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Original poster

...to be sick of this election - can we just vote, and get it over with?

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DameCatrionaSnidelyGoads · 17/04/2015 23:02

It's all foreplay and no coitus at the moment!

Do we always have to have nearly six weeks of twatting about before we put an 'X' in box?

Not sure I can bear another THREE weeks of it....

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Sparklingbrook · 17/04/2015 23:34

I have so far had one rosette wearing person ring the doorbell. I pointed to my little 'no canvassers/salespeople' sign and said 'is my sign not working?'.

I might actually produce a new hand made sign especially for rosette wearers.

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DameCatrionaSnidelyGoads · 17/04/2015 23:36

thanks nayville Grin

Cheese-rolling Zigzag? Even UKIP couldn't object to that.

I thought about "Which one of these party leaders can eat the hottest chilli?" as a coalition decider. My money's on Nicola "Surging" Sturgeon.

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Haggisfish · 17/04/2015 23:40

Hahaha-I'm liking the chilli idea. Maybe a rap-off ala eminem.

HirplesWithHaggis · 17/04/2015 23:45

Forago, I'm not aware that any party is promising to do away with tuition fees - maybe the Greens? LibDem promised last time round but couldn't do it in coalition with Tories. SNP already abolished them but you probably can't vote for them.

AgentZigzag · 17/04/2015 23:49

'Maybe a rap-off ala eminem.'

I heard 'Things Can Only Get Better' the other day and had a bit of a smirk at how anal they were trying to look cool and getting into the tune Grin

Boris wouldn't have given a bollocks and would have got stuck right in with a bit of shameless Dad dancing, I can't help but admire his irreverence.

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DameCatrionaSnidelyGoads · 17/04/2015 23:53

Boris would probably cop off with Natalie Barnett afterwards, knowing his reputation....

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Haggisfish · 17/04/2015 23:57

Greens will get rid of tuition fees and ukip will for British science students. A colleague circulated a summary of the main party manifestos that have been very useful!

Haggisfish · 17/04/2015 23:59

Or boris would crash the consolidatory female hug in a boorish fashion, knocking them down like skittles. While flipping his hair put of his eyes.

Sixweekstowait · 18/04/2015 00:01

What have the manifestos to do with anything? And especially given what's going to happen afterwards

AgentZigzag · 18/04/2015 00:04

I was thinking that too Bourdic, politicians - making good on their promises?? bahahahahahahahaha

Grantaire · 18/04/2015 00:10

I've really enjoyed the debates and I do know people who have made up their minds according to what they've seen.

Haggis, I've always voted and been interested in politics in general terms but as I get older, I'm starting to feel much more passionate about it. I genuinely get a bit of a buzz from the whole thing now. MIL and I were chatting the other day about how exciting the old village hall is during the count. It is. It really, really is. People trying to bring about effective change. People caring about their fellow man. Yes, I really do like it.

Haggisfish · 18/04/2015 00:18

Me too. And I think we are in the middle of real change and an end to the domination of two parties. Over the next few decades I think they will have to actually start listening more and we may see real change.

Haggisfish · 18/04/2015 00:19

As opposed to fake change-apologies for the double use of real change. Clearly listened to too many party broadcasts!

Silverdaisy · 18/04/2015 00:25

Congratulations on your degree in politics. As I said it should be a year round education for every one. I am sorry you are bored with it all. I am bored with the continual Xfactor or like shows.

AgentZigzag · 18/04/2015 00:44

The difference with the Xfactor type shows is that it's easy to avoid them, you just don't switch over when they're on. But the politics is mixed up with other things like the news, or in RL getting things shoved through the letterbox or power hungry people calling round to try to persuade you they're less dishonest than the other candidates.

An older bloke came round last week trying to drum up support for the candidate I'm thinking of voting for, and I told him I was going to vote for them and he must have been so taken aback that he unthinkingly blurted out 'good girl' as I was shutting the door Grin

I hate that patting women on the head kind of shit, but I couldn't help laughing because you could hear the shock in his voice that he wasn't coming up against abuse or indifference. It must have made him temporarily forget we're not in the 50s any more Grin

Ratfinkandbobo · 18/04/2015 01:13

Yanbu, I've had enough and have known who will get my x since the last election bebacle!

scissy · 18/04/2015 07:43

Meh. I've been to a local hustings which turned out to be far more useful than the national debates. After all, the national party may think one thing but if your local candidate has their own agendas then that doesn't help you much!

I thought I knew who I was going to vote for, after going to that I'm now torn between 4 of them (3 have no hope of winning but it would be nice to make the seat more marginal).

silveroldie2 · 18/04/2015 14:16

Quite agree OP, let's get the Conservatives back in power to continue their excellent work, preferably without hangers on like SDP.

ajandjjmum · 18/04/2015 14:40

Not a LibDem supporter, but I do get fed up of them continually being hated for not abolishing tuition fees. They didn't win a majority. No party without a majority can ever implement their whole manifesto, as they will always have to compromise. That's the choice of the voters.

I think that's what's harder about this election, it's no longer 'who will I support', but what impact is my vote likely to have on the coalition that may well be the result of the election.

So I'm sort of fed up to OP - and I was never interested enough to study politics!

BreakWindandFire · 18/04/2015 14:46

ajandjjmum The issue with the Lib Dems was not only did they make a manifesto pledge, they all signed a personal free-standing pledge to vote against any increase in tuition fees. And based a huge amount of their campaign touting around that individual commitment.

Some Lib Dem MPs like Julian Huppert voted against fees on the grounds he had made a personal assurance.

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DameCatrionaSnidelyGoads · 18/04/2015 14:47

Thank you silveroldie2 for imagining I share your political beliefs [or are being sarcastic], and imputing a partisan basis for my OP, when I've never stated one.

It's people like you that make AIBU threads such delightful places to exchange ones views with other people

thank you Haggisfish & Grantaire for going against the YANBU tide Smile

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DameCatrionaSnidelyGoads · 18/04/2015 14:52

Not a LibDem supporter, but I do get fed up of them continually being hated for not abolishing tuition fees.

Me too - my only hope is Clegg loses his seat to Labour, and Alexander to the Scots Nats, not that the Lib Dems are annihilated at the polls for going in league with Satan Cameron. Easter Grin

There wasn't much else they could do. Labour didn't want to be in a minority coalition with the LibDems, so...

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Jacana · 18/04/2015 14:55

Well, my decisions are made ( I opted for a postal vote) put my x,s in the appropriate boxes on both papers, will be shoving them into a postbox/elephants arse, whichever is the nearer, en route to the pub tonight.Smile

Hannahouse · 18/04/2015 15:03

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AndThus · 18/04/2015 15:06

I agree OP. I've made my mind up and I think if you are still undecided then you are either a plonker or just indecisive generally in which case you'll just pick a team on the day. Surely most people who are intelligently engaged know by now which set of pledges matters most to them.