Will you be voting in the general election?

[FloofyBird]

Turn out rates are never fantastic. I have an awful fear it will be like the Brexit vote, so many people will assume a certain outcome they won't bother voting at all.

You've got even less chance of a close relationship with the EU with the Tories

If you don't vote or if you spoil your paper have you not as good as voted for whichever party wins?

If your life or your family's welfare then takes a downturn because of government policy have you not just stood by in silence and let that happen?

Surely, in a world where no party is perfect you have to choose the one that most closely aligns with your values?

Of course. I see it as my civic duty and I want to have a say in the future of this country. I live in a very blue area unfortunately, but will vote for whichever out of Labour and Lib Dem have the most chance of getting them out.

Yes, I never miss a vote.

I always vote. I just voted this morning for the local PFCC. Women haven't had the vote for very long, we only got it in my grandma's lifetime and we must make the most of it. If you don't vote you can't complain.

In the general election I'm probably tactically voting Lib Dem to get the Tories out, as Labour never do well here. I want Labour to win overall.

If no-one voted we would go back to the landed gentry being the only people with any power in the country. That is a ridiculously stupid and uneducated thing to say.

Off your high horse @SnapdragonToadflax

I didn't say no one should vote EVER.

Do you imagine the right to vote would be instantly withdrawn?

Yes, I will of course vote. You don't get to complain about this absolute shit show if you don't vote to get rid of it.

I'm in NI, so no Tories or Labour to vote for here. I'll be voting Alliance and cheering Labour on from afar.

I can't understand how people cannot vote - if you don't, you have lost your right to comment about how things are being done with regards to this country.

No doubt about it the two main parties are not great and I've never voted for either of them but we're in a very blue area and anything than that imo. So tactical voting it is.

When the manifestos are released I'll choose whoever fits mostly with my beliefs - it won't be Tories I can predict that.

Basing your choice on who knows what a woman is is just frankly bizarre especially if you don't agree with anything else that party stands for.

As much as I believe everyone should vote. Particularly women. As we fought so hard to get that right, clearly you don’t loose your right to comment, it just makes you a bit of a twat.

For the first time in years I live in an area where voting Labour is the tactical vote to unseat the incumbent Tory MP. We're in one of the constituencies where if the numbers in the polls are right the Tory will be out. The constituency next to ours is in this situation too and if their MP goes it will be Rees-Mogg. If that happens it will be a happy day.

I'll be voting Labour.

https://www.southdevonprimary.org/

Have a look at this if you live in an area with a Tory MP and you want to be as sure as you can to get them out.

I heard David blunket on lbc tonight, with Andrew Marr.
What a pleasure to listen to him, so rational and just normal about so many things he spoke about.
It's so unfortunate the hard left got it's claws into the labour party.
With rational people like David Labour would be a shoe in.
I'm not convinced it will be such a walk in the park for them come the election.

Yes, I’ll vote, even if I end up spoiling a paper. So far, I only know of two candidates standing in our constituency, our dreadful Tory MP and the Lib Dem challenger, who’s probably going to win. I wish the Lib Dems didn’t treat women’s rights with actual contempt. I also wish our Lib Dem didn’t have the reputation of being a dodgy landlord who treats his tenants badly.

Labour are bound to stand (but won’t win) and I’m not sure who else will give it a go. I used to be a member of the Green Party but couldn’t vote for them now.

Yes

Hard left @Monzoqquery ? Who are you thinking of? It’s the most centrist I can remember in my life time currently. Have a look what centre left and socialist/social democratic parties are suggesting and carrying out elsewhere in Europe.