If a snap election is called, who will you vote for?

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This will be such a difficult election, as I reckon almost everyone will vote tactically.

I am a remainer, and was a traditional Labour voter, though that doesn’t feel like home any more.

I also voted no, but now find myself thinking independence might not be the worst option any more.

I will not vote for Johnston.
I like Jo Swinson, but her party will never be big enough to make a big difference.
Corbyn seems a principled man, but he is too far left for me and he’s not a leader - he is a divisive character.
Farage represents all I hate in politics.

I will be voting SNP,, for the first time in my life.

Labour. I'm no longer a member but it's the only chance of getting rid of our smug, lying Tory MP who denied extreme poverty exists locally and said parents who were so poor they couldn't feed or wash their kids needed reporting to social services. That's before we even get onto the whole Brexit debacle. It was a close result with Labour in 2017 so anything that will get him out is worth it for me.

Let's hope the Labour party place a candidate who is actually electable then in your constituency. In mine, the previous MP was Labour who held office for 4 terms whilst she appeared moderate but lost her seat when she "came out" and started boot licking Brown when he became PM, showing her true leftie colours. The seat was then taken by a Tory, The most recent election, the Tory won again, despite being unpopular, because Labour fielded a candidate who wasn't local, hadn't a clue about local issues, and wasn't particularly good (but a boot licker of Corbyn!). The potential candidate of the next election needs to be moderate and local if they are to have any chance of winning the seat back.

Probably Lib Dem.
I don't see Corbyn as a leader and he's too far left for me, so Lib dem would probably be the party most aligned to my political views.

ChickenyChick. The WA was voted down with very slim majorities. If the leavers had been able to see past their own noses they could have voted it through and we would have left by now. Leavers love to blame the EU, remainers etc and want to feel like the plucky underdogs, but I’m afraid it’s just not true.

It's alarming how many people make such a big decision based on media reporting by BBC, Guardian et al. Their smear campaign has been alarmingly effective. It's more important than ever to teach our children the lost skill of critical thinking, research and awareness of bias.

I’m a lecturer so I’d like to think those skills are certainly not lost to me! My reasons for not voting Labour are nothing to do with a smear campaign and everything to do with events within the party that have actually happened, carefully considering the stated beliefs of the leader and his main supporters and reading literature produced by the party.

I'm safe Labour seat but it will be lib dems or green

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I would never vote SNP in a million years, not unless independence is off the table, which it never would be.

Traditionally a labour supporter but do not like Corbyn and the party has gone too far left.

Did vote for Conservative but now that Ruth has gone and BJ is prime minister, I don't want to vote for them either.

Lib Dem have no chance of winning anything.

In my area its between either SNP or Labour, so it might have to be a tactical vote for Labour.

Probably Lib Dem

Probably libdem

Labour. No. Corbyn too left wing and scary. Also party of spend spend spend.
Lib Dem. No. Cannot forget U turn on tuition fees.
Reluctant to vote Tory
Jury still out

Should we really be having a GE on the issue of Brexit, a GE must be run on all the policies each party has. I know that at the moment Brexit is the most important matter but wouldn't it be better asking the electorate if we should leave with or without a deal, unless they decide on another remain or leave referendum which would be unlikely.

@Totaldogsbody No we shouldn’t be having a general election over this. A referendum on No Deal, with accurate reporting on the impact a No Deal would have would be the best option. This is about Brexit. As you say, we could be stuck with certain policies we didn’t vote for for years because Brexit is masking everything else.

Total I think a GE will be cheaper and a new reforendum has already been rejected, in effect, as they can't decide what the question/s should be! Each side wants to avoid giving the other an inch... Remainers want a Remain option, Leavers do not.

A GE will sidestep those issues, whilsy we, the voting public, answer them anyway!

with accurate reporting on the impact a No Deal would have would be the best option First you would have to find a wide range of organisations who can come to a consensus on that. There are too many perspectives to get "a truth" on that.

Probably libdem

People have short memories. Clegg sold the soul of the libdems for a whiff of power in the coalition.

Have we all forgotten their pledge not to raise uni tuition fees, and then as soon as they had power, they voted to raise them?

What about their ludicrous "tax the rich" policies which caused the unfair child benefit clawback for those earning over £50k, or the removal of personal allowance for those earning £100k or more which has contributed to GPs going part time and reducing to work extra shifts??

They'll say whatever they think the public want to hear if they think they'll get power. At least you know where you are with Tories and labour (however bad you think that is).

Labour

Curious but what about the other issues, a GE should not be called on one issue alone and Brexit is what the country would be voting on, wouldn't it just be better to be open about that and ask , Deal or No deal. Starting to sound like Noel Edmonds😒

Total That won't happen with one if it is called now though, will it? All other issues will depend upon our Brexist status and any commerical deals we have with other countries... so it will effectively be a single issue election! Nobody seemed to mind last time... when there was still hope that the Tories would be ousted and Reamin would prevail!

There are lots of things about this whole fuck up that shouldn't be! I am just setting aside any of my remaning idealistic thoughts and looking at the situation as it is!

I do see your point maybe I am too idealistic but I want an election fought on things like the NHS,which I personally feel is being run into the ground and set up for privatisation, rather than an issue that has been headline news in this country for the last 2 elections and undermined every other issue. Which is why we're in the state we're in.

I'll be voting Lib Dem - only consistent anti-Brexit approach. Our Tory MP is on a knife edge majority but the community is split on Brexit. I find Jeremy Corbyn ineffective and as self serving as BoJo.

@Totaldogsbody

I think the biggest protection for rights generally would be remaining in the EU - NHS is less ripe for picking by US healthcare companies with the EU competition etc rules in place.

If we have to leave I'd prefer Corbyn to the Tories, but still clinging onto hope for revoke followed by a properly campaigned and informed referendum.

Lib Dem probably.

I'm in a Tory stronghold and James Cleverly is our OP. So it wont matter one bit.

*MP.

@MindyStClaire, who is likely to squeeze out Sylvia Hermon?

@HMArsey the DUP will be targeting her. Her majority was a lot smaller at the last election than before (still pretty decisive I think, but a lot smaller, just going from memory) and the boundary movements means the DUP would have a much better chance.

Basically, North Down will no longer include Holywood but will include most of the Ards peninsula. But just chatting with DH and he doesn't think it's actually gone through yet which might help her this time round.