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"The pub landlord makes a lot of sense " My cousins husband is al murrays double.. It's quite uncanny! | |||
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"** Warning! Warning! Replies in this thread are likely to be tainted by posters individual political bias. Approach with caution! Approach with caution! **" Haha.. I expect so but that's the same with any political conversation. | |||
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"Above minimum wage job -conservative Unemployed - labour Minimum wage job - you're kinda fucked regardless so monster raving loony party." Oh crap.. I'm just going back to work part time as my lad starts school. Monster Raving Loony it is then.. | |||
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"Above minimum wage job -conservative " That will result in a LOT more people getting fired. Because think about it..... | |||
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"I won't be voting this time around. I don't agree with the standards or outright hypocrisy of the candidate for the party of my choice. Given that I don't wholly agree with the other parties I'll be abstaining. " I'd spoil my vote rather than abstain. Perhaps with a dick doodle by the candidates name. | |||
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"I won't be voting this time around. I don't agree with the standards or outright hypocrisy of the candidate for the party of my choice. Given that I don't wholly agree with the other parties I'll be abstaining. I'd spoil my vote rather than abstain. Perhaps with a dick doodle by the candidates name. " | |||
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"I won't be voting this time around. I don't agree with the standards or outright hypocrisy of the candidate for the party of my choice. Given that I don't wholly agree with the other parties I'll be abstaining. I'd spoil my vote rather than abstain. Perhaps with a dick doodle by the candidates name. " This is what I've done previously.. Not the dick doodle bit though | |||
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"This is what I've done previously.. Not the dick doodle bit though " I think it adds gravitas to your protest, and a smile on your face as you walk out | |||
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"Take into consideration. is your local constituency a strong hold for any one party? Mine is so regardless of who I vote for it never changes. If yours changes with elections then have a look at the manifestos to see which fits your circumstances the best. It will be a close one again that's for sure!" It was labour for a long long time. Probably to do with the coal mining area then it changed to Tory for a bit, then back to labour for 3 elections then the Tories pinched it back last time. | |||
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"Regardless of how I intend to vote, I can't understand how anyone would want more of the same with this government. They are pure scum. " Not pure scum, more filthy scum | |||
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"I won't be voting this time around. I don't agree with the standards or outright hypocrisy of the candidate for the party of my choice. Given that I don't wholly agree with the other parties I'll be abstaining. I'd spoil my vote rather than abstain. Perhaps with a dick doodle by the candidates name. " Oh yeah I always vote even if it's for the rank outsider as a protest to the other choices ~ Emily Pankhurst didn't throw herself under the horse for us not too... | |||
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"I won't be voting this time around. I don't agree with the standards or outright hypocrisy of the candidate for the party of my choice. Given that I don't wholly agree with the other parties I'll be abstaining. I'd spoil my vote rather than abstain. Perhaps with a dick doodle by the candidates name. Oh yeah I always vote even if it's for the rank outsider as a protest to the other choices ~ Emily Pankhurst didn't throw herself under the horse for us not too... " A thing people forget...folk died so that we can vote...so don't waste it... | |||
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"For me the voting system is broken...proportional representation needs to be the way forward...would give the whole country a more balanced political map... " could not agree more | |||
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"What are peoples thoughts on making it compulsory to vote? I think I'm in favour, even though some have said it's "undemocratic" to force people to vote... while I can kinda see the logic in that, I'd still rather see everyone over 18 voting. " As you have said it's undemocratic to force people to vote. Therefore I will never be in favour. | |||
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"I won't be voting this time around. I don't agree with the standards or outright hypocrisy of the candidate for the party of my choice. Given that I don't wholly agree with the other parties I'll be abstaining. I'd spoil my vote rather than abstain. Perhaps with a dick doodle by the candidates name. Someone in head office might do a copy of that doodle And frame it and put it up on the wall Something to remember you by..In the Council chamber.. " | |||
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"Green Party if you like blue sky thinking and want to live in Utopia. " Have you seen how they run the one council they control it's laughable schoolchildren would do better | |||
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"Dick Doodle has better prospects than TUSC " Sad but true. | |||
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"Above minimum wage job -conservative That will result in a LOT more people getting fired. Because think about it....." Hired you mean right? Employment back to pre recession levels. The rate that people are being employed is double that of Germany putting us at number one in the EU for employment increase with Germany second. 11,000 people a week coming off job seekers and into employment. | |||
