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I vote for whoever does/proposes to the best job in my area as long as they are not Labour.
oh and Jabba i thought you could remember when Adam was a lad so didn't figure there was anyone older than you ;) only joking but couldn't resist

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I always vote. Like jabba said, if you don't vote, you can't complain. I do laugh at the Conservative slogan. Time for change. A conservative, by definition, is someone who does not like change. I shall vote green or UKIP, if I can. There's so many old people in my town, who vote Labour or Conservative 'because i always have' or 'because we're a LibDem family'. There's no real campaigning here, especially for younger voters, because it's the die-hards votes that they want. I'm personally fed up of the swing between Blues and Reds. The main 3 parties are now so far removed from what they originally stood for, that they really could almost be each other. I'm also annoyed, that online voting has not been put in place. Imagine if you could see your local candidates on your screen, read all about them, and then vote for who you like best. It's a rotten system, with rotten politicians who want power and money. If they were only paid as much as most people, would they still want their job? If there were no very well paid European jobs to try and get, would they still be interested in Europe? If their lives weren't so cushy and removed from yours, would they start caring about what you actually want or think?

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Excuse me! :shock:
The state of the economy in 1997 compared with today? Do me a favour :roll: The Conservatives took us through some hard medicine (breaking the unions etc. etc.) to deliver an economy in fine shape that Labour completely fecked up - selling off all the gold at the lowest possible price, declaring the end of boom and bust so they could spend like there's no tomorrow including spending all our pensions savings with nothing to show for it.

Hope the early poll results showing here continue and are reflected across the country.

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I have to admit I agree with this post

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Black Wednesday springs to mind.

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Always have and always will be a tory.
Labour have always been a taxing party, penalising the prosperous and the hard working.
They and no one else got us into this mess, i hope to god the tories get a chance to get us out of it.
Tough decisions and tough times ahead whoever runs the country so be prepared for some unpopular policies in the near future.

I have always wondered why when house prices started getting out of hand why labour didnt push for an interest rise to control them, instead let the bubble keep getting bigger and bigger until it burst leaving **** all over the place.

Ps im with Stu on this one

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I really don't know who the **** to vote for. They are all lying....but who's lying least?!

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+1

At least you are!
Some of the lads at work have said they aren't going to bother this year.:shock:
I broke out the 'many lives were laid down so you can vote' line and I think some may spoil they vote on purpose.
One said he'd vote Labour as they are proposing to keep recycling bins rather than recycling sacks.

So I guess votes that get cast for reasons like this are at least better than 'red's my favorite color' or 'I'll vote lib dem cos I voted conservative last time'.

Unfortunately many voters are loosing sight of why we vote and instead prefer moaning about who to vote for, tho I share many of their frustrations.

Rant over.

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Jesus!
The only thing I'm really concerned about is who's going to sort out the economy (if at all) in the most sensible way.
Labour have cocked up with the gold etc. and whatever else, but the criticism the media are giving the conservatives' sums threw me a bit (but then again who's side are the media on...).
And I kind of ruled off the lib dems after they were described as 'off their nut' to me, but I've just realised I can't remember who said it and whether they're stupid or not so they're an option again.
Will attempt to look for somewhere with all the facts written out closer to the time.
I found the 'aboutmyvote' website but got distracted by all the 'are you registered to vote' crap, I'm assuming I'm registered to vote...they sent a poll card to my house.

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If you dont vote, then dont moan, only the majority can make a difference.