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to ask who you will be voting for tomorrow?

591 replies

lollyloll · 06/05/2015 11:33

Ex Lib-Dem voter and I will probably be voting Green even though they haven't a hope in hell of getting in where I live. There are no parties that represent me 100% and I feel like the Greens are offering a lot of fresh polices (as well as quite a few crazy ones) but I am ready for change.

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irretating · 06/05/2015 17:27

Daft question - will I get separate papers for local & general elections? I may or may not wish to vote for someone locally... Not that I've decided who though!

Separate papers for each election. I'm in the same boat as you, I'm definitely voting in the general election but I'm iffy about the local ones.

NotAllThisAgain · 06/05/2015 17:27

Labour

dogandcat · 06/05/2015 17:28

Talking to friends and family that run their own businesses, and it is clear the economy is improving - they all say their businesses are growing, orders are up, one has too much work and would be tempted to employ another person but won't until after the outcome of the election is known. However, this recovery has been slow to come and they are all worried that with the Labour rhetoric that wealth = bad or let's tax the hell out if it, that things will go backwards again.

We also know a couple of very wealthy people, who started very successful businesses and sold them (having risked their houses along the way). They are planning to leave the UK if Labour gets in, propped up by the SNP. Now they pay serious tax (or it might be, did pay serious tax).

That's the sort of risk to the UK economy - the destruction/stagnation of wealth creation at a time when a Labour/SNP government wants to increase spending (+£90 billion according to IFS figures over the next 5years) - who is going to pay for it??.

EmeraldThief · 06/05/2015 17:30

Labour.

I live in a safe Labour seat anyway, been a Labour stronghold for about 80 years and nothing is likely to change. Im sick of this bullying of poor and vulnerable people by the current government, and I'm also angry about what they've done to the NHS, so that is why I'm voting Labour.

FloatIsRechargedNow · 06/05/2015 17:31

Peace Party

devon004 · 06/05/2015 17:31

Greens only because labour can 't win although they are my 2nd choice anyway.

Comingfoccacia · 06/05/2015 17:31

Green. Not sure about dH, his first time voting as new UK citizen. Hopefully Green too.

YouTheCat · 06/05/2015 17:31

It's not the wealthy that spend though. It's the day to day spending that needs to increase for the economy to recover fully.

Making the rich richer and the working poor poorer will not work.

ilovesooty · 06/05/2015 17:32

Another one agreeing with Hester

Don't forget as well that everyone referred to the Work Programme and everyone sanctioned comes off the unemployment figures as well. Everyone released from prison is automatically placed on the work programme now unless they've already completed it.
The reduction in the unemployment figures means very little.

devon004 · 06/05/2015 17:32

Dh is tory through and through.

YouTheCat · 06/05/2015 17:34

And the latest released employment figures may well have shown an increase in employment but the figures were for over the Christmas period.

Even my kids can work that one out.

MoominKoalaAndMiniMoom · 06/05/2015 17:34

Labour.

Will be very uncomfortable if Tories get in.

I would leave the country if we had a UKIP/Tory coalition.

It's all well and good saying "What about the rich who'll leave the country if Labour get in?", what about the sick and disabled who have been consistently demonised, punished and stripped of money and dignity for the last 5 years, who arent able to leave?

Lottapianos · 06/05/2015 17:35

Erudite, that was really rude and childish. You could have just given your list of reasons (which SUCK by the way) without the smartarsed eye rolling. I said I wanted an honest discussion with you but it seems I barked up the wrong tree

irretating · 06/05/2015 17:38

I think personally that the lowering of unemployment is absolutely meaningless if what it actually means in reality is that loads of these jobs are part time zero hours contracts and so poorly paid that they need to be topped up by welfare payments,

There is that, but also loads of these new jobs are low wage self-employed folk, think cleaners and odd-job folk. Same problem though, so poorly paid that they need in-work benefits to top up their take home income.

devon004 · 06/05/2015 17:38

There is a good survey which calculats which party suits your opinions. It was right for me.

agilevangelista · 06/05/2015 17:39

conservative
even my labour membership carded dh is now voting conservative.

textfan · 06/05/2015 17:40

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fiveacres · 06/05/2015 17:40

I can understand why Erudite got fed up.

It does get tiresome being accused of having no social conscience!

Erudite · 06/05/2015 17:41

Lotta - you said thi s:

How anyone with any hint of social conscience can even think of voting for them is beyond me

And then tell me my reasons suck.

Not really an honest discussion!

I feel about Labour as you do about the Tories. Utterly horrified that anyone coudl ever consider voting for them. But we live in a democracy, thank god so we all get to vote as we see fit!

EnjoyTheSimpleThingsInLife · 06/05/2015 17:42

Labour definitely

addstudentdinners2 · 06/05/2015 17:42

I think essentially right wing politics are selfish. And that's why I wouldn't vote Tory.

I also think they've done pretty horrendous things during their time in office, backing up my original assessment of right wing politics benefiting the rich and shitting on nearly everyone else.

Erudite · 06/05/2015 17:44

It is fiveacres - it's tedious and unkind and untrue to be told constantly we have no heart, are thick selfish, greedy etc.

Not just on this thread but over the last few weeks it's been unending.

OnlyLovers · 06/05/2015 17:44

five, leaving aside the question of whether or not I agree with the 'no social conscience' poster, it wasn't me who said that and Erudite had a go at me as well. It was really uncalled for. You can express that you're fed up without being so nasty about it.

dogandcat · 06/05/2015 17:44

Youthecat - I agree that day to day spending needs to increase for the economy to recover. So we need people that run businesses to increase the number of people they employ so more people have money to spend. We need a wealth creating economy that encourages this - finding the point where people are incentivised to do this is the key, rather than those people saying what's the point in growing my business.

Moom - without (rich) people creating jobs there will be no economy to support the sick and disabled. FWIW, I think the bedroom tax has been appalling. On paper it looks sensible - "someone has a home from the state but they don't use all the rooms. Let's encourage them to move.....oh, we don't have any smaller houses for them to move to. Oh well, they can pay up". Awful.

I really wish a government would look to change the in work tax credit system - I object to my taxes subsidising Tesco and the rest of them because they won't pay a decent wage. These big businesses should be forced to pay more - a one time shock, and after a year or two, it would become normal. I hope that's something we can all agree on.

Lindor · 06/05/2015 17:45

Still haven't decided...