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Originally posted by Uncle Albert View PostMy constituency has been Tory since at least 1868. Even if all the non Tory votes from the 2010 election had voted Lib Dem, the Tories would still have had a majority of over 6,000.
I'll vote Lib Dem, in a vain hope to unseat the odious Chris Grayling but I don't hold out much hope.
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Originally posted by Pip in a Poke View PostI think what will make this election very, very inneresting would be if all the parties who backed Remain were to form a progressive alliance and agree to not stand in constituencies where a candidate of another alliance party has a stronger chance of winning.
That would mean Labour not fielding candidates many places in the south, none in Scotland and, err, well not many at all quite frankly.
What's not to like?
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My constituency has been Tory since at least 1868. Even if all the non Tory votes from the 2010 election had voted Lib Dem, the Tories would still have had a majority of over 6,000.
I'll vote Lib Dem, in a vain hope to unseat the odious Chris Grayling but I don't hold out much hope.
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I think what will make this election very, very inneresting would be if all the parties who backed Remain were to form a progressive alliance and agree to not stand in constituencies where a candidate of another alliance party has a stronger chance of winning.
That would mean Labour not fielding candidates many places in the south, none in Scotland and, err, well not many at all quite frankly.
What's not to like?
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Originally posted by chopper View PostI've just realised...
Where I live, Labour have led since 1922 and in 2015, polling was
Labour, 53.9%
Conservative, 22.6%
UKIP, 19.7%
Lib Dem, 2.5%
There is no way on Earth am I voting Conservative. I never have and never will, especially not given May's Brexit vision. Distancing ourselves from the EU is a good thing, but I am firmly in the EFTA/EEA camp.
I am historically a Labour voter, but seriously there is no way on Earth am I voting for a Corbyn led Labour.
So here's the dilemma. Voting for 'someone else' (i.e. Lib Dems) is effectively taking a Labour voter away and moving the despicable Tories up the pecking order.
Tactically, I think I'm actually going to have to vote for Labour and that makes me very miserable (I take some comfort in June 8th really really having to be the end of Corbyn's leadership but seriously - who else is there with any crumb of credibility?)
Realistically, I think the UKIP vote will dissolve away and Lib Dems will pick up again (having polled 3.5% and 18.2% respectively in 2010) and we are definately in one of those 'red rosette on a chimp would win' constituencies but.. Dilemma dilemma.
My constituency is a Tory stronghold, however the Lib Dems came within 5000 votes in 2010 (obviously having collapsed in 2015).
So for me the Lib Dem vote is a no-brainer.*
There is no issue so important to this country as Brexit and it behoves everyone to hold their nose if necessary and vote tactically in this election.
*I have always voted Tory, cannot bring myself to vote for them this time - they have put the interests of the party ahead of that of the country + the loons have too much power now and are pushing for a hard Brexit that will only benefit them and their chums.Last edited by sasguru; 20 April 2017, 09:12.
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Remember to vote Tory this time. All ballot papers have a serial number and a stored for a statutory period of a year and a day after the election. We must expect and demand in these extraordinary times that parliament will use its sovereign power to order a full audit of all Enemies of the People, saboteurs and other fifth columnists who have voted to frustrate a red, white and blue Brexit.
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Vote for the best person to give you local representation. If that means Labour, then vote Labour; if that means LD then vote LD.
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostWhy bother voting? The Tories said they're going to win. It's all over their newspapers. They said so.
How to get the Tories out:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...sle=true#gid=0
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Why bother voting? The Tories said they're going to win. It's all over their newspapers. They said so.
How to get the Tories out:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...sle=true#gid=0
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Originally posted by _V_ View PostMove somewhere decent. Simples.
Or, vote for the loonies or an independent or summat.
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Originally posted by _V_ View PostBecause the Lib Dems are the party of low taxation.
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