1997 was my first vote, and I remember being so excited. As I recall, I watched an election comedy special (Armando Iannuci, David Schneider?) then thought 'what now? This is quite dull actually' and went to bed. To be fair I will have had a 9am lecture the next morning, but I've been kicking myself ever since - I remember my older brother gleefully describing the events of the night that I'd missed. Quite a contrast to *his* first vote, which was the election that saw Mrs T move in to No 10. You're right though, would be nice to feel like we were about to gain a useful govt rather than only losing a useless one.
1997 was my first vote, and I remember being so excited. As I recall, I watched an election comedy special (Armando Iannuci, David Schneider?) then thought 'what now? This is quite dull actually' and went to bed. To be fair I will have had a 9am lecture the next morning, but I've been kicking myself ever since - I remember my older brother gleefully describing the events of the night that I'd missed. Quite a contrast to *his* first vote, which was the election that saw Mrs T move in to No 10. You're right though, would be nice to feel like we were about to gain a useful govt rather than only losing a useless one.
I remember finding Portillo's face hilarious, like everyone else. So was all the sweeter when i got stick it to him on national TV last yr
Congratulations!
Cheers!