[Closed] Who will you vote for at the next election? (TIRADE)

Obviously, the policies also make a difference, but that,s another nail in the Tory Boy's vote-coffin.

The Labour candidate worked at Milburn's researcher for 6 years, which puts me off a little. And she's the Labour candidate, which puts me off a lot.

The Lib Dem has built up a successful business while also raising a couple of kids on his own. I also like the Lib Dem policies on lots of issues.

Poorer people ....deserve respect for having the pride to stay out of crime and the benefits system.

Now that is a statement I do agree with, also covers most normal working people who pay for the majority (more people are economically inactive than active) and yet often get the least support or consideration from the politicians.

I'm not voting, in fact I never have. Looking forward to blaming lots of you for whatever happens in the next 5 years 😉

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU VOTE FOR, THE GOVERNMENT ALWAYS GETS IN.

And thereby lies the problem.

I'm not voting, in fact I never have. Looking forward to blaming lots of you for whatever happens in the next 5 years

Cool, I'll not feel bad about blaming you along with everybody who thinks there are only two options on the ballot paper.

[i]Thinks about it for a second[/i]

Sure, whatever

poor people suck ass.

And I applaud their industry.

I think you are lying RichPenny. If you are

Looking forward to blaming lots

Did you not check the smiley? It was a joke, purely based on having been told that it's all my fault because of my apathy. If it makes you feel better, I'd vote liberal if I could be bothered.

Crikey! Chill...I'm just having a laugh myself! I'm laughing at the idea that there's no point in voting. And i'm laughing at everyone who will vote Labour or Conservative because for some strange reason every other potential MP on the voting card is irrelevant when it comes to a general election as [b]"I MUST"[/b] vote for more of pretty much exactly the same, because everybody else is doing so. And then they will whinge that there is so little change.

If it makes you feel better, I'd vote liberal if I could be bothered.

Well be bothered then, don't come blaming me if they don't get in.

I never said there was no point, just not motivated to do it. I don't think you understood my point. I've never blamed anyone who's voted for anything. Mildly interested that voting other than Labour or Conservative is something different. Green? UKIP?

Despise the Tories and their philisophy, so it's a no to Lord Snooty and his pals.

Labour have misjudged almost every issue since taking us into Iraq, so I don't [b]think[/b] I could vote for them, other than to keep the Tories out.

Liberals? Hmmm, prefer Hulne to Clegg, but definitely prefer their policies to the other two, but let's face it, they're not going to get in.

Not sure what to do, TBH, but it's looking like Labour, just to keep the despicable, hateful Tories out.

I'd vote for my mate Dave as like others I'm comfortably well off and middle class ;).

However, I live in Newcastle so they wouldn't vote in a Conservative even if God himself was standing, or Alan Shearer. So I will probably decide on local issues from whoever is left that is not labour.

Everyone votes with their own interest at heart. Even those who think they are voting for everyone to have a nicer life do so because it will improve theirs as well.

Mildly interested that voting other than Labour or Conservative is something different.

What is it then?

Even those who think they are voting for [b]everyone[/b] to have a nicer life do so [b]because it will improve theirs as well[/b].

It's a shame it's so difficult making this more obvious.

Well, I'll be voting Green, 'cause I'm keen to see a bunch of mild-mannered dope-smoking hippies in charge (bound to do a better job than either Con or Lab). I do, however, realise that the Greens winning power will only ever be a pipe dream.

Regarding disillusionment, a thought...

Our voting system means that either Lab or Con will win; Lib and Con are equally bad; your vote doesn't matter. So why vote at all? 🙁

Voting for the "winning party" is irrelevant, so why not waste it on a Liberal vote. "You have nothing to lose by voting Liberal"

Hey that's a great slogan!

If everyone realised this, it would be a landslide victory for the Liberals.

What is it then?

I was hoping you might tell me that 🙂

Lab or Con will win; Lib and Con are equally bad

See, you think that's a typo, I think it's a freudian slip...

For the first time in quite a while I'm actually considering Lib Dem, mainly due to their sensible view on renewing the nuclear 'deterent'. I'd like to vote Green as I agree with many of their policies but defence is an issue I take seriously and the Green Party 'policy' on defence seems a little to full of happy wishes and unrealistic goals. The one thing that would stop me voting Lib Dem though would be any suggestion of a 'pact' between them and the Labour party.

Labour!

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Only as I'm not rich and not voting conservative.

Voted Lib Dems locally though.

What is it then?

I was hoping you might tell me that

Well grasshopper, it's,

something different.

I wouldn't want to assume that you are asking [b]me[/b] how [b]you[/b] should vote....are you? I'm just happy that you are considering it now 😆

Hey,everyone,please don't forget this meassage from Labour:

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meassage

Didn't they have something about "Education, Education, Education" also?

something different.

Lol, spoken like a true politician. I am not asking you to tell me how to vote...

I am not asking you to tell me how to vote...

Aye, you say that now, but before evening repast you asked me whether you should vote Green or UKIP.

Mildly interested that voting other than Labour or Conservative is something different. Green? UKIP?

spoken like a true politician.

I suppose I should join a political party before assuming that role. Until then, I'll just read about my options and vote for whoever comes closest to meeting my standards. Then if they don't get in I won't feel guilty and useless for not voting for them.

[i]I really want something new and not the usual verbal diarrhoea that is being spouted at the moment.[/i]

Yet you dismiss the third largest political party in the UK as having no chance? How do you square wanting something totally different with discounting everything except the two most established parties?

