Being something of a floating voter, this is something which genuinely bemuses me. Saying "never", that is.
"I'd never vote Tory".
"I'd never vote Labour".
What, regardless of the policies proposed/party leader? Is there no conceivable change that a particular political party could make to induce you to vote for them?
I'm downright worried by people who proclaim that "I will always vote xxxx".
For example, people who would never vote Conservative because of Thatcher? Notwithstanding the fact that she's been off the scene for almist 20 years?
OR who would never vote Labour because of Blair and the Iraq war? When he, too, is gone (or sort of - I shudder to think of him as President of Europe. But that's another issue...).
(These are just examples here of the sort of thing I've heard, to try to explain what I mean).
What's wrong with listening to the actual policies a party is proposing, making a judgement call about the qualities of their leadership - and then voting accordingly?
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to wonder why people say they would NEVER vote Labour/Tory?
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scarletlilybug · 09/10/2009 14:08
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