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im gonna vote lib dem

still a little undecided. i'm leaning towards the lib dems cos i agree with many of their policies; but i'm a labour supporter at heart and think they have done a fantastic job managing the economy (and i've been thinking that for years - i'm not just reacting to labour's electioneering)

I'm not gonna vote

I'm not gonna vote
you can't, can you :confused:

you can't, can you :confused:
I can. I'm 20

Probably Lib Dems.

But I might try selling my vote on Ebay.

I can. I'm 20
i mean in Britain

i mean in Britain
Why would I vote there? I don't even live there

Why would I vote there? I don't even live there
thats my point... nm.... this is giving me a headache :headbang:

Damn it, could some one vote lib dem for me please, im two freaking months off,

utter bollucks!

We need a bigger lib dem minority in parlement, to stop all these stupid big brother bills.

Dont get me wrong there not ready so a full scale majority yet, they need to be weened onto it, and prehaps in ten years time they will be the proper alternative party.

Damn it, could some one vote lib dem for me please, im two freaking months off,

utter bollucks!

We need a bigger lib dem minority in parlement, to stop all these stupid big brother bills.

Dont get me wrong there not ready so a full scale majority yet, they need to be weened onto it, and prehaps in ten years time they will be the proper alternative party.
I will man but it will be in Canterbury, not Bristol, sorry bud

I will man but it will be in Canterbury, not Bristol, sorry bud

Bristol mp's........

shit tying there shoelaces is a challenge.

This one guy I met, I think he’s the candidate for lib dems for Bristol north, he was pretty competent.

but the labour one......

dear god.

She like fell asleep during the Iraq war vote or something, and then talked to us about her vote didn’t matter any way…

Jesus..

thats my point... nm.... this is giving me a headache :headbang:
LOL

*pets PM*

Well, lets have a look at my choices here:

Alex MaskeySinn Fein
Alasdair McDonnellSocial Democratic & Labour Party
Michael McGimpseyUlster Unionist Party
Geraldine RiceAlliance Party

Would you believe 'none of the above'?

We need a bigger lib dem minority in parlement, to stop all these stupid big brother bills.


The 'Big Brother' bills have been dropped.

Well, lets have a look at my choices here:

Would you believe 'none of the above'?

That sort of sums up one of the reasons I emigrated.

Well, lets have a look at my choices here:



Would you believe 'none of the above'?
DUP not standing?


the Rice signs went up near me on monday....quick work by Alliance

My town is plastered with Lib Dem campaign posters. 'Cept there is this billboard which has had Conservative campign posters on it for the past three weeks, 2 of which have been vandalised.

If I could vote, I would vote for the Conservatives.

DUP not standing?

Not yet anyhow, apparently they haven't wanted to cut into the UUP post in the past and so didn't oppose Smyth in 2001, but he is retiring this year so they may well put up a candidate now.

I'm voting Tory or Life if I can.

Not yet anyhow, apparently they haven't wanted to cut into the UUP post in the past and so didn't oppose Smyth in 2001, but he is retiring this year so they may well put up a candidate now.
the DUP website says theyre putting up Mark Robinson

under "Membership" in his profile we have...
- Member of Loyal Orange Institution
- Apprentice Boys of Derry

wont be voting for him then...

There's not much point voting for anybody but Labour in my area. They always win, and always will. Labour don't even bother campaigning much in this area because they know they've secured it before the election's even over. Which is a shame considering what they've done to the area.

If I was voting age, then Lib Dem would get my vote. :(

Damn it, could some one vote lib dem for me please, im two freaking months off,

utter bollucks!

We need a bigger lib dem minority in parlement, to stop all these stupid big brother bills.

Dont get me wrong there not ready so a full scale majority yet, they need to be weened onto it, and prehaps in ten years time they will be the proper alternative party.

I usually proxy vote. I'll tell them to vote lib dem if you like, because I can't see the tories winning the seat anyway.

Would you believe 'none of the above'?

What's wrong with the SDLP?

I'll be voting Labour. A quick summary of my reasoning:
1) The massive investment in our public services
2) The introduction of a minimum wage
3) The rise in development aid helping save lives in Africa
4) The radical constitutional reform undertaken
5) The ban on foxhunting
6) The Tories are the same old nasty Thatcherites, they must be kept out of office
7) The Lib Dems like to sometimes pretend to be Lefties but have absolutely no commitment to socialism
8) If Labour can secure a majority now, it'll help Gordon Brown fight the 2009 election
9) er....
10) ..that's it!

I'd vote Lib Dem (Why can't they lower the voting barrier to 16!!!)

I'd vote Lib Dem (Why can't they lower the voting barrier to 16!!!)

Probably for precisely that reason.

Probably for precisely that reason.

lol! Too cruel!