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"Dick Doodle has better prospects than TUSC Sad but true. " There's is the only political broadcast that perked my interest. Unless the system changes there's no point voting for little parties though. | |||
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"** Warning! Warning! Replies in this thread are likely to be tainted by posters individual political bias. Approach with caution! Approach with caution! **" hahaha | |||
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"Echoing what a few state - you're voting for your local MP, who will represent you and your area, so take a look at the local candidates. For the parties - Conservatives: deep cuts planned in the near future, but refuse to say to what. Leaks state cuts in child benefit, to in work benefits, affecting middle/working classes and families hard. Expect more cuts to out of work benefits too. Aim to clear deficit, but said that last time and didn't. Referendum in a couple of years promised on EU membership. Labour: continuing some cuts, but not as steep as Cons in short-term. Aiming to clear deficit during this 5 year parliament. NO EU referendum. LibDem: some cuts planned to public services and benefits. Not expected to retain many seats, due to reneging on their promises last time. Greens: Liberally minded, reductions to austerity, focus on Green employment for renewables. Protections increased for working/out of work people. UKIP: EU exit. Party is bankrolled by multi-millionaires, so expect their agenda to be top priority. Potentially end to legal protection, discrimination, job rights and rights gained due to EU membership. Various other odd parties, depending on your constituency. Some bias here - I'm undecided but not feeling trustworthy of Conservatives, due to failed promises or UKIP, as think losing EU membership would lead to drop in investments here and businesses leaving - as well as believing in strong rights and protection." "Leaks state cuts in child benefit, to in work benefits, affecting middle/working classes and families hard". It was actually Danny Alexander (I think that's the right name, LibDem wallah in the treasury?) who asked for ideas on how to cut the welfare budget, and Tories rejected the above ideas... now he's "leaked" (splashed it all over the news!) it, trying to smear the Conservatives! I don't much trust any politicians, but I think with the last 5 years track record of putting the economy back on track, and a sure-fire vote on being in or out of the EU, I know who I'm voting fort this time around. | |||
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"Keep it simple if you value nhs instead of it being privatised dont vote tory. If you think it infair less well off and vulnerable are relyong on food banks to survive then dont vote tory. If you think it unfair that same day day bedroom tax came in the rich got 140k tax rebate then dont vote tory." Fun fact top 10% of earners pay 90% of all income tax. | |||
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"For me the voting system is broken...proportional representation needs to be the way forward...would give the whole country a more balanced political map... " This. With PR, each vote counts. With FPTP, if you're in a safe seat for a party you don't like, or if you favour one of the minority parties, there's often little point in voting. | |||
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"Above minimum wage job -conservative That will result in a LOT more people getting fired. Because think about it..... Hired you mean right? Employment back to pre recession levels. The rate that people are being employed is double that of Germany putting us at number one in the EU for employment increase with Germany second. 11,000 people a week coming off job seekers and into employment. " Really? You believe that? That 11,000 people coming of job seekers are all going into employment? | |||
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"Above minimum wage job -conservative That will result in a LOT more people getting fired. Because think about it..... Hired you mean right? Employment back to pre recession levels. The rate that people are being employed is double that of Germany putting us at number one in the EU for employment increase with Germany second. 11,000 people a week coming off job seekers and into employment. Really? You believe that? That 11,000 people coming of job seekers are all going into employment? " That's the figure of people going into work averaged out into "weeks" not the figure for people comming off job seekers into education etc. Which may be higher but I havnt seen statistics for that. | |||
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"Choose the one you think is the least worst." You can also apply this advice to taking a life partner. | |||
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"I really don't know who to vote for. I'll hold my hands up and say ive only voted a couple of times in the past and not really paid much attention to the whole thing as they all seem to be a bunch of bullshitting idiots. But this year I want to start voting properly. I've been on a couple of 'who should I vote for' websites and tbh I don't even understdnd half of the points they raise.. I know it's terrible! But it's pickling my brain and I want to understand it better so I can make my vote on the party who is best for me. Can anyone point me in the right direction of the main points (in plain English) that each party have? TIA.. X " Difficult choice. Do you vote for the party you want in power or for your local constituent? Where I live, we had the Conservative candidate in post for decades, even when Labour ran the country. Personally, I have no idea who to vote for this time round, they all seem to be squabbling, ripping each other into shreds and generally behaving like silly school kids. Not sure if I want any of them deciding how the country should to be run. Sorry, this is no help to you, is it!? | |||
