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How are you voting in December?

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MaMaMaMySharona · 30/10/2019 07:27

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.

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WhenISnappedAndFarted · 31/10/2019 00:33

Lib Dem

Boxofchocolatefrogs · 31/10/2019 00:39

Conservative. It will be a conservative win

curlykaren · 31/10/2019 00:42

He is a great leader and very popular and with good policies.

Utter nonsense! He's a clown and his policies are lies.

NewtonPulsifer · 31/10/2019 00:48

I really do not know. I need to read up more on policies. I always liked Mark Thomas’ The People’s Manifesto, and recently read about Danny Kushlickn in Bristol West, “if it pisses it down on a bank holiday it shall be considered a rollover”. Amen to that.
I also love the idea that politicians should be made to wear the logos of companies who sponsor them, just like in Formula one.

Northernsoulgirl45 · 31/10/2019 01:04

Always voted Labour even though sadly they have no hope im my area.
Tempted to bote Lib Dem as I believe they could do well due to Brexit issue. Anything to oust the local Tory twat.

Northernsoulgirl45 · 31/10/2019 01:15

My eldest is too young to vote still but when they did elections at school most voted lib dem and remain.

hadenough · 31/10/2019 01:16

SNP.

I am not naturally sympathetic towards them, but for the last 10 years or so I have always voted this way and am now a member.

If I was in England, I'd vote tactically to keep the Tories out, even though I have little time for either Labour or the Lib Dems.

SirChing · 31/10/2019 02:24

@DBML

My point is, I earn my money. I work hard. Where’s my incentive to keep working hard.
I want month long vacations around the world and a nice home, because I feel I’ve earned that. Yet, Labour feel that instead, I need to contribute even more

I used to feel the same. First to go to Uni, worked my arse off to build my career, as did my DH. And we wanted the rewards of that. I honestly thought getting benefits was a lifestyle choice for many and I objected to paying for shirkers.

Then I suddenly became disabled after the birth of DD. I had to give up work due to being bedbound much of the time with pain, and my marriage broke up under the strain.

I have had to have medical upon medical for my benefits. I don't mind being assessed at the start - there need to be some safeguards so that people don't take the piss. But I have a chronic condition that will never improve. Despite Drs letters and medical examinations by Capita, I still have to reapply for benefits all too frequently. If I can't attend the medical due to being in too much pain, then my benefits are cancelled. Home visit requests are refused. This has got so much worse under the Tory government.

Moving from other benefits to Universal Credit meant going 5 weeks without money as it is paid in arrears. And even though I am as disabled as I always was, I have lost £50 a week due to austerity. This means I am unable to pay for some of the care I need.

My daughter has autism and her wait for assessment and help, due to NHS staffing shortages, has meant that her distress went on for months, as I was given no support to help her. Support which could only be accessed after she received a diagnosis. Which couldn't be made until the delayed assessment took place.

I would love to be back in the position of wondering where we should spend the summer. It was a much nicer situation to be in than wondering where I can get the most food for my money so I can feed DD well.

I guess it comes down to what people feel it is right to vote for. Will you maximise the money in your own pocket? Or will you realise that bad times can happen to anyone - you or your children - and that support during those times isn't cheap? I always voted for those who were most vulnerable in society and thought others did too. What does it say about people who hear stories like mine, and still vote to keep their holiday, at the expense of someone else eating? Is that who people really want to be?

wombat1a · 31/10/2019 02:36

Abstaining, there is no-one worth voting for.

I would vote Tory except for Brexit, if there was something that was a sort of Tory-Remain party I would vote for that.

I will never vote for Labour with Corbyn in charge, if he was replaced with someone more sensible I would consider it over Tory-Brexit or abstaining.

I will not vote for Lib-Dems because they were the ones who stopped Heathrow's 3rd runway when they had the coalition with Cameron. If they came into power this time around we'd be looking at 5 yrs of them trying to figure out how to run the place successfully and probably failing. Sad to say they are a wasted vote.

What we really need is some form of proportional representation, it is stupid that the SNP gets something like 3x the seat in parliament over the LDs when their total vote is similar.

Discombobulated47 · 31/10/2019 02:39

Lib Dem all the way. Although I expect a hung parliament.

