To think there are more options than just Labour and Conservatives?

[SarahH12]

On social media, the papers and on here it comes across that they are the only two options. What about Lib Dems, the green party, plaid (if in wales), SNP (if in Scotland) etc. I'm so fed up of this election. I don't want either of the main parties to get in as I don't believe in either.

I voted remain but this whole thing is just dragging on and part of me just wants them to get it over with as dragging it out is bad for the economy. I can't bring myself to vote Labour and I don't think I can bring myself to vote Conservatives either as I work for the NHS. Is it a cop out to vote someone other than the main two though? We all know nobody else stands a chance!

Not sure why you think there's no hope?

I'd rather vote Lib Dems as they are the party I agree with the most but they don't stand a chance in my area.

Well I for one would prefer you to vote Lib Dem rather than Tory, at least then we may stand a chance of keeping our NHS

I found this quite enlightening, from writer Shawn Peacock

“I don't like Corbyn. Give me one good reason why I should vote for Labour!”

2010-2019, in case you missed it...
1,000 sure start centres closed.
780 libraries closed.
700 football pitches closed.
Food bank use up 2,400%.
Homelessness up 1,000%.
Rough sleeping up 1,200%
Bedroom tax caused mass evictions.
Evictions are running at record highs.
35% of U.K. kids live in poverty.
Student fees up 300%.
Student debt has risen 150%.
Eradication of EMA (education maintenance allowance).
National debt has risen from £850billion to £2.25trillion.
Emergency Brexit stimulus from BoE in June 2016 of £175b.
Brexit related fall in national revenue £500b.
GDP fallen to -0.1%.
GBP fallen by circa 15% versus EUR and USD.
Manufacturing in recession.
Construction in recession.
Services close to recession.
25-30% cuts to all govt departments.
25-30% cuts to all councils, mainly centred on Labour councils.
Half of councils facing effective bankruptcy.
185k extra deaths attached to the political ideology of austerity.
25,000 less police.
20,000 less prison officers.
10,000 less border officials.
10,000 less firefighters.
10,000 less medical professionals.
25,000 less bed spaces for mental illness.
OECD calculate 3 million hidden unemployed, rate is really 13%.
Creation of 1.3m jobs, mainly temporary, self employed, gig economy and ZHC.
Only 30k full time work positions created.
Close on 50% of workers are self employed, ZHC, or part time precariat.
80% of the 5.3 million self employed live below the poverty line.
35% of self employed only earn £100 a month.
25% cuts for our disabled community.
80% cuts to Mobility allowance.
Closing Remploy.
40% of working households have practically no savings.
70% of households have less than 10k savings.
60% of households can only survive 2 months without a wage.
Household debt reaches new peak, despite emergency base rates.
Increase of 50% in hate crimes.
Increase of knife crime by 150% to 22,000 per year.
Increase in teenage suicide by 70%.
Suicide up 12% in the year 2018.
Self harm among young women up 70%.
Life expectancy down 3 years.
NHS satisfaction level at lowest recorded rate.
Council home building down 90%.
200k social homes lost since 2010.
Zero starter homes built, despite Tory flagship programme.
Council home building down 90%.
200k social homes lost since 2010.
One million families on council home waiting list.
100,000 increase on the council home waiting list since 2010.
36,000 teachers have left teaching.

You don't have to like him! He's not coming for tea! He's not moving next door! I don't like Strawberry creams but I still buy Quality Street!

Okay maybe I should rephrase. It's not just that I don't like JC, I don't trust him or the current Labour with our country. The best way for me to stop JC in my area is to vote Conservatives.

All other things aside another referendum regarding Brexit is exactly what we need because so many people didn't realise what they were voting for. And that was unfair .........not that it should ever have been put to the vote in the first place.

You are obviously going to vote Tory so what's the point of this post?

no you have to vote labour, its awful johnson or fab Jeremy xx

YANBU. It seems to have bypassed a lot of English voters on here that there is literally no point in some of us voting for either Labour or tories as neither have any chance whatsoever in many constituencies. I personally wish no one would vote for either party and am permanently baffled that we've come to accept we only have 2 choices. We only have 2 choices because people keep voting for these idiots. Don't vote either of the big 2 and get all those fuckers out.

Yeah, go on, vote Tory. Just don't complain later if we crash out of the EU with no deal at the end of next year and the NHS gets sold off to Trump and his cronies.

I assume that you have a big financial cushion that will help you weather the storm, but it's a shame that you have no compassion for those who don't.

I assume that you have a big financial cushion that will help you weather the storm, but it's a shame that you have no compassion for those who don't.

Don't make (wrong) assumptions about people you don't know.

@Alittleprivacyplease who are you voting for?