The great big Voting thread.....

[plod]

A little undecided still, but even "if" I wanted to vote tory, I can't do it, as our local MP has been banned from the House of Commons, yet he's still up for re-election.
How the feck are you supposed to vote for someone to represent you in parliament when he's banned from the place???
Madness I tell ye!!!

[swiss]

My principles say I have to vote for someone, but I can't in good conscience help any of these muppets in to government...

Also I like the local Labour candidate but would feel physically sick if I voted for a Labour government.

So I'm confused >.<

[Doggy]

And dont forget we are now experiencing the legacy of 18 yrs of Thatcherism , an era that coined the phrase "latch key Kids "
because money became god and both parents were encouraged to go to work to earn more and more and sod the children
or anyone else for that matter , a nation based on greed .

Let's not forget:

"Vote Conservative - Retire at 16"

[puggy]

Very Very true !!!

[sirwiggum]

First of all i would like to say why i feel qualified to voice an opinion , i am 54 yrs old and i left school
when i was 15 because i wanted to work and relieve the financial burden on my parents . Since the day i
reached 18 i have voted at every local and national election , i have been a shopsteward a works convenor also been a
Labour party member briefly a communist party member also briefly a far right member , the latter 2 so
that i could gain some understanding of where they were coming from.

Fair play to you. I never used to have an interest in politics, to coin Sting's phrase "they're all like game show hosts to me". A friend at university was reading for a Politics degree and piqued my interest, and as I entered adulthood I started taking more notice of things like policies, taxes, up to the recent expenses and "Iris" scandals.

The whole issue around immigration etc. seems to have been swept under the carpet for fear of appearing "racist" - see Brown's "bigot" rant as an example. Communities, especially in high unemployment areas, are doing the tribal thing and blaming "those ones".

The EU is a free migration zone, just as people from the UK are free to set up dodgy bars in the south of Spain, or buy huge farmhouses in central France.

Yes true as regards a free migration zone , but i dont hear news reports of gangs of Britsh migrants gathering in shopping
centres or public places and threatning the locals or commiting petty crimes in eastern european countries neither do i
hear of them living off state handouts in those countries as is happening here .

I've seen reports of stag parties wrecking the place in Eastern European / Mediterranean destinations.
Can't say I've heard of ex-pat Brits committing petty crimes though.
The UK might benefit from an Australia-style points system, but it may be against EU law.

Thanks to soviet nuLabour

Not true , New Labour has more in common with the tories than any Soviet regime , you only have to look at the way
most people live today in the old satellite states of the U.S.S.R to realize that there standard of living is still way below
that of ours. It should be remembered that the USSR was supposedly a communist society when it was in fact a Totalitarian
state with no free elections .

I was referring to the big-brother tendencies of nuLabour. Their particular fondness of ID cards, DNA databases, "road pricing" black boxes in our cars, curbing our freedom by taxing the hell out of driving, airlines and no regulating of privatised "public" transport prices.

I would suggest that the standard of living of some people living like prisoners in their own homes in sink estates while gangs of feral youths run riot may be not as high as former USSR states...

And dont forget we are now experiencing the legacy of 18 yrs of Thatcherism , an era that coined the phrase "latch key Kids "
because money became god and both parents were encouraged to go to work to earn more and more and sod the children
or anyone else for that matter , a nation based on greed .

Labour haven't helped matters either by encouraging the upward spiralling of house prices, therefore both parents must work just to pay the mortgage (or even the loan for the mortgage deposit!).

Will i vote Labour ? Dont know , i dislike Gordon Brown for the way he handled the banks after the worldwide financial
crisis they caused.

I didn't trust him after he sold the gold reserve off for scrap prices.
To hell with manufacturing jobs, lets bail out our banking buddies.

Conservatives ? I was told years ago that you have to be already wealthy to benefit from Tory rule , well i aint so thats ruled them
out.

Lib-Dem , I used to be undecicive but now i'm not so sure , sort of sums them up .

off me soap box now and awaiting to shot to pieces

Some good points well made

[puggy]

Some good points well made

Thank you kindly young man , and the same goes for you too and also all the others
that have been taking part , and a thanks to welly for initiating the thread , Nice
to have an orderly debate on the present political situation

[Welly]

Just heard on the radio that a UKIP MP was slightly injured yesterday when his Party's banner got caught in the rudder thing on the tail of a light aircraft forcing it to nose-dive


Carry on..........

[highlander]

Saw a video on the BBC page showing a BNP candidate actually fighting with some angry young Asian men (I don't know what was said as I'm not allowed to put the sound on).

Bloody racist a**holes. And their leaflet through my door had the audacity to have Nick Griffin's picture right next to Winston Churchill's... <obscenities deleted>

[steve_earwig]

Looks like the Tories are winning it on this here board. Look forward to massive profits for the rich while the country drops to bits (again )

[Welly]

Looks like the Tories are winning it on this here board

You're wrong stevie, the "Can't be Arsed" party is just inching ahead, it's an exiting time....

Sums it all really.....

Actually the Can't be arsed party would probably do well........

"shall we let some more imigrants in this week to sponge off the state?" - no, we can't be arsed.

"shall we increase taxes like we said?" - no, we can't be arsed.

[steve_earwig]

"Shall we do something about the failing/failed economy?"

[STALLED]

Move to Australia - we need more 406's.

[steve_earwig]

UK set for hung Parliament with Tories largest party

Excellent, where will they be hung and can we bring fruit?

[puggy]

dont forget your knitting

[Bailes1992]

Saw a video on the BBC page showing a BNP candidate actually fighting with some angry young Asian men (I don't know what was said as I'm not allowed to put the sound on).

Bloody racist a**holes. And their leaflet through my door had the audacity to have Nick Griffin's picture right next to Winston Churchill's... <obscenities deleted>

I hope you know the Asian spat at the BNP member? I'm sorry but if someone spits in your face wouldnt you smack them one???