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I won't be voting Tory because...

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2cats2many · 17/03/2010 20:55

  • My children go to a Surestart children's centre and I don't want that threatened when they start their slash and burn;
  • The schools in my area are going to get their Building Schools for the Future funding soon. The torys are saying no BSF project is safe unless all the contracts have been signed, so if they get in, my children's future secondary schools are likely to stay over-crowded and sub-standard;
  • This report in the Evening Standard today about Boris Johnson's raft of broken promises since he was elected makes me think that a future Tory government is going to deliver on little that they are promising now.

Not sure who I will vote for though. I think I voted Green last time.

OP posts:
eclectech · 17/03/2010 22:46

... they can't even put together an accurate bar chart.

Actually, that's not the main reason, but it is the most current. There are far too many things to list here, but the main one is probably that I remember them in power before.

MsDav · 17/03/2010 22:45

meh, obviously can't manage to do that strike out thing

MsDav · 17/03/2010 22:44

I'm also Scottish and just couldn't.

Also, where I live its a choice between Susan Kramer and Little Lord Fauntleroy Zac Goldsmith so just really a no brainer

tiredlady · 17/03/2010 22:40

I have not forgotten the utter devastation the Thatcher government wreaked upon all the public services in the 80's.

Everyone in the Tory party is trying to pass off this "Caring Conservative" nonsense, but they all still idolise that woman and everything she did.

David Cameron is devious, sly and cunning. He would have us believe he cares about the NHS, education, social services etc.

My arse he does.

They will get in power unfortunately, and we will see what how much worse things get.

It's just too depressing for words

gonaenodaethat · 17/03/2010 22:40

-I'm Scottish.

-I'm old enough to remember how awful it was the last time they were in power.

ClaireDeLoon · 17/03/2010 22:35

I just can't face voting for a party run by a small band of over-privileged individuals who seem to have to have no real experience of what life actually is for 99% of the people they want to govern.

notnowbernard · 17/03/2010 22:33

I am seriously considering LibDem

bobthebuddha · 17/03/2010 22:32

so where does that leave you notnowbernard? With all the fuss over the loss of the Tory lead in polls recently, it amazes me somewhat that the LibDem support level seems not to have shifted a jot....

notnowbernard · 17/03/2010 22:12

I just can't

Crap reason, but that's how it is

I've listened to them, tried to be open-minded, tried to put my childhood brainwashing core beliefs to one side for a bit

But still couldn't vote for them if they were the last party on Earth

HAving said all that, I must add that I have managed to put my core beliefs to one side for long enouth to realise that I can't vote for the current Labour Party either

bobthebuddha · 17/03/2010 22:08

Worth having a look at C4's FactCheck on this one...it goes past the scare stories from Labour to look at what statements actually have been made by the Tories regarding cuts. Nothing from them regarding exactly would happen to centres themselves, but it's not (apparently) quite as clear-cut as Labour have made out.

fiveweeksandcounting · 17/03/2010 21:01

I totally agree with you. The Surestart issue is the single reason why I will not vote Tory which my husband thinks is the stupidest reason he has ever heard for not voting Tory but I work with Surestart centres daily and they make such a contribution to the community and it would be a travesty to lose them.

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