Why the LibDems screwed us
I was never particularly interested in politics, it just wasn't a big thing in our house. As a teenager I think I leaned slightly to the left though I'd never have been able to explain why. It's embarrassing to admit, but it wasn't even British politics that I first became interested in, it was American. I became a fan of The West Wing and it was through Josh and Toby and CJ that I learned about the political process. I know the show was idealised (certainly no real life Republican seems as accommodating and rational as those on the show) but I was hooked. I watched the results of the Bush/Gore election and a few years later I saw Stephen Colbert do what no political analyst or journalist seemed capable of doing and take Bush to task for the failure of his presidency. US politics was incredibly interesting and incredibly important. They were the world's last superpower and what they did affected everyone. The UK political scene paled in comparison.