By the time you read this issue we’ll be under six weeks away from the day the country goes to the polls for the general election 2015. It’s one of the strangest elections of modern times. The result is uncertain, voter apathy is high and there’s a sense that voting is pointless, but don’t let that fool you. This is an important election and a lot rests on the outcome.
When I came out at 16 I didn’t pay much attention to politics. I think it’s fair to say I was more concerned with Madonna and EastEnders than with who my local MP was. I grew up being exposed to my parents’ views and I tended to think that if my God-like parents supported a specific politician or party then there was probably a good reason for that and I should support them too. I know, naïve, huh? It was several years later when I realised that the local MP that my parents and I supported was voting against equalising the age of consent that I discovered just how much politics truly affected my life.