"Don't do Politics"

So, did many of us watch ITV1 last night - Trevor McDonald meets David Cameron? Well according to Twitter; most of the country did! Bursting at the seems, often displaying 'overloaded - try again later' instead of the latest status updates, Twitter was indeed very busy with people eager to get over their own points in response to #trevcam, as it became known. Fascinating.

Yet in all of this, so many people that I have talked to/argued with/debated with/conversed with over the past year believe that politics is, in their own inimitable words "not for them". Well, I'm sorry that perhaps you didn't even realise your own interests, but anyone who comes out with comments like "Cameron is posh" or "I'm fed up of people getting benefits to sit and do nothing all day", is talking politics.

Politics are the things of today. They are matters that incite us, invigorate us and are the very essence of the fabric of our country. You don't like Labour's views on immigration, or its close proximity to the unions? Then don't vote that way. But please don't say things like "I'm not going to vote, they're all the same." Don't waste the importance of your right to vote.

Behind every political face, there are a dozen party members, volunteers, and workers that believe passionately in the cause for which they work. Obama promised great change in America. He offered Americans nationwide a chance to change history. They liked it. They voted... He won.

Some viewers wanted to question David Cameron's 'substance', accrediting him with style in the place of policy. It is true that 'DC' is a family man; he is just one of thousands in the UK. Every policy we make, every promise we make, in fact, is based on decisions that would be affecting the typical British family. A lot has been said about DC's links to the 'Old Etonian' way of life. Well, to me, it seems he lives pretty ordinarily. Nescaffe coffee and John Smith's Smooth Bitter.

 David Cameron never attempts to hide what he calls a 'privileged upbringing'; and neither have I. This is one of the traits that I most respect in DC - his honesty. But it is with his intelligence and pragmatic decision making that my vote mainly connects. We shouldn't elect a Prime Minister afraid of wavering from old-established policy; it is times like these that we need to find a leader who will make a decision in response to the situation it aims to counter. David Cameron is such a man.

So students who are afraid to vote, students who refuse to accept that their vote can provoke change, family men who fear that politicians are not, single parent families who feel that their vote is not important, people from less privileged backgrounds, parents who feel cheated by expenses politicians 'stealing' their money, and families most affected by tragic events in both Iraq and Afghanistan, come and vote, come and make a difference.