Election time again!

Well, here we are again, elections looming, politicians promising us the earth on a stick if we vote for 'em....and the TV and papers sticking their pennyworth in with their particular slant, to try and convince us which way we should vote and why.

The worst part about it for me this time, is the Americanisation of the process that's sneaking in, with TV debates between rival politicians, it's bad enough that we have the traditional party political broadcasts to contend with, but they only last a couple of minutes, do we really need peak viewing time, long winded debates thrust at us? Good reason to switch over, or better still, switch off and get the scrabble out.

The worrying thing is that it's just another example of our embracing of American culture, we already have MacDonalds, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Starbucks and all the rest, as well as the bad eating habits and obesity that goes with them. Companies have adopted the silly, almost childish, recruitment methods and interview techniques and the awful techno-speak terms used by Americans.

I have nothing against Americans per se, and have many American friends, I don't even have too much problem with their culture - in America, I just don't think it so admirable that we need to adopt so much of it, and looking at the way things are going in the USA right now in politics, I honestly think we need to distance ourselves from the influence.