I am a "natural" Labour supporter and former party member. I supported Labour Leave in the EU Ref and will be voting Conservative for the first time in my life in the GE. I wondered if there were any LD Leavers. I know this might be rare but I wondered if there were any at all. Or is LD Leaver an impossible combination.
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Were there any LD supporters who voted Leave?
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optionalrationale · 19/04/2017 22:29
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Bolshybookworm ·
21/04/2017 06:55
Soooo, you want to protect the NHS by voting for the tories who will dismantle it? That makes no logical sense. Labour might destroy it by neglect but the tories will actively destroy it. Which do you think will be quicker? Do you think there will be anything salvageable once labour gain power? Look what the tories have done in two short years! It's already on it's knees- waiting periods have risen dramatically, anything minor shunted off the boards. Don't even get me started on the mess that is Andrew Lansley and his utterly stupid reforms which have upended the funding system.
Same goes for education and the wrecking ball that was Gove. There will be a total meltdown once the exam results come out in summer (post election, of course 
). Friend works at a school in a very disadvantaged area and the cuts and Goves reforms have already had a significant impact on outcomes for their pupils. Again, these reforms disadvantage the poorest in society.
But yeah, go ahead and support all of that because labour are a bit of a mess Just don't assume that any of it will be recoverable when labour are to your liking.
There are other parties, you know. It's not a binary choice. Oh, you're a brexiter though, so it's destroy the country at any cost for your pet project. Never mind that the people you're doing this for are the real Brexit voters- the petty minded, small town people of semi-rural England that dont like change and view anything "other" with suspicion. I grew up in a leave area exactly like that. Leafy, pleasant, definitely not deprived. Very, very small minded, very white yet an irrational fear of non-existent immigrants (this was in the 90s!). To be different in anyway was a sin.
You can tell yourself that Brexit is for the needy and the deprived areas of the north but it's a complete nonsense. It will destroy the few industries that have survived up here and make life worse for most people. Those semi-rural little englanders will be pleased the polish people (who don't actually live in their areas) are gone though.
Honestly, I just give up fighting this shit. This country is utterly screwed now, take it, do what you want with it but don't be surprised when it all ends in tears. I can't be arsed to argue anymore.
foxrun ·
21/04/2017 08:36
I am a lib Dem member who voted and still would leave. I am a bit unsure who to vote for now
squishysquirmy ·
21/04/2017 10:39
optional
...so your logic is that although policies are better than slogans, other people need slogans, so you wont vote for a party without a good one?
...And that to avoid the Labour party being cast out into the wilderness, you are going to vote Conservative? Not for any other party either - the only path to saving the Labour party is voting for the most right wing Conservative party of the last few decades?
Also, everything Bolshy said!
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