General Election 2010
 

Mods any chance of a sticky for the net 4 weeks...?

Post your general election related musings here. I'll open an anonymous (of course) poll, keep track of how we're voting :)

Dunno if anybody saw the programme on bbc2 last night about the history of televised debates, very interesting stuff, certainly from the U.S where there have been elections lost pretty much down to one thing said or done during the televised debates. Really looking forward to watching them over here, I think Brown will get hammered myself, he just doesnt have the charisma it seems the other 2 do. But its all about their teams behind them I guess....

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bugger, i've set the poll to close 20th april, can a lovely mod change that to be 7th may 2010. ta

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Gonna be tight this time, I think.

I'm gonna "Vote for Change" because:

1. present govt have run out of steam
2. they didn't save for a rainy day when times were good
3. they finance huge public spending by selling the nation's gold reserves
4. no boom and bust? Yeah, right :rolleyes:
5. we are the most "watched" nation on earth
6. ID cards will be back on the agenda
7. we are taxed to high heaven
8. they won't tell us where the investment in public services went, i.e. bureaucrats rather than front line services/nurses
9. they took us into Iraq via a dodgy dossier
10. El Gordo has been raiding our savings/pension funds since 2001

I could go on.....

Not saying who I will vote for; saying who won't get my vote ;-)

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Stickied and the poll closing date should be sorted now.

I am really not sure who to vote for. Part of me thinks that I should be voting for someobdy who will do the best for the local community that I live in. Historically my area always goes the way of the Lib Dems.

I'd really like to be able to read what it is each party is actually going to do rather than listen or read about them slinging mud at each other...

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+1

Although I think El Gordo [J.Abba, Post #3] and his bunch of theives have had their day. So I'm leaning towards a change as well.

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i don't know who to vote for nobody has been round and nobody campaigning - which is always nice to see!
I vote for who give the public sector more money so I can keep my job - doesn't help really as that the scot Gov anyway.

Should the Scots vote for MP's in westminster?!?!

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If I'm honest I don't know.

I think Labour have lost a lot of public support due to the mistakes they have made and the mess the county now is in. Last general election was only the second time I could vote and due to being at uni I voted for Lib Dem as there was talk of removing uni fees (something that would have saved me and my parents a lot of money)

I want Labour out if I'm honest. But I don't know who can/will be any better. I know not all the manifests have been realised yet, but if one spoke about less tax on fuel, can see that swinging a lot of votes (but it would never happen as it is to much of a revenue earner).

I'm also of the view that unless you vote for one of the 3 main parties, your vote may as well of been wasted :confused:

My dad has said for a number of years that at the bottom of the voting slip there should be a box for none of the above and this should be disclosed how many voters have ticked this box!

Meh.... off to research my local area and see which party will benefit us best, as well as what national party will benfit me and drew best! :confused:

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I don't need to research, I and my family will always vote for the party we always have voted for. No wavering voter here that needs to be swayed by cheap gimmicks.

Lets just say it won't be that lying thieving bunch currently planning to raid even more from the honest hard working brit.

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Vote for 2 or more and the paper is 'spoilt'. The number of spoilt papers is returned at the same time as the result.

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I know that.

But that's not the same as saying.... I don't trust none of the above to run the country! For all they know your just an idiot who couldn't follow instructions and ruined your paper! ;)