It seems as though everyone hates the tories, but who is there that would make a better job of it?

UK?

green

Do the Lib-Dems still exist?

National Front.

I think they should just impose a government on us from Brussels. Its quite fashionable with those Johny foreigner, continental types nowadays, apparently

None of the above (a la Brewsters millions)

Technocrats. I quite like Eatstatic.

Same as last time

The local candidate who I thought would represent my interests best regardless of their parliamenrtary party allegiance.

If people could only see that, then the system would work so much better for all of us 🙂

You want a government like the Belgians have… i.e. no government. It seems to work well enough for them.

I agree with Binners.

Shocking though, in’t it? Labour really cooduv regained a lot of the Left ground that **** Blair dragged them away from, but no, they insist on being spineless toothless morons with as much political clout as Binners’ manky underpants. 😐

The Urdd Gobaith Cymru.

Abstain.

Again.

There’s no party for me. 😥

None, all the candidates here are useless. Current incumbent here shagged her way to the job of Labour Chief Whip.

No idea.

Voted Labour at the last one, partly out of habit, but mainly to keep the Tories out locally.
Didn’t do any good.

Can’t stand any of them anymore TBH.

What Z11 said, or Monster Raving, or more likely just go down the pub instead.

The local candidate who I thought would represent my interests best regardless of their parliamenrtary party allegiance.

if only they were allowed a free reign to do so by their party eh?

Devolve power from Uk, hand it over to the EU. Unify Laws/Tax to Central Govt. Each country has a single representative. EU wide cohesion.
Central Gov’t to be funded by donations only, no individual country support, funded only by business.

I need a party that fits my views.

Perhaps I ought to start one.

I have so little faith/belief in any of the Political parties that I’d struggle to make a meaningful choice (again).

But abstaining doesn’t feel right considering we live in a country where we have the privilege/ability to vote.

The local candidate who I thought would represent my interests best

See, I’d be more concerned with choosing someone who represented the interests of the whole community best, but then I’m not selfish, blinkered and insular.

I think an election now would have a seriously low turnout

Id be tempted to vote green, even though some of their science policies make as much sense as homeopathy

OI Fred! My duds are Big Hitters, I’ll have you know!!

Looking at the options, its not difficult to see why smug, fish-a-like Alex Salmond got elected. I’d say all you’d need to do to get elected anywhere at the moment is to be remotely plausable (no criminal record ‘n stuff), point at Call-me-Dave, Junior Clegg and Wallace and say, I am the box labeled ‘none of the above’ – vote for me!!

Which is a pretty sad indictment of the present state of our glorious democracy

But abstaining doesn’t feel right considering we live in a country where we have the privilege/ability to vote.

For me it’s either abstention or revolution. 😡

If I vote for any of the above mentioned I believe the toxic combination of shame, despair and disillusionment will make my head explode and my toes fall off.

Thats fine fred – you can vote for someone who best represents my interests as well then 😆

See, I’d be more concerned with choosing someone who represented the interests of the whole community best, but then I’m not selfish, blinkered and insular.

What if your local community is made mostly of bankers and property developers? 🙂

Same deal. Why woon’t it be?

I will vote Tory maggots because I am surrounded by Labour & Lib-Dem maggots in my area.

Bloody maggots infestation everywhere … 😈

green.

i don’t want them to win, but their heart is in the right place, and my vote may help them keep their deposit.

It seems as though everyone hates the tories, but who is there that would make a better job of it?

the madness is, that you’re right, even the tory voters hate the tories for not being tory enough.

(have a look at some tory supporting blogs – it’s something i do when i want some fun and excitement in my life)

it seems Cameron, Osborne, and the others really are actually trying to be nice.

😯

Whatever. I could vote for Bonzo the Somersaulting Dog but it makes no difference. I’m in one of the safest Tory seats in the country so whoever’s flavour of the month gets rolled in to be our MP regardless of where they come from.

thepurist – Member
Whatever. I could vote for Bonzo the Somersaulting Dog but it makes no difference. I’m in one of the safest Tory seats in the country so whoever’s flavour of the month gets rolled in to be our MP regardless of where they come from.

And as long as you maintain that attitude, nothing will change. Perhaps if enough folk voted for a party that was going to lose the seat this time, then next time they might feel the gap was a bit smaller… and so on and so on. Most of the West of Scotland was “safe” Labour but that has gradually been eroded. Just don’t expect a sea change overnight. We accuse politicians of short-termism, that’s no more than you are showing here.

Probably Labour, on the grounds that in my eyes they’re the least worst. Kind of depressing that pretty much all politicians are horrible, smug, over-priviliged opportunists that should be trebucheted into the sun. I just make a list of which ones would get shot off first, then choose from lower down the list.

If it wasn’t for a) the fear my dad would rise from his grave and kick my arse and b) there are many people, particularly women, who don’t get the opportunity to vote, I’d just not bother voting.

See, I’d be more concerned with choosing someone who represented the interests of the whole community best, but then I’m not selfish, blinkered and insular.

Of course you’d have to decide what is in their best interests 🙂

Good job you’re not self-opinionated or owt eh?

Don’t fret druidh – I do vote for my chosen candidate every time. If I don’t vote, I have no voice. If I do it’s still quiet, but it’s there.

Of course you’d have to decide what is in their best interests

Obviously in order to be able to make an informed decision means you need to actually have some understanding of and empathy with others in your community.

This means you’d actually have to interact with other people in your local area, something it’s clear quite a number of folk on here don’t seem to have the ability to do.

Hence why they vote Tory, probably…

Yeah but most of my community *are* Tory. Is that who I should be voting for?

If you don’t feel you can vote for any of the candidates in your area you need to register that by spoiling your ballot paper.

Not bothering to go to the poling station is just lazy and most of the reasons people give for not voting in some way shape of form are feeble excuses.

You have no right to complain about whoever does get into power if you do not use your vote!

If you don’t feel you can vote for any of the candidates in your area you need to register that by spoiling your ballot paper.

Okay, I’m interested. What does this achieve exactly?

Not bothering to go to the poling station is just lazy

No, it’s a symptom of intense disillusionment.

Okay, I’m interested. What does this achieve exactly?

at the moment, probably just as much as choosing a candidate

The Roman Party. Ave!

if they were standing

If you don’t feel you can vote for any of the candidates in your area you need to register that by spoiling your ballot paper.

I wonder what would happen if everyone who is completely and utterly disillusioned (99% of the country, I’d imagine) all went and wrote ‘You’e all ****s! And this is a total sham!” on our ballet papers, whether it would make the slightest difference? I suspect they’d shrug it off and carry on doing the ‘will of the people’ regardless