Who will you vote for?

[Octopus]

It's a foregone conclusion who will get the seat here. For me I think my protest vote will go to the person or party I despise the least I hate the entire tory front bench with a fiery passion, the back benches are little better. The labour front bench is tory lite.
Cleggy and his lib dems cannot lie straight in bed at night, they sold their souls for a seat at the big table and the notion of having a hand on the reins. From what I can make out they've had nothing of the sort.
Farage and his happy bunch are isolationists who will ruin the country if they get anything handed to them on a plate.
The Greens have too many silly ideas and I like progress not regression. I can't see myself loading up the horse and cart of a cold winter's morning.
SNP have no candidates round my neck of the woods but it'd be pointless voting for them anyway considering I'm not Scottish.
If only there was a true Political party I could get behind

I've edited that for you Trev. We may not agree on politics, BUT none of them have a clue

 

[trev]

You're right Clive. I also agree with you about the no one under 40 and must have had a career in the real world rules.

 

[7029 dave]

My card has just popped through the letter box. lol

 

[D Skelton]

Got my letter through the door the other day from my local Labour councillor.

Loads of promises made, so I thought I'd take 5 mins to email him. This is what I wrote:

Dear Peter,

Thank you for the letter you sent to me today asking for my support of the Labour Party.

The problem is, New Labour sold out the working classes a long time ago. They allowed creeping privatisation and diluted the power of the unions. You were complicit in allowing the country to become dependant on finance, and not manufacturing, and this is partly the reason why we're in the mess that we are in. I'm not going to sit here spouting the same old Tory rhetoric of "Labour caused the financial crisis", because they didn't. The truth of the matter is, you all did. By that I mean; Thatcher did everything in her power to ruin this once great country, and your party did nothing at all to reverse the damage.

You were once the choice for those who wish for social equality. Now however, the gulf between the rich and the poor is the largest it has ever been, and New Labour have sat by and watched, tacitly approving of the injustice so commonly found in today's society.

I fear for this country and its future, I really do. I'm so scared by how fast things are declining I'm already considering plans to emigrate elsewhere. I simply cannot let my child grow up in a society where the needs of the privileged few are given far greater attention than the needs of the poor.

From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs. This is the society I wish to see, and you and your party are no longer able to deliver this.

I've been a Labour voter all my life and I'm 100% serious when I say that I'd die before I vote Conservative. Unfortunately however, for the reasons explained above, I cannot vote for you now either.

Kind Regards,

 

[diditrain]

Did you get any response, D Skelton?

 

[D Skelton]

Did you get any response, D Skelton?

Yes. Gumpf.

Dear Damien,

I must take issue with you on a few things - the minimum wage, lifting 2.7 million pensioners and 1 million children out of poverty, for example were achievements aimed at working people and people facing disadvantage. Doubling spending on health and education and improving each of our pubic services was also an achievement which disproportionately benefited working people and people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

You can see now what a government lacking Labour’s values delivers: foodbanks, Bedroom Tax, fear in areas of deprivation and public services close to their knees once again.

I run a charity for youth unemployment and was an aid worker for a decade, and I have a PhD in community development. These are issues that I deeply care about and want to fight for in parliament bringing all this experience with me. Sadly, in Hove and Portslade, a vote for any other party than Labour delivers a Tory victory. This is exactly what happened in 2010 and you can see the result with your own eyes.

Please stay in touch. I really hope you will stick with us, so much is at stake.

All the best, Peter

 

[Guest77]

Peter sounds like a good man to me.

 

[D Skelton]

Peter sounds like a good man to me.

I'm sure he is a nice man, my problem isn't with him, it's with his party.

 

[Guest77]

I respect you of course fella and wonder if you cannot bring yourself to vote for Labour who will you vote for? a local independent socialist perhaps?

 

[GMES]

I say Bring back Tony Blair!!!

 

[D Skelton]

I respect you of course fella and wonder if you cannot bring yourself to vote for Labour who will you vote for? a local independent socialist perhaps?

There is no party that caters for my views.

Chances are I'll be biting the bullet and voting UKIP.

 

[Guest77]

There is no party that caters for my views.

Chances are I'll be biting the bullet and voting UKIP.

Crikey, I didn't expect that.

 

[Octopus]

My card has just popped through the letter box. lol

Happy Birthday!

 

[Octopus]

I say Bring back Tony Blair!!!

Can we have a de scoob button (oops wrong forum!)

 

[D Skelton]

Crikey, I didn't expect that.

My reasoning being, A. It's a protest vote, and B. We have to be realistic here. Chances are, the Tories are gonna win the election, however not with a majority. They will have to form a coalition and its more than likely it will be with UKIP rather than Lib Dems. At least with UKIP in number 10 as well, we will be guaranteed our EU referendum today, and not in three years time.

Believe me, there is a hell of a lot I disagree with UKIP on, but truth be told, I want out of the EU, and I actually like Farage.

I have a vote so it is my responsibility to use it, but I want radical change, and voting for Labour will not bring me that.