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so now youve had chance to think about it....

264 replies

ThatVikRinA22 · 16/07/2010 23:14

are you happy with how you voted?

i currently work in the nhs and am about to go into policing within the next month. 2 areas that are about to get axed massively.

are you happy with how you voted? i am the only one in my household and in my workplace who feels i was true to my beliefs and is still happy with how i voted.

are you still happy or do you think your were duped?

i voted labour and i would again.

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Granny23 · 19/07/2010 11:10

Voted SNP as I always do. Only wish more of the usually SNP voters had done the same instead of 'voting Labour to keep the Tories out'. That really worked didn't it?

domesticsluttery · 19/07/2010 11:29

I voted Lib Dem in a constituency where we have a Lib Dem MP.

I feel very short changed.

I think I'll vote Plaid Cymru next time.

Deliaskis · 19/07/2010 11:36

I voted Conservative as always and would do so again, on the basis that I am, on the whole, in favour of smaller government.

In actual fact, the coalition is ideal for where my ideology lies, in the sense that I always valued a lot of lib dem policies but due to their inexperience, would never vote for them as would not have trusted them to actually govern on their own two feet.

Not saying I love all the cuts etc. that are coming, nobody does, but it is absolutely necessary and the inevitable result of years of Labour spending money we don't have.

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WhoKnew2010 · 19/07/2010 11:56

voted and canvassed lib dem for a very good lib dem mp.

but still.

couldn't have voted tory or labour. Tories all about reduction of the state and labour all about expanding it, no middle ground. both are too tribal for me.

next time only other option would be to vote green - and how does that help?

but still, would not canvass lib dem again. do feel suitably ashamed. although graduate tax would be a vast improvement that matters to me, glad no third runway at Heathrow (courtesy of Tories, bizarrely) and some effort to stop wasting money as labour have done

CrosswordGeekWantsChange · 19/07/2010 12:49

Tory, Happy

Sakura · 19/07/2010 13:19

Didn't vote because live abroad.
Would've voted Tory because I was so angry at Labour.
Would've regretted it.

civil · 19/07/2010 14:16

Malkuth - your MP is not Rees Mogg is it?

Yellowflowers · 19/07/2010 14:23

I voted Labour and would again. Am interested to see what the LibDems think though - your party is not so fluffy now after all huh?

JenaiMarrHePlaysGuitar · 19/07/2010 15:09

I voted Labour. DP voted Lib Dem as an Anything but the Tories vote.

I'm happy with mine, I think DP less so. We got a delightful Bullingdon boy, btw.

alleykitten · 19/07/2010 16:25

Voted Lib Dem, happy with outcome. My politics are more liberal than social democratic so the coalition doesn't bother me in the slightest - in fact I think it's great to have the Lib Dems in to temper the Tory right and there's obviously plenty of common ground on civil liberties etc. I can't see how they're going to survive it as a party though.

Malkuth · 19/07/2010 16:31

Civil, how did you guess?

Malkuth · 19/07/2010 16:40

And actually, to be fair to the man, he is supposed to be very pleasant. Just not the kind of person I want to represent my interests as he has absolutely no idea of what life is really like for the vast majority of his constituency.

JenaiMarrHePlaysGuitar · 19/07/2010 17:04

Malkuth - I saw him twice in the flesh, in the run up to the election, wearing an unfeasably large rosette. Once on the way home from work, and another walking through the village. I was going to talk to him the second time - I was really quite up for it (had a burning, topical and relevant question that i've forgotten) but some lady in expensive wellies leapt out of her Volvo and mobbed him. Honestly, you'd have thought he was, ummm, Elvis or Robbie Williams or something. She practically snogged him.

Strangely, on both occassions he was canvassing in some well-to-do (and bloody safe) areas, but didn't manage to make it as far as our (council) estate

civil · 19/07/2010 17:28

We live in Rees-Mogg's constituency. I think that the lib dems were a bit dishonest in suggesting that voting labour would let him in - it was voting lib dem that did it.

Lovely to be represented by a posh wally!

It was interesting to see that all those who 'wanted change' (tory) lived in beautiful, detached houses. Who did they want to change with, I wonder?

