General Election

I shall not be voting. I left the region of Justine Greening's safe Tory seat last week and moved to David Davis's safe Tory seat. Makes voting for anyone else pretty pointless (although I would vote for pretty much anyone else in preference).

I'm also in Central Europe and will have to watch coverage tonight on Sky news (doubly sad).

 

Whatever else, please, (If you're British /glare Elle), make sure you go and vote. If you don't know who to vote for, just put the ballot paper in with a huge X over the whole page.

To keep this thread sensible, just delete any obviously stupid crap, starting with Charon's stupid post. Allowing that will just encourage other ****baskets.

The results in this one will be interesting for sure, I don't think anyone can forecast what will happen. Id rather not have another 5 years of what we've just had, but I dont see a single party gaining enough to govern unaided.

I know its not really possible, but its a shame the top 2 can't figure out something between them and truly represent the majority of voters.

 

I honestly don't think this country could take another 5 years of Conservative rule.

 

To show my support for a free market economy, my vote is for sale to the highest bidder.

 

I just read that apparently you don't have to put a kiss against the choices you want to make, although that is preferable. You can put a smiley face, as long as your intention is clear, its all legit.

Anyone got any thoughts on what they'd put in the box instead of a X if they could be arsed?

 

is it over yet ? ......... Yawn Yawn

 

why was my post deleted for mocking Labour yet others remain for blasting the Tories - hopefully not political bias

 

I disagree with that.

David Milliband was to much of Blairite.

Labour needed move away from New Labour.

As Maggie said New Labour and Tony Blair was her biggest achievement.

Edd Milliband is no way perfect but a Labour lead government is far better then a Tory/UKIP/Lib Dem/DUP alliance

 

I think the coalition has done an alright job to be honest - wouldnt mind more of the same.

 

Nowt wrong with Ed. Sure, he might not be the most charismatic of blokes, but who cares?

He's probably a right bastard behind the scenes. Malcolm Tucker-esque.

 

I live in a Labour safe seat constituency so I'm voting for Yorkshire First (centrist, regionalist party for those who don't know). Ed Miliband is a tool and Ed Balls as chancellor would be chaos. I'm not fond of the coalition but the Tories are offering an EU referendum so I'd prefer them than a Labour minority government propped up by the SNP. We could do with electoral reform so we can have proportional representation.

 

I think it's hard to decide because you only really vote for your MP, who you might like but despise their party. We have very little say on the actual government yet that's the way everyone looks at it.

Where I am, there's 3 candidates who actually seem to have bothered with this election.

I don't consider myself left or right, I just don't like ****s. I'm gonna vote for the green candidate cos he seems like not a ****. The Labour one isn't bad but will win anyway and I'd rather help the green party get more votes and build.

Nationally, I disagree with conservative values in general, but there does seem to have been some improvement economically in this government which was the priority in 2010. I'm not an expert but I wonder if it might struggle again under a Labour government.

I'd watch that channel 4 coverage tonight which looks pretty good, but Hull United have a cup final!

 

I think the Greens would get far more votes if they were more about being green and more central in terms of ideology. They seem to have moved dramatically to the left in the last year or so - more 'socialist' than Labour at the minute, if thats the right word.

 

I do imagine him being a bit of a ball-breaker behind the scenes - i just wish it someone else as shadow-chancellor than Edwin Ballsack

 

This government has massively failed economically. The debt as nearly doubled to £1.4trn. Austerity has failed.

People have died because of Iain Duncan-Smith's welfare chances.

We have 1m people using food banks.

 

That's a reet minefield of a statement.

 

Like you, the candidates around my way don't seem to be bothered. Not one of the parties have bothered canvassing the area I live in. The only flyers I got were from the Tories (who are a shoe-in in the constituency) and the Greens. If just one of the candidates had bothered to try to convince me I would probably have voted for them irrespective of who they represented. whatever, I'll toddle along after work and put my X somewhere on the ballet paper.