Who would you vote for in a general election tomorrow?

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If the next GE was tomorrow, who would you vote for? I've been unimpressed at decisions made by Labour since they came in and just don't have much faith in their long term plans. I've never even considered voting Tory, but also don't really see Labour doing much more to improve things for anyone. Will be interesting to see how things are in a few years time when the next GE comes round. Am I missing some really good stuff Labour are implementing?

I know others who have voted both Labour and Conservative and back again. My mum, some friends etc.
Of course I can be candid with you because this is anonymous. Some people might not want to admit who they vote for in person.

I have a very left leaning friend. I'd never tell her I'd voted Tory even if she asked, because it's not worth the grief 😂

I don’t think it’s that uncommon otherwise the red wall wouldn’t have switched in 2019.

I think there is an element of just not talking about it if people are very one side rather than floating voter.

I’m one of the excluded and hated Rishi with a passion but I survived with my staff in tact and now it’s labour who are making me have to close my business. It’s an utter shit show for SMEs and directors. I’m done after 25 years so congratulations to labour thats 6 more unemployed heading your way.

in answer to the OP, if I thought reform had a chance I’d vote them but unfortunately I think I’d have to vote Tory.

I think that can only be a good thing. People should be thinking about who they vote for and why, rather than just “party X because that’s who I’ve always voted for”

Probably Reform.

I’ve voted Tory before, and while I agree with some of their principles (like small government and lower public spending), I acknowledge that the pandemic has caused a massive hole in our economy. However, they failed to tackle immigration and the National Debt, which now has interest payments of £350 million a day. Their credibility is shot for many years to come.

I naively thought all parties would support the Brexit outcome, but the implementation was sabotaged by Remainers from all sides of the house, even though the Tories were “in charge.”

I’ve never voted Labour because I believe growth comes from business, not big government, public spending, or high taxation. The government’s spending spree has strangled what’s left of any confidence in the economy, and I believe we’re heading for big trouble.

Reform will probably be utter chaos and will want to slash public spending. They’ll have a showdown with the civil service and the markets, who have their own agendas.

But I hope we finally realise that we’ve given away our country to uncontrolled immigration and the bond markets, both of which are delighted.

What she said. ^

Word for word.

I don't think I've voted the same party in two consecutive general elections. I've voted Labour, Tory, LibDems and independent, over the 40+ years I've been a voter. I'm the classic "Mondeo (wo)man" as defined by Tony Blair, basically central politically. I've definitely voted Tory>Labour>Tory or vice versa in consecutive elections. Not voted for either Tory nor Labour in the last few GEs and have been voting independents or lib dems for the past 20 years or so as both major parties are just led by incompetent fools. Given lib dems have a poor leader and havn't a hope of getting many more seats, it's another wasted vote at the moment, so next time, unless Tories or Labour have a major reshuffle at the top and change their policies, it's Reform who'll get my vote unless we get a brilliant independent in our constituency. No way can I vote for Starmer or Badenock.

@taxguru but why Reform? I understand that both Tory and Labour are dead wood, but what do you expect Reform to do? or is this about just voting for someone?

Vague hope that Reform might actually do something about immigration, even if most of the damage is now done.

Do you really believe that immigration which still can be tackled (I mean those not on ILR/already have British passports) is the cause of our societal issue?

Don't you see that Reform will dismantle NHS and bring in US (not French, not German, but US) type of healthcare? that yes, our welfare must be reformed pronto for us all to survive but Nige is not the man to do this in remotely sustainable way?

I get protest vote, I do get it, but please read their policies carefully before voting and also watch carefully what Reform councils are doing.

People protest voted in 2016 - we got Brexit, look who's suffering the most because of it.
People protested Jezza in 2019 and voted Tory majority - if we had another coalition government then instead of blue landslide Brexit could've been softened.

People protest voted Tory out in 2024, just when some teeny tiny green shoots appeared and we have shit show government now.

Can we really afford/survive another protest vote?

If tomorrow? Labour. They’ve had a ginormous mess to clean up and a small part of me still wants to believe they’ll come good.

I would never, ever vote for reform. Their voters are the equivalent of Trump supporters in their maga hats completely out of touch with reality. The kinds of people who protest outside hotels and post pictures of themselves wrapped in union jacks with their misspelled banners, and when it’s pointed out to them that that particular hotel actually houses British-born domestic abuse victims and their children, and not a single immigrant, repeatedly by lots of different people providing evidence, they STILL have people posting their thanks and congratulations and how they wish they’d been there (true story from a few days ago).

Basically unhinged and blinkered people who refuse to listen to reason, because all they can see is their own agendas.

Fuck that.

What do you vaguely hope they might do?

Stop the boats and reduce legal immigration. I don't think I'm alone on this one...

How do suggest they do that? And why do you think they’ll be any better at it than anyone else? And did you mean to say reduce “illegal immigration”?

No idea, but they sound like they're more committed than Labour.

Yes I do mean reduce legal immigration.

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Show more contempt from your high horse - that will make sure more people will vote for Reform

You could be right, but it’s hard to believe (according to recent polls) that a third of voters are “unhinged and blinkered people”.

Labour have a couple of years to convince those voters to think otherwise, but I can’t see how that can happen now, with the usual spend > deficit > tax > recession > borrow spiral well underway.

Regardless, there’s a growing resentment against the two main parties, which is being displayed by people “threatening” to vote Reform.

Don’t think I don’t know this. I’m a lifelong labour voter but completely agree they need to start listening to people’s legitimate concerns about immigration. And there are legitimate concerns, of course. But the wilfully ignorant racist bandwagon jumpers will never have my sympathy. I’m done with them. It’s exhausting.

Before you vote can you please check in detail their policy as to what exactly they will do and then apply some critical thinking if it's going to work?

Rwanda scheme was positioned as a deterrent, we all remember what's happened to it.

Both Tory and Labour did sound committed to it but didn't sort this out. Just check the facts and vote with your head, not heart.

Of course I would, and with a large pile of salt on the side...

Trouble is, Labour hasn't kept any of their promises, just indulged in a shit show of bizarre, spiteful and counterproductive policies that are causing more damage than even they envisioned.

I don't trust Reform as far as I can throw them, and Kemi won't be Tory leader long enough to deliver anything practical.

The Greens & LibDems still deny science and think men can be women.

Which rather leaves most people without a sensible or even coherent choice.

https://pledgeprogress.co.uk/

What is Pledge Progress? Who started it? Did it exist before this government? Where does its money come from?

I googled carefully and looked through their website but found nothing.

And do they monitor what’s been said previously and then acted on? Like opposing WFA cuts and then introducing them? And then running scared and u-turning?

Or whether paying doctors a huge increase and then attracting more doctors’ strikes is a failed pledge?

It’s just an opinion one person blog that gets linked on here a lot by Labour pp.