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In the coming general election will you base your vote on …

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Katharinablumwasinnocent · 28/09/2023 10:48

State of the country, economic performance, moral rectitude of the government or lack of..
So if you are unhappy with the way the country has been governed, general conduct of the Conservatives, you’ll presumably not vote for them. They’ve had 13 years to improve things. 13 years to level up (Not just Johnson’s plan but Northern Powerhouse before that etc too) and very little has been achieved.
Or
Tradition, how you’ve always voted. Don’t trust the other side however bad your ‘team’ are. Even though your team may have been corrupt, deceptive, inept (Truss, Johnson) or wish washy, indecisive, uncharismatic (Corbyn, Starmer) you’ll still vote for the same party.
I’m interested in tribal politics. The next GE will be fascinating to see if the Red wall continues to crumble and the Home Counties drop their loyalty to the Conservatives….. What does it take to change your allegiance ?

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algasport · 28/09/2023 19:45

My local MP happens to be Tory.
He completely gets my concern for the rights of women and children and replies knowledgeably to my emails.
I will definitely vote for him.

EcoCustard · 28/09/2023 20:24

My local MP has been the same Tory for 25 years and is an out of touch, Brexit dinosaur whose politics do not align with mine. He’s been strongly in favour of removing abortion rights, and has consistently voted for damaging policies whilst receiving huge monies for lobbying that benefit from these policies. He does not respond to letters or emails either and would love women’s rights to be back in the 1950’s, all immigrants deported and the pubs back toiling the fields whilst he and his cronies lord it over us all. I would love him to go however, few opposition candidates ever stand along with the local voting demographic which is why he’s predicted to be one of the few to retain his seat. I am undecided who to vote for, it won’t be him and I will never ever vote Tory. Last election was Green as they stood and I aligned with a few of their policies. It will either be labour, Lib Dem, independent or green. A change is needed, I personally would love a party made up of the few decent MP’s who actually work from across all parties.

snowbird21 · 28/09/2023 20:30

I really am not sure who to vote for, I will base my voted upon:
The control of the economy/inflaiton - who I think is competent to ensure that people/families in poverty
Migration - as I feel it is a mess and needs a rational decisions
The gender issue - which party/MP reflects my GC views

EllebellyBeeblebrox · 28/09/2023 20:31

Ecocustard-Wonder whether it’s the same as mine, J.H? Deplorable voting record, I’d so love to see him lose his seat

vinoandbrie · 28/09/2023 20:37

Which candidate / party knows what a woman is.

Which candidate / party will not charge me VAT on the school fees I pay.

MadderthanMorris · 28/09/2023 20:39

Not voting is a vote for the status quo and the shitshow that that is.

Not necessarily. It could be an acknowledgment of the true reach of the status quo and the fact that the voting system is a sham that has no power to change it.

All genuine change starts by acknowledging reality, no matter how hard that seems.

DressDilemma · 28/09/2023 20:40

I am fed up of the stories and was going to vote Labour. Not anymore after hearing that they are planning to hit independent schools with VAT.

Spendonsend · 28/09/2023 20:44

I dont know who is standing in my area yet. We often get one of those alliances where greens dont stand and say vote lib dem. There wasnt a labour candidate once. I think one time the lib dem was actually ejected from the party about a week before. We've had some great single issue candidates.

I wont vote Tory as I think they have done a crap job.

EcoCustard · 28/09/2023 20:54

@EllebellyBeeblebrox thats the one. His voting record is awful. I would cheer if he goes, I feel the tide is starting to turn but not enough yet for him to go.

BookwormDadUK · 28/09/2023 20:58

The last couple GE I've taken the key bullet points of the manifestos, jumbled them up, and my whole family have identified what they care about "blind", with a nifty spreadsheet I knocked up to allow weightings for the topics they most care about (oh yes, I'm that much fun!!). Every time, there's a mix amongst the family of people landing where they expected to politically and others who are quite surprised.

