The election bitches!

[HereComesPete]

So, who you voting for!

Discuss it and shit.

[Dr. kitteny berk]

You fucked up

[Mr. Johnson]

None of the above, because I'm a dirty foreign and these things don't apply to me!

[amblin]

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[Dog Pants]

I dunno yet. It'll certainly be one of the top two options. I'll not be voting Labour in general, and I didn't in the last election. They seem too reactionary and populist to me, giving the public what they think the public want, by which they mean the Daily Mail reading public, and not what's actually best for the country. On the other hand, the Conservatives seem to be the same party, different colour. I'd still rather vote for them than Labour though. Then there's Lib Dem, who I mentioned on the disco board. I'd vote for them because this is the best opportunity they've had since I've been able to vote to show there's another way, and I'd hope they'd capitalise on the anti-Labouy/Tory feeling by doing it differently (and hopefully better). However, if what Pete says is correct and they'd just put their backing behind Labour in a split parliament, then I'd rather my vote went to change, which would be Conservative.

As for policies, I don't believe anything any of them say about them. They change them at will after they're elected and seem to have no compulsion to stick to any promises they made pre-election. So any vote I make will be about my own political feelings, not theirs.

[Wiggy]

Lib Dem for me. They've been in Chesterfield for the last ten years or so and actually done reasonably well, considering. Labour can fuck off, so can that shiny-faced twat.

[HereComesPete]

You fucked up

Lies, I totally meant that...

[HereComesPete]

And apparently you can't edit it by editing the post, it shall have to remain undemocratic unless someone else unfucks it.

[Stoat]

Done.
Did you not get the Update / Add Option buttons on the edit screen?

[friznit]

To stop spoodie sulking and Berk doing another Berk on the disco board, have a cross post (croast?):

I'll be voting Cons again. The thougt of Gordon squandering our resources for another 5 years is anathema, and Lib Dems are just batshit crazy. David's an unkown, but so was Tony when he took over and he ended up alright as a leader in the end. Actually my ideal would be Cons lead by Tony if he was still around. He was a smart cookie but his more progresive ideas kept getting shot down by the old guard.

[spoodie]

To stop spoodie sulking

Okay, I'm done now.

How do you know which parties you can vote for prior to getting into the booth? Outside the big three I mean. I've never been able to find out in past years.

[HereComesPete]

Done.
Did you not get the Update / Add Option buttons on the edit screen?

Nope, I clicked edit and all it brought up was the usual post options, nothing about the poll part.

[Grimmie]

Two articles I read, I'm so pissed off now.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/bl ... l-internet
http://www.skeptobot.com/2010/04/digita ... ernet.html

Nice to see my local MP (John Hemming, Lib, Yardley) was one of the few that stood up, citing the recent Wikileaks media which was copyright to the US Gov't.
I'll probably actually vote for him come the election, and plan to send a thank you email to his response the other day.
I've been looking to see who is sticking up for the issues that matter most to me before I vote, apparently he is.

So, probably Liberal for the first time ever. Yardley has always been liberal, so it's only like having a piss in a sea of urine.
Matches party colours too.

[Sheriff Fatman]

Probably another childish protest vote for me. Usually, The Greens. Not that it matters, Donny Central is as safe a seat as Labour have.

And for the record Ambles, Prostitution isn't illegal

[tandino]

I've put Lib Dems for now, but I'll be honest - I've not had a good chance to look at all manifestos yet, so it could change.

Also, repost from disco board, as link might be useful for interested parties.

Here's where you can see what your local MP has been up to http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/ including how they voted regarding various bills.

As far as the DE bill goes, I'm pleased that the "Orphan Works" clause got fucked off. The rest makes me sad. Especially no fucker turning up for the vote.

[friznit]

Voting on manifesto's is pointless imo. Give it about 2 weeks and one easy 'quick inw' and every party will U-Turn on their promises. You just have to vote with whoever you think will fuck it up the least.

[Dr. kitteny berk]

You just have to vote with whoever you think will fuck it up the least.

This is why I don't vote.

[Grimmie]

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How John Hemming voted on key issues since 2001:

    * Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. 
    * Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. 
    * Voted strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. 
    * Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. 
    * Voted strongly for equal faaabulous rights. 
    * Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. 
    * Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. 
    * Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. 
    * Voted very strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. 
    * Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. 
    * Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. 
    * Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. 

Ooh, they have transcripts of hearings too, asking pretty intelligent questions.
Very nice link, Tandy!

[spoodie]

I'm traditionally a Labour voter, partly due to a fairly left-wing family. But I can't do the same this year with a good conscience. Considering the invasion of Iraq, the following War <strike>on</strike> of Terror and reduction of freedoms, plus the recent banking situation, etc, etc. The Tories are just another type in the Bristol Stool Scale as far as I can tell. But they'll probably win in my area whatever I do, Labour losing their slight majority due to how terrible they are. So I'm currently planning to vote Lib Dems.

[HereComesPete]

This here is the daft bint for round my way.

She hates smokers, loves ID cards and the broad stroke anti-terror laws and is a junior whip. So of course I get no representation from her.