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  Yes a pretty impressive turnout in Iraq despite the bomb and the bullet.
  
  This election this time here in the UK might see more of a turnout than previously. The Labour governments have been in power for a generation. Many voters have never known anything other than a Labour government, so there is an urge particularly among younger voters to try the clean cut fresh faced Tories rather than linger further with the crumpled features of the beleagured Gordon B.
  
  But despite Public Relations imagery which is everything these days, in recent polls there has been a bit of a recovery for Labour...perhaps the crumpled shoveller is a better option than the untried polyester suited readymades David C and his Boy George.
  
  The main reason people dont bother to vote here in the UK is that there is nothing specifically to vote for. In Iraq they are voting for something, very often their lives. Here in the UK the voter wont bother if say its raining, or there is a match on tv or something...or heavens maybe even an X Factor final. Gordon and Dave dont have the appeal of Cheryl clearly.
  
  But the ultimate reason you might hear from the guys down the pub who havent exercised their voting right is..."They're all the bleedin same mate!" "Lining their own pockets!"
  
  So the feeling here is that no matter who you vote for wont make a blind bit of difference to anything. The Parties try as they might , are failing to highlight the differences between each other. On top of that the current disgust with politicians wont help the turnout either.
  
  However the urge for change, change for change sake, might just bring a better turnout this time round.

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