I clicked on 'other' but could just as easily be 'can't be arsed' or 'dirty protest on the ballot paper'.
I should be Lib dem as Vince Cable is my uncle ( through second marriage ) but not convinced by Farron. Here in Chertsey it is very safe conservative seatwith Hammond our MP so doubt tactictal voting will change much!
I'm hoping Ben Gummer isn't there to be appointed. Every few months he sends round flyers on how well he's doing and seems to be giving himself a completion scores out of three on various aspects - the trains receiving investment - "I did that". The town centre regeneration - "I did that" (why he'd want to take credit for that shower I don't know). That 100 year old tree in the park - "I grew that". Blue sky today - "Me me me!" For some unknown reason I have him down as a self congratulating jizz bucket. I'll vote Labour because they're the best opposition and Lib Dems haven't capitalised on my early keenness to vote for them. Doubt it will make a difference both locally (we do tend to switch here but only when the MP moves or dies rather than seeming like a marginal seat) or nationally where I'd predict Darth Maydar will get a double figure majority (not too specifc a guess then).
Council house boy, ran Cameron a close second - but there really aren't any obvious leaders in the whole of Parliament
I'm not going to bet a season ticket on that one, but it has hit the serious papers a few times. Along with Gove back in, although she hates him, because apparently he adds some intellectual weight, and Johnson to Party Chairman, which he really doesn't want. I reckon Hammond will be allowed to hang on long enough to take the rap for putting NI rates for the self employed up, and perhaps income tax, and then he'll be dumped and Rudd will be Chancellor. Judging by their complete absence from the national campaign Leadsom and Fox must be on thin ice.
It's the most unconvincing general election ever held imo. This may well be the first time ever that I'll spoil my ballot. Maybe the heinous Joey Barton was right with his least ugliest bird analogy on 'Question Time' a few years ago. Regardless of how I vote the Tory Dominic Raab will get in. Maybe a protest vote is the way to go.
Despite the fact that I too am in a safe Tory seat, I will be voting with more enthusiasm than I have for a very long time. People can say what they like about Corbyn et al, but this Labour manifesto is the most exciting for many years in my opinion. I dearly hope that young people get out to vote in numbers and give May the slap in the face that she deserves for her arrogance.
Tory for me. Whatever else goes wrong or right, we need a strong economy and I do not see Corbyn / McDonnell delivering that. The latter is a scary individual who has the ideas to take this country backwards by a few decades. As for Diane Abbott, the thought of that woman being anywhere near a seat of power should be enough to make any sane person want to leave the UK. If you are teetering folks, go Blue. It is massively the sensible choice for today's circumstances with today's personalities. Were the left to seize the middle ground again at some stage, with different personalities, that would be different and Labour may well then attract more undecided voters. Good luck to us all, whoever wins.
Do any of us actually live in a marginal? Apparently 4/5ths of seats haven't changed hands in 20 years I read somewhere
Can't help feeling all this spoiling of ballot papers put our country in danger of an unclear majority government. This was meant to be about a mandate to negotiate strongly with the EU on our exit. With no majority it makes us weak negotiators and will take longer (it will take long enough as it is!). With Brexit we need a strong, and controlled, economy. Nobody knows how things will flow over the next few years, and we will need to be able to respond to the twists and challenges that will face us ahead. We are a strong nation, renowned for our back bone and tenacity. We will need it in my opinion and supporting businesses will be key - taking more money from them will either slow down our businesses or drive them away. It's been a crap, dour campaign overall. No national vote is a 'gimme' at the moment and we can never assume it is as simple as May will return with ease.
In the absence of "none of the above" (an idea I'm growing to like) please don't spoil your ballot papers. The winner will assign whatever reason they want to your action. No-one will ever know the real reason you did it and it will just remain a secret thought. Just vote for the choice you feel is closest to your hopes and wishes for the future - whoever it is and even if they have no chance. I'm going to vote Labour for the first time in my life. I'm voting for the manifesto that understands the sort of country I want to live in, a plan (of sorts) to get us there, through politicians that have no hope of winning this time and wouldn't do a very good job even if they did. But my personal view is even a bad job by them is preferable to what we're going to end up with.
Interesting that the Lib Dems have been faced with glazed eyes on the doorstep when they push their Remain At All Cost agenda - so they've dropped it, and moved on to social issues. Farron must be the only person in the UK that hasn't moved on from the Brexit vote
So, on an 88% voting turnout from those who have responded as I write, the Tories, on 47%, have a 14 point lead over Labour, on 33%. - a Tory landslide. But then we're mostly old ****ers.
