The real election game begins now

In the new Parliament one wonders what will be the shape and size of the Parties. As of now there are so many options, permutations and combinations depending on the number of seats in the new House of Commons for the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, SNP and UKIP. The other players are Green, Respect, DUP, Plaid Cymru, Sinn Fein, Alliance Party and the SDLP.
The issues are also being mentioned but not thoroughly, honestly or convincingly explored as of now. If David Cameron talks about £12 billion savings he can not convincingly quantify how that will happen. Similarly with five years onslaught on cost control or severe budget slashing, the dangers are that some services like law and order, NHS, immigration service itself and others could become inefficient or really very weak because of the man power reduction.
The Labour Party’s alternatives for more merciful cuts are also being listened to very carefully. In what ever way you look, the situation appears to be flux and the crucial number of voter - undecided voters - needs to be convinced. In the next five weeks or so, perhaps after three weeks, the opinion polls might be able to reflect more realistic intensions.
The BBC poll of polls on Sunday put Labour ahead by 6%. Tuesday, the times put Tories ahead by 2%. You take your pick. Each according to his or her inner instincts.
Suffice is to say at the moment this election and the results could be the most surprising since the last war. Lib Dem is believed to be doing very badly. Some say that UKIP popularity is waning very fast. Inspite of severe criticism of Lib Dem it is generally perceived that their participation in the coalition government, surely supress some of the dogmatic policies of the Conversative party.
There is another factor to consider. A common British voter has his or her unique sense of taking more realistic view. Sometimes we have called it the self-corrective mechanism in the politi and society. From such an optimistic view point the SNP and the UKIP parties will not do as well as they are expecting and the Lib Dems could end up slightly better than general belief held now, and much better than the worst apprehension in some quarters.
Asian Voice has been devoting vast amounts of space since mid-January on the forthcoming election and we have discussed some important issues of particular interest to the ethnic minorities, especially Asians.
We hope to have much more indepth look on issues like immigration, education, jobs for our younger generation, need of our senior citizens and women and economic wellbeing of the nation. Not only the Conservatives, Labour and Lib Dem are hyperactive to reach out to the ethnic minorities but look at the number of Prospective Parliamentary Candidates from UKIP and other such parties.
This is turning out to be a very interesting election  and we have repeatedly called on our readers to ensure that they have been registered to vote and without fail do their duty on 7th May.