Why should I care about the US?
I've been to the United States of America a few times and really enjoyed my time. I've been skiing in New England, trekking in California, riding trams in San Francisco and discovered my favourite city away from London – New York.
I am aware that whoever the next President of the US is will have a small effect on my life. Not that massive, but if you elect an idiot who believes war is a good thing, then I think I can see where this is going. Hopefully our new PM has the balls to tell the President to go fuc...
But why, oh why should I give a pig's ear about these preliminary elections? Today, Hilary won something – Ohio or some other vegetable – and it is the main headline for all the major newspapers. Why? It doesn't mean anything – she can still loose. She could win this, but loose out to becoming President. It has no effect on the way I feel, the way I act or anything that I could ever possibly care or think about.
Today, MPs will be voting on whether we have a referendum about the EU treaty. This has serious effects on what happens to this country. If they vote to have a referendum, the public will undoubtedly vote against it because they're a bunch of pathetic morons who follow whatever the red-topped tabloids print (i.e. a load of bollocks) and we'll be even further away from Europe. Prices will remain artificially high, it'll push back joining the euro and it just makes look like a load of backwards thinking toffs. And how important a headline is that? The Guardian don't even consider it that, and the Times have it hidden away in the politics section.
Things are out of proportion.
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If Barack Obama doesn't reset on his rest on his laurels, he'll probably be the next president. If not, he'll be vice president.