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I am so hacked off with people saying they like the libdems but won't vote for them..

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Heathcliffscathy · 10/03/2010 22:00

because they have no chance of getting in!

if all you fuckers got your fingers out and did vote for them we'd have a libdem government!

they are the ONLY party with grown up policies for grown up intelligent people imho.

quite apart from the fact that they are the only party that challenged the legality of the iraq war.

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nickelbabe · 11/03/2010 13:54

i hate strategical voting because it isn't !
it means people vote for someone they think will get in rather than who they want to get in.

"oh, i don't want labour to get in so i'll vote tory"
it's insane!

i've always maintained that if all the people who vote for the opposite party just because they don't want the current leaders to get back in voted for Libdem, and all those who don't vote because "it doesn't make a difference" voted libdem, then we'd have a libdem government since the last election!

i've always voted libdem and i'll definitely be doing it again.

it's not a playground, it's our lives we're voting for.

spongebrainbigpants · 11/03/2010 13:50

I do vote LibDem as a Labour vote round here is a waste of time and I've always voted tactially against the Tories. But this place will never elect anything but a Tory MP sadly, so my vote is still wasted .

PR needs to be adopted in this country - and compulsory voting while we're at it!

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Heathcliffscathy · 11/03/2010 13:42

but if the people that were voting strategically all just got out and voted for the party they actually believed came closest to what they believed, we might have a shot at changing the system.

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TheDevilWearsPrimark · 11/03/2010 13:41

A hung parliament would be a disaster! Why do so many people want that?

sparkle09 · 11/03/2010 13:37

I really like the lib dems, chris huhne is my MP. but have the conservatives (sp?) right behind them.

i am happy with my local government.

SeaShellsOnTheSeaShore · 11/03/2010 13:36

I vote Libdem locally, and sometimes nationally, but I really fear a Conservative government this year and may vote Labour just to get a hung parliment/Labour to stay in. So I guess I'm one of those fuckers.

They have PR in Norway and its fab - especially when you have a leftie holding the treasury purse strings and a v frustrated R wing PM

TheDevilWearsPrimark · 11/03/2010 13:27

This drives me nuts too

They have a fairly good chance in my area

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Heathcliffscathy · 11/03/2010 13:13

honestly, how many of you would vote libdem if you thought they had a chance of getting in?

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jackstarbright · 11/03/2010 10:40

I've started heard a rumour that if the Lib Dem's get enough votes we'll get Vince Cable as Chancellor!! Pass it around - it might help .

spongebrainbigpants · 11/03/2010 07:44

I did. I used to be a Labour member.

I'm totally with you on your anger at their betrayal - but they came to power on a landslide and got giddy with it.

A hung parliament is the best we can hope for this time, and then maybe PR will follow .

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Heathcliffscathy · 10/03/2010 22:22

the promised a royal commission on PR.

i won't even type what i think of that betrayal on top of all the others.

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Heathcliffscathy · 10/03/2010 22:21

did you know that labour made a manifesto pledge to in 97. and they have completely and utterly reneged on that.

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spongebrainbigpants · 10/03/2010 22:09

maxpower is right, under a first past the post system it is nigh on impossible for a third (much smaller) party to form a government.

We need a government that is prepared to make the brave step of introducing PR - but turkeys don't vote for Christmas do they?

maxpower · 10/03/2010 22:07

I agree, but the problem is the way the voting is structured. It's that that actually dissuades people from voting for them as they feel it is a waste. Proportional representation would do the LibDems such a favour. They are the only intelligent and fair minded party IMO.

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Heathcliffscathy · 10/03/2010 22:05

they are the only party that doesn't belong lock stock to big business. which is why they don't get any decent media coverage.

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said · 10/03/2010 22:02

I'm cautious about them but will be voting for them A No Choice constituency here.

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