How are you voting today?

It’s a pitiful state of affairs where I live:

– Tories get 75% of the vote, have been in forever and are utterly corrupt, awarding contracts to each other’s companies, hands in the till, etc.
– Labour & Limp Dem candidates more closely resemble farm animals than viable alternatives
– The Green is a well-meaning idiot
– UKIP are basically ex-Tories, previously kicked out for being too corrupt
– A sprinkling of incoherent grandstanding independents

Cock and balls it is then

I’m voting for Julie Morgan Labour, I’ve never met her, but I used to bump into (figuratively) her Husband Rhodri a lot when he was walking around by Wenvoe / Michaelston-le-pit and I was on my bike – he was always listening to speeches from Westminster on his little iPod but we exchanged a few words a couple of times and he was a decent bloke who genuinely seemed interested in people rather than just winning seats and gaining power.

Basing political opinion on chance encounters with politicians isn’t the best system I suppose, but it’s the only one I’ve got.

Spotted a UKIP sleaze near the Travelers Rest this morning coming over Caerphilly Mountain, I shouted “****” at him, he slyly gave me the Vs – frankly I’d thought a lot less of him if he’d smiled and pretended it didn’t happen, but nah – I’m too positive for that crowd.

As before I found a generic summary fact sheet, found the policies I liked and voted accordingly:

London Mayor – Labour
Local MP – Labour
London assembly – Conservative

Yes, I know, I don’t like Corbyn either.

Very hotly contested local elections in Cambridge. Must have been visited 3-4 times by both Labour and Lid Dems over the last 2 weeks, which is getting pretty silly as I told them all the first time which way I’d be voting (Labour).

PCC vote only here – can’t see a point in them (even the current incumbent doesn’t seem to be able to explain what he’s done apart from give jobs to his mates) and I wouldn’t want one associated with a political party anyway; no independents are standing but I feel compelled to vote so will probably apply a suitable message to the ballot paper.

Rio – Member
PCC vote only here – can’t see a point in them (even the current incumbent doesn’t seem to be able to explain what he’s done apart from give jobs to his mates) and I wouldn’t want one associated with a political party anyway; no independents are standing but I feel compelled to vote so will probably apply a suitable message to the ballot paper.

+1 except we’ve not even had any candidate info through. Big cock and balls picture suitably applied across multiple boxes I think.

PCC only, so cock and balls.

You could stick a red rosette on a pig in my ward and it’d be elected, so I shall be voting for the TUSC candidate.

That way I get at least one vote 😀 (though I explained how to vote to a lad at work last night, so it’s just possible I’ll get two!)

Bristol Mayoral race is a shower of stupidity. I didn’t mind Ferguson until he came out last week and said that cyclists should be paying insurance and have number plates. Berk. Marvin Rees is a no one though and the rest are either well meaning but have no chance or stark raving dicks.

PCC, I might spoil my ballot for the first time as it’s a fupping stupid idea.

Councillor, Green.

We only get a PCC vote here (council elections were last year and we’re an “all out” council).

Labour – current PCC, former copper, seems to have done a decent job (Durham are the only police force in the country judged outstanding);
Conservative – local lad, but career politician (intern for Oliver Letwin, think tanks, intern for tea party loon), claims to work in healthcare when really he did PR for firms wanting access to NHS marketplace and now works for an e-cig company. His ‘crime’ qualification is that he founded the Centre for Crime Prevention[/url], which is him and a Blogger account (£1 on the books, and registered at him mum and dad’s house).
Lib Dem candidate is standing on a platform of abolishing the PCC post.

I added GREEN at the top of the list and made that my first preference, then made Labour my second. It’ll either count as a spoilt ballot or, because my intention was clear, will go into the second round for Labour and thus help keep the Tory out.

I shall be voting for the TUSC candidate.

That way I get at least one vote

Our TUSC candidate last year was brilliant.

We actually live in on of those there marginal constituencies. We ended up with a Tory MP, by literally a handful of votes. Mainly due to the previous labour MP being exposed as one of the worst offenders for expenses fiddling, and being sent down.

Since then he’s done his upmost to act like some stereotypical evil Tory pantomime villain, to an almost comedic degree. I really don’t know what people expected? Even by the standards of the modern Tory party he’s excelled at being a complete and utter ****!

Anyway, as a result of his carry on, and the way its been received (lets just say ‘not well’) I think the Tory party have pretty much thrown the towel in. There has been no campaigning at all. We’ve had more communications from UKIP, who will probably mop up the Tory vote.

