{"id":1555,"date":"2009-11-22T08:42:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-22T08:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/79.170.44.80\/livingwithkids.co.uk\/its-policies-not-biscuits-and-computer-skills-that-matter\/"},"modified":"2013-06-24T13:12:55","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T13:12:55","slug":"its-policies-not-biscuits-and-computer-skills-that-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/its-policies-not-biscuits-and-computer-skills-that-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s policies, not biscuits and computer skills that matter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  There&#39;s been a lot of talk in the press this week about how the next election, more so than any other, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/comment\/columnists\/rachel_sylvester\/article6919267.ece\" target=\"_blank\">will be fought at the school gates and online<\/a> , with bloggers and users of networking sites like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mumsnet.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mumsnet<\/a> now becoming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sol\/homepage\/features\/2740224\/The-CyberMums-politicians-need-to-win-over.html\" target=\"_blank\">hugely important to the politicians<\/a> .   <\/p>\n<p>  As a &#39;cyber mum&#39; myself, I couldn&#39;t care less which biscuit a politician likes, or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/politics\/what-women-want-and-it-may-not-be-dave-1825560.html\" target=\"_blank\">whether they can use a keyboard fast enough<\/a>. And while I have every sympathy for their personal tragedies, this won&#39;t influence my decision either.   <\/p>\n<p>  What matters to me&nbsp;are policies &#8211; and whether we&#39;ll all be worse, or better off under a new government, in terms of education, money, childcare&nbsp;and health. 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