Political princess

Today felt more like we were about to go into winter rather than summer with gail force winds and loads of rain (which does not go well with my white coat). It's possible that I talk about the weather too much - well what do you expect, I am British. Because it didn't feel quite like floral-wearing-weather, I opted for a simple minimalist look instead. I realised the other day that I haven't worn my ripped jeans in absolutely ages so I thought I'd wear them today - and then realised why I don't wear them. They are way too big for me because I upsized so they would look boyfriend fitted, but the waist band is actually so big that they regularly slip down and I forgot that I would need to wear a belt. Not ideal. Anyway, atleast they still look good; especially with my favourite stone and white caged heels (new look). I kept the rest of my outfit simple with an embellished collar white top (river island) and long white coat (missguided) and then finished off with Velvet teddy lipstick by MAC.

The second half of this blogpost comes with a warning message because it is the rantings of a massively opinionated princess (that would be me). I'm actually really excited to vote in my first election and I love that the first one that I'm eligible to vote in is the general election because it makes me feel like my vote really counts towards something. I can't understand what so ever people that choose not to vote, especially since they're the people that will spend the next 5 years complaining about the state that the country is in. I totally get that some people don't have an interest in politics or maybe they don't really understand the parties or what they stand for, but why not educate yourself and vote for what you believe in? For anyone who doesn't follow politics, I'll sum up the main parties very easily for you. Conservative (also known as Tories); make the rich richer. Labour; make the poor richer by taking from the rich. Green party; save the planet. Liberal democrats; we'll just go along with whatever the other parties are promising. UKIP; get anyone out of the country who is not a middle class heterosexual white male. SNP; use all money to benefit the 5 million people in Scotland, screwing over the 60 million other people in the UK. And then there are obviously all the small parties but those are the 6 main ones that will either win, or be next in line to form a co-elision. The parties can be split into right-wing (Conservative, UKIP) and left-wing (Labour, Green party, SNP) and then the Lib-dems who consider themselves to be central. I personally think that to vote for one of the minor parties such as the green party is to waste your vote (I'll warn you now that this blogpost comes with a #TweetYourUnpopularOpinion label); the smaller parties will never win by majority votes and probably won't even gain enough seats to swing the majority by forming a co-elision so it's almost like there's no point voting for them. I think everyone is entitled to vote for what they believe but I think you're better off voting for one of the main parties that you agree with the most so that your vote contributes to who runs our country for the next 5 years. I've just read a massive facebook argument about voting UKIP that gave me a wednesday morning giggle (facebook arguments are the tackiest things since fake ugg boots) and it made me realise just how uneducated people are about the parties policies. One of the guys said he was voting UKIP because he was a patriot who loved our country (which I've translated to mean 'I'm an idiot who doesn't like foreigners'), but what I don't think he's read is all the policies about stopping paid maternity leave and making marital rape legal and aborting disabled babies. I think the UKIP Australian-style immigration proposal is a good one but I would personally never vote for them because they've put the idea forward based on hate for immigrants as oppose to wanting to better our economy. I've seen so many people saying they're voting Labour this year and trying to pressure everyone else on their social media to do the same and clearly the parties targeted marketing has worked. Knowing that fresh-faced bright-eyed first time voters (like me) will be racing down to the polling station tomorrow, Ed Miliband has very much targeted his policies towards them such as 'lower university fees'. What they don't think about when voting is that that won't come into action until way after they've left uni with their £27,000 debt and then it'll be harder for them to get jobs because Labour will have ruined the economy and job market while focusing on the education system. Also how annoyed would you be if you were the only generation of students ever to pay £9,000 a year and everyone before AND after you got it much cheaper. The areas most important to me are the economy, housing and health care, all of which I feel the Conservative party have the best policies on because they're focused on getting people into work and cutting down benefits (which is a big issue for me because I know how many people cheat and lie and drain the system of tax payer money), which is why they'll be getting my vote tomorrow. I also think when voting for a leader of our country, it's not about picking the best candidate but about choosing the one who will screw it up the least; a kind of lesser of all the evils. And despite the fact that I won't be voting Labour, I don't think you should base your vote on how attractive (or unattractive) a party leader looks while eating a sandwich (which The Sun for some reason thought was front page news worthy).