I haven't decided yet. New Labour is great theoretically (the third way is still working) but they all so utterly odious in person I would find it hard to vote that way. They don't deserve it. Old Labour would be a disaster. It would be like the 1970s again. Thankfully even Brown wouldn't go back there, and the old guard have no leadership contenders.

The Conservatives are now utterly without principle, and aren't competent for government anyway.

The Lib Dems have gone too far towards big spending. They would kill the economy if they ever got in.

lol! Too cruel!

I haven't decided yet. New Labour is great theoretically (the third way is still working) but they all so utterly odious in person I would find it hard to vote that way. They don't deserve it. Old Labour would be a disaster. It would be like the 1970s again. Thankfully even Brown wouldn't go back there, and the old guard have no leadership contenders.

The Conservatives are now utterly without principle, and aren't competent for government anyway.

The Lib Dems have gone too far towards big spending. They would kill the economy if they ever got in.

As you say new labour is great theoretically. The economy is doing well, and they have improved services in some areas.

But: I find Blair and his crew a little disturbing. There is a vague wiff of fascism about them. I can't quite put my finger on it, but when Blair made his speech last summer about returning to traditional 'values' and rejecting the morality of the sixties, well I found it a little disturbing. Also, Blunket must have been one of the worst home secretaries ever. (Especially when the home office sued people who had been wrongly convicted and served time in jail for their 'room and board').

Also, they totally bollixed up regional devolution - though I think that was intentional - and their approach to highway infrastructure development, while well suited for the SE, is a real burden on the North. (Which is now economically recovering from the 1930s).

Edit: The consevatives have no vision or policies at the moment. They lack any type of real leadership. Which is a shame, because you really need an opposition party for democracy to function. As my Mother said, the problem with New labour is not that they are going to win the next election, but that they know it.

If I could vote (and I will be able to in the next election), I woule vote conservative cus my mum keeps telling me about this wonderful person called margaret thatcher, who aparently made the lower class even poorer and had the most right-wing policies out of the 3 main parties. so, tories it is then, next time, damn age barriers :headbang: :mad:

although my mum only like her cus she got the miners back to work and didn't give in on them and there demands. but i like her for being right wing and hand bagging other european leaders, and invading the faulklands, which we still own. yay! :)

and invading the faulklands, which we still own. yay! :)

Ahh, the Falkland islands well known for.... well... there was a war there.

im gonna vote lib dem
:p :p :p

labour.....i have never been tory :D

None of the fucking above.

None of the fucking above.
Why not sell your vote on ebay?

Why not sell your vote on ebay?
The listing would cost me 50p and I'd probably only get 50p for it, anyway.

So it's true: our votes are worthless.

Any one who sell's there vote on ebay, geta free kick in the crotch from me*

*Offer Excludes Northern Ireland

I'll be voting Labour. A quick summary of my reasoning:

1) The massive investment in our public services


Like the privatisation of the Post Office? The beginnings of the privatisation of the NHS through PFI? The lack of dentists? The start of two tier education systems?



2) The introduction of a minimum wage


Too slowly in rising.


3) The rise in development aid helping save lives in Africa


Tell that to the people of Sudan, who received more money initially for aid from the people than the New Labour government.


4) The radical constitutional reform undertaken


The House of Lords was still full of old farts last time I looked. Devolution in Scotland and Wales has been a frustrating let down for the Scots and the Welsh, not enough power.

Constitutional reform = a PM going to war without the country's blessing and after lying to parliament.




5) The ban on foxhunting



Too many loopholes make it a half hearted ban that is a dissapointment for all those who have campaigned for a ban.



6) The Tories are the same old nasty Thatcherites, they must be kept out of office


Thatcher was asked what her greatest achievement was. She said 'New Labour'. Why? Because it has tossed away it's socialist roots in favour of Thatcherite policies.

Call yourself a Socialist? Blair spits in the face of all those who stand for fair socialist ideals, and so do those who support him, like Beckett, Prescott, Reid, Blunkett.

The Tories are ineffective because Blair has stolen their policies, the greatest Tory leader the tories never had.



7) The Lib Dems like to sometimes pretend to be Lefties but have absolutely no commitment to socialism


Like Blair at the TUC conferences then.


8) If Labour can secure a majority now, it'll help Gordon Brown fight the 2009 election


Oh yeah, just that question of enduring Blair more, am I right?


9) er....


Your reasoning to vote Labour are floundering.


10) ..that's it!

Call that reasoning? It's illogical. To vote Blair and call yourself a socialist is risable, and repulsive.

Shame on you.

Constitutional reform = a PM going to war without the country's blessing and after lying to parliament.

The PM doesn't actually need to consult parliament to go to war, let alone the people. And Blair did consult the people's representatives (MPs) before going to war.

PS. I think reason 9 and 10 were a nod to Private Eye

Quite possibly conservative.

Labour in the hope Gordon Brown will get in. Also I would love to see the Lib Dems take some Tory scum seats. I can't wait until Conservatism is defeated entirely.