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Would you vote conservative again?

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Erica56 · 22/10/2022 09:34

I wouldn’t vote conservative again after the total shambles that have been the last 12 years. They’re constantly infighting rather than sorting out the economy and have left the NHS in a total mess. No care for people suffering from the cost of living crisis

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Shade17 · 07/11/2023 15:48

Of course! I wouldn’t vote for Labour to run a market stall!

MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 07/11/2023 15:43

Couldn't possibly vote for them "again" because I would never have voted for them in the first place.

Desecratedcoconut · 07/11/2023 15:39

It'll be the same shit with a side helping of gender woo. Joy.

MadeleineMummy · 07/11/2023 15:33

MintJulia · 07/11/2023 15:06

@verdantverdure It needs fixing because we don't want to jump from the frying pan to the fire.

I want a government that recognises and respects women. That protects our safe spaces.

I'm not voting for a party that will 'only be equally as bad' because they could be worse. The whole point of a general election is to vote for something better.

Why do you feel they will be “equally as bad”?

Why do you think they will not protect women’s rights and the conservatives will?

Sparkleirisheyes · 07/11/2023 15:20

Don’t know how anyone with a conscious can look around at how badly the country is doing and how desperate people are and say, I’m alright Jack, I’ll vote for more of the same please.

The NHS affects us all, even if you have private cover, as does crime etc. Don’t bury your privileged heads in the sand!
For those who say at least they know what a woman is, give it a rest, have you seen all the cases of sexual misconduct/rape within the Conservative Party! Hardly the party for women.

MintJulia · 07/11/2023 15:06

@verdantverdure It needs fixing because we don't want to jump from the frying pan to the fire.

I want a government that recognises and respects women. That protects our safe spaces.

I'm not voting for a party that will 'only be equally as bad' because they could be worse. The whole point of a general election is to vote for something better.

MadeleineMummy · 07/11/2023 15:01

Dotjones · 07/11/2023 14:37

For me, I will never vote Labour because they introduced tuition fees for students and trashed the country in the last few years of their last time in power. The Tories have just done a shit job with cleaning up Labour's mess, but I'll never forgive them for the way they dismantled democracy during the Blair years.

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What mess did labour leave behind?
What did Blair do to dismantle democracy?

Dotjones · 07/11/2023 14:37

MadeleineMummy · 07/11/2023 13:36

What are your reasons?

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For me, I will never vote Labour because they introduced tuition fees for students and trashed the country in the last few years of their last time in power. The Tories have just done a shit job with cleaning up Labour's mess, but I'll never forgive them for the way they dismantled democracy during the Blair years.

verdantverdure · 07/11/2023 14:06

But why does it need fixing if the party that "knows what a woman is" has been in power for 13 years?

Surely they fixed it?

Alexandra2001 · 07/11/2023 14:03

MintJulia · 24/10/2022 20:04

This matters and needs fixing is Labour want to stand a chance.

I want to vote Labour but we cannot let Labour wreck 150 years of work on women's and children's rights.

It's fundamental.

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I ve a DD who does sport, i was a victim of DV and want nothing more than a better world for my DD and all other women/girls come to that.

I ve seen first hand the harm Tory policies have done to females, children and victims of DV.

What is so nice about a Tory party that has protected an MP from rape charges, even paying for a victims private care & i see they have withdrawn bans on gay conversions therapies.

BUT i will wait until Labour publish their manifesto, i have no issues with Trans rights, however they should never be at the expense of female ones, i hope they get that balance correct.

verdantverdure · 07/11/2023 13:55

On the topic of Tories and Labour being exactly the same:

Would you vote conservative again?
MadeleineMummy · 07/11/2023 13:37

sarahjones81 · 06/11/2022 17:47

I dont like labour, never liked it alwsys been into conservtive however, recently green party has been tikling my fancy.

Why have you always loved the conservatives?
what about the greens appeals to you

MadeleineMummy · 07/11/2023 13:36

Rollingdownland · 22/10/2022 09:36

Well, I wouldn't vote Labour. That much I know.

What are your reasons?

verdantverdure · 07/11/2022 20:32

BananaCocktails · 24/10/2022 18:44

I’ll never vote Tory or labour again
they are both exactly the same
No idea who I will Vote for now

In what way?

Ilovemycatalot · 06/11/2022 17:51

I’d rather eat my toenails than vote Tory. That’s not an exaggeration either.

sarahjones81 · 06/11/2022 17:47

I dont like labour, never liked it alwsys been into conservtive however, recently green party has been tikling my fancy.

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MintJulia · 24/10/2022 20:04

RubyTrees · 24/10/2022 12:21

Two much energy has been expended on single issue politics. I find it hard to understand why some posters are so focused on parties stance on self ID- without considering the huge and detrimental impact Tory government has had on women and children

Have you considered the huge and detrimental impact to women and children when their rights to privacy and safeguarding measures have been removed?

This matters and needs fixing is Labour want to stand a chance.

I want to vote Labour but we cannot let Labour wreck 150 years of work on women's and children's rights.

It's fundamental.

MintJulia · 24/10/2022 19:59

Ask me in 2024.

If Rishi manages to find a fair offer for public sector pay deals, and calms down the money markets. Imposes a windfall tax on the power companies. If he oversees a period of calm and consolidation in schools. If he pulls together a cabinet that shows enough compassion to understand how people are struggling then I'll think about it.

But if Rachel Reeve is still shadow chancellor, I'll probably still vote Labour. She is very bright, with good experience.

Seymour5 · 24/10/2022 19:58

I mentioned on another thread that before Margaret Thatcher, the basic rate of income tax was 33%. Thats 1/3 of taxable income for low and medium earners.

I’ve lived in Labour heartlands all my adult life, the only time I’ve voted Labour was in 1997. I’ve no idea how I’ll vote in future.

Croque · 24/10/2022 19:43

I agree. He never needed to mention Truss in these circumstances. It may be a way to demonstrate his humble way of dealing with everyone but it sounded tone deaf. She has hardly been the epitome of grace. Perhaps he was thanking her for clearing off sooner rather than later to make way for him?

walkingonsunshinekat · 24/10/2022 19:39

MariEllie · 24/10/2022 16:57

Starmer is hopeless. He can’t tell a man from a woman. Let’s face it he just goes with what he’s politically dumb party goes with. If they get in it will be more and more of the woke stuff and even worse management

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Silly think to say, Starmer has children and cared for his poorly mum, i'm pretty sure he knows what a woman is.

But, regardless of my own views, Trans is a thing and it can't be undone, so we have to deal with it, as the Tories have recognised by keeping the GRA act.

The awful reduction in womens services and rights are happening under your lot, shameful really that you support TW sent to womens prisons and wards, closure of DV refuge's and cuts in benefits for female/male carers of the disabled/vulnerable/elderly (in real terms)

However, Sunak lost me as a voter when he thanked Truss wtf????

LBFseBrom · 24/10/2022 19:29

I never have voted Conservative and never would.

Blossomtoes · 24/10/2022 19:27

BIWI · 24/10/2022 19:07

That's is an incredibly stupid, not to say ignorant, thing to say.

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Unfortunately it’s a very common view. No idea what it’s based on though.

BIWI · 24/10/2022 19:07

BananaCocktails · 24/10/2022 18:44

I’ll never vote Tory or labour again
they are both exactly the same
No idea who I will Vote for now

That's is an incredibly stupid, not to say ignorant, thing to say.