To be a secret Tory voter and feel embarrassed about it?

[SecretToryVoter]

I’ve just gone to do my vote and had to admit to myself that I’m one of those secret Tory voters and would be embarrassed to admit it to friends / family!

A month ago I was adamant that I would be voting Labour but ended up changing my mind for a number of reasons

1. Keir seems to have a number of grand ideas of what he wants to do but no substance behind how he’s going to do it (where is he going to find an additional 6,500 teachers as just 1 example)
2. Womens rights
3. my Labour candidate has been helicoptered in and doesn’t look good on paper whereas the Tory candidate is a local, well respected councillor
4. Tory policy is closer to my values overall

anyone else had to admit to themselves that they are a Tory at heart for this election?

Of some people no doubt. I also imagine there there's plenty of intolerance on the other side of the aisle. But you really can't write them all off as intolerant lefties for having opinions which they're perfectly entitled to have. Sometimes people are left literally seething with rage over a desire for change and you can't blame them. It will be interesting to see what comes next.

I am exactly the same. The traditional values of Labour and the Libdems and Greens have gone to pot when it comes to womens rights. I dont want to be scared to use a bathroom and I don’t want to feel I have to use disabled facilities to be safe. I wont feel safe changing at the swimming pool or in shops. I don’t want myself or my nieces or any women to be scared.

No one should be ashamed of that,

She’s explained. Do keep up.

I voted Tory, I could never bring myself to vote labour, to think that Angela Rayner would be our deputy prime minister is almost laughable, to imagine that she could in any way represent us in the worldwide politics arena.
The tories have made mistakes but heaven help us if labour win a big majority, our children’s futures are decimated.

Are you bonkers? Read your post back to yourself.

Are You saying that you want people to pay over half of their salary in NI and income tax? Is wanting to keep at least half of your salary “wanting to keep it all”?

The idiots' response, maybe concentrate on your spelling.

Why would you feel embarrassed if you think you've done the right thing? Obviously, there's a part of you that recognises that it's not.

I thought the same but didn’t want to be mean. Mental gymnastics at its finest.

Obviously not. She just doesn’t want abuse from people like you.

Because it’s not true, it just another phrasing of shy Tory. I don’t vote for them because I like them …

Absolutely. I’m in Scotland and there’s a girl formerly at my child’s primary school trying to get cross sex hormones and a masectomy. I’m horrified at the effects this ideology has had on our children- especially girls

On these threads it’s really vote as you wish and don’t worry about what others would do

It’s your vote, you only get one.

I don't call them intolerant because they disagree with me. They're intolerant because of the anger they have towards anyone on the right, or even in the centre.

It's amusing to watch them get their knickers in a twist but it's very sad that they think they can bully people into agreeing with them. It is what politicians have encouraged the masses to do - bicker amongst ourselves and the left have fallen hard for it.

Christ. I hope this is a biscuit situation.

Don't worry about Rayner being Deputy PM, she'll be PM within a couple of years then we'll be set for ruination, as with the extreme Left everywhere, and you can really start to worry.

Goodness, yes. Imagine Britain being represented on the world stage by someone who is working class instead of the usual privately educated types.

I’m not shy, I voted Conservative because I don’t want Labour. It’s a vote between a shit rock and a shit place, I went for the shit rock. Labour are going to win the seat in my area, and it’s a shame because our local Tory MP aligns with my values even if the party as a whole does not. The Labour candidate is just a mouthpiece for the Labour policies, nothing about local issues (which are huge, you’d understand if I shared where I live). When I messaged them about a particular issue they just parroted back party lines to me. I’m entitled to vote and of all the parties in my area, the Conservative candidate is the only one I feel truly cares about the people of our area.

These people are also stupid. A supermajority isn’t a thing in British politics. A majority is a majority, and while a narrow one can limit what’s done, once you get a lightly more sizeable one you are sound. Johnson. Had an 80 seat majority. The Tories didn’t care about that, did they?

How you vote is up to you.

What about underfunding of the public sector, particularly NHS, PPE corruption and Covid parties? I am not baiting you, I am truly interested in how you reconcile these actions.

I understand in a way. Maybe it all about being forward thinking about what is better for the future than these terrible things that have happened.

I will never vote for them. I don't ask my friends how they vote.

That’s not what they meant and you know it.

Who I vote for is my own business. I don't tell anyone in real life. They know anyway.

Amazing crystal ball you have there.

It's easy to be polite when you're rich, and benefiting isn't it? If you're on the breadline, can't feed your kids, queuing at food banks despite working your arse off full time, let's see how polite you'll be??
Oh and all while an entitled out of touch lying twerp goes on about sky TV and sandwiches 🤮

What are this week's lottery numbers? Oh, maybe not.

Who would we have as PM in 6 months if we voted the Tories in?