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to ask how you would vote if there was a General Election tomorrow?

311 replies

coco87 · 10/09/2013 14:28

Ok, now I don't like any of the parties at the moment and they seem to be very similar (red Tories/blue Labour etc).

However, if there was a GE tomorrow I would vote Lib Dems because my local MP is Lib Dem and is really good, listens to voters and has done a lot of good work for the area. I don't rate them at a national level and don't agree with most of their policies but locally my MP (who just happens to be Lib Dem) is definitely the best choice.

Who would you vote for if there was a GE tomorrow?

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GrrArgh · 12/09/2013 13:49

Quite surprised at how many yes votes the Lib Dems are getting.
They have proved themselves to be duplicitous milksops.

I will never vote Conservative. So it'll have to be Labour. I don't want to, but I feel a non-vote or a spoiled paper would increase by 1 vote the chances of a Tory government or another coalition, and I can't be part of that even by omission.

MiaowTheCat · 12/09/2013 14:05

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loopyloou · 12/09/2013 14:54

Yes, I'd be tempted to spoil my ballot paper too, but would be too worried the Tories would stay in power then Angry

GrrArgh · 12/09/2013 14:59

Yes if ever we needed the protest vote, this is the time. I doubt Labour want to get in, though. Imagine restructuring the welfare state after this shower had thirteen years to plan its dismantling. Angry

CaptainUndercrackers · 12/09/2013 15:04

Ex-ex labour voter, switched to lib dems at last election, now feel like they're all a bunch of wasters. Probably would vote green. I'd really like the opportunity to vote for senior central government civil servants though. Have recently done a lot of work with various govt departments and have been shocked at how similar it all seems to 'yes, minister' episodes. They are the real ones running the show.

Brittabot · 12/09/2013 15:30

Labour.

The Conservatives are destroying our NHS and welfare system under the auspices of this national austerity budget, while silmultaneously decreasing tax for the very wealthy. It's insane!

MangoTiramisu · 13/09/2013 09:27

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Retropear · 13/09/2013 09:31

Yes mango very happy as only a few children having an unfair disadvantage would be worth it in the long run.

grovel · 13/09/2013 09:31

Conservative.

Kamchatka · 13/09/2013 09:33

I think there are a lot of people who will weep at the loss of the NHS when they are old enough to need it on a regular basis. I'm 41 and well aware that I'm in the generation which is seeing our retired parents live well and has not totally woken up to the fact that without thinking hard about organising finances for the future (which my parents did not need to do), there is every chance we will live out our years in poverty.

It's utter madness to let socialised healthcare go, if nothing else we should be thinking selfishly about this!
(So I will vote Labour, with a heavy heart.)

TeddyBare · 13/09/2013 09:37

Green or Labour. I agree with the Green policies more but I'm concerned the Conservatives might get back in then and I'd still rather have Labour than Conservatives.

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