We are around 6 months away from the UK election and none of us seem to know what the outcome will be.
Labour have dropped recently in the polls due to the media's onslaught of Ed Miliband, The Conservatives remain steady in the 30's, UKIP have reached as high as 18% and the Liberal Democrats are struggling to match the Green Party.
Going into this election there are 2 UKIP MP's; Douglas Carswell and Mark Reckless only one of whom I think will hold onto his seat.
It's a strange situation in the UK. In Scotland, the SNP are flying high. In parts of England, UKIP are breaking records, in Wales, Labour and the Tories are almost neck and neck and in Northern Ireland Sinn Fein and the DUP seem to be embarking on some sort of civil war over talks regarding flags etc.
The only "stable" part of the UK seems to be Wales! Scotland is arguably heading left, England right and Wales sticking to the two traditional parties.
I think 2015 will be extremely interesting.
Unfortunately I think David Cameron will remain Prime Minister due to his renegotiation promise on the European Union.
During the Scottish referendum campaign, many Scottish republicans came out in favour of independence. I can understand where they are coming from in a way but replacing The Queen with a President doesn't make much sense to me.
Who on earth could the UK put forward to be a President?
There are some questions over Royal finances and secrecies that I'm unhappy about but the same would be the case with a President in charge - it may end up hereditary!
Alex Salmond made sure that an independent Scotland would keep the Monarchy as to not sway towards to far left republicans from Northern Ireland.
The UK isn't perfect but I like the idea of electing a Prime Minister (but not David Cameron) and think for Britain to scrap the monarchy would be the end of a historic albeit sometimes brutal tradition.
We in the UK don't have a lot in common with our past, maybe the Monarchy is something we should keep for traditions sake.
I often wonder what left-wing political choices voters in England face come election time? In Scotland, there is the SSP, Scottish Green party and SOLIDARITY. Whether or not the SNP and Scottish Labour are left-wing is arguable.
In Wales, there are the three main parties and nationalist Plaid Cymru whose leader is openly republican.
Northern Ireland is more complicated. Sinn Fein and the SDLP are the parties of the left and the DUP and UUP are the Unionist parties of the right but not as far-right as the TUV.
"Republican Sinn Fein" do not stand in Northern Ireland and continue to oppose the peace process.
The only real left-wing party in England I can think of is George Galloway's RESPECT who stand in few constituencies. However, the anti-austerity marches in England show there is an appetite for progressivism and an alternative to cuts to public services.
On the other hand, there seems to be plenty of right-wing (sometimes far right or centre right) parties to choose from although again, many don't stand and when they do they lose their deposit.
The BNP, National Front, Britain First, UKIP, The Conservatives all lean towards the right. Thankfully it looks like the BNP are now defunct but we as people, left and right must stand up to the bullies of Britain First. They stand for everything British soldiers have fought for over the decades. Openly invading Masjids and intimidating Muslims has to be stopped now.
Many Scottish nationalists pointed out the gap between voting intentions in England and Scotland as a result to leave the UK but this is completely untrue - UKIP won a Scottish seat in the European Elections.
I hope Labour can shift slightly towards the left and win back those working class voters who are unfortunately turning to the likes of UKIP.
