To change who I'm voting for last minute

[gunting]

Since the election was called, I joined a political party. I went to meetings, campaigned and even helped with PR for my local candidate. This party with the lib dems.

For the past few days I've felt like perhaps I was wrong. I keep seeing Corbyn on the TV and I feel like what he's saying would actually change my life in a significant way.

I'm torn now between who to vote for.

[Brittbugs80]

Not unreasonable at all to change your mind. Especially if you feel something else would benefit you.

And JC will change your life significantly. Don't know if that will be a good or bad change, but it will change.

[user1471517623]

Tollygunge well said, exactly how i feel

[SexTrainGlue]

You settled on a party choice, but have been swayed by television coverage.

Do you realise how that sounds? It wasn't because you became convinced by the policies. You like one person's rhetoric.

Only you can decide if a government can even remotely deliver the promised land.

[AuntieStella]

"And JC will change your life significantly. Don't know if that will be a good or bad change, but it will change"

Anyone else old enough to remember Not The Nine O'Clock News' and the Life of Brian sketch

"Even the initials are the same!"

[JustWingingItAgain]

I'm in a strong Labour constituency and have been - remain so - very much torn btw Labour and Lib Dem.

Ended up talking with a friend in another constituency which is more LD, so we decided to share our vote - 1/2 labour and 1/2 LD.

[MacarenaFerreiro]

Vote for who the hell you like but don't start threads on here which are thinly-veiled attempts to covert other Lib Dem voters to Labour. That's unreasonable.

As a decades long Lib Dem voter I'm voting for them this tine round because they have the best chance of beating the SNP. In the very unlikely event that the Lib Dems are in a position of forming a coalition with Labour and choose to do so, I;ll never vote for them again.

[PigletWasPoohsFriend]

Vote for who the hell you like but don't start threads on here which are thinly-veiled attempts to covert other Lib Dem voters to Labour. That's unreasonable.

I agree. There has been a flurry of them today already.

[Artesia]

I listened to Corbyn yesterday talking about childcare for 2 year olds and that would completely change my life.

Imagine the uproar on here if a Tory voter had the nerve to say "I am voting Tory because it's better for me"......the frothing, self-righteous indignation would be off the scale. But apparently it's ok to vote for what benefits you most, as long as that's labour.

[Mulledwine1]

My mother is a Labour member but lives in a marginal Tory/Libdem seat so always votes Libdem.

Our system requires tactical voting. DH doesn't like it but what's the point of wasting your vote?

However, I live in the safest Tory seat in the country, so I waste my vote every time. I'd love to see that majority eaten into at least a little bit though.

I am a natural Libdem, but I would prefer to see Labour in charge of the Brexit negotiations. They will be less antagonistic and want to join EFTA which would give us a soft landing. If I lived in a seat where they could oust a Tory I would vote for them.

But if I lived in Scotland I'd be in a dilemma. I think I place more importance on the Union than Brexit, so I'd vote Tory if I lived in a seat where they could oust the SNP.

[LadySalmakia]

It's OK to change your mind. I like the Lib Dems but Labour's manifesto is the best for vulnerable people and probably for me too, and also they're the only party likely to topple the Tory in my area.

If you agree with Corbyn more and labour areas more likely to win in your area then Farron wants you to vote that way.

[clumsyduck]

Someone else hit the nail on the head

A chance at change vote Corbyn
More of the same vote may

And by same I mean worse .

[Artesia]

Multiple posters urging tactical voting to oust the tories, links to guides on how to do so, apparently endorsed by the lib dem party leader. And yet when the daily mail gave advice on how to vote to secure a Tory win, posters on here were up in arms. Double standards???

[MoominFlaps]

Vote for whoever will get the Tories out in your constituency.

[MoominFlaps]

And yet when the daily mail gave advice on how to vote to secure a Tory win

That paper has run a disgusting, libellous, smear campaign against Jeremy Corbyn. I haven't seen any of the left leaning papers do anything remotely similar against May.

