what will happen this year

[Leanne]

I don't think you could call the citizens of Egypt, or Syria, or Libya apathetic. Apathy isn't exactly rampant in Ireland either. Or most of Europe, at least now they've had their major wake-up call. Political systems throughout the world are corrupt, and at least now people are waking up to the fact that we don't have to be taken advantage of by large corporations or large corporation-owned-governments. Democracy may have become one of the greatest illusions of all time, but it has its roots in the votes of the people -- my vote is worth just as much as Rupert Murdoch's used to be before he defected to the US to make more money. Too many people shrug and say "they're all as bad as one another", but whilever that attitude prevails it's giving "them" the perfect excuse to be depraved, self-serving and greedy. It really is time for everyone, in every country, to stop blaming "the system" and start voting for people with principles. I know they exist, we just don't let them win because we're all stupid enough to be fooled by flashy campaigns and the idea that anyone who has a "nasty secret" isn't worthy of running the country.

I say, anyone who doesn't have a nasty secret isn't worth voting for, because they've lived their entire lives as plastic people.