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2019 General Election
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HounsFull MemberPosted 4 years ago
‘My’ Tory MP Margot James resigned this year, have no idea who the Tory candidate is, I hope that this may sway some to vote for other parties.
I’ll be voting labour, not my party of choice, but I hope we wake up tomorrow with them leading the counts, I think our country depends on it
crimsondynamoFree MemberPosted 4 years agoSNP marginal here. 1k lead over Conservatives.
Scot Tory pamphlets have been amusing. Basically “SNP bad”, but not a peep about Brexit.
The Scot Tory surge two years ago will recede the the absence of Ruth Davidson at the helm. She had a broad appeal that none of the current lot can match.
I also think that as Brexit opinions have become more entrenched/radicalised on both sides, floating voter Remainer Scots will be far less forgiving of the Conservatives now than they were in 2017.
outofbreathFree MemberPosted 4 years agomost of them are lifelong Labour voters that have switched to Tory because they simple believe everything they see/hear in the right wing press.
Why would a lifelong Labour voter be reading the RW press? Mirror, Socialist Worker, Guardian, Independent are all available or if they want straight unbiased reporting just stop reading papers and choose an approprite news media. Christ, most RW people don’t read the RW press why would LW people be?
BruceWeeFull MemberPosted 4 years agoCome on guys, some people on here are calling Tory voters idiots and others are calling them selfish.
Can’t we just compromise and call them selfish idiots?
scotroutesFull MemberPosted 4 years agoI don’t think any UK election has ever been won by less than three votes.
NE Fife was won by 2 votes last time around. 😮
AlexSimonFull MemberPosted 4 years agoIf you would like to feel slightly optimistic about getting Boris out, have a read of this.
v8ninetyFull MemberPosted 4 years agoWhy would a lifelong Labour voter be reading the RW press?
I don’t know why ANYONE would read, and especially buy into the likes of the Sun and the Daily Mail. But so, so many do. And completely fail to see the bias that is staring them in the face. It’s massively depressing to me, that otherwise decent people become tainted by the vitriol.
My in laws, in a slight non stereotypical shocker, are really nice, gentle, Christian folk. But they buy the Daily Mail, believe the stuff that’s presented as fact, and take it personally when anyone dare suggest that that rag is an evil, hate filled, xenophobic mouthpiece of Russian billionaires that once ran stories supporting Hitler. Don’t ask me how I know this… 🙄
My point I suppose, is that lots of people don’t even realise how much they are being influenced by the drivel that they read.
finishthatFree MemberPosted 4 years agoA lot of them are just voting Boris , not really Conservative – but Boris/GeBrDo. , and if he gets in he will mess about a wreck quite a lot of things before shuffling off to write amusing lies for news papers with a huge salary , one of the saddest things is that he will get a protection team for life.
martinhutchFull MemberPosted 4 years agoIf you would like to feel slightly optimistic about getting Boris out, have a read of this.
God, I hope he’s right.
Off out to do my civic duty now. If I can help halve the majority of the Tory incumbent then it will at least give him a shot across the bows.
kimbersFull MemberPosted 4 years ago
@binners or similar arty typesIF Johnson were to lose tomorrow & have a resignation speech like Cameron could someone edit a video of No10 so that it was a fridge door & Johnson just opened it & walked in ?
racefaceec90Full MemberPosted 4 years agounfortunately where i live is a tory safe seat (devizes) so i voted labour.
nickcFull MemberPosted 4 years agoSorry dazh couldn’t remember whether you were in the consttituancy or just over the border. I think there’s a good chance this year if unseating the odious twerp. Small victories!
v8ninetyFull MemberPosted 4 years agoAlready voted Labour by post, although it felt like a fools errand in (I think) the 10th safest Tory seat in the UK.
Wish I could move to Scotland.
finishthatFree MemberPosted 4 years agoIn that article about the hardly reported swings it mentions Wokingham , Redwood has not mentioned Brexit once in any of his leaflets , there is a big push by LibDem and its working , it was a 56% remain area.
doris5000Full MemberPosted 4 years agoThey give away FREE SWEETS at the polling station you guys.
ooh get you! Where’s that?
My polling station is the local social club. You get the free smell of bleach and stale beer
2tyredFull MemberPosted 4 years agoWhy would a lifelong Labour voter be reading the RW press? Mirror, Socialist Worker, Guardian, Independent are all available or if they want straight unbiased reporting just stop reading papers and choose an approprite news media. Christ, most RW people don’t read the RW press why would LW people be?
Have you travelled by bus or train or airport in the last few years? All those free newspapers? Who owns them and which wing do they play on?
It’s everywhere and it’s normalised. Unless you actively avoid them, they’re right in front of you, every day.
dazhFull MemberPosted 4 years agoI think there’s a good chance this year if unseating the odious twerp. Small victories!
Yeah I’m trying not to get too excited, but there’s a real difference this time after the tragedy of 2017. I’ve never seen people so fired up about getting rid of Whittaker. Mrs Daz has volunteered her services today to drive labour voters to the polling station. Think lots of others are doing the same. Also hoping the forecast deluge this afternoon keeps many of the older generation at home. The signs are good.
tjagainFull MemberPosted 4 years agoAlready voted Labour by post, although it felt like a fools errand in (I think) the 10th safest Tory seat in the UK.
