It seems that every few days the papers declare there to be another ‘key issue’ in the upcoming General Election, most recently it has been ‘abortion rights’ following a declaration by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’ Conner that Catholics no longer would consider Labour the no-brainer party of choice.
Speaking as a Catholic I know well enough to leave the church out of my political decision-making. I may happen to believe that life begins at conception but I’m not in a position where I feel right in impinging a woman’s right to choose. In this matter I share an identical platform to Mr John Kerry (it’s about bloody time too).
However I’ll say it now. Abortion Rights will not be an important issue of discussion in the coming election. Michael Howard is really bending over backwards to have something to talk about.
I wonder how long it will take for some real issues to hit the headlines? Perhaps it’s a tribute to the government that we have time to discuss relatively inane issues and no looming Healthcare, Policing or Economic disasters to chew over. It does however make for some astonishingly boring politics.
Later
John
Posted by John Swaine at March 15, 2005 02:22 PM