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Who to vote for in General Election?

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Pariswhenitdrizzles · 18/04/2017 12:20

Aargh.

Would normally vote for Lib Dems (feel like I should apologise for this!), and voted for them in the last two elections. In an ideal world, I'd vote for them or Labour, but I'm not keen on Jeremy Corbyn's (or Tim Farron's) leadership. Really don't want to vote Conservative.

Wondering perhaps about voting for the Women's Equality Party? They seem pretty good, but are still quite a small party.

What does everyone else think?

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tovelitime · 18/04/2017 14:02

I've voted labour all my life but will never ever vote for Jeremy Corbyn and the utter shambles he has got the party into. I have no idea who to vote for, we're actually quite a marginal constituency, and move between labour and conservative. Our conservative MP is actually quite good and the labour candidate is the former MP and also is good. I just don't know. Maybe Lib Dem?

PeterHouseMD · 18/04/2017 14:02

I'm obviously in a minority here but I'll be voting Conservative to ensure Brexit is a success.

If Theresa May and the tories still thought Brexit was going to be a success, they would certainly be waiting until after Brexit to call the election as originally planned.

lovelyupnorth · 18/04/2017 14:04

We are a lib dem safe seat so, will most likely be voting for them - spoiled my ballet at the last one.

MorrisZapp · 18/04/2017 14:05

I'm in Scotland where Labour are considered to be slightly to the right of Donald Trump.

My MP is the only labour MP Scotland has, and I'll vote for him again.

No indy mandate!

bluegreenyellow · 18/04/2017 14:13

defiantly dont vote for that communist corbyn

Ceto · 18/04/2017 14:16

Brexit won't be a success, and voting Conservative won't make it so.

whatisgoingon1 · 18/04/2017 14:22

Jeremy Corbyn for PM!

NauticalDisaster · 18/04/2017 14:30

I don't believe there is any party or leader out there for whom I can vote in this election. WEP is a joke and does not represent my concerns as a woman, the Greens can fuck right off with their men and non-men shite, I can't ever see myself voting for a conservative candidate, and neither the Lib Dems nor Labour are a party I support anymore.

I don't see the point in spoiling my ballot and I have never not voted.

I really don't know what to do.

howabout · 18/04/2017 14:34

I am a pro Brexit pro Federal UK Lexiter. As my seat went from Labour to SNP last time I have an easy decision to make. If I were in England I may have to hold my nose and vote Tory to make sure Brexit gets fully delivered.

ThoraGruntwhistle · 18/04/2017 14:35

I live in an area with an MP who got 50% of the vote. Second place only got 20%. When they win by such a huge margin, what on earth do you do? You could pin a blue rosette on a parsnip and it would be voted in here Sad

Theworldisfullofidiots · 18/04/2017 14:37

I will do everything I can to unseat our MP. It's a safe seat and leads to laziness.

SuckItUpSnowflake · 18/04/2017 14:38

So fuck any other policy, because you don't like a person you'll vote for someone else.

Fucking hell.

Trump won because of all this I'm voting for or against a person not policies. Fuck all that. If you're not a Tory voter you know what they're doing to the country and the only way to stop that is to vote tactically no matter what FEELS you might have against Corbyn or Farron or the Green's.

ShatnersWig · 18/04/2017 14:38

Funny how party membership has no reflection on voting patterns.

Labour currently has around 500,000 members but polls place them at around 22% of the vote. Tories have an estimated 100,000 members but around 44% of the vote. Lib Dems have 90,000 members and around 12% of the vote.

LDs apparently gained 1,000 new members within an hour of today's election announcement. Labour membership has been falling since the summer.

ShatnersWig · 18/04/2017 14:40

SuckItUp So, if you think the Tories are shit, you should vote for anyone else, even if you think they are shit too? Because, I'm sorry, but I think Corbyn and his current Labour Party would be as much a disaster for this country as the existing Tory government.

paddlingwhenishouldbeworking · 18/04/2017 14:41

Ceto - I'm a remainer and most frequently a labour voter (strayed to lib dems for a while). I don't think voting Tory would make Brexit a success but with the state Labour are in, with absolutely no ideological or policy cohesion, I can only imagine them making it worse.

Have no intention of voting Tory, have no bloody clue. My problem is the state of the opposition.

halobean · 18/04/2017 14:42

I actually joined the Labour party just to vote for JC. What a waste of time, he hasn't done or said anything useful since. So for the first time ever I voting Tory! Though would be too ashamed to say irl.

lottieandmia · 18/04/2017 14:49

Where I live the race between Labour and Conservative has become extremely tight. Ever tighter since the last GE. I was going to vote Libdem but having a disabled child (just for starters) I want the Tories out.

Our Tory MP is actually a decentish person and has helped me. But I think he's a stand alone Tory tbh.

Splinters6 · 18/04/2017 14:51

I have been a labour member all my life but I'd rather keep TM and her Tories than let JC loose on the country. I will not vote labour again until JC has gone.

I'm lucky to live in a reasonably marginal seat. I will be voting Lib Dem. I only wish NC was still in charge.

JustDanceAddict · 18/04/2017 14:52

Tory no, Corbyn no so wtf?

paddlingwhenishouldbeworking · 18/04/2017 14:57

Exactly.

Cantseethewoods · 18/04/2017 15:04

As always, what most people vote doesn't matter because they always vote the same no matter what. The floating voters are the ones that decide an election, and they tend to be Tory-lite/ New Labour, at least in the last 2 decades- they were the ones who deserted Tories for Blair and then slowly trickled back. They are also quite likely to be remainers, so it will be interesting to see how they compute all this. My initial thoughts -

  • The ones that voted Tory last time will either vote Tory again or if they are really pissed off about Brexit will vote Lib Dem. With Labour abandoning the central ground, the LDs can recapture what was their territory before TB nicked it.
  • The ones that voted Labour last time are likely to be increasingly pissed off with the drift to the left and may vote Tory or vote Lib Dem. I don't see that any of them will say "Labour were too left wing for me in 2015 but now they're even more left wing than that, sign me up for a JC mug, poster and t-shirt". Some are likely to vote anything but labour to force an electoral embarrassment that gets rid of JC and gives them a chance to have a more moderate leader and therefore what they perceive as a genuine choice.

How that translates to seats I don't know, but I cannot foresee anything other than electoral disaster for Labour. I think the LDs will do well for votes but not seats.

Alfieisnoisy · 18/04/2017 15:09

I am a floating voter but won't be voting Tory.

Looking at LibDem...their current leader is a gobby little man but like some of what he says.
It's worth fuck all in my area though as it is solidly Tory.

tygr · 18/04/2017 15:10

Why apologise? I'm a Lib Dem member and I'll be voting Lib Dem. Hoping to get our MP back who was unseated by a Tory in 2015. Good chance.

misskelly · 18/04/2017 15:13

I'm voting SNP again, partly for independence but also because my MP has been great. He's really active in the community and been very helpful. Unlike the previous Labour MP who I never saw or heard from in the two terms he was elected.

coconuttella · 18/04/2017 15:14

We are a lib dem safe seat so, will most likely be voting for them - spoiled my ballet at the last one.

Is there such a thing?