Cant see any result other than Labour strengthening their grip on the local council.

Bristol Mayoral race is a shower of stupidity. I didn’t mind Ferguson until he came out last week and said that cyclists should be paying insurance and have number plates.

He didn’t quite say that.

Mr Ferguson, 69, said: “The liberal – with a small ‘i’ – in me would resist number plates. I have a very nice bike and they’d look terrible!

“But I do think we should all have insurance, and I do think we should get tougher on those who don’t use lights, don’t have a bell and people riding on pavements.

“We should get a lot tougher about it but I would be resistant to screwing number plates onto bikes.”

“It angers me as someone who gets around on a bike – and am hardly ever late because of it – that we’re let down by cyclists who shoot lights and annoy motorists,” he said.

“It only creates a war.”

PCC only at my station. Made the old ladies on the desks day by turning the heating on for them whilst I was there as they were cold and couldn’t work out the controls. Every cloud and all that.

PCC vote only here – can’t see a point in them (even the current incumbent doesn’t seem to be able to explain what he’s done apart from give jobs to his mates)

I think you’ve pretty much covered all that every PCC has done there. It appears to have been a nice cushy gravy train for failed politicians, and their hangers on. A complete joke! Except not a very funny, and quite expensive one.

My major gripe is being bumped from working in the Polling Station and having to do count duties instead. I love working in the polling station. 15 hours of sitting around, reading books, eating bacon rolls, drinking tea and chatting with my neighbours. Instead, I have to spend all night in a count center watching people counting votes.

I think politics is a bit like the roads.

Do we want unaware but dangerous drivers on the road, or those who know what they’re doing but just don’t give a crap about anyone else on the road?

1st SNP, 2nd Green here. Not entirely sure if that’s a wasted vote, nationally the numbers look good but nobody seems sure how the local splits work out. So **** it, I’m voting for who I like.

Rio – Member

PCC vote only here – can’t see a point in them

I think they’re great tbh
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swavis – Member

Labour or an Independent, I voted SNP in the general election but that wasn’t for another referendum and I’m fed up with them going on about another one so my vote’s going elsewhere

thats a bit unfair given they haven’t promoted another referendum, its been the other party’s going on about it. But the fact remains that they are the scottish nationalist party, it would be a bit odd if they didn’t want out of the UK? I think the only way there would be another referendum is if the UK coted to leave the EU while scotland on a whole voted to stay in.

With an x …

…if I can be bothered with PCC alone.

Both votes SNP for me.

There’s simply is no other credible alternative for me to consider.

After 70 uninterrupted years of the Labour party taking everyones vote for granted it would appear that, after being booted out by the SNP at the General Election, they have no concept of how to even try and convince the electorate to vote for them.
In the last few weeks, on the way home from work every night, I’ve seen SNP canvassers on the streets. There are SNP posters on lamposts and in the windows of peoples houses.
We’ve had leaflets and letters through the door from the SNP and SNP canvassers knocking the door.
Social media? it’s all SNP everywhere I look.

Labour? – Nothing.
Tories? – Nothing. Always has it been thus.
Lib Dems? – Who?
Greens / UKIP / anyone else – Not even bothering to field a candidate.

Our incumbent Labour MSP will be on TV tonight looking surprised when he doesn’t get re-elected.
No one else will be.

If you want to get elected – engage with the electorate.

PCC only. Having read each of the respect candidates pitch I’m even less inclined to vote than I was before, which is saying something!

PP – aren’t Labour (and the forgotten LDs) going to actually implement tax rises while the (left of centre 😉 ) SNP continuing mimicking the nasty Tories? Dear Nicola seems oddly reluctant to raise taxes…hmmm

One day, the SNP will be measured on what they do not what they say!!

poah – Member

thats a bit unfair given they haven’t promoted another referendum, its been the other party’s going on about it. But the fact remains that they are the scottish nationalist party

Scottish National Party actually 😉

But yeah, it is weird to hear Kez talk for 5 minutes about the referendum, every so often she’ll say “We have to move on” then instantly starts talking about the referendum again, she’s got indyref tourettes. Or for that matter Sturgeon talk for 5 minutes about education or jobs or housing, then a reporter says “what about a second vote then”, she gives a 5 word answer and the headline is STURGEON REFUSES TO RULE OUT SECOND INDYREF and Labour say “Stop talking about the referendum and start talking about real issues like education, jobs and housing” 😆 Scottish friction, scottish fiction.

