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I went along to my local school last night, which had been converted into a temporary polling booth, to place an X in a box.

It felt good.

I have to admit there were quite a few years where I abstained from voting due to a general personal disillusionment.  Although this has not gone away completely – I realise how important a privilege it is to be able to vote.

I saw this word “Browndemonium” to describe what is happening with the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown who seems to fighting for his political life right now.  We are looking at Tweetminster to see what the MP’s are saying on there.

Photo by itslefty

I have been following the BBC’s Jonny Dymond as he travels across Europe, taking the political temperature of ordinary people.  This morning he seemed to be having way too much of a good time in a German beer hall.  See the latest on what is happening in the Europe elections here.

In terms of citizen journalism on the European elections, there are some interesting things going on here and here.

I like the idea of asking a resident from Germany and a Europe-lover to report on the elections in an anti European country like some parts of the UK.  Or a German citizen journalist going to Turkey to report on why many Germans do not want Turkey to enter the EU.