So, I finally voted. I hope you did too. Whatever happens, it looks like being an historic election this time, with all three parties too close to call and the possibility of a hung parliament likely.

There's been a lot of talk about electoral reform, with many people, my friends included, saying they think a hung parliament would be the best result all round, giving all three parties a say and with less power held by one party exclusively. I've mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I do feel that our current First Past the Post system is unfairly biased in favour of one main party getting in. There's the cold, hard fact that if Labour (for instance) get in this time, two-thirds of the electorate will have voted against them (and that's discounting all those who haven't even bothered to vote). But, then again, I have issues with Proprtional Representation and all its many variants. Primarily, I feel the advantage of our current system is that we each have local representation through an MP we can go to, or write to, to get our views heard at Westminster. That is a precious right, which we should not fritter away.

Also, our current system is based on an adversarial system. Now, there are many disadvantages to that. If we're not careful, it leads to the kind of 'Punch and Judy' politics David Cameron has spoken out against (but still participates in), where whoever shouts the loudest and most convincingly wins the day, regardless of how well thought-out their views are. I don't know about you, but whenever I watch Today in Parliament or any of the parliamentary chanels I feel frankly embarrassed to be British. It's like watching a bunch of old school rivals having a bunfight. You shouldn't need to employ someone to stop grown men shouting at each other. That's pathetic.

On the other hand, an adversarial system has its advantages. Like our legal system, the giving of one opinion followed by the opposing one, followed by, hopeefully, some form of informed debate, tends to be the best way to take a considered view of an issue. It protects against just getting a one-slanted viewpoint or judging things purely based on an emotional response. This system is very much a part of our national politics, and the First Past the Post System, with its party wrangling, is central to that.

There are other issues I feel much more strongly about - I think, for instance, the whips system ought to be abloshed. What's the good of me voting for my local MP because he's a fine, upstanding, ethical citizen, only to later find that he votes against his conscience because he was forced to toe the party line?

But perhaps all the current to-ing and fro-ing and tinkering with the system is masking the real issue here - people deserve better politicians, as well as better politics.

The real reason we are likely facing a hung parliament is, quite simply, that there is no clear winner. None of the current candidates stands out above any other. Even their policies are not so very far removed from one another. So, really, we end up choosing according to who we think is the least inept/ least dangerous for the country. I think this is a sorry state of affairs.

People have become disillusioned with politics and not surprisingly. The MP's expenses scandal has revealed many (not all) of our politicans to be, frankly, in it for their own good. We have watched those we voted for come into power and break all the promises they gave us, we have been taken into an illegal war nobody wanted and thousands marched against. On issues like climate change, for instance, we have watched as the promises we had hoped for were watered down into vague intentions. Is it any wonder we are fed up?

So, whoever comes into power tomorrow, I'd simply like to say this: What we need is not a new political system, but a new outlook. Please do not spend thousands of your hours and our money devising something even more complex that may well be worse than the imperfect system we already have. What we need is for you to get back to the basics of being a politician. We deserve politicians who are at least as ethical as those who vote for them. We deserve people who care passionately about this country and will listen to the people they serve. We deserve people who will take a long-term view on issues like climate change and global poverty, and will leave this world a better place for our children. If you do all this, you won't need to deluge our homes with election leaflets, you won't need to call on us demanding our vote, you won't need to shell out thousands on designer suits and spin doctors to sharpen up your image. We'll vote for you because we believe in you. We'll vote for you because you care.