AFTER disastrous local elections results for Labour nationwide, I hope the party will now learn a valuable lesson.
Despite being a previously loyal Labour supporter, even I - and other members of my family - could not bring myself to turn out.
We decided, as I suspect others did, that Labour needs a damn good kick up the backside to make them take more notice of public concerns.
But should Labour suffer the same disastrous results in the next General Election, the party will only have itself to blame.
And I'm sure the majority in this country don't want to see the Countryside Alliance's man, Cameron, heading the next government.
Let’s face it, those of us who care about seeing an end to wildlife cruelty, will have to put up with a terrible onslaught in animal abuse if the Tories win power.
But putting aside my own objectives, I doubt the average person would fare any better under the Tories than they have under Labour.
If we are to have real democracy in Britain, then we need a political shake-up.
How many people abstained from going to the polls? I suspect a great many! Are we now to be ignored just because we kept away from the polling station?
We were making a point, surely that's democracy too?
It seems like politicians who work hard for their constituents are few and far between: whenever we write to them, they just seem to pass the buck with a letter from Defra or the Home Office to placate us; and they, let's face it, have the same staff whichever power gets elected.
But for those of us who have worked so hard in defence of animals, and who have been largely ignored by Labour since the hunt ban, it would serve as a double blow if Cameron the hunter were to head the country.
We might now be struggling to make our voices for the animals with Labour at the helm, but Cameron would be stone deaf as far as animal-loving taxpayers are concerned.
Rise and shine Labour, you don't have long to put things right.
