24hoursfromtulsehill Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 (edited) I'm voting Labour because however rubbish they are, the alternative is Iain Duncan Smith, Grant Shapps, :censored:ing Cameron...plus all manner of evil as yet unseen. Edited March 31, 2015 by 24hoursfromtulsehill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beag_teeets Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I too am voting sensibly. Well, I disagree fundamentally with a Conservative view of the world so I would want anyone who can prevent them forming a government and enacting their incorrect policies and at the moment that is Labour. I probably agree more ideologically with parts of the SNP, Green, Liberal Democrats and Bez's "We Are The Reality Party' than I do with large parts of what will be in Labour's manifesto but such is the way of things. We all have our wish lists of moonbeams and unicorns that won't be fulfilled once the result is known. We've had pretty much 5 years of election campaigning already but it has ratcheted up several notches over the last few weeks and even as a politics nerd I am pretty sick of politicians arguing over percentage points of deficit reduction or whether X will mean £8 billion less or £13 billion less. All whilst being interrupted by presenters trying to make a name for themselves by getting someone who has been up for 16 hours, already been in 3 different towns talking to 6 different audiences about 20 different subjects to show that they don't know the price of dozen eggs or the specifics of a spending/cut pledge made 6 weeks ago by someone else. We are sorely let down in this country by the political discourse perpetuated by print, TV & online media. Manifesto pledges on the whole are irrelevant due to events and changing circumstances, even more so now as we move into 4-5 party politics. I'd rather have parties making ideological statements that give an indication as to where they stand on the issues that affect us rather than irrelevant percentage points or notional £billion commitments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I've seen nothing from any of the parties to convince me to do anything other than spoil my ballot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 I'm getting a postal vote and will watch no TV broadcast, read no print media, no blogs, no Faceache, no news... I've already decided and the bollocks is totally unnecessary. I agree we're let down by the discourse...but that's the way the Tories like it. The thicker the discourse, the more normal it seems to vote thicko. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 (edited) I've seen nothing from any of the parties to convince me to do anything other than spoil my ballot. I've given you a voting option, you non-commital, airy fairy Tory stooge. Edited March 31, 2015 by 24hoursfromtulsehill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorrro Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 None of the above. I live in a safe Tory seat, even if there was a candidate I'd want to vote for - and there isn't - it wouldn't matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 (edited) I've given you a voting option, you non-commital, airy fairy Tory stooge. I've not changed as I may then be lumped in with the non-voters. My 'vote' will be counted and announced, I just don't think any of those running are worthy of it being cast for them. Edited March 31, 2015 by jsslatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Any high profile ministers under threat we think? Clegg in Sheffield maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 None of the above. I live in a safe Tory seat, even if there was a candidate I'd want to vote for - and there isn't - it wouldn't matter. I respect non-voters normally. However, this election is likely to result in a :censored:ing mess, with no clear winner and no clear loser. After the last election, the Lib Dems rationale for entering a full coalition was along the lines of, "The country has decided it wants a coalition Government." Similar bull:censored: will become serious currency after this election - share of the vote, number of seats and square miles represented could all have a big, bull:censored:ty say in who forms the Government. If you can't find a candidate you like, vote for a party. It might well matter. I've not changed as I may then be lumped in with the non-voters. My 'vote' will be counted and announced, I just don't think any of those running are worthy of it being cast for them. They're not, but politics is more frequently a choice of one or the other arsehole. C'est la vie. Any high profile ministers under threat we think? Clegg in Sheffield maybe? All Lib Dems are in the :censored:, but especially the senior ones who are in the Government. The Tories in the Government are all pretty safe, sadly - with the possible exception of Esther McVey, who thinks it's okay to find dead people fit for work, and to punish people for having arthritis, cancer, heart attacks and so on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorrro Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Semantics. By "candidate" I thought it was obvious, though not explicit, that I meant "party". I don't wish to vote for any of the candidates/parties in my ward. Therefore, I'll be spoiling my ballot paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Semantics. By "candidate" I thought it was obvious, though not explicit, that I meant "party". I don't wish to