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If there was a general election tomorrow and you were an ordinary woman on an average wage..

574 replies

Kreuzberg · 02/04/2022 18:29

Who would you really vote for ? A party wishy washy on self ID and other trans issues with a gobby brash deputy leader who puts her foot in it and a lacking in charisma but well meaning leader or a party that implemented austerity, savage cuts to all public services, oversaw the deaths of 150,000, deceitful, pork barrel politics, corrupt, but with a teflon coated populist leader, plummy voiced slick mps and a less wishy washy stance on self ID (although not necessarily to be trusted)
What is most important to women earning £30,000 who are going to be hugely affected by the spiralling cost of living, struggling to heat their homes, feed their kids ? Issues very much the result of conservative policies like brexit, austerity etc or trans issues ?
I'm not pro self ID but not cat in hells chance I'd ever vote tory either. Their past record is not erased just because they say they know what a woman is. I'm addressing this to average earners too as they are on the front line.

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HalfShrunkMoreToGo · 02/04/2022 18:33

Labour,

I'm not a fan of their stance on self ID or womens rights, and think they are massively letting down their female voters in this regard but I can't vote Tory because they are absolutely awful and voting anyone else would be a waste of a vote, as would spoiling my ballot.

I'd rather Labour wins with their awful stance on women than Tory win because I and others like me didn't vote.

Haus1234 · 02/04/2022 18:33

Agreed @Kreuzberg, I truly don’t understand the venom on this site for Labour’s potential failings when we’ve had 12 years of actual Tory failings to compare to.

DownWhichOfLate · 02/04/2022 18:34

By voting Labour you’re supporting their view that a woman does not exist in the way they used to.

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Haus1234 · 02/04/2022 18:35

@DownWhichOfLate

By voting Labour you’re supporting their view that a woman does not exist in the way they used to.
Sure, and by voting Tory you’re supporting the view that poor people are worth less than rich people. Is that better?
PierresPotato · 02/04/2022 18:36

Labour.
The most pressing issue is imo economic unfairness.

MaryAndHerNet · 02/04/2022 18:36

It's like picking between being beaten with a baseball bat or golf club.
Either way, you're getting a beating. Which is going to cause the least pain?

Tories: hates poor, ill, disabled, working class etc.
Labour: dislikes women.

Libs are wishy washy, Greens support Channelor.

Voter turn out is going to be incredibly low.

jesusmaryjosephandtheweedonkey · 02/04/2022 18:37

After the covid shit show and The refusal to answer the woman/ penis question.
I'm not voting for anyone anymore

Nearlyeaster88 · 02/04/2022 18:37

Boris might be a pillock but there's no way I'm voting labour as they currently stand.

MintJulia · 02/04/2022 18:38

I don't think I could bring myself to vote for either of them at the moment. I'm politically homeless.

Whatdidisay · 02/04/2022 18:38

Would never vote Labour until they can define what a women is and protect their rights so......
I never thought I would be a single issue voter but for the sake of my daughters and women in general I will vote for the party who Is most likely to stand up to this lunacy.

Ithinkitsadoughnut · 02/04/2022 18:39

Well, if they don't know what a woman is, it wouldn't give me much hope on what they can know. I don't see Keir Starmer as well meaning, I see him as terrified of giving an opinion or taking a stance. If labour were in power, we would all still be in lockdown. And as for our defence.....

ilovesooty · 02/04/2022 18:39

@PierresPotato

Labour. The most pressing issue is imo economic unfairness.
I agree, but I fully expect all the posters who say "but at least the Tories know what a woman is" to make an appearance.
Saltyquiche · 02/04/2022 18:39

Can’t vote Labour despite them having my full support for 40 years

RagzRebooted · 02/04/2022 18:40

@HalfShrunkMoreToGo

Labour,

I'm not a fan of their stance on self ID or womens rights, and think they are massively letting down their female voters in this regard but I can't vote Tory because they are absolutely awful and voting anyone else would be a waste of a vote, as would spoiling my ballot.

I'd rather Labour wins with their awful stance on women than Tory win because I and others like me didn't vote.

This.
Antarcticant · 02/04/2022 18:42

I'm very close to the woman you describe and I will be voting Labour. The local MP is decent.

Mrswalliams1 · 02/04/2022 18:42

If vote for Boris over Stamer anyway.

hattie43 · 02/04/2022 18:42

Would never vote labour . The thought of Angela Raynor just no , absolute trash and Keir can't make a decision and doesn't know what a woman is starmer .

Haha hilarious

Itsbackagain · 02/04/2022 18:42

It would have to be a tactical Tory vote to try get SNP out.

Nightlystroll · 02/04/2022 18:42

I haven't heard what Labour's policies are so, for me, it's difficult to judge who to vote for yet. Single issues like cakegate or self ID probably won't influence me, unless I felt it left me less equal. (Having been brought up in a time when I had less rights than men, I've no desire to return to then.) Nor would a person's accent or knighthood. 🙄 I never discriminate on class.
Ball's in Starmers court.

LaQuern · 02/04/2022 18:42

Labour every single time. I'm sorry but there's bigger issues at stake than self ID.

This current government are a shower who only care about themselves and the wealthy, and they need to go.

saggyhairyass · 02/04/2022 18:43

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GCITC · 02/04/2022 18:43

I'd spoil, unless the labour candidate was of the same mind as Rosie Duffield.

Moodycow78 · 02/04/2022 18:45

@Whatdidisay

Would never vote Labour until they can define what a women is and protect their rights so...... I never thought I would be a single issue voter but for the sake of my daughters and women in general I will vote for the party who Is most likely to stand up to this lunacy.
This
Nightlystroll · 02/04/2022 18:46

@MaryAndHerNet
It's like picking between being beaten with a baseball bat or golf club.

😂😂😂😂 👍

LangClegsInSpace · 02/04/2022 18:46

This is why I've spoiled my ballot for the last few years.