So today I announced my intention to vote Labour and to cut a very long story short DM has gone apeshit with me. Apparently us 'youngsters' have never lived under a proper Labour government, because Tony Blair wasn't a proper Labour PM so doesn't count, but Jeremy Corbyn is a 'communist' and if he gets in next week 'I'll never know hardship like it because I wasn't around in the 70's when there was no electricity and everyone was on strike and there was rubbish and dead bodies piled up in the street'.
That was the basic jist of her rant, it really did sound like that and she is genuniely both offended and horrified that I would dare to support Labour. Ive thought long and hard about who to vote for, and the Labour Party have always been the party I've best identified with. So it's a no brainer really.
I should say she has issues around control, and has always had a problem with me expressing an opinion, unless it's the same as her own so I shouldn't be surprised really. I've sat on the fence for years but wasn't expecting this, I have to say I'm feeling secretly quite pleased with myself for being honestl
I haven't dared tell her that DB is voting Labour as well. She'll probably combust. The best thing is last week she had a rant when my DF told her that the very first time he voted his parents joked they'd chuck him out unless he voted Labour, he didn't and they didn't chuck him out but she went mad saying parents nad no right to tell their kids who to vote for!
She's out of order. Isn't she?