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In one sentence who are you voting for and why?

390 replies

Cosypyjamaface · 11/12/2019 17:32

I'm still so torn. In a single sentence can you say who you are voting for and why?

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fromthefloorboardsup · 11/12/2019 19:50

@TheGirlFromStoryville

Orwell was a socialist. A democratic socialist like the Labour Party. He was anti-totalitarianism not anti-socialism.

Wineislifex · 11/12/2019 19:49

Tory
Get brexit done quickly so they can concentrate on trying to tackle knife crime, gangs etc

BlueEyedFloozy · 11/12/2019 19:48

SNP.

Grudgingly. Our area is an SNP/Tory stronghold with not a chance in hell of anyone else getting in so it's a tactical vote from me.

JAIENLCE29 · 11/12/2019 19:48

Labour.. I'm front line NHS, and I have seen how much privatisation has happened over the last 7 years and it scares me that this could continue under a conservative government

fromthefloorboardsup · 11/12/2019 19:46

Labour because I'm a remainer who thinks we need to unite the country and Labour's policy is the only sensible way to do this. Also because I'm a socialist (not a communist or a Marxist, big difference) who thinks the way to have a fair and decent society is to fund hospitals, schools, doctors, dentists, care homes, the railways and our country's infrastructure properly and share so we can all benefit. I don't think it's a coincidence that places like Denmark & Finland are often rated as the happiest.

I also think Corbyn is a refreshingly authentic politician who believes (like me) that discussion and research is the way to make decisions. He's not afraid to stand up to people (like Trump) or disagree with people and he's more than just soundbites.

Sorry that's not one sentence!

Allmyfavouritepeople · 11/12/2019 19:45

Labour. Because no-one should die of poverty.

Weihnachtsstern · 11/12/2019 19:44

Labour. I work for the NHS, and want it to stick around for a long time to come.
Also, I despise the Conservatives.

Renoirsdancer · 11/12/2019 19:37

Labour, because I don't hate poor people. Those of you who are voting tory because you don't want to break up the union presumably aren't too fussed about NI (don't worry noone else seems to be either)

flopsytheflatcat · 11/12/2019 19:37

Labour. Because I'm a decent human being.

ineedto · 11/12/2019 19:37

Labour. Ten years under Tory government have brought our country to its knees.

CareOfPunts · 11/12/2019 19:36

Exactly @JulyKit

“Get Brexit Done” is total fucking bullshit.

FAQs · 11/12/2019 19:36

Just for interest re the last 9 years argument, this is just one article but whoever was voted in would have had two terms of austerity ahead.

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/politics/2010/mar/25/alistair-darling-cut-deeper-margaret-thatcher

Leafyhouse · 11/12/2019 19:34

LibDem - Because I think Brexit will be the turning point where Britain stops being taken seriously by the rest of the world.

TheGirlFromStoryville · 11/12/2019 19:34

Conservative.
The far left wing dominating Labour are inherently antisemitic (see the comments the Simon Wiesenthal Centre made that Labour are the biggest threat to Jews) added to which Labour's pie in the sky promised freebies for all would bankrupt the country.

Orwell was extraordinarily prescient with his comments about Socialism.

The truth is that, to many people calling themselves Socialists, revolution does not mean a movement of the masses with which they hope to associate themselves; it means a set of reforms which 'we', the clever ones, are going to impose upon 'them', the Lower Orders.

SheSnapsThenSheFarts · 11/12/2019 19:34

Labour, because austerity has hurt too many for too long.

blardyfeck · 11/12/2019 19:31

Conservative because Corbyn will bankrupt the country in a blink of an eye.

MamaNewtNewt · 11/12/2019 19:30

Labour - tactical vote as Johnson isn't fit to run anything let alone the country.

hystericaluterus · 11/12/2019 19:28

Lib Dem- the seem to be the only adults in the room.

LucyLocketss · 11/12/2019 19:28

Conservative. Because it's the only sensible option

DonkeyHotty · 11/12/2019 19:28

Lib Dem (tactically) to unseat our local Tory MP who’s about as useful as a chocolate teapot.

DaphneduM · 11/12/2019 19:28

Labour - for much needed investment in our public services, which have been deliberately underfunded by the Tories over the past decade under the guise of austerity.

ItsReallyOnlyMe · 11/12/2019 19:27

Corbyn. Tactical voting.

MercedesDeMonteChristo · 11/12/2019 19:26

Labour because my MP is great and a thoroughly decent human and their manifesto aligns to my own political views.

I don’t believe that Corbyn will result in some crazy communist state. Johnson and May have demonstrated that you cannot just force things through.

thedocisin · 11/12/2019 19:24

Labour - I don't like Corbyn but I hate the Tories more

If the Tories win it will be a victory for lying cheating and populism - we cannot possibly show our children that this is the right way to win something

Plus I have two children about to enter the education system I dread to think what further cuts the Tories will make to education and the quality of education they will receive as a result. If push came to shove we could afford to go private but thousands can't

Em012 · 11/12/2019 19:23

Labour because the last 9 years have been utter crap.