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If we had a General Election next week who would you vote for and why?

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IdaBWells · 24/07/2019 17:07

I cannot personally vote as I have lived overseas for too long. Who would you vote for and why?

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SouthChinaSea234 · 24/07/2019 17:59

Would never vote for Corbyn. I would also be dubious about voting for a Labour party with a different head as the Trots have infiltrated the party structures and now control the whole machine.

LibDems would need to abandon their TWAW rubbish before I would consider them. Ditto Greens.

I had a lot of time for TM. But the Conservatives have failed to deliver over the past three years so do not deserve to be re-elected.

Would never consider Brexit party.

So I guess that leaves me politically unrepresented.

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sunglasses123 · 24/07/2019 18:02

I always wonder why Diane Abbott gets in time and time again. Who on earth votes for her. Is she a good MP? I always think she literally sounds like she has lost the plot everytime she speaks and that its almost like she has been pushed on the world stage in error.

Does anyone ever remember that Nigerian chap who was assumed to be someone else being interviewed by the BBC in error. He looked like a rabbit in headlights. She reminds me of him! Can anyone really imagine her as Home Secretary.

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tomtom1999xx · 24/07/2019 18:03

Conservatives.

Because they’re the only party with a bit of common sense.

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sunglasses123 · 24/07/2019 18:04

Yes re the Trots. JC is so out of his depth. Has no real ideas, only protests against others.

I wonder if the Conservatives would do a deal with the Brexit Party and try and win that way. I heard Nigel Farage speak once and although I don't agree with everything he says he is not to be underestimated at all.

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maxbabi · 24/07/2019 18:08

I always think ppl that hate Diane Abbott are racists.
Labour have and always will have my vote

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Kubo · 24/07/2019 18:12

For the first time in my adult life, there is no one I want to vote for.

If it came to it, I might vote Lib Dem, because not voting would feel horrendous. And I have slightly more confidence that the TWAW nonsense is more likely to fizzle out of its own accord as more and more people see it for what it is. Though I was very disappointed to see Swinson parroting the mantra on the eve of her election.

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SouthChinaSea234 · 24/07/2019 18:13

I think Diane Abbot is a brilliant constituency MP.

She may not impress on TV but compared with some of the shower BJ is currently appointing she is a star.

Still wouldn’t vote Labour though!

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StoorieHoose · 24/07/2019 18:15

SNP
can't being myself to vote Tory. Scottish labour are practically extinct. Cant vote for the Lib Dem and their wokeness

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IncognitaIgnorama · 24/07/2019 18:18

I don't dislike Abbott because I'm racist or sexist - just because she's hypocritical on private education and comes across as ferociously dim (despite her Oxbridge education) and utterly incompetent Hmm

Will probably spoil my ballot - LibDems are neither Liberal nor Democratic, and think sex isn't biologically determined; Labour refuse to sort out their institutional antisemitism; Tories have been bollocksing around for since 2016 and still haven't managed Brexit. I know that Screaming Lord Sutch is dead, but do the Monster Raving Loonies still live?!

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Spudlet · 24/07/2019 18:18

MoaningMinnie Not Liz Truss is it? She’s mine and she’s a waste of oxygen.

I honestly don’t know. I know it wouldn’t be Conservative - Boris Johnson is repugnant and they are the party responsible for this mess. I despise them.

And probably not Labour - I don’t think anything to Jeremy Corbyn and I don’t like the way they’re not dealing with anti-semitism, or their dithering over Brexit.

Honestly, I may as well not have a vote, living in a true blue place like this, and I certainly may as well not have an MP with that woman in post. But I’d probably go Green as I did for the EU elections, or Lib Dem.

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BonnesVacances · 24/07/2019 18:19

Lib Dem. I think they'd have a chance in my constituency too as it was Lib Dem once and they voted to remain. It's a shame as my MP is a great constituency MP. But I'll not be responsible for voting the Tories in again.

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TFSRM · 24/07/2019 18:20

Lib dem

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BoronationStreet · 24/07/2019 18:20

I could NEVER vote conservative but I really don't like Corbyn either. I'd vote Lib Dem or not at all.

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lharris1 · 24/07/2019 18:21

Lib dem

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nagynolonger · 24/07/2019 18:22

Never voted Tory and never will.

LibDems are another no. How the hell can anyone trust them after the Nick and Dave show, and university fees? They sold their souls for a ministerial car.

Would have considered myself a Labour voter but never again. What a shower of shite. I dislike Diane Abbott but not because of her skin colour. I'm not in any way a racist.

That leaves the Greens and Brexit. I like the idea of voting green but not sure really.

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justswanning · 24/07/2019 18:23

Lib Dem - both of the other parties have weak or incompetent leaders.

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FreshFreesias · 24/07/2019 18:24

Brexit Party: I also like the SDP but they have an undeservedly low profile.

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SabineSchmetterling · 24/07/2019 18:26

My MP is currently a Change UK MP. I think I’d probably vote for her again. I suppose I’ll have to wait and see what party she belongs to by the time an election is called as Change UK feels like it’s a bit of a failed project.

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Wasabiaddiction · 24/07/2019 18:26

Conservatives without a question


Would never vote for a neo Marxist antisemite.

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Normandy144 · 24/07/2019 18:28

Lib Dems. I would never ever vote Tory. A vote for Tory could lead to further cosying up with Farage and a cabinet that is so far removed from my views... Priti Patel for Home Secretary? Please.
Can't vote Labour until they sort themselves out. So for now, as a remainer, i only have one option. I agree that the TWAW thing is concerning but the alternative is far worse.

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Hidingtonothing · 24/07/2019 18:31

None of them are really giving us many reasons to vote for them tbh. I'm more politically homeless than I've ever been (and I know I'm far from alone) so we'll see whether any of them actually put in enough effort to win me over I suppose Confused

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lovelyupnorth · 24/07/2019 18:31

Lib Dem - but also live in a safe Lib Dem seat

What’s TWAW? Seem to have missed that one.

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lovelyupnorth · 24/07/2019 18:32

Used to vote Tory but never again and couldn’t contemplate labour.

My main vote will be with my feet.

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sunglasses123 · 24/07/2019 18:38

Max - please don’t use the race card on DA. It’s nothing to do with anything. She is hopeless, comes across as completely out of her depth. Typically some do try and close down conversations using the race card.

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Yaflamingalah · 24/07/2019 18:38

Labour need to remember who they are supposed to represent before they would get my vote again

Interesting. I genuinely have no idea who Labour are now supposed to be representing, or indeed, who would vote for them.

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