The election bitches!
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- Throbbing Cupcake
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The election bitches!
So, who you voting for!
Discuss it and shit.
Discuss it and shit.
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- Morbo
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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.
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.
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To stop spoodie sulking and Berk doing another Berk on the disco board, have a cross post (croast?):
some bored git on the Disco Board wrote: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.
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- Master of Soviet Propaganda
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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.Grimmie wrote: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.
Matches party colours too.
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- Optimus Prime
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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.
Also, repost from disco board, as link might be useful for interested parties.
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.Tandino wrote: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.
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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.
Very nice link, Tandy!
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.
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- Throbbing Cupcake
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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.
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.