[i]I'm truly amazed that the general public believe a word the politicians say.[/i]

We don't and to an extent that's a great shame. We expect everything they say to be a con or to be fancy words dressing up something that's the same as ever other politician is saying. So we reinforce our opinion that nothing will change and we refuse to accept it when a politician or a party says that what they're saying is different to the policies of another.

[i]All they do is tell people what they want to hear so they will vote for them.[/i]

If a politician even makes a tiny verbal gaffe these days the media is all over it like a rash and it's blown up into a major event. In an environment like that it's not surprising that politicians play it safe and stick to safe sound bites and stock phrases. Which is a pity because playing it safe in this manner leads us to think that all politicians are slimy turds who won't say it like it is.

Look what happens when we get a politician with less polished communication skills, one who is perhaps happier with details than with sweeping vision statements. We call him dour, miserable, uncharismatic, slow to react. We condemn our politicians for being too slick and condemn them again if they're any different to that.

I don't wish to imply that the political classes are blameless in all of this, but I think that the media and the public are merrily contributing in the downward spiral of trust in our political system. Whoever above wished for a military coup should, even if they were joking, have a read about what's happening in Guinea just now (or Burma or any number of other tragic cases) and think about how nice it is to have our democracy, even if it is flawed.

(LibDem by and large, by the way.)

freudian slip: lol!!!!!!

eagle eyed Rich.

I was talking about you voting Doolittle. I don't vote, remember?

If a politician even makes a tiny verbal gaffe these days the media is all over it like a rash and it's blown up into a major event.... Which is a pity because playing it safe in this manner leads us to think that all politicians are [b]slimy turds[/b] who won't say it like it is.

Did anyone see Mandelslime on ch4 news tonight? When the ch4 journalist confronted him about calling [url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mediamonkeyblog/2009/sep/30/sun-peter-mandelson ]Rebekah Brooks a ****?[/url]

How can anyone even considering voting for a government fronted by that clammy-handshaked, gawping fish Brown?
At least Cameron has a full set of eyes. But then, I suppose things don't look half as bad when you've only got the one.

I was talking about you voting Doolittle. [b]I don't vote, remember[/b]?

Well that's your choice, but don't go blaming others for the next five years for the result of the election then. My voting choices are irrelevant to someone who doesn't vote.

Dr D, read this;

[url= http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2009/09/losing_murdoch.html ][Mandelson's] culminating point -
"If I can come back, we can come back" - deserves more analysis.
What does it mean?
"Because this government is so dodgy that a Minister twice sacked for corruption can come back a third time, then people will vote for us"?[/url]

I despise Mandelson even more than Bliar, and that's saying something.

Mocking the disabled, nice work there 'Forking Our Souls' - classy, really classy.

don't go blaming others for the next five years for the result of the election then

I will carry on as I am, yes.

My voting choices are irrelevant to someone who doesn't vote.

Give me some credit, at least I'm [i]trying[/i] to feign some interest.

Ernie can run the Home Office
I'll handle defence
We put BigDummy in charge of criminal justice
TJ to run healthcare
Stoner as Chancellor

Sure we can think of a few more...!

I'll fight you for the defence job Flashy.

Hey,everyone,please don't forget this meassage from Labour:
.................. blah, blah

Excellent point well made Gary_C. Recent Tory governments have a healthy record of zero unemployment don't they ? 🙄

I'll fight you for the defence job Flashy.

I am prepared to give up my non-participation in political events if this is the outcome.

Rusty Spanner - Member

Mocking the disabled, nice work there 'Forking Our Souls'

Come come Rusty Spanner, what could possibly be more important than to have a prime minister with
two eyes ?

Yes, as the guy with the amusing username says, 'how can anyone [i]even consider[/i] voting for a government fronted' by someone without two eyes - irrespective of what their policies are ?

why cant there be , say 3 elected people as the p.m , but still have all the partys to vote etc on issues, cos all they seem to do is snipe at each other all the time.

CaptainFlashheart - Member

Ernie can run the Home Office
I'll handle defence
We put BigDummy in charge of criminal justice
TJ to run healthcare
Stoner as Chancellor

Sure we can think of a few more...!

I'm touched Flash!

As for voting - well my recent history involves voting for
Green, Scottish Socialist, Scottish Nationalist and labour. Vote tactically - for the party most likely to stop the party you hate most / like least.

Until we have proportional representation for Westminster thats all you can do - elections are decided by a very few voters - the undecided voters in marginal constituencies. My Westminster vote is a total waste - Labour have and will continue to have a massive majority. However voting Green for council and holyrood has help get them elected in both places.

Vote tactically - for the party most likely to stop the party you hate most / like least.

Two parties, equally abhorrent. Do you give your vote to maintain a status quo or do you vote for something different?

The reality is that [b]if everybody who claimed they were sick of Labour/conservative actually voted for something else, we would have something else[/b] or the vote for the same sides of the shitty coin would be so low a constitutional crises would swiftly ensue and PR would seem the most reasonable solution. And then the uk would be more democratically governed.

jonb- amazingly in recent history Newcastle had a Tory MP (cant remember his name,but he's just died at only 50 or so)(oh, he was a bit of a perv)

Unless politicians are truly chosen by the people and not stand for their own self gratification, embezzlement, narcissistic tendencies then sure I'll be voting!

Monster Raving Looney all the way.....

we would have something else

Something equally shitty?

PR would seem the most reasonable solution

PR is the most reasonable solution. Bit of a turkeys/christmas thing though isn't it.

vote for me !

Something equally shitty?

Ah well, we'll never know if people don't bother voting for it.

PR is the most reasonable solution. Bit of a turkeys/christmas thing though isn't it.

Only if you vote for turkeys.