Saturday, 29 August 2009

Superimposition

Another day campaigning, 4PM to 8PM. It's actually quite nice just having a schedule! I think I was interviewed by a Taiwanese public television channel? I said some fairly inane stuff about being a member of the SWP (that lie again!), it being good that Japan could get a two party system, like Britain and America, but it probably being a case of the two parties having few substantial differences, like Britain and America. I mostly like the idea that there is now a televised recording of me in connection with a far-left party. I hope I get banned from America or something.

Otherwise it was quite interesting leafleting (I say this because "manifestoing" sounds wack) in the areas I did. It made me realise both how well I know the city and how many memories I have attached to it. We leafleted in Shibuya, on and around the street where I spend my last depressed night in Japan, lamenting that I had to come home. We leafleted in Shinjuku, and when were were done, I was walked to my subway line past the corner at which I said my goodbye to my friend and got the train to the airport. It was nice being able to build new memories on top of these.

And I got my pictures developed. BUT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SKIP THE TEXT AND ONLY LOOK AT THE PICTURES. Here's some nice mild stuff to ease you in to the revolutionary shit to follow:

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This one doesn't do justice to JUST HOW BIG THE OFFICE IS.

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That's all for today, but I'll be joining you tomorrow evening with a LIVE ELECTION NIGHT TWITTER-FEST. Ahahaha, that's a lie I hate twitter so much.
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Posted by Domuseswords at 08:36
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6 comments:

  1. Unknown29 August 2009 at 09:57

    Britain has a multi-party system, not two party...

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  2. Alice29 August 2009 at 10:10

    Nice photos :) You've done so much already! See you soon in Tokyo I guess, I'm leaving in a week :o

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  3. Domuseswords29 August 2009 at 10:14

    Two and a half?
    I suppose the Lib-Dems count, in that it's imaginable that they could hold the balance of power in a hung parliament, and they would be up for a co-coalition with either of the parties providing PR was brought into place (in which case we would have a multi-party system), but our small parties don't have much influence and we don't go in for coalitions like they do on the continent.

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  4. Domuseswords29 August 2009 at 10:19

    Tah Alice :D look forward to seeing you soon Xx

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  5. Heathcote Ruthven30 August 2009 at 03:18

    Lib Dems have a lot of influence in the regions they are in power, there are a lot of Liberal Democrat vs Conservative areas, and they've got about thirty MP's. Green Party have a three MEPs so they are quite restless about commissioning studies. They are also on local counsels all around the country where they make smaller scale differences, like you are doing now.

    Understand your point, but I feel like typing and you were being crass.

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  6. Domuseswords30 August 2009 at 03:51

    Yah, I get that other parties make a difference, and I'm a big supporter of PR so that we could be a genuine multi-party system, and I feel that the best position to call for PR is from one which understands that the 2 big parties have a near-monopoly on policy making on a national scale~

    The Japanese oddly enough, considering how not good their political system is in a lot of ways, has a really good electoral system. You get two votes, one for your local constituency, where it's first past the post, and the politicians can represent local concerns on a national scale, and one for a country wide PR thing, so that smaller parties get their chance.

    All of the JCP's 9 Diet members (Japanese term for MPs) are from the PR vote.

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