What would it take at the next general election…

[Sweetgrumbling]

for you to give your vote to a candidate?

I don’t care what party they stand for, if someone proposed

-a sound reform of the NHS (a proper plan, not some Brexit pie in the sky bullshit) based on France or Germany for example (not the US).
-re-entry in the common market

I’d vote for them

Tell me what would clinch it for you? (Not that i think anyone is going to sell anything sensible and stick to it but it’s nice to fantasize…)

Thing is that they propose all kinds of great things and then don’t actually implement.
They will all have brilliant plans for the NHS I expect. I’d vote anyone who is not conservative because I believe in a fairer society and I don’t think the extreme financial inequality that the world is experiencing now is positive in any way- for people or for the planet. Maybe my bar is pretty low as I think they all lie so the best of a bad bunch to me would be any option that is not Tory! xo

For a party to actually do what they say they will in their manifest.
In my lifetime I've pretty much flitted between Labour and Conservative with Labour getting most of my votes . But on the whole none of them have ever done as promised .The majority are in it for themselves only.

I'd vote for one who told the truth and stood by their principles.

Proper review of NHS staffing and pay rates. Drop the pension rules that are driving senior doctors into retirement. Restore nursing bursaries. Restore free parking for hospital staff.

A proper review of school funding. Either scrap Ofsted or put someone competent in charge.

A serious focus on insulating our older housing with tax incentives to ensure it happens as fast as possible.

An acknowledgement that we face a food security crisis similar to our energy crisis, and we need to address it now before it happens. Stop building on agricultural land, support British farming by understanding that the countryside isn't a pretty place where wealthy people live, it's one huge factory that feeds us all.

It's worth mentioning that people vote for their local MP, not for the prime minister. They will only ever be one voice in a party, so can't implement big policy changes on their own.

I vote for people who seem generally sensible, intelligent and kind hearted, who don't bitch about their rivals on social media. MP's (and local councillors) need to work collaboratively with members from other parties on committees once they are elected, and can't do that well if there is an adversarial atmosphere.

Whoever has the best chance of ousting our useless Tory MP. The one that everyone reckons is about to be the Prime Minister, god help us…. I want an MP that gives a shit about this area and will speak up for constituents. This is not something we have in Liz Truss.

For them not to be Tory, that would be an excellent staring point for me

Whoever’s got the best chance of keeping the Labour cunt out.

Common market - yes. That was a great idea ( and what I voted for at the first referendum).
EU: vast bloated non elected political entity : no thanks

Proper joint-up planning. Not building higgledy piggledy all over the place.

A Water Bill - nationalise water companies, invest heavily and sort out sewage.

And tax the companies making profits, not people, even high earners.

Put an end to the bloody zero hours economy which only relies on tax payers top ups.

More police.

A proper Asylum bill that lets in those in real need, not those who only come here to work in the grey economy.

Agree.

Can I vote for you please.

Agreed, all the above would sway me as well!

Genuine question. I presume you mean Starmer. What is it that makes him a cunt?

To me, Starmer is a lawyer, a 'dot the i's and cross the t's' man.

He's not passionate about anything that I can see. He's not innovative, appears to have no new ideas or burning beliefs. He'll criticise other people and pull their ideas apart but where are his own?

He would probably never be part of a political scandal but equally never emerge as a compelling leader. He's just a bit luke warm. And, I suspect, easy to oust by Momentum when they judge the time is right.

I need someone with a bit most conviction. Someone more convincing.

An acknowledgement that we face a food security crisis similar to our energy crisis, and we need to address it now before it happens. Stop building on agricultural land, support British farming by understanding that the countryside isn't a pretty place where wealthy people live, it's one huge factory that feeds us all.

This one.

Social care.
A proper joined up plan. There is no way an all inclusive cruise for two ( so you can take a carer) for 365 days across the world should be £20k less than a care home.

Investment in the north
I live in the SE. Aside from the Lake District no one from the south goes up there. The midlands seem to be awash with vast housing estates. Salford got the BBC. It needs government to incentivise it and invest in transport. Not HS2