Which would have been an SNP seat a couple of elections ago. Every Scots seat is in play
root-n-5thFree MemberPosted 4 years agoI like to have a balanced view and see all the arguments for their worth. Everyone has a fair point. This guy sums up my view really eloquently, and he only mentions half of it.
I’m hoping that humanity sees sense today, and people aren’t stupid enough to believe what the vile right-wing press are vomiting everyday, and that some balance can be restored to the force. I don’t know why I get so worked up or hopeful about these things – I just end up utterly depressed, and then apologise to all the homeless people I meet in London, freezing on the streets. I shouldn’t have to donate to food banks or Shelter in 2019, no-one should. It’s sickening. As someone said above, see you on the other side.
DelFull MemberPosted 4 years ago“democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard”
amediasFree MemberPosted 4 years agoObserved in our local FB group this morning:
“Does anyone know if you can vote online? There’s no polling station near me and I need to stay in today as have delivery coming”
FFS, where to start…
kelvinFull MemberPosted 4 years agoNick, Daz… I obviously voted Labour, but I’m far less optimistic about the chances locally… a lot of 2017 Labour voters I speak to have been aghast at the last few years, and aren’t coming back. And Johnson has energised many of the people inclined not to vote last time to get out and vote Tory. Tactical voting might swing it, but it’s who turns up in numbers to vote that matters most (as is often the case). Let’s hope the teenagers make the difference.
boomerlivesFree MemberPosted 4 years agoI’ve found out this morning that the Labour candidate who doorstepped me and wouldn’t answer questions on Corbyn or Brexit and has sent 8 communications to my house is not actually standing in my area
He’s missed the constituency border by about half a mile
You couldn’t make it upBillMCFull MemberPosted 4 years agoJust about to set off down the town hall with my Mrs’ proxy vote but alas with an 18000 Tory majority I am only stating our preferences.
You couldn’t make it up
you probably did
reggiegasketFree MemberPosted 4 years agoBrexit was always a stupid idea, driven by right-wing factions and swallowed by foolish reactionaries.
But putting Boris in charge, officially, must go down as the most depressing political event of my life. I don’t know if I want to live in a country like this anymore. We’ll see.
boomerlivesFree MemberPosted 4 years agoSo why isn’t labour dead against it?
No don’t bother, it’s been done to death
@BillMc – you get the govt you deserve. EvidentlybikebouyFree MemberPosted 4 years agoThat’s me voted, voted for the party I’m a member of.
It was very busy at my local Polling Station…
eskayFull MemberPosted 4 years agoVoted labour before work, really hoping my fellow constituents vote that utter **** Rees mogg out
n0b0dy0ftheg0atFree MemberPosted 4 years agoI’m in one of the most marginal 2017 seats, really hoping we get rid of Royston this time, that 31 vote win has to be reversed this time… I hope! Too zombied to be ready to walk down with better half on her way to work, popping down a bit later.
richardkennerleyFull MemberPosted 4 years agoreally hoping my fellow constituents vote that utter **** Rees mogg out
He’s been hiding in his fridge for weeks now, he’ll need thawing out
kerleyFree MemberPosted 4 years agoWhy would a lifelong Labour voter be reading the RW press?
And more importantly how could a lifelong Labour voter vote for Conservatives? Understand they may want Brexit and see it as important for some reason but how could a person that has supported Labour values for their whole life switch to support Tory values? Especially at the current time where Labour are about as “Labour” as they could possibly get.
Answer, they didn’t really support or understand Labour values and just saw it as the party they should be supporting because of their parents, because they are working class etc,.
dantsw13Full MemberPosted 4 years agoKerley – most people couldn’t tell you the actual policies of the main parties. Just because they’ve voted Labour all their life doesn’t mean they are really politically engaged.
Like it or not, the simplistic online lie campaign works.
endoverendFull MemberPosted 4 years agoThey give away FREE SWEETS at the polling station you guys.
If it’s the Tories giving out those sweets I wouldn’t trust eating one…
EdukatorFree MemberPosted 4 years agoNot everybody votes the way they say they do. My in-laws were cancelling out each others vote for years. When MIL revealed how she had really been voting it caused much amusement. That’s why it’s a secret ballot, otherwise every election would see arise in divorce and the prison population.
pihaFree MemberPosted 4 years agoA minority of Jeremy Corbyn supporters at his final rally got rather unpleasant.
This film, recorded at @jeremycorbyn’s final rally last night, is genuinely terrifying. The vitriolic hate directed at a small group of peaceful Jewish protestors is vile & revolting.
Whoever you vote for today, make sure it’s ABC: Anyone But Corbyn.pic.twitter.com/mXGZIP1xop— Euan Philipps (@EuanPhilipps) December 12, 2019
kennypFree MemberPosted 4 years agoJust cycled down to the polling station and parked my bike outside.
One candidate told me I’d have £350 million to spend on new bikes after Brexit, another said my bike should be nationalised and given to everyone to ride, one said I could get free bike riding tuition (but was fibbing) and the last one said my bike would be far better if the front wheel was broken off from the rest of the parts.
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