This blog was launched last year on St George's Day, and the first entry was about the fact that a government minister had expressed support for using traditional county names. My comment was that:
I
suspect that most people in this country care little for traditional
county names, and are far more interested in things like the state of
the economy or the condition of their local roads.
The full comment can be read here.
Today I looked at the websites of the Conservative Party, the Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats, the United Kingdom Independence Party, the British National Party, and the Green Party (of England and Wales). Of these, only two mentioned St George's Day.
While I have no objection to the BNP and UKIP mentioning that today is St George's Day, the fact remains that there are many far more important issues. Mentioning a saint's day does not make you worth voting for. Not mentioning it does not make you not worth voting for.
A lot has changed in the last year, and yet so much stays the same. Writing this blog can sometimes seem like a repetitive task, but that is no reason not to continue with it. I look forward to its second year.
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