Iggly · 31/10/2019 06:24

I would love to be back in the position of wondering where we should spend the summer. It was a much nicer situation to be in than wondering where I can get the most food for my money so I can feed DD well

^this is why I would never vote Tory.

I was the child of a single mother with severe mental health issues, who had a baby who died at 3 months, who struggled to get work after getting very ill.

I think people who vote Tory somehow think that either those who need a safety net are somehow “leaches” or have no concept of just what a struggle life can be. or (the worst kind) have managed to lift themselves out of struggles but fail to see that it wasn’t just down to them.

As it is, I’m now in the top 10% of earners as I had enough chances and state help that I made it through. Life could have been very different if I hit my teens under this current government.

Asking for those at the very top (those earning significantly more especially those who are asset rich) will not stop them from having their nice holidays.

Our economy has become skewed. The financial services and technology sector have sucked wealth and talent out at the expense of others and its appalling.

namechange122222 · 31/10/2019 06:52

Lib Dem. I feel it's my last opportunity to register my opposition to the B-word. In a very safe Labour seat, though.

Exactly this ^

ivykaty44 · 31/10/2019 06:54

I’m voting for my local MP who has voted in parliament the way I would want - he’s labour

HateIsNotGood · 31/10/2019 07:02

I'll be voting Tory, I think for the first time ever. It's all about the B-word for me. Once that starts moving along, my vote is up for grabs by anybody.

The really good thing about deciding my vote now is that I can just switch off the next 6 weeks of campaigning rhetoric which will be a relief from the B-word overload of late.

Sunshine93 · 31/10/2019 07:03

This is the Tories for you. Just reminding people what they are really like. He may not say it anymore but he implies it a lot

How are you voting in December?
Doingitaloneandproud · 31/10/2019 07:05

Conservative

ivykaty44 · 31/10/2019 07:12

Losing the NHS is of great concern

FadingStar · 31/10/2019 07:20

What does it say about people who hear stories like mine, and still vote to keep their holiday, at the expense of someone else eating? Is that who people really want to be?

SirChing, so well said.

MustardScreams · 31/10/2019 07:23

If people are voting Tory based solely on Brexit then they should be ashamed. Every vote for Tories is basically saying you don’t give a shit if people die from their policies, as long as they get Brexit done. It’s disgusting,

LucileDuplessis · 31/10/2019 07:30

Sorry but I think it's unrealistic to think that anyone isn't thinking about Brexit when they vote in this election. I'm a Remainer so it has to be Lib Dem for me.

Trewser · 31/10/2019 07:32

It's only Labour supporters who say we should ignore Brexit, because Labour's position on Brexit is laughable. Not surprisingly they want to ignore it.

ethelfleda · 31/10/2019 07:32

Probably LibDems but Tory or Brexit party will get in where I live, unfortunately.

drum123 · 31/10/2019 07:35

How could anyone on here, after reading SirChing's story, even think about voting for the Conservative Party? It is this government which has allowed our country to fall into the dire state it is in, where anyone who is not earning enough is demonised, anyone unable to work is demonised, anyone with loads of money is lauded. When I hear people say 'I deserve x, y, z because I've worked so hard for it' I despair - do they really think that others who work for minimum wages in a zero hours contract don't work hard either? Or that those people wouldn't love to go on holiday for a month? They're lucky if they get a week, and then it will be unpaid. Living in a society means sharing what is produced, and as our society runs on money, it is inevitable that those who earn more have to put a higher percentage into the pot. They'll still have plenty for their needs and enough left over to fulfil their wants - others in our failing society don't have enough for their basic needs.

To answer the question, I'm voting tactically to try to get our Tory MP out.

Sunshine93 · 31/10/2019 07:35

I want a people's vote so it's labour for me. Their position is they want a people's vote. It's plain and simple. I don't want brexit but I don't think we should just ignore 17 million people and revoke.

MustardScreams · 31/10/2019 07:36

I’m not saying ignore Brexit, I said, very clearly, that if the only thing you are voting on is Brexit in regards to the Tories then you should be ashamed.

Labour’s position on Brexit is very clear. Not sure why it so hard for people to read/do any research at all?

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