Election 2012

As the dust settles on the American election for 2012,  we breathe a sigh of relief,though by no means are we convinced that things will be easier this time round. In fact, President Obama now has the daunting and unenviable  task of trying to get his work done and push reforms through a senate that is dominated by a Republican party who have now been beaten twice by the Coolest Man In The World.

But for this blog, the most interesting factor in this election was the vote turnout. Barack Obama and the Democrats won through votes from Hispanics, Women, African Americans and, of course, the younger generation. The Democrats now seem to represent true diversity; they acknowledge the fact that the United States is just that - a mixture of race, colour and creed. The Republicans refuse to accept this (not all members of the party, just the party in general). But through diversity comes true culture, a true cooking pot of music,  dance, art, drama, literature and film that is going to infiltrate the mainstream now and go further than ever before. This blog applauds and supports this; it feels it is vital. Now it turns to its home country, to the UK.

Lets celebrate the diversity in Britain; lets celebrate the culture, the people, their stories. We have a potentially historic turning point coming up in the next two years where Scotland will  have the opportunity to vote whether or not they want to stay in Britain; it's their choice, but lets give them the opportunity to see how wonderful it would be to stay in the UK, and, if not, lets celebrate their culture, their traditions.

Even if you don't believe its true, that you think its all schmaltzy syrupy nonsense from one of the greatest modern speakers of our time, wouldn't it be wonderful for the UK to be truly somewhere that everyone Obama mentioned at the end of his speech last night could call home? This blog certainly does - bring on the diversity! Bring on the culture!