General Election - Who's Getting Your Vote?

[horlock07]

I'll vote Lib Dem but considering my constituency (South West Wilts) voted 70% Cons + UKIP in 2015, I may as well vote Bald Brummy.

Dunno, look at Witney and Richmond.....

[hefty toe]

Lib Dem or Conservative depending on their policy proposals.  I live in a strong Labour London seat (60% majority), so it won't make any difference.

[Nemo]

Dunno, look at Witney and Richmond.....

Yes, but South West Wiltshire is not a heavily remain leaning wealthy urban area. In fact, it's none of those things.

[Peter Venkman]

I want to vote Labour, but it won't mean much as the Tories took the seat here for the first time in nearly 40 years from Lib Dems in the last election by 6,000 votes with a 42% share of the voters.

labour on the other hand down here polled just 4,000 votes a 7% share of the voters.

Always been fairly safe seat for Paddy Ashdown and David Laws until the last election, I don't want the Tories to win so I may have to tactically vote.

[ghanimah]

Interesting to see May's already bottled a TV debate. Worried about getting out-charisma'd by Corbyn and Farron? Jesus.

Personally I don't agree with the concept of leaders' debates - for the simple reason we don't directly elect them.

[Power to people]

Sadly if the polls are correct labour will be wiped out during these elections and will take many years to get themselves back into a position to be a credible alternative.

I don't trust May she fills me with dread with what she is going to do to thid country, especially wuiht the NHS & education, and some of the things Corbyn comes out with you can see why he couldn't be trusted in the hotseat, Lib Dems are not even credible any more and UKIP....just a bit of a joke.

Sadly it seems we are in for more Tory rule with a bigger majority to make it much easier to push their policies through without any tough questions.

[Batch]

Bit of a difficult one. Maybe tactical.

Obviously not voting Tory. As a remainer I feel they have shafted the country.

Labour are an absolute shambles.

Lib Dems are a bunch of spineless sellouts who sold out their manifesto principles during the last power share and betrayed my vote.

[pauld]

Personally I don't agree with the concept of leaders' debates - for the simple reason we don't directly elect them.

Completely agree, think it's a horrible Americanism, but still thought it was interesting that she clearly doesn't back herself in the hardly charisma-laden company of Corbyn and Farron

[theakston2k]

Do people deliberately misspell Corbin?

On this occasion autocorrect on my phone took over. 

But it's a sad state of affairs when you have a largely hated party accompanied by such an uncharacteristic leader as May with no credible alternative.
Corbyn isn't even trusted or supported by his own MP's so how he expects to challenge in an election lord only knows, Labour are an unelectable mess at the moment.
Lib Dems sold their soul to the devil to be part of the coalition and as for the rest... I'd rather not.

What a choice we have!

[horlock07]

So its clear from here that turn out is likely to be incredibly low.

From wider social media, I fear its going to be like 2015 and 2016 all over again, loads of people declaring that they would never vote Tory/Brexit but then secretly doing so. The choice is actually very limited unless you live in Scotland as if you voted remain the Tories and Labour are out of the question, whilst the Lib Dems are dead to many due to the events on 7 years ago.

At best another Tory default victory beckons.

[horlock07]

Completely agree, think it's a horrible Americanism, but still thought it was interesting that she clearly doesn't back herself in the hardly charisma-laden company of Corbyn and Farron

Looks like ITV are going to empty chair her then as they seem to be planning a debate anyway. Not that it matters, she could roll up and say fuck you scum, to every question from the audience and the faithful would still vote them in. 

[Arriba]

Looks like ITV are going to empty chair her then as they seem to be planning a debate anyway. Not that it matters, she could roll up and say fuck you scum, to every question from the audience and the faithful would still vote them in. 

She's basically said that already. Lying through her teeth every time she speaks.

[Pax Romana]

Looks like ITV are going to empty chair her then as they seem to be planning a debate anyway. Not that it matters, she could roll up and say fuck you scum, to every question from the audience and the faithful would still vote them in. 

The issue isn't the faithful tory voters, it's the labour voters who have lost all faith in the labour party and are going to vote tory because they can't see any remotely credible alternative.

[Wobbly Bob]

Probably Labour, although the Greens will have the one of the best policies if they run with the 3 day weekend idea.
Will at least be able to sleep with a clear conscience for the next 5 years at least.

Would like to see current Socialist political thinking go down a more Libertarian path.

[Ardiles]

I probably will not vote...for the reasons I've been banging on about on here since the 2010 election.  Under FPTP, my vote - and that of anyone else who does not support the leading candidate in a 'safe' seat - is worthless.

As I have said in other threads, however, the First Past the Post electoral system effectively disenfranchises me though.  We fall under the Aldershot constituency which has been solidly Tory since the War.  The incumbent is Gerald Howarth, a vile gay-hating, immigrant-bashing worm of a man who will almost certainly be re-elected.  My wife and I are both hoping he will come to the front door canvassing because we have a competition to see who can be the first to kick him squarely in the bollocks.

The only detail to have changed in the last 7 years is that Gerald Howarth is now 'Sir' Gerald Howarth and, without a doubt, even more smugly Tory than he was before.  His majority is so substantial that he probably won't bother canvassing/doorstepping anyone, but I cling to the remote hope that the above bollock-kicking might be possible this time around.  Hasn't happened yet.