Does anyone find themselves politically homeless?

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Does anyone else find them selves politically homeless come the may elections?

I can vote SNP, not after what they have done and continue to do to women. They education system is in tatters and they don't seem to be doing anything about it. Though I'm a long standing independence supporter, I won't support then at the cost of women.

Labour - they just follow the rule of Westminster, and not a fan of kier starmer.

Lib dem- nope.

Green's-nope

Torys- only one standing up for women but over all the country's in a shambles due to previous administrations decisions. Again they they their orders from main Westminster party.

Feel like just putting a big line through my paper 🙃

I’m in ireland and i feel the same. Most political parties have odd policies that dont match up with how the average voters view things. The only parties left are the smaller parties that seem a bit ‘crazy’ and I wouldn’t want then in power either.

Same, and not Worthing voting for. It makes me really sad what's happened to The SNP tbh.

Yep not a clue who I'm going to vote for in May 😢

I have never been an SNP supporter, but I too am homeless. There is so little clear talent or vision displayed by any of our candidates. I would vote for someone who had a clue about economic policy and could bring real growth to Scotland .

I do think we need some reform ( as in change, not the party) in Holyrood. The lack of a second chamber to actually reflect on the legislation passed, has a lot to do with the mess we let ourselves get in to. But I hate the idea of even more cost being wasted on the talking heads.

Yes. The only time I have ever pleased that we were still part of the union, was when Westminster stepped in and put a stop to self ID. Thank. God.

I have real issues with voting for any of the parties who are connected to a Westminster party, just because they are not fully independent and therefore might make decisions which are best for their WM chiefs rather than what they actually think is best for Scotland. I wish they had all started entirely separate parties when Holyrood was formed.
For that reason I voted SNP for a few elections (before the corruption!) but now struggle with them too.

For the last couple of elections I've voted for the candidate who is most likely to stand up for local issues, against their own party if applicable. On the list I've voted tactically on a least worst basis.

But yes, a left of centre party that's not a wet lettuce or controlled by WM would be very welcome.

I am also politically homeless, having been a Labour voter my whole life.

But not any more - this immigration policy is disgusting.

I can't vote SNP because the education system is such a mess, and I worry that Greens will be more of the same.

Lib Dem? Do they stand for anything? Can I forgive them for 2010?

Labour voter although I did vote for independence. I like Anas Sarwar and believe he's been let down by Starmer and the government's poor performance.

I don't know if I can vote for them this time around. But who else is there?

Me. I don't think I can vote SNP because I have disagreed with their approaches towards women.

There are issues with the country, but looking globally, it isn't just a Scotland thing or the fault of the SNP.

Not sure on Lib Dem and Labour.

Tories and Reform would never get my vote - i am not a racist ghoul.

Greens - i find Ross Greer to be an undereducated and overeager post-highers S6 child put in a position of power because he doesn't stop arguing with people even when fundamentally incorrect.

I will always be a Green at heart. But the Green Party has slowly moved away from a lot of the reasons I loved it - sustainability, environmentalist and social justice matter but the last few years of constant argument, vicious verbal attacks and lack of consistency have taken over.

I hate politicians more and more every minute. I'm actually an American immigrant so have been left adrift back there as well. I think there's a massive problem with politics in that the people who are inclined to try to be powerful in that sphere are typically exactly the people I don't want there. It either pays too much or not enough or there's not enough support for normal people or something... there's something inherently broken about how it all works (more so in the states but also here).

I have voted SNP for years but I can't actually see how to keep doing that.

My local MSP is a force for good and I agree with his stance on contentious local issues. I will vote for him. However, I don’t care for any party at the moment. All I care about is keeping Reform out. That’s my main voting criteria.

Yes, I’m really struggling to know who to vote for.

I was a “Yes” voter previously but have entirely lost trust in the SNP to run a country or manage a transition. Their position on women’s rights is an absolute deal breaker. I’m not sacrificing women and girls for independence.

The Greens and LibDems are out on that basis too (and the fact that the Green candidates are mostly people I wouldn’t want on my community council let alone in parliament.)

I’m a politically centre left floating voter so the Tories arent an option for me, aligning on women’s rights isn’t enough to get my vote when I disagree on everything else.

Anas Sarwar might just squeak my vote if he keeps saying the right things about men in women’s prisons, but it’s hard to trust Scottish Labour when the Westminster party is so unreliable on this topic.

I don’t believe in spoiling your ballot so I’ll have to pick someone. Which is a really depressing way to select a candidate.

Yes I do feel politically homeless, and this is why.

