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If a UK general election were held today, who would you vote for?

Conservatives
142
21%
Labour
201
30%
UKIP
121
18%
Liberal Democrats
64
9%
Greens
61
9%
SNP
29
4%
Plaid Cymru
19
3%
Other (please specify)
37
5%
 
Total votes : 674

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The Joseon Dynasty
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Postby The Joseon Dynasty » Sat Jan 18, 2014 1:45 am

Nazis in Space wrote:>No BNP on the poll

Blatant bias is blatant.

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The Matthew Islands
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Postby The Matthew Islands » Sat Jan 18, 2014 1:47 am

Probably Conservative. I live in a Labour safe seat so it don't matter really.
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Mad Jack
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Postby Mad Jack » Sat Jan 18, 2014 1:53 am

British Prussia wrote:
Geilinor wrote:The right is only at 36%.

Alright fine :p NS huge lean to the left... But it'll work out :) Us conservatives must be working and not on the benefit...

JOKES BEFORE WWIII STARTS ;)

You may say it's a joke, but it's that type of attitude that makes the Tories toxic in the north, midlands, Scotland and Wales.
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Alf Landon
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Postby Alf Landon » Sat Jan 18, 2014 2:01 am

Mad Jack wrote:
British Prussia wrote:Alright fine :p NS huge lean to the left... But it'll work out :) Us conservatives must be working and not on the benefit...

JOKES BEFORE WWIII STARTS ;)

You may say it's a joke, but it's that type of attitude that makes the Tories toxic in the north, midlands, Scotland and Wales.


Meh, Wales and the Midlands is abit of a stretch. The Conservatives still managed to gain a good number of seats. Nevertheless, they are indeed most certainly toxic in the North and in Scotland.

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L Ron Cupboard
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Postby L Ron Cupboard » Sat Jan 18, 2014 2:05 am

Mad Jack wrote:
British Prussia wrote:Alright fine :p NS huge lean to the left... But it'll work out :) Us conservatives must be working and not on the benefit...

JOKES BEFORE WWIII STARTS ;)

You may say it's a joke, but it's that type of attitude that makes the Tories toxic in the north, midlands, Scotland and Wales.


It is the Tories past behaviour and their policies that make them toxic in the north - if people don't vote for a party it is the party's fault not the voters.
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Alf Landon
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Postby Alf Landon » Sat Jan 18, 2014 2:09 am

L Ron Cupboard wrote:I would not be voting, as there isn't a party that is saying what I want to hear.


Without trying to sound like I'm preaching, there were countless parties competing in the last general election, and there will be countless still competing in 2015. Whilst some constituencies will have more parties on offer than others, I can't really believe that there isn't one single party that broadly mirrors your own views.

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L Ron Cupboard
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Postby L Ron Cupboard » Sat Jan 18, 2014 2:12 am

Alf Landon wrote:
L Ron Cupboard wrote:I would not be voting, as there isn't a party that is saying what I want to hear.


Without trying to sound like I'm preaching, there were countless parties competing in the last general election, and there will be countless still competing in 2015. Whilst some constituencies will have more parties on offer than others, I can't really believe that there isn't one single party that broadly mirrors your own views.


The Liberal Democrats are the closest, but I will not vote for them while they are propping up Cameron's government.
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Socialist Tera
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Postby Socialist Tera » Sat Jan 18, 2014 2:17 am

I'm not British but if I could vote it would be: British Socialist Workers Party. Workers of the world unite!
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The Nihilistic view
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Postby The Nihilistic view » Sat Jan 18, 2014 2:21 am

Socialist Tera wrote:I'm not British but if I could vote it would be: British Socialist Workers Party. Worker of the world unite!


This is the problem with socialisum, it make's people work shy! I mean how are we supposed to provide for the entire worlds population with one worker? :p
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Postby Socialist Tera » Sat Jan 18, 2014 2:31 am

The Nihilistic view wrote:
Socialist Tera wrote:I'm not British but if I could vote it would be: British Socialist Workers Party. Worker of the world unite!


This is the problem with socialisum, it make's people work shy! I mean how are we supposed to provide for the entire worlds population with one worker? :p

:clap: HAHAHAHAHHAHA. Good one, I didn't even notice it.
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Eurofasces
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Postby Eurofasces » Sat Jan 18, 2014 2:38 am

I'm not British either, but the British National Party would receive my vote if I were.
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The Nihilistic view
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Postby The Nihilistic view » Sat Jan 18, 2014 2:38 am

Alf Landon wrote:
Mad Jack wrote:You may say it's a joke, but it's that type of attitude that makes the Tories toxic in the north, midlands, Scotland and Wales.


Meh, Wales and the Midlands is abit of a stretch. The Conservatives still managed to gain a good number of seats. Nevertheless, they are indeed most certainly toxic in the North and in Scotland.


There are large Tory area's in the north. It's in the cities they don't win. So it's a bit of a generalisation to say the entire north.
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Trotskylvania
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Postby Trotskylvania » Sat Jan 18, 2014 2:44 am

If you voted for the Lib Dems last time around, you got exactly what you deserved.
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Alf Landon
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Postby Alf Landon » Sat Jan 18, 2014 2:50 am

The Nihilistic view wrote:
Alf Landon wrote:
Meh, Wales and the Midlands is abit of a stretch. The Conservatives still managed to gain a good number of seats. Nevertheless, they are indeed most certainly toxic in the North and in Scotland.


