Would you vote for this?

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Elections posting.

Let me introduce myself. My name is Edward Rolison. My friends call me Ed. I live in a rented house in Coventry city centre, shared with some friends. I don't actually know what would be good for this country. I have a few ideas, but no idea if they'll even work.

But the thing is, I do know what's bad for this country. It's having the show, run by politicians. Seriously. The last person who should be 'in charge' is someone who actually wants to be in charge.

So. I work in IT. I earn enough to live fairly well, but not enough to buy myself a house. I pay taxes, and don't like it. But I understand the need for them. I look around me, and see police on the street, and a health service that is free, and I appreciate why I pay taxes. A government doesn't exist to give money back. It exists to take as little as it needs, and use it as effectively as possible.

I go out some friday nights, to the pub with my friends.

I don't think I'm going to win this election. $BOOKIES have given my odds at $AMOUNT. And it's apparantly $AMOUNT that I'll even get my deposit back. (I have a tenner on my actually winning though, and if I do, I can guarantee that I'll be holding an impressive party).

So in many ways, a vote for me, is a vote for NONE OF THE ABOVE. A vote for me, is a vote saying, that actually you'd like someone who wasn't 'playing politics' all the time, to have the authority to make the decisions that affect you. Someone who will choose the BEST path, not the most popular one.

In the unlikely event that I do win - and after my big party - I will promise, that I will make decisions the the best of my ability to do so, for the good of YOU. I'm not going to promise to cut your taxes, or give you stuff, but I will make every effort to ensure that every penny the goverment takes from you, is used well and wisely. I'll stand up and heckle the pompous windbags, who are spinning the truth to win the next election. And then, once the term is over, I'll go back to doing a _real_ job.