The population of the UK has grown by approximately 9.6 million in the last 20 years, largely from immigration, according to the ONS. Our birth rate is now so low, net migration was over sixteen times that of the net birthrate in 2024.

I acknowledge that this has brought many benefits including skilled workers and people prepared to work hard for low wages, but it has also had a profound effect on our society, on resources and our culture.

I, like the majority of people (according to YouGov) are concerned about the level of immigration in the U.K, but both Labour and the Conservatives have failed to tackle it despite the promises made in their manifestos

My hope was Reform would provoke Labour take action, but this is looking increasingly unlikely by the hour.
Initially Reform couldn’t be taken seriously as a Government, as they lacked experience and credibility, but Labour has shown us a new “low bar” on competence and credibility.

The May local elections will be interesting to say the least.

Totally.

I'm over 60. I was a pretty committed Labour supporter until Blair. Still voted for them but hissing through my teeth at them moving so far to the right.

I've voted Lib Dem for years to keep Tories out where we live, and it works. The local Lib Dems are great, to be fair, but Davey is an embarassing joke.

Labour have been rubbish for years.
Tories are self-serving and shifty.
Refrom - self-serving, shifty and malign
Greens don't know what a woman is.

Where are the intelligent, morally sound politicians whose aim isn't to get on telly and secure a lucrative after dinner speaker career or a cushy ambassadorial role somewhere the money goes further? I want politicians who have strong leadership without bloated egos - a passion for serving their country not ruling it or bleeding it dry. Politicans with a vision for now and the future, who can see how to negotiate foreign affairs fairly to our advantage, and devote themselves to the improved education, welfare, infrastructure and indistrial growth of our nation.

A PM with a centred, melodious speaking voice who can ad lib knowledgably and not rely on prep-school style heavy-handed rhetorical speechwriting would also be a blessing.

No one comes close, nor has for years. Except Obama in US.
We need a UK Obama.

You are right, voting tactically to keep Reform out is a very worthy goal. I don't know if I could swallow the vomit enough to vote Tory though, if that's what it took 😬

Yes, it would be a hard mark to draw. I suspect there will be more Reform/SNP run offs than Reform/Tory. That would be hard for me too as I’m slightly suspicious of what they actually stand for. But the rhetoric Farage is spouting makes me fear for my family.

I really wish they had let Andy Burnham run for MP. He would be a far better PM than keir starmer. That's keir starmer putting himself first instead of the country.

I hear you. It will be interesting to see what happens with Labour now that Anas Sarwar has stuck the knife into Keir.

There is no one single party which aligns totally with my values. I will however be following the sites which recommend tactical voting to stop the SNP which will - given my constituency - probably mean Labour on the constituency vote and Lib Dem or Conservative on the list vote.

I don't agree with any of the self-ID stuff which the Lib Dems are keen on, but the SNP is the bigger evil as far as I'm concerned.

Didn't know lib dems were fans of self ID. It's the reason I won't be voting SNP

I’m politically homeless in Wales:
Labour, giving money away whilst not caring about people dying in corridors or education or doing anything to make the economy grow.

Conservatives, in a mess, corrupt, mostly dodge any serious issue.
Plaid, Labour but nationalist and want to make Welsh more Welsh than it was before Norman times, thus dragging us back into the dark ages.
Greens, transmaidens and twats.

Reform: Spies for the Russians, will be delusional about need fo public spending.

They are all bad in different ways.

I forgot the Liberals but now I’ve remembered I will never forget the student loans decision, also trans maiden and pylon lovers!

I’ve no idea who I’m going to vote for. Have either voted SNP or Labour in past but can’t vote for either. No to Tories and hard no to Reform. Greens are totally bonkers and can’t see past their trans stuff. So Lib Dem or an independent?

In exactly the same position. Nope to the SNP for their big FU to women and all round general shitness, Labour have been so disappointing, Lib Dems have signed up to the gender woo nonsense and the Greens are batshit crazy. Wouldn’t vote Reform and I’d never have entertained voting Conservatives. Wonder whether to hold my nose and do it this one time though.

Such a shit position to be in when there’s not one decent party.

Alex Cole-Hamilton, the leader of the Scottish Lib Dems, is one of the biggest cheerleaders for self id and told a crowd that he'd 'done it all for Beth' in terms of the Lib Dems enthusiatically supporting the GRR bill.

Beth is pictured here.

I'm politically homeless.

What I would love to see is a new party, made up of those MSP's, across all parties, who have defied whips to vote with their own conscience and have been brave and spoken up for things they believe in, even under the threat of losing ministerial positions in punishment.