major economic downturn and then fall down in flames, only to rise once more, like a phoenix, but under another name.

Labour replace Conservatives, Conservatives replace Labour, and so on and so forth. They each preside over the same ups and the same downs, each blaming the other along the way. Well, two so similar characters are hardly likely to get along, are they?

This is the time for change.

Forget Purple. Let's take a blank, White canvas and start again. Forget party allegiance. What are the best policies for Britain?

Liberate yourself from your preconceptions. Don't think that politics just has to be how it is, and how it has been for a hundred years. A hundred years, in the vast expanse of our nation's history, is a mere blink of an eye.

Change will shape the future. You will shape the future.

Think of the blank canvas. Think of what future you would like to paint upon it, and speak up for that change.

Speak up for change. Make democracy work for you. Make it representative. Make it accessible to the people it is meant to represent.

Speak up for change. Rebuild Britain in your own image. Rebuild the nation through endeavour, growth and determination.

Don't sit idly by and let the leaders lead, just because they're the leaders. Tell them what you think. Make them work for you.

Speak up for change.

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