And they’re off…

Well you might not have heard it over the New Year’s fire works, but the starter’s pistol has been fired in this year’s general election.

The billboards have been designed, the speeches drafted, and – in what seems a bit of a throwback – the first baby of the season has been kissed.

You might have noticed in your area. But whether or not you find leaflets pilling up on your mat, a kindly image of a party leader smiling down on your high street or your newborns cheek suddenly dripping with a politician’s saliva does depends in large part where you live.

If you’re lucky enough to live in a marginal seat where your vote might mean something then expect attention. YOUR POLITICIANS WANT YOU! as Lord Kitchener didn’t quite say. If you’re in a safe seat then forget it. There’s no point politicians wasting money on you lot.

David Cameron has christened 2010 the ‘Year for Change’, launching a new year’s blitz using the ‘C word’ like it's going out of fashion. Change for everything is promised, except of course when it comes to our broken elections. His party remains wedded to a system that denies millions of voters – including almost every Tory voter in Wales and Scotland – a real voice in Westminster.

We still need your support for our latest letter to Dave. For the Tories, like all the other parties, change isn’t a word used to be used lightly. And where our politics is concerned change needs to tackle the problems where they begin – at the ballot box.

http://www.voteforachange.co.uk/page/s/Cameron