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"Choose the one you think is the least worst. You can also apply this advice to taking a life partner." | |||
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"I'm too lazy to read all the posts, but check out voteforpolicies . org Pick the most important issues to you, and it should tell you which party you're most aligned to. " I came out 50:50 Labour/Green | |||
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"I won't be voting this time around. I don't agree with the standards or outright hypocrisy of the candidate for the party of my choice. Given that I don't wholly agree with the other parties I'll be abstaining. " this is daft. protest vote is a spoilt ballot. | |||
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"This is certainly very personal. Essentially there is no right or wrong answer it really comes down to what you believe fits with your personal beliefs the best. Left wing - Labour (They firmly believe in the state - and to a certain extent believe everyone should be equal). Right Wing - Conservative (They firmly believe in enterprise, industry and Entrepreneurship. They believe that everyone has a duty to pay their own way life and that (with a few exceptions) as a society we shouldn't rely on the state for handouts. Middle - Lib Dems - they are effectively a mixture of the 2. " Jesus - New Labour and Socialism parted company a long time ago. Labour essentially are 'Tories lite' The Tories hate anyone who earns under 50K a year Lib Dems......who? UKIP - are you Enoch Powell in disguise? Greens.... HAHAHAHA | |||
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"This is certainly very personal. Essentially there is no right or wrong answer it really comes down to what you believe fits with your personal beliefs the best. Left wing - Labour (They firmly believe in the state - and to a certain extent believe everyone should be equal). Right Wing - Conservative (They firmly believe in enterprise, industry and Entrepreneurship. They believe that everyone has a duty to pay their own way life and that (with a few exceptions) as a society we shouldn't rely on the state for handouts. Middle - Lib Dems - they are effectively a mixture of the 2. Jesus - New Labour and Socialism parted company a long time ago. Labour essentially are 'Tories lite' The Tories hate anyone who earns under 50K a year Lib Dems......who? UKIP - are you Enoch Powell in disguise? Greens.... HAHAHAHA " In summary, most of us are pretty much fucked whatever we do. | |||
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"This is certainly very personal. Essentially there is no right or wrong answer it really comes down to what you believe fits with your personal beliefs the best. Left wing - Labour (They firmly believe in the state - and to a certain extent believe everyone should be equal). Right Wing - Conservative (They firmly believe in enterprise, industry and Entrepreneurship. They believe that everyone has a duty to pay their own way life and that (with a few exceptions) as a society we shouldn't rely on the state for handouts. Middle - Lib Dems - they are effectively a mixture of the 2. Jesus - New Labour and Socialism parted company a long time ago. Labour essentially are 'Tories lite' The Tories hate anyone who earns under 50K a year Lib Dems......who? UKIP - are you Enoch Powell in disguise? Greens.... HAHAHAHA In summary, most of us are pretty much fucked whatever we do." Not quite, Comrade. | |||
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"This is certainly very personal. Essentially there is no right or wrong answer it really comes down to what you believe fits with your personal beliefs the best. Left wing - Labour (They firmly believe in the state - and to a certain extent believe everyone should be equal). Right Wing - Conservative (They firmly believe in enterprise, industry and Entrepreneurship. They believe that everyone has a duty to pay their own way life and that (with a few exceptions) as a society we shouldn't rely on the state for handouts. Middle - Lib Dems - they are effectively a mixture of the 2. Jesus - New Labour and Socialism parted company a long time ago. Labour essentially are 'Tories lite' The Tories hate anyone who earns under 50K a year Lib Dems......who? UKIP - are you Enoch Powell in disguise? Greens.... HAHAHAHA In summary, most of us are pretty much fucked whatever we do. Not quite, Comrade. " Ooh I say, that furry hat suits you | |||
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"For me the voting system is broken...proportional representation needs to be the way forward...would give the whole country a more balanced political map... This. With PR, each vote counts. With FPTP, if you're in a safe seat for a party you don't like, or if you favour one of the minority parties, there's often little point in voting. " Whilst PR sounds good in theory, and appears fairer, there is one massive downside. Let's say the result is : Labour 160 seats Tory 160 seats UKIP 120 Liberal 120 seats Greens 40 seats Others ; the balance. EVERY single MP selected will be career politicians selected from party lists of the party elite and sycophants. | |||
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" EVERY single MP selected will be career politicians selected from party lists of the party elite and sycophants." And this is different from the current system how exactly? | |||
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"I'm too lazy to read all the posts, but check out voteforpolicies . org Pick the most important issues to you, and it should tell you which party you're most aligned to. " Quite handy that....thank you. I came out 50% ukip, 33% labour and 17% green. Might still do a do, lol | |||
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"I'm too lazy to read all the posts, but check out voteforpolicies . org Pick the most important issues to you, and it should tell you which party you're most aligned to. Quite handy that....thank you. I came out 50% ukip, 33% labour and 17% green. Might still do a do, lol" No worries, glad to help | |||
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