Though he appears to have won last time as a Lib Dem, beating the Conservative candidate, so that may not do him much good! As you say the issue is the Indies splitting the vote – I’ve spoken to Mick, so just checked my e-mails to confirm it was who I thought when I saw his name on the ballot.
Nigel is a lovely guy, and he was going to withdraw once Mick had announced he was standing, but somehow he was convinced by someone to continue to stand as they didnt know Mick, and as such would have voted for mr bad instead rather than Mick if Nigel wasnt standing. Fortunately Nigel’s fanbase is so small that I dont think he’ll take too much from Mick. But you can imagine there will be a lot of grumbling if Mr Bad gets in on the back of an Indy split.
Postal vote late last week but I’ll wander up this evening to the village hall when my wife casts her vote. Interested to note that one of the candidates for my constituency lives around 350 miles away.
I did have the option of cannabis is safer than alcohol…. but the guy couldn’t get out and canvass due to excessive snacking… There was a ukip and green candidate but much as I tried I couldn’t find out about them… It left the “big” three… So I made my bed as it were….
Two late twenty-something single mothers* outside my polling station arguing:
” I ain’t voting for that ****, what a posh tosser in his smart suits and all that, even though I think milliband is an ugly ****”
Nice to know the local populous is voting based on an intellectual judgement of our potential political outcome…
marcus7 – that’s bad if they are not making the effort. I’ve been round and knocked on every door (apart from a few I couldn’t access) in my ward. Over 100k steps and I have a severely croaky voice now!
Sorry for the hijack folks, but in a way I find the local election more interesting as I actually know a lot of the people involved, and there might be a big power shift this election (of those on our ballot paper, 3 of them I know very well – Stoner might live next door to one of his, but given I don’t live in a country mansion like him I’m probably geographically closer to one of mine who lives 2 doors away)
Labour: Pork and pickle – the staple of the working classes but these days possessed of an unshakable whiff of gentrification
Lib Dem: Mince and onions – no one’s favourite as it’s a bit bland and lacking in substance
Tories: Stew with a hat – they only care about the upper crust
UKIP: Fray Bentos steak and ale – Proud to be both iconically british and deeply ignorant
SNP: Scotch pie – anything else would be tantamount to treason
Greens: Quiche
Did my democratic duty this morning BUT frustratingly my vote is worth very little – Hertfordshire North East is an ultra safe Conservative seat & my vote is only worth 0.064 of a vote!!
In 2010 the Conservatives got 54% of the vote; Lib/Dems 23%; & Lab 16% – so tactical voting doesn’t really work either…… But I tried anyway!
Good luck to the rest of you as your vote is worth 4.8% more than mine – on average. UNLESS – your in one of the 7% very marginals OR 12% of the marginals….
Voted first thing, after thinking I’d better firstly do some research into the candidates, past results and likely outcomes. Was surprised to see the last Lib Dem Candidate was jailed for clubbing his pet cat to death 😯
@aracer – Little Saxham just outside Bury St Edmunds.
There is disabled access. It involves the two ladies inside the booth dismantling the table and creating a new polling booth as and when a disabled person arrives. We did ask about it, out of interest more than anything else and they confirmed they had ‘been trained’ so I guess they know what they are doing!
iirc there are almost 80 potential voters – hence the commodious accommodation! 🙂
scruff – Member
I voted for the ones who wont cut down too many trees
Which ones? The ones who like to hug trees or the ones who like to pay people to do sit watching daytime TV?
Voted in village hall at 7am. Polling station was open and taking voters early – very organised.
For local, voted Cons, although I don’t care for Tories or the coalition, the local guy does a reasonable job IMHO.
For national, voted UKIP. (Awaits brickbats).