vote for any of the candidates/parties in my ward. Therefore, I'll be spoiling my ballot paper. Fair enough. The candidates see ALL spoiled papers (they have to be verified by consent). Make it something good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorrro Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Make it something good. "JON BIGGER IS A :censored:" "CHRIS PHILIP'S MUM HAS BIG TITS" "EMILY BENN WOULD DEFINITELY GET IT" Stuff like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 "JON BIGGER IS A :censored:" "CHRIS PHILIP'S MUM HAS BIG TITS" "EMILY BENN WOULD DEFINITELY GET IT" Stuff like that. Excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oafc88 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Labour for me. Best of a bad bunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I'm not voting Labour until they're left wing again - which will be basically never, and the Greens are :censored:ing cloud cuckoo. Not sure what to do. Politics needs a kick in the pants. https://yournextmp.com/constituency/65814/heywood-and-middleton Hands off our NHS - no more cuts - bankers to pay for their own overdraft - solidarity brothers and sisters, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Labour for me, I will do anything to make sure the t**t that is Farage, doesn,t get a candidate elected in our constituency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Dulwich and FCUM divided already. :censored:ing splitters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I respect non-voters normally. However, this election is likely to result in a :censored:ing mess, with no clear winner and no clear loser. After the last election, the Lib Dems rationale for entering a full coalition was along the lines of, "The country has decided it wants a coalition Government." Similar bull:censored: will become serious currency after this election - share of the vote, number of seats and square miles represented could all have a big, bull:censored:ty say in who forms the Government. If you can't find a candidate you like, vote for a party. It might well matter. They're not, but politics is more frequently a choice of one or the other arsehole. C'est la vie. All Lib Dems are in the :censored:, but especially the senior ones who are in the Government. The Tories in the Government are all pretty safe, sadly - with the possible exception of Esther McVey, who thinks it's okay to find dead people fit for work, and to punish people for having arthritis, cancer, heart attacks and so on. Wirral West a tight one in the betting markets, Labour best price 10/11, Cons Evens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Wirral West a tight one in the betting markets, Labour best price 10/11, Cons Evens.I'd go Con hold there. The Tories will be going large on the NW marginals while Labour will have to spread more widely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Dulwich and FCUM divided already. :censored:ing splitters. When I start calling sweaty burgers from a van 'sliders', and my mates are eating :censored:ing kimchi whilst watching a crucial tie against Solihull Moors, I know fan owned co-ops have gone too far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 None of the above. I live in a safe Tory seat, even if there was a candidate I'd want to vote for - and there isn't - it wouldn't matter. Same here in Oldham West & Royton albeit the other way round. Great this democracy lark innit.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 One thing I do intend to do is get balls deep in the coverage and point and laugh at the lot of them, mainly Labour. That bollock Umunna was at it already yesterday refuting Tory claims we'll all pay £3000 more tax under Labour (even the thickest Labour supporter would expect at least that, wouldn't they?) by claiming they plan to decrease taxes (eh?) and then refusing three times to answer "yes or no, are you saying people will pay less tax under Labour?". A whole month of wall to wall confirmation bias and illogical fallacy..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I intend to spoil my paper unless there is a weird independent who has a policy that I can support. (Last time in Durham the sole independent was a bloke who believed it's best to keep money hidden under the mattress). I would normally side with the Greens but they want my Brother to be out of a job and my Mum (public sector) to take a 35% pay cut. Not a chance. Thanks for the tips about spoiling the paper I'm going to have to give it some thought- the Green Party candidate in Heywood and Middleton By-election was someone I could vote for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shorelatic Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Listen up all you trendy lefties and blind labour voting sheep - you all have very short memories or are all on labour introduced benefits - it has just taken the coalition (Conservatives) five long years to get us out of the unholy mess that labour got us into in the first place. If you think voting labour is a good idea cast your mind back five years and then think again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 I'd go Con hold there. The Tories will be going large on the NW marginals while Labour will have to spread more widely. Did you see the cover of the MEN recently? Manchester's priorities align almost exactly with Labour's. Uncanny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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