How are you voting in December?

[MaMaMaMySharona]

Apologies if there’s already a thread on this - I did look and couldn’t find one.

So now it’s been confirmed that we’re having a GE in December, how are you voting? And what are your predictions on the results?

I’ve seen quite a few posts on here over the past couple months from people saying they wouldn’t vote now as they are politically homeless - wondering if these people still feel that way?

I’m voting labour - albeit in a very safe Tory area (so feel very much as though my vote doesn’t count). Reasons being I would never vote Tory and I don’t like a lot of what the Lim Dems have said recently. I also couldn’t bring myself not to vote at all.

Tactical Conservative vote here
I live in an SNP / Tory marginal
I do not want a hard border between Scotland and the rest of the UK
and all the economic hardship that would entail. The rest of the UK is by far Scotland main market . I also want to keep the UK Pound , Universal royal mail service etc
The SNP - despite their hype does not speak for all Scotland

Labour. Always do and it goes to SNP but I think it'll be close this time (in my constituentency). Overall I have no idea how it's going to turn out.

I'll be voting for comrade Corben, safe labour seat here.
I would rather die than vote for the Tories.

Lib Dem

Listen to why people vote in a different way to you, actually listen.

I’m afraid I have no respect at all for a person who could vote for a government that has been so incompetent and so dishonest.

I’m not going to sugar coat that to save your feelings.

I don't even feel like voting. The whole thing is an absolute farce.

There should never have been a referendum as no one had actually considered that people would vote to leave, let alone have a plan of action if they did.

I voted Leave btw and still would.

It's been very unnerving to realise that Parliament is full of arguing buffoons who couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery, let alone run a country.

I’m one of the 100 marginals targeted for tactical voting for a second ref so I’ll check that and use it to decide between labour and Liberal Democrat. I’d prefer to vote Lib Dem if I thought they could win.

Tory, because whilst I have no particular love for Boris, our local MP is a great bloke who really tries to get the best for our community so I want him to stay in.

If Corbyn gets in, then so does John McDonnell as chancellor. If you think we're already going to hell in a handcart wait and see the damage that those two (and Diane Abbot) would cause.

The Tories were in power until 1974 and again in 1979?
Have you heard of Harold Wilson and Jim Callaghan?

Listen to why people vote in a different way to you, actually listen

I absolutely agree with that statement.

Still waiting for sensible arguments as to why a conservative vote is a good idea.

Conservative. They encouraged self responsibility which can only be good.

@scaryteacher I presume you therefore want to trade under WTO terms while negotiating the magic trade agreements? Even the WTO head said this will be very hard for the UK which exports 45% to EU.

I really don't know who I want to vote for this time round, I don't want Corbyn in charge however I think all of the parties behaviour recently has been so childish. So personally I'd rather not vote for any of them.

Labour
Feel sick reading this thread

You read the Guardian don’t you.

Nope!

Lib Dem

Have you heard of Harold Wilson and Jim Callaghan

I have. I’m just picking up on your sweeping generalisations about a whole decade.

Bearing in mind the world has changed dramatically since then.

Listen to why people vote in a different way to you, actually listen.

Just like brexit, as soon as anyone can come up with a credible reason why voting tory is a good idea I'm all for it.

As it is, all I see is bunch of far-right Eton schoolboys hellbent on persuing their own personal agenda and fuck everyone else.

Will spoil my ballot - no party I can vote for

Wish there was a poll on this for YABU ("Tory") and YANBU ("Any non-Tory party").

Lib Dem. Always voted Labour, but should have been voting Conservative as they align more with what I want financially - less so morally. The mess we are in: holding a general election for pretty much one issue - could only have been caused by 9 years of Conservative government.

Conservative every time!

•worried mum* so Corbyn engaged with republicans.- so what. The tories are being propped up by the DUP, otherwise known as the political wing of the UDA, a catholic hating terrorist group!
As for the anti semitism claims. Anti Semiitism is not the same as being pro Palestinian, and criticising the apartheid state of Israel.

Conservative. They encouraged self responsibility which can only be good

See, I’m not sure about that. I think that people should be able to make their own decisions and earn enough to support themselves where they can.

The Conservatives have ruined the chances of many many people; making it impossible to be self sufficient unless they get lucky.

Which is ironic given so many of them are riding off the back of family money and didn’t have to work hard themselves with tough circumstances.
They dismantled the safety nets and then point the finger at the very people who suffer the consequences.

@MaMaMaMySharona

"Sometimes I feel as though I read completely different newspapers to everyone else!"
What papers do you read?

"Just in the past week there have been huge concerns over how the new Brexit deal threatens workers rights"
Whose concerns are they?
Did you not also hear also that the Conservative party plan to reduce from 2 years to 1 year the length of time you have to be employed in order to claim Unfair Dismissal?
Did you hear the Tories plan to protect workers' rights further when companies are taken over?

Do you not think ANY political party would be committing political suicide if they try to reduce workers' rights, something that affects most of the country? This is just another example of scaremongering.

I was going to vote Conservative but I don't know yet who I am going to vote for as I need to see what issues all the parties are campaigning on.

I'll be voting tactically. In my area that will be Labour, but if I lived elsewhere I'd vote for whoever supports getting the Tories out.

Anyone that votes Tory is voting for more austerity. How many more people have to die because of cuts to the NHS and social care? 120,000 at the last count.