To not get the point of those "Vote [Party Name]" boards outside people's houses

[TheIncredibleBookEatingManchot]

I could understand it if they said something about the party's policies or ideology, but they don't. It's just "Vote Labour" or "Vote Conservative."

Has anyone really ever seen one of those boards and thought, "Well, I was going to vote Green but if number 47 want me to vote Ukip, that's what I'll do."

OK, I can see the point of smaller parties advertising the fact that they actually have a candidate in that ward, but why would the "main" parties need to?

I have a 'I'm backing Bambos' our labour counsellor poster in our window. We are in a Tory ward and I'd love it to change. I've met the labour counsellor through work a number of times and he is genuinely interested in making change for the socially deprived.

However I also know who the local tory counsellor is and his boards have pictures of his smug face. I so want to draw a moustache on the pics or a set of devil ears

My parents have them up in their garden & house. They live on a busy main road with a lot of passing traffic. They are die hard labour supporters and members of the party. It's a big part of their life. I feel proud that they're passionate enough about something to put a poster up tbh.

There's some people across the road from them who have UKIP signs and they keep getting vandalised. I'm pretty sure it's not my parents....

Brooks Newmark used to be Tory MP for this area. Until that sex scandal.

Where I live there's lots of boards and posters up.
I have a green board up outside my house. It's to show my support of the party and to stop conservative/ukip knobbers from knocking on my door.

I told the last UKIP door knocker that I found everything his party stood for reprehensible. He just gave me a patronising smile then started asking me if I'd really considered it properly, while trying to pass me his purple/puke coloured leaflets of hate. (Clearly being a female I'm to dumb and feeble minded to understand anything important).

Knobber.

^One has a huge bill board of UKIP and the other a same size conservative billboard.
I expect pistols at dawn...^

I hope there will be duel with pistols, DarlingDaffodil

At least one selfish bastard will die.

If it were swords, we might get lucky and both die.

work that made me laugh. I'm now imagining your parents sneaking around in the dead of night doing a spot of vandalism

To be fair, if it is them then I think it could be classed
as a provoked attack. Those posters give me the rage too

We drove through a chocolate box, ultra expensive village in the Cotswolds recently where probably 75% of houses had Tory posters outside. It just made me even more determined not to vote for them .

Brooks Newmark used to be Tory MP for this area

Could have led to some interesting campaign posters, if he'd, y'know, stood again...a job for RobinKent perhaps

Was thinking about this at the weekend. I can't see how it helps any of the parties. We've got swathes of farmland with conservative signs that only serve to emphasise the perception Tories own all the land.

Same here. Ours have a photo of the local Tory candidate who looks about 12, he'd fit in very nicely on University Challenge.

On my commute I see lots of Labour ones.

Haven't seen any for the other parties and I'm genuinely surprised that anyone would brazenly display a UKIP board outside their house. Why would you want to advertise that you're a bigot?

Like religion, political views should be kept private and not foisted onto all and sundry. You have to be an obnoxious twat to want to put posters of any political party up.

I have a Labour poster in my window. All Labour and Green here. Haven't seen a Tory one at all.

I am not obnoxious! I might be a twat but not obnoxious.

I don't feel like I'm foisting my views on all and sundry
If people don't want to see it then they can look away.

I also don't think I'm an obnoxious twat. But thanks.

I've just put one up in my window saying

vote

*My neighbour, who has never done a day's work in her life and is thick as mince has got a 'Vote Labour' poster in her window.

A coincidence? I think not........ *

*At least one selfish bastard will die.

If it were swords, we might get lucky and both die.*

And there speaketh the kind, intelligent and tolerant viewpoint we have come to expect from the Left

Kindness, Intelligence and Tolerance for those that deserve it.

Your own medicine to those that don't.

I will probably vote Tory in the upcoming election, but thanks for second-guessing my political opinions.

Some people always take the bait.

Very of those in constituencies with photos of candidates on the boards this time around. I was going to invest in a bumper pack of stick on googley eyes, but there are no mugshots on the posters in our constituency..spoilsports.

Pity my mate, whose landlady has just texted "Going to put a political board up outside your house, hope that's OK...".No mention of which party yet .

I live in a naice, curtain-twitching suburb where the Tories are in, but its a marginal seat.

My neighbours are probably mostly Tory (maybe a few Lib Dem-in-the-last-election-no-idea-this-time-ers).

I've got a Labour poster up for three reasons.

1. To show my support for the excellent Lab parliamentary candidate (our posters have her name on it).
2. To keep other parties canvassing my street away (not interested in hearing it).
3. To piss a few of my neighbours off

Pity my mate, whose landlady has just texted "Going to put a political board up outside your house, hope that's OK...".No mention of which party yet

Ouch. You poor mate. Put the poster of the polar opposite of whomever it is in the window after she's gone, is my advice!

It can be useful. I moved countries and see that my neighbour (lovely, MW, very liberal, atheist so no weird family values stuff) put up a sign, I'd consider reading up on that party. Not everyone knows everything.

Stops people knocking on your door canvassing!

Also is fun to annoy neighbours if you are voting labour but live in a tory street.

Wishing people would die for their political beliefs?!?!?

So you aren't UKIP or Tory, which party do you support that wants people dead then?

Hmmmm what's more preferable? wishing people die because they don't share your political beliefs or voting tory/ ukip

We live on a busy road, lots of traffic, there's a traffic light outside our house...good position for free advertising for the Labour party. No canvassing and annoyed neighbours are a bonus

I have a poster up for the Green Party in my window. Partly because I know a lot of people who are dithering between voting Labour and voting Green, and I kind of feel like it's nice to have a bit of reassurance that other people are thinking along similar lines.

I was a bit nervy about putting it up though because we are on a main road. But (I hope) people don't take as much umbrage with Green as they would with, say, UKIP...