If there was a GE today who would you vote for?

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Bit cheeky but I’m curious to see if there are genuinely any Tory voters out there at all following another disastrous week for Rishi Sunak.

So who would get your vote?

I‘ll go first, I would vote Labour. As much as I would love to hear more on policy and a firm grittiness from them, I do understand that Keir Starmer is doing the best he can, in that he can’t alienate a large proportion of the electorate so needs to toe the line.

Prob lib dems for radical reasons labour have no chance here in Gosport, Caroline dineage is our MP here she has been for quite some time, but I don't know why the decline in this town is evident, she only shows up for a photo opportunity, after the last 13 years its time for change

Same

Why? What have they done to improve your life over the past 13 years?

The country needs a radical overhaul, not 5 years of a slightly nicer Tory leadership (Starmer and his party).

Sunak the strong took the bold step of allowing you to buy diesel cars until 2035, although motor manufacturs won't be allowed to sell them.

How could they be worse? Look around you at the state of the country. Look at the state of our public services. Look at your own bank balance. Please tell me exactly how they could be worse?

if Labour got in now, COL crisis wouldn’t improve. Then who would we blame?

I’m not voting tories btw, but the state of cost/standard of living isn’t just happing in the U.K.

He has scrapped some bonkers proposals like the meat and veg tax, and the car share karaoke compulsion

But these weren't even real policies!

I'd vote for whomever would get rid of my Tory MP. Right now I'm not actually sure whether Labour or Lib Dem would be that party in my constituency because it seems to be close.

There are the resources.

Total wealth of UK billionaires
• 2013: £246 Billion
• 2023: £684 Billion

How has this been allowed to happen? Whilst ordinary people cannot pay the rent, feed their families or heat their homes. The Tories have wilfully enabled this and anyone who cannot see that is deluded.

@Mum1976Mum

How about Labour promising to make all schools so good that people wouldn’t want to pay for private rather than taking away that choice for most people unless you are super wealthy

Without raising taxes for better quality of staff that won’t leave in droves due to micromanagement, bureacracy and working hours? Without raising taxes for fixing broken classrooms and missing resources? Without raising taxes to deal with a failing society and antisocial behaviour that has made teachers jobs impossible?

How about Labour just promises a free unicorn for each voter which kids of wealthy parents can ride onto their amazingly good school of choice.

It would depend on the quality of the candidates in my local constituency. In this country we don’t vote for a party or a prime minister. Instead we vote for a local MP. And there are some excellent ones of different political persuasions that it would be a shame to lose from parliament.

Exactly. I wish people would vote on policies not personalities. It's ludicrous.

Exactly this! 👏

Have you not been made at least 20% poorer in other ways during the Tory tenure? With real terms cuts in wages and the cost of living? I've certainly lost way more than that.

@StarDolphins

I’m not voting tories btw, but the state of cost/standard of living isn’t just happing in the U.K.

it’s not just happening in the UK. But ideological implementation of right wing policies since the 80s has meant that the UK is feeling the heat a lot more than your average family in say France or Germany.

I would spoil my vote. Don't know what Labour stand for, dislike the Tories and will never vote Lib Dem due to stance on self Id.

It feels really frightening to think that the Tories could win. I will be voting for Labour.

Labour.

And saying we don't vote for the PM is just the bollocks people tell themselves. Technically you vote for your local candidate but realistically people vote for a party and therfore the leader of the party.

@LyndaLaHughes where I live is lush actually. My bank balance is very healthy too.

Public services have been dreadful for ages: we removed our dc from state education in the early 2000's, in the late 90's the NHS refused to provide either of our children with grommets. We had to pay under the Blair government. Blair initiated PCTs and grew PFI beyond all reasonableness.

How can you say they are not real policies?

Sunak promised that he would bring honesty and integrity to politics and so if he says he is scrapping these bonkers policies then why would you disbelieve him.

Old George down the pub was telling me all about these kind of woke policies the other week.

If you're saying this, you're probably not a middle earner at all.

Exactly. I've seen people on 3 times (or more) the average saying their income is "modest". Some people have no idea.

Labour.
Tory party were canvassing here today. DH opened the door to them, said "not in million years" and calmly closed the door again. Summed it up for me too though I'd have probably argued with them on the doorstep.

Spot on! I remember when he replaced Truss and Johnson before thinking, thank god, someone who can hold his own on the world stage and be taken seriously...... and yet here we are and he's no where ...

@jgw1 oh come on.

Agree. The politicians with the patter are the most deceitful yet people can't see through the public persona.