to dislike all the political parties

[montgomerie]

I really don't know who to vote for. That in itself is depressing as there should surely be some hope that if such a party gets in things will improve but I have no such hope! Is anyone the same? What will you do?

I couldn't agree more.

They all repulse me right now actually. I do like TM and think she is the best person for right now in this point of time. However no one else in the party stands out - Dianne Abbott's radio gaff, makes me despair. I shudder at the thought of a long Tory rule, but I shudder even more at the current opposition parties.

I know.

I feel voting for the Tories is voting for cuts and cuts and cuts but labour are in disarray and while I considered LD I was not happy with their attitudes surrounding brexit.

YANBU

I will likely vote Green, no other party appeals at all.

I even disagree with them!

YANBU

Yanbu.

Spoiled ballot may be my final option.

I honestly don't feel voting labour will help the nhs or schools though, in fact I hold them responsible for the appalling state many are in now. I dont trust any of them. we need a whole new approach beyond, labour , conservative etc.

we need a new political party.

Yanbu. It's just about finding the closest fit. Which may not actually be that close.

What is it you actually want, though?
If you could wave a magic wand and have a political party include three things in its manifesto, what would they be?

Me too!

I will vote for the party I see as less evil but tbh where I live it doesn't matter how I vote you could put a Tory sticker on a cat and Tory would still win here

Hmm.

I am worried about cuts with the Tories, worried about chaos with Labour and worried about brexit with LDs.

Traditional bog standard Labour voter, don't like Corbyn -feel he is arrogant and can't cope with opposing opinion well, don't like Blairites.

Can never imagine voting Tory, think May is weak and unable to be a leader, I don't trust her at all. Probably a Green by policy, fiscally conservative in some ways, libertarian socially, feel Labour is too authoritarian these days, don't trust Tories with public services. Wanted out of the E.U.

My vote will be against further cuts, and for a free Higher Education system ( apart from media studies, they can charge what they like for that ... ).

Not just me then.

I can't vote for the Conservatives because of the way they've ridden roughshod over education, causing huge turmoil over public testing etc. Schools have had to change exam specs with no resources, and the emphasis on a chosen few subjects denies young people the opportunity for a balanced curriculum.

I can't vote Labour as they exacerbated the teach to the exam culture. I don't appreciate some of their more socialist policies such as nationalising the railways- they were woefully under-invested in prior to privatisation. I know fares have sky rocketed since, but I can't see nationalisation improving that situation. I think opposing Trident is just naive student politics. It would be great if we didn't have to go down that route, but nuclear stalemate has prevented mass destruction since the 1950s.

UKIP no comment needed

I'll go with the Liberal Democrats. I think they're fairly moderate and care about quality of life. They're not perfect but as I live in a safe Conservative seat it's as good a protest vote as any.

I think it is important to vote for the best choice available, even if not perfect.

We have seen the result of Americans not being prepared to vote for Hilary Clinton in the Trump presidency.

Likewise, if the French left does not vote for Macron, they will bear a measure of responsibility if Le Pen is elected.

YABU to some extent.

You don't have to like the other parties to recognise the vulnerable are getting pissed on by the current parties and that by not voting out of not liking them only makes things harder for vulnerable groups.

Stripey said what I was trying to say much better!

It could be worse - you could live in NI and have the dickheads that we are stuck with

YANBU - I don't know who I'd vote for if I lived in other parts of UK

I feel the best choice for an operational national defence and a chance of economic stability is Conservative. Still want me to vote?!

The problem is stripey it isn't bad, worse, awful, it's awful in one way, awful in another way or awful in another way.

Yes Belle, I still want you to vote. I want everyone to vote. It will always be more important that everyone votes, than who they vote for.

I was aiming at stripey!

I always vote and value the vote but I am considering spoiling the ballot this time. I still think it's a valid option.

Well, I do think a conservative majority practically obliterating labour looks possible, if not likely.

YANBU. This is exactly how I feel now. It was easy to vote today in our local election (no mayoral election here) because there is one stand out party that has done a lot locally so no problem. Nationally however I won't be voting for them. I get why people say they will spoil their vote but it's meaningless at the moment. I want a respectable person, with real political clout (doesn't have to be a current politician) to start a campaign allowing us to have a valid option to record 'None of the above' on our ballot papers. I'd even back compulsory voting if we had that option. I think there would be more pressure on all parties if the electorate could actually effectively say, actually, you're all shit.

Decades Years ago, I used to count the votes at elections, so got to see a fair few spoiled papers. I did admire the one where the voter had drawn a line below the last candidate, wrote 'None of the above' and put their 'X' against it.