Only another four weeks to go and you forget all this General Election nonsense, eh?

Only another four weeks and we can all sit back and let our democratically elected MPs run the country for us and stop us having to worry for another five years.

Only another four weeks and your voice will no longer be heard…

In France 250 years ago philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote: "The English people believes itself to be free; it is gravely mistaken; it is free only during election of members of parliament; as soon as the members are elected, the people is enslaved; it is nothing.”

Ok it was written in French and JJ could go a little over the top and yes it might have lost something in translation… but perhaps he has a point.

Love ‘em or loath ‘em the New Labour mob which swept to victory in ’97 has changed this country. Supporters really voted for Blair even though we now have Brown.

On the plus side, we do have shorter waiting times for hospital operations; all full-time workers are guaranteed 24 days paid holiday; Scots and Welsh have their own assemblies ('though they can still meddle at Westminster); there’s 85,000 more nurses and 32,000 more doctors (and who knows how many more in pen-pushing admin staff). You get the idea though... the former Blair wannabe MPs have done some good things.

On the flip side, Mr B Liar did take us into a war for reasons that we probably weren’t too clear about. And there has been an explosion in made-up jobs in the public sector like Nappy Advisors for new mums (£25,000 a year, see Guardian jobs), Five-a-day co-ordinators (same salary, same jobs section) to tell us what to eat to stay healthy. Amusingly, last week it transpired eating five portions of fruit and veg seems to make almost no difference to cancer rates anyway.

Oh yes, and as a nation we’re in a bit of debt too and while the financial collapse was world-wide, here in Britain we are even worse off because Labour (read Mr Brown) allowed bankers far too much freedom and we lucky Brits are set to be paying for that cock-up for another forty years with a credit approval rating just above Greece and Senegal.

Immigration is a massive issue for this once tolerant nation. In Labour’s diversity aware Britain we have an organisation for every group whether it be ethnic, transgendered, gay, single parent, etc, etc.

However, while there is a black chief police officers' association the same thing couldn’t exist for Caucasian cops (as one cop told me, it used to be The Masons but then they started letting anyone in).

But as the flood of refugees, n’er do wells, criminals and economic migrants have invaded Britain over the past decade, few dare try to discuss it for fear of being branded a BNP supporter or racist.

That surely is the legacy of Blair’s Britain. We are watched by more CCTV cameras than any other nation, even in your rubbish bins, and the vital need for a voice to be given to all minorities has resulted in the majority - be they Christian, white, married or hetrosexual – thinking it’s best to stay quite.

Diversity and tolerance only applies to the diverse under Labour and if you dare disagree then expect the full force of the law upon you.

If you own a guest house and suggest you are not happy letting a gay couple stay there, you’ll get a visit from your not-so-friendly neighbourhood cop.

A formerly law-abiding pet shop owner who sold a goldfish to a boy aged 14, ends up tagged, fined and with a criminal record.

That’s Britain under Labour.

Jean-Jacques probably had it right. So enjoy the next four weeks, it is our big chance to get the government we deserve.

But will we take it?

Can I correct you;

The bankers were deregulated during Thatcher's reign in the 80s due to an arrangement with Reagan for Free Markets http://bit.ly/agg5F7

Certainly a Labour Government and Brown has not helped this situation, but they are not the creators, simply the sustainers.

If we are indeed only free during an election in the UK, then perhaps the time is for a complete change, electing a government that represents voter's interests with sensible economic plans, a mandate for electoral and HoL reform and to undertake a change away from an adversarial system into cooperation and coalition.