If there was a general election this week, how would you vote?

[TheDullWitch]

OK, quick poll inspired by David Willetts thread. Answer...

1. How you would vote
2. Who you usually vote for
3. Main issue/personality/event which has made your decision.

The poll difference is definitely due to MNers being way left of the average person in the UK. I can't vote here, but I'll join the poll for the sake of conversation:

1 Tory
2 Torry
3 Because Gordon Brown is not fit to run a village, let alone the whole United Kingdom. But, fear not, because this financial crash will end the Labour government. And, of course, the Tories are well positioned to step in.

I have met William Hague as well. He is fab!!

yep sunshine is right
3-day week came courtesy of the conservative gov

LOL I just dug out my old history books to check.

So child genius, but shockingly bad that I don't remember the dates having studied that period (in some detail) at university. Suspect fabulous free education was wasted on me after all.

1. Green
2. Green, Labour before that.
3. Never Tory in a million years, but some of what Labout have done has driven me mad, especially Iraq, Academy schools, PFI. In my constituency there is a very vague chance the Greens may just do it. Nothing more important than climate change and one Green voice in parliament would be a huge step forward.

Shudder to think of Cameron as PM. Remember the Conservatives, they were horrific and all that is wrong with Labour now is that they aped so many of their policies and ideas.

Oops, labour not labout!

Some people's grasp of political history on here is dubious to say the least!

Yes, 3 day week was early 70s under Heath, and Thatcher froze grants and introduced student loans not Major. I started uni in 1990 and had a loan - so I left uni with debt thanks to Thatcher.

Winter of Discontent was Labour in 1978, which heralded Thatcher's victory in 1979.

add them up and see hwere we are then

those who are members of NM too would be good if you could vote on there as we can't do proper polls here, and it would give a more balanced view as users of each site are... kinda different - just a bit

i'll never forget sitting up all night back in 1997..watching labour finally slaughter the torys... what a night...bloody brilliant!

I wouldnt bother to vote, because whoever you vote for in the UK, the government always gets in.

daftpunk, have to ask you the question everyone asks about that wonderful night - "were you still up for Portillo?"

It was such a beautiful sight - nothing warms the cockles of my heart like the sight of weeping Tories!

1. Labour - but hardly with a spring in my step.Might even consider Lib Dem or Green as fairly Tory area.

2.Labour - always have.

1. Grew up on Teesside in 70's and 80's and was student in Liverpool during mid 80's. Sort of hardens your resolve never to vote for the Conservatives. Am also mindful that the world has changed a lot since 1997 and current government might be best to handle globa financial crisis, even if they did contribute to current downturn. Am seriously disillusioned though.

spongebrainbigpants (great name btw)

oh we stayed up all night...it was brilliant ...i'll never forget it.

Not everyone left uni with debt in the 90s and I'm sure there were still maintenance grants. I started uni in 1992 and my housemate definitely had a grant.

I never got a grant and I left with a debt of only £800 - I worked in a shop at weekends while I was there and paid off any overdraft I had through working through all of the holidays. Plenty of people I know left with huge debts because they pissed the money up the wall, not because they couldn't have lived on any less (I'm not saying this is everyone's case before I get jumped on).

1. Tory

1. Tory

1. Beacause I would quite rightly be labelled a champagne socialist and I think Maggie Thatcher is fab fab fab

mummypoppins

you have my pity

Don't be so bloody patronising

1. Labour
2. Labour
3. The alternative is just too smarmy terrifying to contemplate

A champagne socialist who votes Tory and thinks Maggie was fab?? Confusing.

daftpunk, one to tell the grandchildren I think!! I was vote counting in York and had two Tories stood in front of me all night making sure I counted the vote correctly - I had great fun commenting on how large the Labour pile of votes was! Heady heady days - where did it all go wrong?

wook, no I didn't get it either! But then I never get anyone thinking MT was fab - hideous woman.

gobble, no I didn't piss it up the wall, yes I did work, yes there were grants but they were frozen in 1990 and I studied in London so it didn't got very far.

go very far I mean!

1. Labour (with a heavy heart)
2. Labour
3. I have been scaring myself actually because I have flirted with the idea of voting Tory but I just don't think I could do it, goes against all mt principles and working class background. although I have to say I like Cameron far more than Brown and I think he would make a much better PM. But then I think Blair should never have left.

1. Labour
2. Labour.
3. Because I think Gordon Brown is a good man who has been royally shafted by Blair but is the only oen who has the ability to get us through current crisis.

1. Tory
2. Tory
3. Because I am a lifelong tory, I believe in smaller govenment and less regulation, and though the tories may not be so clear in direction these days, I could never bring myself to vote Labour, the last 11 years being a case in point.

Thingmajig - I respect your pov but how do you feel now that everything is being 're-nationalised'? How would the Tory's deal with the current situation without doing similar? Let the market manage itself? Genuinely curious (though dd crying so may not be around to offer any counter arguments).