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Who are you voting for?

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rsmama27 · 22/05/2024 19:27

The general feeling on social media is that the Tories will be obliterated in the upcoming GE. AIBU to not be surprised if they get voted in again?

I'll be voting Labour as I have always done.

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weareallcats · 23/05/2024 09:58

I hate them all - utter wankers, every single one.

I live in a constituency where it actually matters (swaps over pretty much every GE - went from CON to LAB in the last election), so feeling quite conflicted. Will almost certainly vote Labour, but not without reservations.

SpaceLaser · 23/05/2024 09:55

I’d like to vote Green but they are having an antisemitism crisis so it will have to be Labour.

Marjoriefrobisher · 23/05/2024 09:54

It would be better for the tories overall to lose because they do need a reset as others have said.
but not better for me. Hmmm.

KimberleyClark · 23/05/2024 09:28

Labour.

I still remember the 1993 election where both opinion polls and the exit polls on the night suggested a Labour victory but they didn’t win.

Errors · 23/05/2024 09:27

I wonder what the outcome would be if people voted based on actual policy rather than voting for the same party they have always done, or letting their kids/dogs decide etc.
Most people won’t even read a summary of any party’s manifesto and will go vote anyway. What’s the point.

SnapdragonToadflax · 23/05/2024 09:23

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 23/05/2024 08:43

@KarenOH
@Aishah231
@QueenBitch666

Spoilt ballot papers don't 'go in the bin', they are recorded.

https://votingcounts.org.uk/spoilt-ballot

They are recorded, but they are also fairly pointless. My friend counts votes - the rude ones give the counters a laugh, they might get together to puzzle over whether someone intended a vote or were just protesting, they keep things a bit more interesting on a long night... but they don't have any effect on the democratic process.

Imonaplane · 23/05/2024 09:08

Conservative.

Beekeepingmum · 23/05/2024 08:52

In the past I have been a conservative voter. This time I think we just need a change. The tories need time to regroup get some better people through the ranks and reset. I'll be voting liberal as they are most likely to reseat the conservative in my area.

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 23/05/2024 08:43

@KarenOH
@Aishah231
@QueenBitch666

Spoilt ballot papers don't 'go in the bin', they are recorded.

https://votingcounts.org.uk/spoilt-ballot

Coastalcreeksider · 23/05/2024 08:41

I'm pretty sure whatever I vote, it will stay Conservative (Braverman) 🙁

Thebestwaytoscareatory · 23/05/2024 08:41

SNP for me, unless Scottish Labour grow a back bone, admit the union doesn't work for Scotland and promise to facilitate another independence referendum.

KarenOH · 23/05/2024 08:34

QueenBitch666 · 23/05/2024 02:21

Spoilt ballot here. 1st time in my 62 years

Literally save yourself the time and just don’t show up.

Beezknees · 23/05/2024 08:34

Labour. Always have.

KarenOH · 23/05/2024 08:33

Aishah231 · 23/05/2024 06:00

It depends what Labour promises. If they insist on sticking to the Tory spending plans - tax cuts and loopholes for the rich pay cuts in real terms for the poor - and supporting arms sales to Israel then I'll have to spoil my ballot paper.

Aka not vote

spoiled papers literally go in the bin. A waste of everyone’s time.

margotsdevil · 23/05/2024 08:20

Thanks @Cornishpasty342 - really helpful. I agree with everything you said as well.

Bumblebee907 · 23/05/2024 08:08

Labour but not expecting much really. Just better than the tories

WuTangGran · 23/05/2024 08:08

Fuck the Tories.

Biker47 · 23/05/2024 08:08

Safe Labour seat, so I'll vote for whoever is likely to unseat them, which is usually Conservative.

RishiSunak · 23/05/2024 08:07

Not sure. I'm a bit on the fence at the moment.
I'm going to see what the Rt Hon Keir Starmer comes up with.

Chocolatefrenzy · 23/05/2024 07:39

I am politically homeless! But definitely will NOT vote labour

Shade17 · 23/05/2024 07:33

Conservative

Coldsore · 23/05/2024 07:25

Conservative

and you won’t get a realistic poll on here because it’s so left leaning.

if the sheer number of threads on the election already are anything to go by, this is going to be a loooooonnnnnnnng wait until the 4th July!

toomanypillows · 23/05/2024 07:18

BIossomtoes · 23/05/2024 00:55

There are no Reform MPs. The party didn’t even exist at the last election.

Edited - I think I misunderstood, I forgot about Anderson, didn’t I? Sorry. 😔

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Yes. Unfortunately he's the one! Unelected as a Reform MP of course, but locally popular

Sheknowsaboutme · 23/05/2024 06:48

mind your business!

jeaux90 · 23/05/2024 06:38

Not Labour, I left the LP 5 years ago over their anti women and anti safeguarding policies.

I am politically homeless, might spoil my vote and draw a big penis on it

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