There are large Tory area's in the north. It's in the cities they don't win. So it's a bit of a generalisation to say the entire north.


Of course I wasn't suggesting the entire North, but it is most certainly fair to say that, overall, the Tories have a real brand problem in the North and in Scotland; a brand problem which most definitely extends outside the cities. To take an extreme example, the North-East has only two Conservative constituencies, and they're very much outnumbered in the North-West, and in Yorkshire and the Humber.
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The Nihilistic view
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Postby The Nihilistic view » Sat Jan 18, 2014 2:54 am

Alf Landon wrote:
The Nihilistic view wrote:
There are large Tory area's in the north. It's in the cities they don't win. So it's a bit of a generalisation to say the entire north.


Of course I wasn't suggesting the entire North, but it is most certainly fair to say that, overall, the Tories have a real brand problem in the North and in Scotland. To take an extreme example, the North-East has only two Conservative constituencies, and they're very much outnumbered in the North-West, and in Yorkshire and the Humber.


To be honest they have never been strong up there. I think really there is no point trying to satisfy people that are not going to vote for you anyway, that will just lead one to lose voters that would.
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Alf Landon
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Postby Alf Landon » Sat Jan 18, 2014 2:58 am

The Nihilistic view wrote:
Alf Landon wrote:
Of course I wasn't suggesting the entire North, but it is most certainly fair to say that, overall, the Tories have a real brand problem in the North and in Scotland. To take an extreme example, the North-East has only two Conservative constituencies, and they're very much outnumbered in the North-West, and in Yorkshire and the Humber.


To be honest they have never been strong up there. I think really there is no point trying to satisfy people that are not going to vote for you anyway, that will just lead one to lose voters that would.


Not true. In Scotland, the Conservatives used to be getting near half the seats even till the 1960s at least. They were certainly doing better then in the North as well. It was only when Thatcher came along that Conservative fortunes really plummeted in these areas, and even Conservatives concede as much.

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British Prussia
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Postby British Prussia » Sat Jan 18, 2014 3:35 am

Mad Jack wrote:
British Prussia wrote:Alright fine :p NS huge lean to the left... But it'll work out :) Us conservatives must be working and not on the benefit...

JOKES BEFORE WWIII STARTS ;)

You may say it's a joke, but it's that type of attitude that makes the Tories toxic in the north, midlands, Scotland and Wales.

Well yeah. Hence the joke... Politics is like football... Whole lot of fighting and BS is churned out whichever side you're on :)
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Postby Densaner » Sat Jan 18, 2014 3:42 am

I used to vote Labour. This time it depends on the result of the referendum in Scotland. In the unlikely event of a YES vote it will be SNP. If Scotland votes NO I might go for UKIP. Both parties are offering change of one degree or another, unlike lib/lab/con.

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Quintium
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Postby Quintium » Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:26 am

UKIP!
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Postby New Socialist South Africa » Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:29 am

Green Party, definitely Green Party.
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Forsakia
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Postby Forsakia » Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:45 am

Alf Landon wrote:
Mad Jack wrote:You may say it's a joke, but it's that type of attitude that makes the Tories toxic in the north, midlands, Scotland and Wales.


Meh, Wales and the Midlands is abit of a stretch. The Conservatives still managed to gain a good number of seats. Nevertheless, they are indeed most certainly toxic in the North and in Scotland.


The Conservatives' main problem in Scotland is where there votes are rather than the numbers of them.

At the last GE they were pretty close behind both the SNP and the Lib Dems in total vote numbers, the votes were just too widely spread to get many seats.
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Priory Academy USSR
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Postby Priory Academy USSR » Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:51 am

Trotskylvania wrote:If you voted for the Lib Dems last time around, you got exactly what you deserved.


What does someone deserve for voting for a centrist party with actually quite good policies?
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Forsakia
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Postby Forsakia » Sat Jan 18, 2014 5:00 am

Densaner wrote:I used to vote Labour. This time it depends on the result of the referendum in Scotland. In the unlikely event of a YES vote it will be SNP. If Scotland votes NO I might go for UKIP. Both parties are offering change of one degree or another, unlike lib/lab/con.


So either the pro-EU, pro-independence, somewhat leftish party, or the anti-EU anti-independence fairly rightish party?

That's an odd pairing.
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Mollary
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Postby Mollary » Sat Jan 18, 2014 5:03 am

Well, I guess I'd have to vote Labour as I joined them and all. But, I'd probably tactically vote Lib Dem as my constituency split between Lib Dems and Tories.
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Postby Quintium » Sat Jan 18, 2014 5:03 am

Priory Academy USSR wrote:
Trotskylvania wrote:If you voted for the Lib Dems last time around, you got exactly what you deserved.


What does someone deserve for voting for a centrist party with actually quite good policies?


- Getting rid of nuclear weapons that currently act as a deterrent;
- Raising property taxes;
- Extending parental leave at the expense of businesses;
- An amnesty with British citizenship (a 'general pardon') for all illegal immigrants;
- A "strong and positive commitment to Europe";
- Putting limits on British companies selling chemicals abroad.

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