General Election 2010 Thread

[natweststaffmember]

What are you hoping for?
Who are you voting for?
Are you even bothering to vote?

What issues do you believe are the most important?

[PocketTheDifference]

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What are you hoping for?
A lot, but expecting nothing as ever, anybody pver 21 and under 25 get....NO help

Who are you voting for?
I was heading towards conservs but thats what they want you to do!! Labour i guess (OR PLAID CYMRU being welsh would love to see that, and then watch the country go weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee),

Are you even bothering to vote?
Will see on the day.

What issues do you believe are the most important?

Banking System. Public Transport. DAvid Cameron, Job Losses, Unemployed, and benefit fraud.

[Sapphire]

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[quote=natweststaffmember;155349]What are you hoping for? Change for the better.
Who are you voting for? UKIP although I'm not sure we have a candidate round here, so I may have to do a re-think.
Are you even bothering to vote? Most definately, I strongly believe that those who do not bother to vote should not be able to voice an opinion.

What issues do you believe are the most important?

Close the borders
Anyone found to be illegal to be put on first plane out
Stop benefit fraud
Strict adherance to sentencing ie Life to mean life
More Prison ships
Cut / stop certain benefits
Stop health tourism, no NI number = no treatment unless its life saving and they fall ill whilst visiting here, none of this 'I need an operation oh I'll just pop on a plane and get it done in England' malarky.
Free / reduced cost heating/water/council tax/travel for the over 60's.
Minimum wage to go up by £2 hour.


Thats just for starters.

[natweststaffmember]

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What are you hoping for?
I honestly have no idea.

Who are you voting for?
My area is LibDem but at the moment I am a floating voter. I guess I want to hear more firstly.
Are you even bothering to vote?
I strongly believe that you have a duty to vote and I think it is a pity that we are not forced to vote even if we have an option of none of the above.
What issues do you believe are the most important?

For the issues are the economy and tax. How much money will I lose? Where will the cuts happen? How will they happen?
I am interested in petrol prices and policy. With price rises in petrol comes price rises in the supermarket and with people losing jobs then cheap food is important.

[Guest]

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My vote is Lib Dem.

Most people on here will probably remember what it was like under the Tories previously. Labout have not done much better (if any at all) - they claimed (and I beleive this is a quote) that "we are not the party of boom and bust" - well, they got that wrong. The only reason we haven't had a feeling of deja vu with regards to inflation and interest rates, in my opinion, is due to the massive QE program.

I remember seeing footage of the Labour party possibly after the first election, all jumping around to Yazz - The only way is up. Well, for this campaign, I would suggest another song - Cher - If I could turn back time.

I actually read in one of the tabloids (on Saturday I think) the idea of pushing the minimum wage to £7.60 - to remove the low paid from poverty, something I seem to recall the labour party had already done. Only last week, GB was stating that Labour had the only real solution to the current economic crises and recovery. He seems to forget he had a large part in creating the crises (IMHO)

I can't see why anyone in their right mind would want to vote for either Labour or Tory. They are too similar, with similar objectives for similar outcomes - the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. I also dont see the point in voting for any of the other minority parties - no disrespect to them, but I cant see them gaining enough support to make a difference.

God, it's good to have a rant.

[TUTTSI]

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TBVH - The mess the country is in now and who ever gets in will blame the last lot, that always happens, then they will will make more mistakes and I am sure they will also spend out of the already huge deficit making it even worse.

We lost absolutely everything under conservatives under Mrs T many moons ago, so I aint going with conservatives that is for sure. I remember that ressession going on for years and many people lost their jobs, homes, lives etc.

I am still very upset about the Expenses fiasco and how many MP's have just got away with just paying the money back and a slapped wrist. Mr Blair's expenses have been lost so no one knows how much his was over inflated - how convenient.

We have now lost so many lives in Afganistan mainly, the news is dreadful everyday another one ot two bodies of out youg serviceman are coming back in coffins. They have not been given the right protective equipment and I am sure that a lot of these deaths could hvae been avoided with making.

I could go on and on but nothing I say will change the way of this country, where the rich just get richer and poor just get poorer.