JenaiMarrHePlaysGuitar · 19/07/2010 17:34

I didn't think Dan Norris's campaign was all that though, tbh. Some horrible cheesey photos of him fox-bothering, and lots of childish sniping at Rees-Mogg. Which was just far, far too easy imo, him being a posh wally. I suspect that that backfired somewhat.

I was all excited, too. It was the first time I've been able to vote Labour (border changes meant we were in Lib Dem/Tory country before).

SanctiMoanyArse · 19/07/2010 18:06

I know Rees-Mogg's constituency very well (bridgwater girl by birth, my worka rea covered his locality) and it's a bit eeeek that you have him!

Mind, if I lived 200 yards along the road i'd have david davis!!!

longfingernails · 19/07/2010 20:25

I had my doubts about Jacob Rees-Mogg before the election but he seems to be an very good legislator. Then I saw him on BBC Parliament and he is an excellent speaker (even if you don't agree with what he is saying).

Watch his maiden speech

news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_8727000/8727409.stm?t=9169s

and his performance on the Budget

news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_8794000/8794966.stm

(abo ut 57 minutes in).

He is much better than most other MPs!

longfingernails · 19/07/2010 20:26

Sorry, I forgot to make the links

news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_8727000/8727409.stm?t=9169s

news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_8794000/8794966.stm

FrameyMcFrame · 19/07/2010 21:12

voted Labour as I always have done and Labour got in here (safe seat)
Two things about the Tories:

1:The Tories destroyed the working class communities in the 80s. We are now living with the results, 2nd generation benefit culture. Then the Tories try to blame this on Labour. Sorry, but no.

2:It's not a great thing that we are cutting the deficit fast at all. The pound is now getting stronger therefore our exports are more expensive in Europe and the rest of the world. We can't be competative and the balance of trade will suffer. There will be no growth and we'll be back in depression soon.

longfingernails · 19/07/2010 21:18

I wonder who said this?

"A weak currency arises from a weak economy which in turn is the result of a weak Government."

BarmyArmy · 19/07/2010 21:32

Can we just nail this "Labour cares about the poor and the Tories don't" rubbish once and for all?

Labour thinks that giving away other people's money to the poor will make their lives slightly more palatable, whilst ignoring the massive disincentive (to work, save, provide for one's own family) this creates.

FrameyMcFrame · 19/07/2010 22:14

so the Tories care about the poor then? If you lived in the North East in the 80s, you would know that the Tories did nothing while whole communities collapsed. That's why no Tory will ever win a seat up here or in scotland for that matter.

we can't afford a strong pound at the moment, we won't be able to export out of recession. what is the purpose of the pound being strong apart from giving us more euros to spend on holiday?

messytessy · 19/07/2010 22:22

I have always voted Labour and will continue to do so. However, I do think their spending spiralled out of control. I think it's great that money was put into schools, childcare and play facilities. But things such as free swimming and Child Trust funds are luxuries when the country is in so much debt. I am a low income single parent and I find swimming to be a relatively low cost activity in relation to so many other activities, for axample. It is true though - that Dave doesn't have any idea how hard this is really going to hit the poor and I truely hope that the government rethinks their idea to cut housing beneifir. It was the Tories who sold most of the social housing stock after all...This will really hit the poor - do the government think it is that simple for families to simply up sticks and move th cheaper accomadation. They don't seem to realise that families plan their lives around where they live - work, schools etc. How much damage could this potentially cause?

FrameyMcFrame · 19/07/2010 22:24

Oh and Gordon did say that, but it doesn't apply to a global recession where all your neighbours currencies are going down the toilet.

said · 19/07/2010 22:33

I thought this was interesting in yesterday's Observer Especially this bit:

"The chancellor of the exchequer, George Osborne, has repeatedly pitted the DWP against other departments by claiming that the choice is between cutting the UK's annual £192bn welfare bill or slashing budgets in other areas such as schools, the police or transport. Sources say officials at the DWP are "frustrated" that the Treasury will not take into account the potential income raised from income tax and VAT as more people move into work."

That's because Osborne knows that there isn't likely to be a shift into employment in the private sector. And/or where jobs are created they will be low-paid so not significant sources of tax revenue.