To ask whether anyone who voted Conservative regrets it now?

[Lifestyleinlondon88]

I would very curious to see if anyone would have voted differently, or if they had the chance to change their vote now would you?

Some people aren't 25. I know that must be a shock. Me neither. I've been voting for 40 years and lots of different ways.

MN doesn't match the general opinion - if we believed MN opinion it would have been a landslide labour victory in the last GE.

I don't regret my lying stance, no. I shudder at the thought of Dianne Abbott and the likes trying to navigate this shit storm.

I worry they're not winding the economy back up quickly enough, but as a business owner I'll be accused on here of putting money before lives.

Those who are calling for the restrictions to continue are either incredibly wealthy or incredibly stupid.

I personally think Corbyn would have done a much better job but I agree that Labour party implementing a lockdown would have been subjected to so much criticism it would have been impossible to.implement. There would.have been ( even more) complaints about loss of freedoms.

Imagine the reaction if labour has introduced the furlough scheme???.

@frillyfucks or perhaps incredibly scared and/or vulnerable.

And has it really been a benefit to the economy?

Many businesses have had to close down. Many will follow. More people claiming benefits. Furlough. Various grants. Many in those valued key areas are thinking about quitting after how they have been treated.

Goods have gone up, wages down. Utilities have increased. More people sinking into debt.

Then it will be huge tax hikes. Great so I pay more tax, even though I’ve managed to get so far without financial help. I am one of the lucky self employed people who managed to adapt so I could still earn.

Local business got shafted when private companies were given contracts without the usual bid process. At least one won’t Provide local employment that is needed. Great closed a company or three down, now based in the States. Aside from cabinet minister and mates, how did that help the majority?

The success/failures have also depended on local areas.
Some local MPs have done amazing work for their constituents. Others not so great. But even at local level, they still have to listen to the useless government guidelines and of course the budget.

Look at the laptop fiasco. The date keeps getting pushed back like everything else. Now will that even happen if schools open? Schools need updated tech. But the bigger question is which ministers are to gain financially from any deal there.

So are 'momentum loons' a minority on here or what? make your minds up. Strange that MN is also generally more educated than the general population as well isnt it, frilly?

If you think everyone who votes Tory is a Tory then I suspect you aren't going to grow up any time soon

Good, being a 67 year old child suits me fine. You might want to read that ridiculous statement again. Exactly what does make you a Tory if it’s not casting a vote for them?

Coronavirus has decimated economies all over the world. This is happening whether their governments have had ‘good’ or ‘bad’ responses to the disease. However, a government that then proceeds to drag the whole country over a Brexit cliff edge and makes the financial hit so much worse is just beyond belief really. How are we going to have any hope of recovery when our government is set to destroy our economy entirely for the profit of their rich friends? I just can’t imagine anything that Corbyn might have done being worse than what we’re going to have to cope with after coronavirus and no-deal Brexit in quick succession. And one of those is avoidable

Exactly what does make you a Tory if it’s not casting a vote for them?

A lot of people really aren't interested in politics and cast their vote based on snatches of info they have picked up here and there from msm and social media, habit and very little thought. They don't know, or care to know, very much at all about the people or parties they are placing into positions of power. They don't have a concept of 'being' a Tory in the way that I see myself as Labour. It's just not a thing for them. While polarised tribal politics can be devisive, this apathy and lack of interest is also harmful imo.

No I don't regret it.

The non-Tory who recruited more Tory votes than anyone else was Jeremy Corbyn.

The GE was the first time I realised without question how irrelevant the hectoring left wing posters of MN were.

In fact this is just another pointless thread started purely to have a pop, like all the "please try and explain to me why you are considering voting Tory in the GE?" threads before the GE.

I voted Conservative and I am so pleased that we've had a decade of careful management of our economy so that the Government could finance what is required at the start of this crisis and will steer us through what will be really tough times ahead.

Every morning I wake up quite stressed about what the next few years hold for us as a family (DH lost his job a few weeks ago) and us as a nation. The only positive is that we dont have Corbyn and hus crew rubbing their hands with glee about it.

I dont think Kier Starmer would do any better. He strikes me as a bit of a shiney suited estate agent who will say whatever is needed to complete the sale - or stay schtum if required, as he did under Corbyn.

So OP, I absolutely have no regret.

A decade of careful management that caused a lot of suicides due to drastic cuts. Cut backs to education, nhs, police?

The government aren’t financing this. It will be repaid heavily in more cuts and higher taxes.

It’s irrelevant what others may or may not do. It’s not them who are accountable for the situation we have now and for a long time to come.

Oh and around the time of furlough didn’t they award themselves a pay rise? Decrease in income elsewhere more debt. And convenient they did this before announcing yet another pay freeze on the public service sector.

I didn't vote Tory as I dislike Boris Johnson and nothing he has done recently has really impressed me. I personally could not have voted for a Labour party led by Jeremy Corbyn. I have to look at the position we were in when the potential Covid crisis emerged. Labour had eaten themselves up to the point where they were unable to provide a decent opposition. Maybe if Keir Stammer had been in position earlier they could have fulfilled their role as opposition more effectively. I am heartened to see Labour now performing this role. If anything I regret the position UK Politics found itself in and whatever my political colour, I will never again underestimate the value of a strong opposition

I voted Conservative and I would still vote the same way.

So op has anyone said they regret voting Tory yet?

I bet nobody has. One thing I've learnt over the last few years is how loyal the Tory/leave voter is. They are quite literally now buring their own relatives while saying how well Johnson has managed the crisis.

I’ve come back the morning after and I STILL can’t see clear examples of how Boris Johnson has done a good job. It feels like most of you have been brainwashed by the media to hate Corbyn and nothing will change your minds because you have some superiority complex

Oh dear op it sounds like you have been brain washed by the cult of Corbyn and nothing will change your mind because you have some ideological superiority complex.

How about you provide some clear evidence on how Labour would have done better rather than just Tory bashing?

You really don’t need to be a supporter of Jeremy Corbyn or indeed Labour to find this government utterly morally bankrupt and wonder how any decent person could have given them their vote. But then again everyone must search their conscience and own the decisions they’ve taken. I’m actually glad that many people here don’t seem to be suffering the guilt that I would if I’d voted that way.

Imagine being hired for a job by an employer over someone else and when you are asked by your employer to explain all your incompetencies, ineptitudes, failures and mistakes in your job role you reply ‘Well the other guy you didn’t hire would be worse’ or ‘tell me how the guy you didn’t hire would be much better than me’. Victim mentality at its finest.

I’ve come back the morning after and I STILL can’t see clear examples of how Boris Johnson has done a good job. It feels like most of you have been brainwashed by the media to hate Corbyn and nothing will change your minds because you have some superiority complex

PMSL that you think anyone is obliged to give you the "clear examples" that you are demanding!

And convenient they did this before announcing yet another pay freeze on the public service sector

They haven’t announced that, have they? How did I miss that?

How about you provide some clear evidence on how Labour would have done better rather than just Tory bashing?

How can you provide evidence of a a hypothesis?