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It looks like voting for a bunch of fruitcakes, loonies, and closet racist, might be starting to lose its appeal after all. Or maybe the message concerning what UKIP really stands for is starting to get through ?
[url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/10838376/European-elections-Tories-leap-ahead-of-Ukip.html ]European elections: Tories leap ahead of Ukip[/url]
[i]Labour is still in first place, but down one point to 29 per cent, the Conservatives are up four points to 26 per cent and Ukip has dropped two points to 25 per cent. The Liberal Democrats are on 7 per cent. [/i]
The opinion polls appear to vary widely at the moment although 2000 is a big sample.
Another green vote from me, round here is UKIP's powerbase apparently
Mr Garbage reckons its because we still have the most English way of life and don't want it to change.
@Pimp it was that you seemed to imply we had to be in the EU to enjoy the benefits of working abroad.
Maybe. I was implying that it's a damn sight easier as a member of the EU. I've worked all over the EU, and in non-EU countries (including Croatia). The non-EU countries make it far more difficult, and it's rarely a permanent agreement. It's a small reason granted, but it's one that I've personally seen and - selfishly, maybe - like having that option.
The US and Australia aren't racists because they have a work permit system are they ? Americans have to apply for a work permit to come to the UK, we have many 100,000's of Americans here working and contributing to the professional and social fabric of the UK
Have you ever tried to get a green card? I have. Whether it's discrimination is arguable, but the factory I (illegally) worked in had an entirely illegal immigrant Spanish-speaking shopfloor. There is a certain hypocrisy there.
100,000's of Americans here working and contributing to the professional and social fabric of the UK
And how many of them work for US companies with offices in the UK? There's quite a few of those, too.
I won't be voting UKIP
It's wrong to dismiss them as racists though. Much better is to engage them on their policies and dismiss them as idiots
this is set for the 2010 general election but is still a good indicator.
http://voteforpolicies.org.uk/survey/select
the idea being you choose the policys you like best, and it shows who you should be voting for at the end
mine came back as overwhelmingly green with a small proportion of libdem and ukip. im a bit freaked out by the ukip bit.
Don't go bringing policies into voting!
As a gentle reminder there is no protest vote in PR elections, vote for a party you want to see elected. Don't vote to send a message to the government.
Not a chance. I'm poised between voting for the Green Party on Thursday, because they best represent my views, and voting for Labour, because they are more likely to win. Last thing I want in a European election is for British members to get in who have a vested interest in seeing the EU not work.
Voting for policies is a bit like saying politicians are honest. Innit!
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The vote for policies thing is BS.
Mine came out at 50% for the single party I'd never ever vote for. God knows how it calculates it, but I'm convinced I missed some double negatives or something, particularly on Europe.
Voting for the 3rd party it suggested, as a tactical vote against UKIP.
I am naturally a Lib voter. However Cleggy sold the party's soul to Dave and they are now toast. Labour isn't the party I supported in my youth. Did TB go on the anti Vietnam War protests in his youth? I guess not or he wouldn't have dropped us in two modern versions.
Round me it's solidly Tory. UKIP seems the only protest vote. It should be fun seeing Dave trying to offer a welcome back to the fruitcakes and closet racists.
*Ticks UKIP box if he can find it on this newfangled voting system, and if there isn't a 'none of the above' option^