If you're an undecided voter, what are the issues that are stopping you from deciding?

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As an 'undecided voter', I was watching the Sky News interviews last night and felt myself warming more toward KS. When he started talking honestly about the possible impact on his kids...he suddenly seemed really human, a dad who wanted to pursue this opportunity but wanted to protect his children from the worst of it. However, I'm still undecided.

My politics are usually centre/middle and over the years I've voted Tory and Labour...basically whichever party I felt most aligned with my values.

All I know for sure is that I don't want more of the same and while I am definitely warming to Labour (as well as my local candidate who seems nice) I'm not keen on some others within the party.

I worry that by voting in the seemingly nice people, that it's a door opened to something I can't get on board with. You could equally say the same of the Tories though!!

So I'm wondering if there's any other 'undecided voters' out there (from any side of politics) and what are the issues/policies that are preventing you from being able to make a decision?

Just to add that in these countries, certainly Scandinavia, you are charged each time you see the doctor. There is a ceiling to what you pay, if you have chronic diseases, but it's quite good as it stops people going for minor ailments, clogging up A&E and missed appointments. We should try it here.
So it's not just paid for by the higher taxes.

So hard isn't it?
I have no idea!
But, just to add re the national service - this is something lots of countries (including France, Germany, etc etc) are discussing bringing in due to the Russia threat. I suspect this is not a UK-centric issue put forward just for the sake of it by Rishi but it's a general trend. Several countries who did stop national service a few years ago have recently reinstated it.

There are over a million active users of Mumsnet.

Lifelong Labour voter now politically homeless. VAT on independent fees which will have a major impact on us and the fact that Starmer, Raynor etc flat out refuse to engage with us means I can't vote for them. They just don't value the electorate and I believe that they will come after the middle classes hard.

A 60th of the population, most of whom won’t have been canvassed at all because seats are being carefully targeted by all the parties and a couple of dozen of whom have raised this on the doorstep. Not compelling figures, are they?

If a million isn't a compelling figure I don't know what is. Most YouGov polls survey a couple of thousand people at most.

Everyone on MN hasn’t been canvassed. Nor does it matter to all one million of them either. It’s all right to admit you’re clutching at wisps of straw.

Not sure what point you think you're making here.

Clearly this issue does come up on the doorstep, which is what you were denying.

That’s the point I was making.

Yes this for me too.

And it has been pointed out that you are wrong. You are free to believe that no one ever raised this on the doorstep until JKR said she isn't voting Labour. But you are still wrong.

I didn’t say no one. I said nobody much.

Nobody much, just some silly wimmin?

Stop putting words in my mouth. I quite deliberately say precisely what I mean.

And it's wrong every time you say it.

I doubt that's true. I brought it up with one of the Labour candidates before the local London elections whenever they were - last year or the year before - and he said he'd been hearing about it a lot.

Womens rights

That may well be the case. The majority of the country isn’t London and it’s not even on most people’s radar here in the commuter belt, let alone in rural areas.

I'm a lifelong Tory voter however I'm so disgusted with their lack of action over everything i cannot vote for them again.
Labour will get in. I hate KS.
I'm voting Reform. I want them to at least hear my voice.

It's a bit strange to claim to have knowledge of what is on most people's radar in the whole commuter belt and the UK's rural areas simply because you live in one town/village outside London - unless you have some kind of superpower.

Well you did the same for London. 🤷‍♀️

No, I didn't. I said that I doubted that your assertion that this was a subject that didn't come up much on doorsteps was true because a local candidate told me he'd heard it a lot on the doorstep. I expressed doubt and gave an anecdote. You made a sweeping statement that you can't possibly back up.

Car crash interview with Bridget Phillipson.

On lk this morning.

Hold onto your hats.

Which is just as valid as your anecdote. Let’s face it neither of us have anything other than instinct and we’re both biased.

You don't seem to understand the difference between the two things so I'll leave it there.