PP – aren’t Labour (and the forgotten LDs) going to actually implement tax rises while the (left of centre ) SNP continuing mimicking the nasty Tories? Dear Nicola seems oddly reluctant to raise taxes…hmmm

One day, the SNP will be measured on what they do not what they say!!

Doesn’t actually matter what their policies are though does it?

In a constituency which has been living in abject poverty since Thatcher decimated the heavy industry, the risen Lord Jesus couldn’t get elected here on a Conservative ticket.
Labour are in such public disarray and are so disengaged from the people that they’ve taken for granted for so long that they could be offering free holidays to Spain and blowjob vouchers and people still won’t vote for them now. Labour are no longer the party of the people because they make zero effort to engage with the people.
Vote for us because your Grandad did and “SNP bad” is not a viable election strategy

One day, the SNP will be measured on what they do not what they say!!

Equally, one day the Labour party will be measured on what they do. That day was the General Election last year. They were measured and found wanting. I’d expect a similar measurement this time tomorrow.

Doesn’t actually matter what their policies are though does it?

Many a true word spoken in jest….

The guy in his 60s running the polling station this morning seemed a good sort. I suggested I’d like to do “ride thru” vote on my bike and he actually thought that would be fun. Sadly I had already left my bike outside!

We have a predominantly Tory council with an active Green councillor or two. Lots of local stuff happening here meaning our local political situation is quite interesting (Redhill, Surrey).

There’s a new prospective councillor who recently starting running the local cafe in our park. He;s getting married in August and is putting on a music festival for residents. I think he’ll do well as he seems to have a genuine vested interest in making Redhill a better place.

TM

One day, the SNP will be measured on what they do not what they say!!

Unlikely, people like the sound bites of ‘free stuff’, while not realising that the middle classes are doing very nicely out of it, at the expense of the working class, who ironically are voting for SNP in big numbers.

One day, the SNP will be measured on what they do not what they say!!

free univerity education, free precriptions, council tax freeze, free school meals for primary 1-3, abolished charges at all NHS-run hospital car parks, expanded free nursery education and more.

Choice of SNP incumbent arsehole who seems to be taking his job for granted and forgetting that he is only here by the will of the people he is fobbing off, Labour who only have a couple of soundbite policies rather than an actual manifesto, Lib who? And Tories.

So based on manifesto, Libs for regional and a rating of bawbagness for constituency (yes, spoiled)

PCC only – I reckon there’ll be a less than 10% turnout. Democracy win 🙁

Modern Toss is good today. I think shit isn’t on the banned word list.[edit it isn’t]

It’s all kicking off in Barnet.

Barnet have outdone themselves this time. Wrong electoral registration lists distributed to polling stations. People being turned away.

People being told to keep their hair on, no doubt.

If I could vote to scrap the waste of money and space of unqualified PCCs, I would, but I can’t.

I have no idea who the PCC candidates are in my area anyway so I can’t make an informed decision.

Council elections also, but they’re all spouting the same crap and none really have any powers to resolve the local issues. It’s usually “we will work with [whoever] to talk about [local issue]”, i.e. nothing will happen. Unless it’s profitable to the majority tory councillors through their various interests.

PCC only – I reckon there’ll be a less than 10% turnout.

The Durham 2012 PCC election turnout was 14%, and 2% of those spoiled their ballot.

So, the winner was voted for by 7% of registered voters. Hurrah for democracy!

they could be offering free holidays to Spain and blowjob vouchers and people still won’t vote for them now

I would. I totally approve of that policy.

It’s usually “we will work with [whoever] to talk about [local issue]”, i.e. nothing will happen. Unless it’s profitable to the majority tory councillors through their various interests.

One of our local Tory councillors just bought the prime high street location that used to house the police station. The police station he voted to close down, after his mate the local Tory MP voted through massive cuts to the council budget. It went for a suspiciously knock down price. I expect it’ll soon be luxury flats

Have we done how competent the Aberdeen council is, they can’t even spell their own country correctly!

Plaid but not with much enthusiasm.
All of the parties seem happy for Wales to just muddle along.

That’s genius, cheers!

free univerity education

Thanks to the Lib Dems. NOT the SNP. It’s amazing how they continually peddle this lie, all they did was scrap the so-called graduate endownment.

Surrounded – sounds exactly like my local SNP MSP, doesn’t give a shit about residents opinions and pretty much told an entire island to go whistle when a solar farm (on the west coast lol) plan was massively expanded after consultations ended.