Tuttsi

[Guest]

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...I also dont see the point in voting for any of the other minority parties - no disrespect to them, but I cant see them gaining enough support to make a difference.

Yet you intend to vote Lib Dem?

[Guest]

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Yet you intend to vote Lib Dem?

It is the Lib Dems that will hold the balance of power should we go to a hung parliment, which is a distinct possibility.

Labour and Conservatives have both proved (consistently) they have no clue to what they are doing and are unable to run the economy or the country effectively.

Lib Dems would be hard pushed to do a worse job.

[PocketTheDifference]

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Ive just been looking at the party pladges, and too be honest (in basic form) Lib dems probably offer a little bit of a better deal, even if nick clegg is a tool. Of course my second and third respetivaly would be Plaid Cymru and Labour,

Conservs want to save money and probably give to the VERY rich people.

UKIP - Should i.....Ok ill just say they want and all ENGLISH (not scottish welsh, or irish) parliment, Higher Basic Tax..and a flat fee

SNP - They just look mental and want to take over the whole thing.

Scottish Green Party - ONLY PARTY that have openly said they will stop bankers in their tracks!!

Green Party - the usual reduce carbon emmisions by 90% 45Billion on renewable sources

BNP - Corpral Punishment =) that will put the country into prospective I like (hate me
now) and you know the rest

Sorry to bore all. Vote for ME
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My vote is Lib Dem.


I can't see why anyone in their right mind would want to vote for either Labour or Tory. They are too similar, with similar objectives for similar outcomes - the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. I also dont see the point in voting for any of the other minority parties - no disrespect to them, but I cant see them gaining enough support to make a difference.

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You can't see why the mass majority (millions) of the country have voted for these two parties the last few decades, who are you voting for

[natweststaffmember]

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LibDems poster in Cambridge is "Winning here". I really hate arrogance so I now have on party I am NOT voting for. Unless of course "winning here" is the name of their candidate!!!

[PocketTheDifference]

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I thought Conservs would be winning there, I really stupidly want lib dems to win Im not sure on labour i wouldn't say no, conservs i thought ok till i read what they want changing, and the rest well...just ownt get near anyway.

[Guest]

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LibDems poster in Cambridge is "Winning here".

Thats not anticipation of the election result, thats the post for the race up the high street!

[Guest]

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It is the Lib Dems that will hold the balance of power should we go to a hung parliment, which is a distinct possibility.

Labour and Conservatives have both proved (consistently) they have no clue to what they are doing and are unable to run the economy or the country effectively.

Lib Dems would be hard pushed to do a worse job.

There will not be a hung Parliament.

The polls are wrong, just like they always are. Any prediction that places votes in the Labour camp is wildly optimistic and based on forecasts that fail to take into account the fact that England, with the vast majority of Westminster seats, will see a much greater overall swing to the Tories than Scotland.

Everything has changed since Phony Tony won yet the BBC and Sky and even the Tories prefer the “Hung Parliament” line because it makes for a good story for the former and compels the wavering voters to vote Tory to be sure that the despised Brown and the hated Labour Party are thrown out decisively, for the latter.

Labour, particular under Hash Brown have comprehensively ruined any chances of being re-elected for a fourth term. The Government is a sad, exhausted has-been, staggering around the ring and praying for the bell.

Labour will be obliterated and no Government has ever deserved it so much.

As for the Liberals holding the balance of power, don't hold your breath. The last time they even came close was a coalition government in 1918 which they subsequently lost control of just four years later and there has not been anything since - there is a reason for that.

[Guest]

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You can't see why the mass majority (millions) of the country have voted for these two parties the last few decades, who are you voting for

In fairness, its not mass millions, given many dont turn out to vote. However, many of the southern seats do tend to be Tory strongholds.
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There will not be a hung Parliament.

I would say would you like to put £10 on it, but given my thread elsewhere, that would not be a good idea at the moment.

But seriously, I agree Labour will get trounced, but can anyone really see the Tories getting back in given what they acheieved in the late 80s/early 90s?

[PocketTheDifference]

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I would HATE Torise to win seriously, I would Rather BNP or Green Party, Although can see Green party "letting" the country go Ill would agree no Hung Parliment