general election called for 6th may

[sonicyouth]

only a month to go until the election, do you know how you'll be voting?

i still have no idea how i'll vote and probably won't until i get to the polling station.

a concise and quite useful website, offering an overview of each party's policies on your four chosen topics can be found at http://voteforpolicies.org.uk

obviously it's flawed but it's interesting nevertheless.

does your result reflect how you were planning on voting? mine was overwhelmingly labour and my previous feelings had been (and still are) anyone-but-conservative.

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

I haven't a fucking clue tbh. They're all a bit shit really.

[pauld]

<pedantry>Not yet it's not, he's only just arrived at the Palace</pedantry>

Still suffering from those premature election problems, sonic?

[Gnasher]

Anyone but fucking Labour

[Ardiles]

I have no idea.  Couldn't vote for Labour after their (in my view) mishandling of the economy.  Tories feel far too lightweight as an alternative.  (What is George Osborne for, exactly?  Has there ever been a less inspiring candidate for high office?)  Lib Dems...they've had my vote before, but I'm not really sure what they stand for these days.  I think I will need to read their manifesto properly when it comes out.

None of which matters, of course.  My constituency will only ever return one candidate to Westminster, and that's the one wearing the blue rosette.  My vote is, therefore, worthless under a first past the post voting system.  I will vote, I am sure, because I see it as a civic duty.  But it won't change a thing.

[Ardiles]

PS  I can't wait to hear Talk Talk's take on all this.

[sonicyouth]

<pedantry>Not yet it's not, he's only just arrived at the Palace</pedantry>

Still suffering from those premature election problems, sonic?

what's he going to do at the palace? spend a few hours hiding in the gardens, take a dump in the queen's rose bush (not a euphemism) and then appear in front of the gathered media and announce that it was all an april fool?

now cut out the pedantry or i'll pedal your head

[pauld]

PS  I can't wait to hear Talk Talk's take on all this.

<Denim>I'm going to take a big poo in the ballot box as a protest, that'll bring the system crashing down ... open your eyes people ... robber barons, corruption, theft, seethe, fume ... LibLabCon ... only I can see the real truth ... radical market forces .... 9/11 ... JFK ... Titanic ... boggle-eyed US blogs written by men with foil hats speak the truth ... Fox News .... Daniel Hannan</Denim>

There you go

[pauld]

what's he going to do at the palace? spend a few hours hiding in the gardens, take a dump in the queen's rose bush (not a euphemism) and then appear in front of the gathered media and announce that it was all an april fool?

Ask the Queen to dissolve parliament and call a general election. I'd be surprised if he engaged in any novel fertiliser spreading while he was there

[Bogus Dave]

I'm not going to vote and will blame the current politicians for disenfranchising the youth first time voters

[Colin Todd]

Anyone but fucking Labour

Totally agree. Personally I'm voting conservative.

I fail to see how anyone can consider voting Labour after the last 13 years other than habit. Thy've failed, and failed badly.  

If you hate the tories, vote lib dem / green / ukip / whatever.  We really really need a change of government.

[ghanimah]

I'd rather have Cameron than Brown as PM, but that's like saying I prefer to be hit by a car at 20mph instead of 25mph.

[Jamiesfuturewife]

Bored of hearing about it already

[(.)Boobies(.)]

I wont be voting. A waste, I know. But they're all robbing bastards that make false promises.

I'd vote Labour at a push, but only if Brown fucked off.

I wont touch Conservatives if they do plan to cut family benefits (Working Families Tax Credit etc). That would impact my life, so they can get knotted.

[Talk Talk]

<Denim>I'm going to take a big poo in the ballot box as a protest, that'll bring the system crashing down ... open your eyes people ... robber barons, corruption, theft, seethe, fume ... LibLabCon ... only I can see the real truth ... radical market forces .... 9/11 ... JFK ... Titanic ... boggle-eyed US blogs written by men with foil hats speak the truth ... Fox News .... Daniel Hannan</Denim>

There you go

Meh.

I have just switched off from politics for a month. Yeah, I will spoil my ballot paper but apart from that I am just going to ignore the whole charade and keep my sweet little gob shut. Oh and I am taking the fuses out of all of the tellies in the house.