So is it just a choice between Labour or The Tories?

I agree with the sentiment of it feeling like there is no choice between the two big parties. I'm pinning my hopes on a hung parliament - it seems that the Tories need a pretty big swing to get a majority, and they just might not get enough. There's no point in voting labour where I am, I will vote lib dem in the hope that the Tories won't quite get enough support and different parties will actually have to work with each other.

The only time I ever here from the lib dem council woman here is when there's an election looming. Doesn't bode well IMO.

I'm going to vote conservative. For the next general election someone should set up a Mumsnet party , "by the people, for the people"

Frankie Boyle said recently about Alex Salmond that "he has higher cholesterol than a fried egg".

I have no idea who to vote for, I really think they are all a bunch of twats. TBH I would need a gun held to my head before I vote for Labour - mainly because of Iraq.

The tories now will not be the same as the tories of old though, there's different people running the party, it's the same with all the others. Labour used to be a working people's party, they went off the rails and changed beyond all recognition. Labour lost my respect when the war in Iraq began, there were so many people in our country who were against it, they were in power to represent us and they didn't listen.

I think we're convinced by certain "bodies" that there is no choice. But if all the non-voters who believe we cannot change things were to vote, then the power we could wield would be immense.

I'm old-Labour, new-Nothing and I think I might vote Lib Dem for the first time.

Still undecided currently and waiting for someone to convince me.

I don't want the Tories in, I remember them all to well, but Labour have let me down.

So count me as one of the clueless-optimists for now. Although I'm not sure what that means.

Agree with Hannah. Alex Salmond is on a personal quest to take over the world whilst waving a Saltire and shouting "death to all ye English bastarrrrrrrds" to anyone who will listen (and of course the rest of the world leaders look at him and say Alex who?)

He's fast becoming a comedy character who really should just shut up.

In answer to your question, I agree. It seems to always come down to the same left v. right debate, and nothing really changes. I'd never not vote, but it does seem increasingly pointless.

well you could vote liberal if enough people did it could make a difference.

I honestly don't know who to vote for. I know what I'd like to see changing but don't know who would have the guts to do it.

Don't more people vote for contestants on CBB than at elections?!

I'm just hoping voter apathy doesn't allow the BNP to work their way in!!

Be grateful - we have the SNP factor to counter; voter apathy here resulted in too much power to the SNP and they are an even worse bunch; I may even prefer DC to Alex Salmond (and that's saying something .

I see where you are coming from but, sadly, voter apathy could mean that some toppsot party could run the government. What's the lesser of two evils?