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To ask you if there was a general election today, who would you vote for?

341 replies

Ponderousness · 20/01/2021 14:17

Just curious really. Seen a lot of hate for the governments handling of various things but they did recently win by a landslide and I’m not sure if people truly believe the opposition could do better.

So if it was just red or blue and there were a vote today, who would you vote for?

I’d vote Labour.

YABU - Conservative
YANBU - Labour

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LastTrainEast · 20/01/2021 23:10

Tory until Labour comes back. Meanwhile I doubt Labour even want to be bothered with votes/elections when they have serious issues to deal with. Aren't there still some real women in the party?

Ilovegreentomatoes · 20/01/2021 23:11

The best thing boris can do for the conservatives is resign.
I think if rishi was to stand he would get the vote as he seems the most human out of the whole party and is much more likeable character. If Boris is still pm then I would vote labour .

Californiabakes · 20/01/2021 23:13

Neither. I would vote SNP

umpteennamechanges · 20/01/2021 23:15

Usually Lib Dem's...but at this moment Labour

mellongoose · 20/01/2021 23:17

Conservative

Lovely1a2b3c · 20/01/2021 23:19

Labour without a doubt.

I would never vote Conservative anyway but they've dealt with Covid dreadfully and 99% voted against continuing to feed hungry kids.

VillageFete · 20/01/2021 23:20

Labour. Always Labour. It would have to be a gun to the head situation for me to ever vote for those wicked Tory bastards.

Look at the state of our NHS. Even before Covid, this Country was a disgrace. Far too many people going hungry. Far too many cuts to vital services.

Hate the bastards. A real stomach churning, blood boiling hatred.

Sushirolls · 20/01/2021 23:22

"None of the above"

Lovely1a2b3c · 20/01/2021 23:22

@VillageFete

Labour. Always Labour. It would have to be a gun to the head situation for me to ever vote for those wicked Tory bastards.

Look at the state of our NHS. Even before Covid, this Country was a disgrace. Far too many people going hungry. Far too many cuts to vital services.

Hate the bastards. A real stomach churning, blood boiling hatred.

Agree 100% VillageFete!
halloween88 · 20/01/2021 23:23

Labour

NoWordForFluffy · 20/01/2021 23:25

I'd vote for whichever party looked most likely to oust the sitting Tory. It was Labour last time (sadly they didn't quite come close enough).

NonCisWoman · 20/01/2021 23:27

I'm a working-class Northern woman.

I will never ever vote Labour after what they've done to women. Their hatred towards the working class is sickening too.

The Tories are no better, but at least they let us speak and stand up for ourselves. They arent a cult. Labour is.

So, Tory for me.

Lovely1a2b3c · 20/01/2021 23:28

@tiredqueen

Conservative for me. I live in a safe seat and have voted Labour before but they're so far detached from the average person that they're unelectable for me. They give no shits about women and are too busy yapping on about hindsight and past rather than opportunities for the future.
Do you think the Tory party is more connected to the average person? In what way? Also how do they care more for women?
KaptainKaveman · 20/01/2021 23:29

Labour.

dottiedaisee · 20/01/2021 23:30

I would vote for a clanger rather than the two main leaders!

sally067 · 20/01/2021 23:31

Labour because when my paranoid schizophrenic brother was made homeless the only people that helped out were the two Labour MPs that represent the constituencies either side of me. My own constituency MP, a Tory, didn't want to know.

Also because Tory ideology is all about self and not about community or collective; if you fall on hard times it's your own fault and own responsibility, they had to shamed into feeding children outside of school holidays ffs. Tories really do seem to like to blame poor people for being poor. My brothers care coordinator looked after 6 people in 2010, by the time Cameron and Osbourne's austerity and big society had decimated services he was looking after 20+ people and couldn't cope.

Generally I feel a bit better about public services being funded better and workers rights not being under threat under Labour governments.

End of the day would I vote for a party funded by a few hundred of the richest people in the country who represent the feudal system or a party that is funded by unions that represent 14 million normal workers.

Suzeyshoes · 20/01/2021 23:34

@NoWordForFluffy

I could have sworn the Tory record on policies regarding women was pitiful. I asked somebody else upthread what the problem was and no reply! Care to explain Smile

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/general-election-women-conservatives-boris-johnson-labour-lib-dems-a9190566.html

wellyjellymelly · 20/01/2021 23:34

Nobody, all about as useful as chocolate teapot.

YepCuntyIsTaken · 20/01/2021 23:40

Boris is a disgrace.
Labour have made themselves unelectable.
LD are a joke.

I'm politically homeless

Suzeyshoes · 20/01/2021 23:43

@NewspaperTaxis

Totally agree re. taxes. Love the Secret Barrister too.

Is it terrible that I like to think that people can see past the BS? Clearly not the case Sad
My Mum and Dad still vote Tory, pulling out the tax argument, and the cliché that Labour would drain the country of money. Just try explaining to them that the NHS is being dismantled, services are disappearing at the speed of light, and the gap between rich and poor is a frickin chasm and that they're the ones losing out.

Empressofthemundane · 20/01/2021 23:44

I wasn’t keen on Boris, but voted for him over Corbyn.

I can’t believe I am saying it, but I would choose him over Starmer. Starter hasn’t offered anything original or insightful. His whole pitch seems to be essentially, I would have done the same thing but a week sooner!
A lot of the disappointments in his handling of COVID mirror mistakes made across the Europe. So maybe short of taking an East Asian approach, it’s been handle about as well as we could have expected.
He did however make some crucial good calls around risking pre-orders of vaccines which have put us in a good position (only Israel and the UAE, is it?, are doing better in terms of vaccine rollout.) I think either Corbyn or Starmer would have instinctively sought to collaborate with the EU around vaccines and the result would have been dithering for another two to four weeks and being in the scrum fighting force doses. I instead, we committed early financially, approved early and had a good cache of stocks in our hands before it was even approved. So kudos to him and his team for that. Early vaccination means coming out of this financial nightmare sooner.
Also, he delivered Brexit and the sky hasn’t fallen. All the extra loo roll, tinned beans and pasta has turned out to be completely unnecessary. I’m having no trouble buying salad.

Empressofthemundane · 20/01/2021 23:46

Sorry loads of typos there.

Icanflyhigh · 21/01/2021 00:20

Conservative

Suzeyshoes · 21/01/2021 01:13

@Empressofthemundane

‘I’m having no trouble buying salad?’ (puts head in hands and sobs).

Brexit only happened 20 days ago.
It takes time for stock to run out. And already a number of companies have affirmed they’re leaving the uk or transferring business, without mentioning the poor bugger fishermen left with thousands of pounds worth of stock dying on boats.
So everything is groovy Confused at least you can buy salad ffs.

And FYI, the uk ordered far less of the vaccine and only approved it earlier because they skipped over part of the approval process. What does it matter if we have the highest death rate by a mile in the world and are virtually the only country in the EU still in lockdown.

Oblomov20 · 21/01/2021 01:34

I hate it when people say they'll spoil their ballot. It's such a waste.