[pilates]

Jeremy Corbyn is not a credible leader.

[user1471517623]

pilates why is he not?

[MoominFlaps]

Why not? Because he's not an insincere liar like other politicians?

Or the usual claptrap about him being weak bla bla bla yawn etc.

[BeyondThePage]

I just voted - whatever your persuasion - get out and vote.

Your talk does no good if you don't put your cross in the box.

[pilates]

User,

1. During the 1980s and 1990s, Jeremy Corbyn supported the IRA.
   
2. On national television, Jeremy Corbyn refused to back a shoot-to-kill policy if a Paris-style machine gun attack happened in London. He then changed his mind and backtracked a day later.
   
3. Corbyn’s botched attempt at a publicity stunt on a ‘ram-packed’ train which was questioned by Virgin who released CCTV images showing the Labour leader appearing to walk past empty seats before he had filmed a video showing him sitting on the floor of a train carriage. Another image released by Virgin also showed Corbyn having later found a seat.
   
4. Many advisors and colleagues have resigned under Corbyn or disowned him in the last ten months, citing incompetence and his unelectability.
   
5. Every large-scale study into why Labour lost the 2015 general election came to the same conclusion, Labour was not trusted on the economy.
   

These are just a few points.

[user1471517623]

Voting here against working into old age or death. Against pittance pensions and taking the savings from old folks for care. Voting against free HS2 for the bosses and toll roads for the peasants. Against tax havens and tax avoiding super rich. Against 30,000 elderly dying from the cold and the greedy Tory energy cartel. Against public service cuts to the NHS, the Police, the Fire and Prison Services. Against the decimation of our Armed Forces and cuts to the Intelligence Services. Against £50k of debt for kids leaving university. Against the killing of foxes with dogs. Voting for working people and for a Brexit that preserves jobs not the comfort of the super rich.

[BeyondThePage]

Corbyn has been an MP since 1983. Until leadership of the party in 2015 he did not hold any cabinet or shadow cabinet post. 32 years of being kept to the back benches.

Why on earth is he their leader.

[AgainstTheOddsNo2]

The shoot to kill and nuclear policies are red herrings.

By shoot to kill they mean they won't shoot to kill if there is a reasonable chance of other methods working. If an officer has to shoot they will always aim for the chest or the head as these are the biggest targets with less chance of missing and maximum chance of debilitating which is the aim of the game. This is currently the policy and is not a bad thing.

Corbyn will not nuke pre-emptively, neither would anyone else! Those who use nukes first are guaranteed to be targeted by all the other nuclear nations. It is this principle that keeps the trigger happy under control!

[user1471517623]

Pilates
,
1. During the 1980s and 1990s, Jeremy Corbyn supported the IRA - nope he just recognised at some point to stop the cycle of violence someone has to start talking. That's how the good Friday agreement came about for example.





5. Every large-scale study into why Labour lost the 2015 general election came to the same conclusion, Labour was not trusted on the economy - A labour run by a completely different lot than now. Plus it's an undeserved myth that the Tories are good with the economy, they tend to run a high debt AND deficit. National debt now 1.73 trillion under tories, was 979 billion in 2010 under lab. Yes labour happened to be in power during a global economic recession but that would have occurred if the Tories were in too, labour is historically better at managing money stats show.

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2016/03/13/the-conservatives-have-been-the-biggest-borrowers-over-the-last-70-years/


[Nikephorus]

Another Labour voter pretending to not be but having been suddenly converted - [hand-waving] [praise the Lord]
Do they really think we're that dim?

[Nikephorus]

That paper has run a disgusting, libellous, smear campaign against Jeremy Corbyn. I haven't seen any of the left leaning papers do anything remotely similar against May.
You're having a laugh aren't you?! Has Corbyn been handing out blinkers as well as free unicorns?