Whether it’s Labour or the Conservatives, a general election won’t save us

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Does anyone really believe with our current political system that a ‘first past the post’ electoral result will unite us? (EPA)

Judith A Daniels, in her recent letter, fervently looks forward to an election which would “cleanse and refresh” the muddied waters and allow our legitimate, democratic voice to be heard. While I’m in agreement with a need to clear the muddy waters does anyone really believe with our current political system that a “first past the post” electoral result will unite us and clarify that murky water?

With two parties who both hold vaguely similar Brexit and immigration policies, we’ll be back in the same old fandango no matter what the nation’s “democratic voice” says.

Clinging to an idealistic dream that an election will allow us to slough off to our current Wild West form of governance is a forlorn hope and while negativity and cynicism may not be a healthy or positive way to see the world, I suggest it’ll prepare many of us for more of the same whichever party manages to wobble past the post next year.