Leaders | Election in the UK
Britain's choice
Voters deserve a more radical vision than the timid and uninspiring policies all parties have put forward so far
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WHATEVER they tell you in school, not all elections matter equally. Sometimes the government isn't in any danger of losing its grip; sometimes no one would notice if it did. The British general election on May 6th is not one of those. It does matter, and not just because the party in power for the past 13 years is more likely than not to lose.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline "Britain's choice"
From the April 10th 2010 edition
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