Seriously I’d encourage you to vote. Honestly I’d rather everyone vote, even you. Democracy is bigger than any party, if everyone decided not to bother we’d really be in a mess. The fewer people that vote the less relevant democracy becomes and that really is very scary.
A fantastic pair of results which will herald the end of this dire Tory administration. If Labour can overturn a 25k majority in Mid Beds, where they have never won in the century-long history of the seat, then they can win anywhere. Thirteen years of Tories helping themselves, screwing up public services, bickering amongst themselves and launching pointless and divisive culture wars will soon come to an end. Sure - Starmer isn’t the most charismatic leader but he’s competent, self-made and he’s rid Labour of the loons and made the party electable. Roll on the GE so we can get rid of these corrupt Tories!
What will happen under Labour is even more wokery nonsense They’ll give the public sector pay rises that the country simply can’t afford and immigration will be even worse
Boys wait till Labour get in you think the migrant crisis is bad at present-The country will be flooded with more than you can ever imagine. This country is doomed finished -mark my words. Any working class people you are paying for 4 out of 5 illegals at present 1 in 5 Muslims work the rest are on benefits paid by you and me
I'm a bit like Ashton here, we are a democracy and if the majority vote Labour then that's the British people deciding and I go with that, I dislike Starmer and the Labour wishy washy way but don't forget, if they fail there is always next time, I don't think the British people are finished, regardless of their mix, the majority of people in this nation are hard working and pay their taxes, as has often been said we are a nation of lions led by donkeys, I didn't vote for Sunak, I think he is a smoothie but has calmed the storm. I will not vote Labour with the idiot Starmer in charge, Davey is a stooge, I am honestly in wonderland, you might disagree with me but I do believe firmly in the British nation and our problems will be resolved, how I have no idea.
yep that was the conclusion. .... and pretty much mine! AT THE LOCALS in an attempt to oust extremely wasteful Bristol CITY COUNCIL I always vote. £bn's have been wasted over the past couple+ of decades and what have we to show for it............ third and fourth attempts at traffic flows .... [ one was by a highways officer that didnt drive a car into Bristol?? ] other infra structure built = not fit for purpose so demolish/ abandoned at great cost ... assets sold = where did money go supposed to have alleviated council tax bill but it still went up by max allowed [ pretty much always does. Where I live the boundary of BANES is part of the "estate"I live on some houses [ in same road! ? part of it ] pay less CT! But use same services!!!!
We in Bristol have a part time Mayor who awards lucrative contracts to companies he is a director of, we have a part time Mayor awarding contracts to big business where there is clear conflict of interest and the council tax payers foot the seed capital of tens of millions to not build an arena at Temple Meads, we have a part time Mayor whose projects run tens and tens of millions of pounds over budget, we have a part time Mayor who gets juicy pay rises during a pandemic .. He is Labour. As a Labour voter I would disagree with you on culture. The capture of institutions by woke ideology is not right wing. Critical social justice is left wing ideology and phenom. The culture war with Labour in power could go into overdrive.
An interesting fact is in both recent bi elections the numbers who voted Reform were actually greater than the Labour majority. Had they voted Tory instead the tories would have held both seats. Maybe RR if you want to avoid a Labour government don’t vote Reform.
that was one of the points, who you vote for as an alternative, [ as a protest or .... ] when it is first past the post it is not a true reflection of the total peoples will! [ democratically ] When more people vote for the party that comes second there is "how unfair it is" when they get a lesser vote and win, it is Euphoria! There are 650 seats so who gets 326 is the winner with a majority of 2 [ plus those from NI that do not take their seat! We are an impatient nation need to know the result ASAP! so proportional representation tends to be "shunned". I wonder what would happen if the ballot paper said VOTE for your MP then gave a second choice? [ where applicable votes added to first choice! option of 2nd choice is you do or dont ]
The voting system is a whole different debate, it is what it is, nothing is perfect, is there a better way?, possibly, who knows, there are flaws with every system.
BOUNDARY COMMISSION tries to keep the overall number to vote as close as possible ....however population has grown from 50 million to over 60 million, but not spread evenly over 650 seats, COMMENT sometime back in a discussion was there should be another 40 50 seats generated! minimum voters / heads of population ] for each seat being 40,000 maximum 70,000 Bristol has a population of about 475,000 [ edge areas encompass outer areas so around 500,000 ] should have 7 seats! we basically have 4 plus Kingswood!!! SO 1 0R 2 SHORT FOR CENTRAL AREA!
Reform stopped the Tories getting in-I have voted Torie all my life from 18 however not for this wef run conservative mob. If it it means Labour getting in so be it-the onky party who talks sense is reform.
I get you RR BUT.........Voting for anything else other than Conservative will put Labour in......i.e Disaster!
I can see why there’s the call for change, as the last few years have been dire. The predicament is, how does it get any better, I don’t see it with Labour, the Tories, or any other party tbh. They are all as bad each other in different ways. None of them will fix the broken NHS, Welfare system, immigration, which are killing the UK.
when Labour get in there is always a start to an up turn following a disaster that the tories put right! Lets say half the total votes cast ids by supporters ... bit like being either City or Rovers or town or united......... Until the 90's I always voted Tory... ... fell for the Bliar honey trap twice! and since all but once voted Tory. They say you you cant teach old dogs new tricks ... they say you get wiser as you get older ..... the last 20 odd years i have certainly gotten a lot wiser! ... and somewhat reflective of the past, learning from the odd error I made getting to now. Some, well a lot never change given the choice of a possible reduction in say council tax, they would vote for the one that almost guarantee' to increase it every year! PEOPLE [ a vast majority anyways ] always need to find some one to blame, or something to blame it on!!!! There is a process called the Duke of WELLINGTON... a sales technique. Take a blank sheet of paper and a pen, draw a line down the middle and a line across the top about half an inch 12mm down top right write positive top left box write negative. these 2 titles can any wording but 1 is basically for your argument or against it. ... I did one a year or so ago [ ended up with 2 pages! from 2010 ].. reason was state of the country past decade ... what happened .... why.... It is nigh on impossible to put anything other than a minute "hiccup" blame on the ruling .gov.
I think there was genuine hope, optimism and expectation before Blair came to power in 1997 and even I felt it as a non Labour voter But this time around it’s very different The Tories have been truly awful at times, they are largely not true Conservatives and they will suffer the consequences at the ballot box next time around, but I genuinely think a lot of people simply don’t like or trust Starmer or know what he stands for
And the Labour Welsh government are......... I cannot believe how utterly inept the Tory government has performed and have brought it all on themselves. Nothing to do with the electorate wanting Starmer and co.
Because After me They’re not true conservatives As proved by Johnson the liar who did nothing to stop the invasion That’s right The invasion Of people who don’t belong here and to who we owe absolutely nothing to Send them all back and all those gaming the system who are already on our soil Tories won’t and haven’t Labour will ask the whole world to invade us and finally eradicate all traces of British culture and identity
You said it, the Torries have been awful, they dont deserve to get in again, and I’m afraid the only other party who has a chance is Labour. If they win then it’s up to them to show they deserve to have won, and they’ll have a chance to prove you wrong. Being the opposition is a tireless task, no matter how good you are if the governing party do a reasonable job you’re on a hiding to nothing.