Sparehair · 28/09/2023 21:06

Live in a Tory stronghold ( labour plus Lib Dem’s combined are 10k short) so will probably vote labour so I can virtue signal for the next 4 years safe in the knowledge that my vote didn’t impact the result in the slightest.

I am looking forward to the Tory canvassers coming round so I can give them a piece of my mind though.

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Katharinablumwasinnocent · 28/09/2023 22:45

@vinoandbrie that’s tories out eh ?

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vinoandbrie · 28/09/2023 22:48

LOL.

minipie · 28/09/2023 22:48

If you don’t want to vote please spoil your ballot rather than a no show, spoiled ballots get looked at and are seen as a protest vote, whereas no shows get chalked up to laziness or disinterest

StowOnTheWold · 28/09/2023 22:48

I vote for policies that I believe are in the best interests of the country as a whole. The more stable a country is the easier it is for me to achieve what I want to. It is really that simple.

StowOnTheWold · 28/09/2023 22:51

mambojambodothetango · 28/09/2023 18:25

To all those saying they won't vote. Can I just say this. There are vast swathes of 'polite' British people, especially aged 60+ who are often pillars of the community, keep their gardens neat, smile at everyone, don't engage in political discussions with anyone... and go out every damn time and quietly put an X in the Tory box. Nothing, nothing, nothing will stop them. Ever. And in an ageing population, this number will rise. Fair enough. That's democracy. But if you don't vote AT ALL, because Labour seem flakey and LDs will 'never win', and you'd prefer another option that just doesn't exist yet... just remember that by NOT VOTING AT ALL, you are giving way to the party that has caused actual destruction to this country in the last 13 years. And you'll be giving them another go. I agree, Labour are doing my head in and LDs might be great locally but have little presence nationally... but by NOT VOTING, you are letting the Tories back in. Because Tory voters don't advertise it - they just go and doggedly put that X in the box regardless of the policies to make, the rich richer, the batshit Uturns, the embarrassing lack of a cohesive vision or plan. So please, please vote.

Very eloquently put.

ModeWeasel · 28/09/2023 22:57

I would like the option to send my child with special needs to a private secondary school if I can find any way of affording it by then.

So not Labour.

EquinoxVOx · 28/09/2023 23:09

I definitely think it's time for a change its just a great shame i can't cope with starmer. He's so much better than corybn but I can't vote for the usual problematic issues.

EquinoxVOx · 28/09/2023 23:10

@ModeWeasel yes and there is that also.
Left leaning unions don't get there whole sen thing.

Cranberriesandtea · 28/09/2023 23:46

I have voted Labour my whole life, currently not voting in my area if there is no other option than labour and Tory. Labour can't define what a woman is and Tory have rendered us a 3rd world country, the overlap between the two parties at the moment are frighteningly similar and I can't honestly give my vote to either. I hate not voting but I just can't.

BIossomtoes · 28/09/2023 23:54

Hitherto they weighed the Tory votes here so it was a waste of shoe leather walking to the polling station, however I voted. This time I actually feel optimistic that we might just see a change so, although I’ve been a Labour voter since I first voted over 50 years ago, this time it will be for whoever is most likely to oust the Tory and will probably be LibDem.

Maddy70 · 28/09/2023 23:54

My vote will get tactical. Whoever will be most likely to unseat the tories

Maddy70 · 28/09/2023 23:54

My vote will get tactical. Whoever will be most likely to unseat the tories

HalfasleepChrisintheMorning · 28/09/2023 23:54

Labour policies like private school changes would adversely affect me so I will vote conservative.
Our current Tory MP is a very engaged constituency MP which also encourages me to vote for him.

PoseasRadicalActuallyMisogynistic · 29/09/2023 00:01

Keir starmer could stop the ‘culture war’ by standing up and saying that a man can be never ever be a woman. so why doesn’t he.
he’s either scared of TRAs
or he believes in gender ideology
either way the Labour Party is full of misogynists and doesn’t care about women’s rights.
he could ask Rosie Duffield to write a few of his speeches and sit in the shadow cabinet. She’s barely allowed into the conference hall.