Voting intentions (quick poll)

[Arglwydd Golau]

It's like when Walkers started putting Salt and Vinegar in green packets and Cheese and Onion in blue !

So that did actually happen! For years I've thought that my memory was playing tricks!

 

[bb21]

I couldn't disagree more with your sentiments on the Lib Dems. While I don't like that they shacked up with the Tories, I feel that they took a lot of the sting out of an outright Tory government, and that the 5 years of Cameron/Clegg were a hell of a lot more palatable than the 2 years since

As mentioned before, unfortunately that is something many people are either unaware of or chose to ignore. The Liberals reigned the Tories in on many fronts, until the point those Tories with a vested interest buggered up the Lords reform vote. The Liberals were always going to end up badly hurt as the minority partner, and it showed 5 years later. The Liberals stuck to their end of the bargain in the coalition, the Tories did not, with some of their MPs nakedly and arrogantly showing their true colours when their self interests were at stake.

 

[AlterEgo]

Well, voting Tory is a sure-fire way to change the status-quo... :roll:

I'll be voting Labour, I'm in a usually safe Labour seat, but anything can happen this time around.

If you vote Tory, then you're no friend of mine I'm afraid...

Bit confused. Was that directed at me?

 

[Blindtraveler]

@No life fare enough what you say but in 2010 I got what I wanted, a lib dem MP an they didnt stop the tories on anything personally infact admitted on more than 1 occasion to voting with them.
I voted LibDem because I was disenfranchised with labour at the time, a move I deeply regret now.

I voted green in the recent City council elections ash whilst Im no fan fan of their usual rathy samy policies they ditched many of them locally and fought a good fight on local services which have gone down hill of late and they pledged to try and fix this.

@JakeF nice list there!

 

[BlueFox]

So that did actually happen! For years I've thought that my memory was playing tricks!

It didn't happen. Walkers have always put C&O in blue and S&V in green packets.


I think the reason people think it happened is because Walkers became the most popular brand, and the previous most popular brand Golden Wonder had blue for S&V and green for C&O. So people remember the swap of brands, not a change by Walkers.

 

[Y961 XBU]

I think the Lib Dems have learnt their lesson and wont be siding the the tories again, tim farron wont go for it anyway

 

[TheEdge]

If you vote Tory, then you're no friend of mine I'm afraid...

Absolutely pathetic, I've seen so much of this and its just childish. I *might* vote Tory, I might not but I've never thought of changing the opinion I hold of my friends and colleagues based on their political views.

Welcome to the condescending, vitriolic and pious left that, in my opinion, are doing more damage to their cause than helping.

 

[John Luxton]

Guess the majority here want boring old British Rail back - groan!

I was born 9 years after nationalisation and as I grew up through the 60s and 70s and found out more and more about the Big 4 and in particular the GWR and SR I thought I could never ever vote for the party that wrecked Britain's Railways and never have.

Theresa might not be best Conservative leader there has been but Corbyn scares me silly.

 

[najaB]

Guess the majority here want boring old British Rail back - groan!

It's possible to vote for Labour and be against renationalisation of the railways. Same as it's possible to vote SNP (in Scotland) and be a unionist.

 

[Merseysider]

Corbyn scares me silly.

Genuine question - how and why?

 

[John Luxton]

It's possible to vote for Labour and be against renationalisation of the railways. Same as it's possible to vote SNP (in Scotland) and be a unionist.

I agree but given Corbyn's announced intention to nationalise the railways it is a likely outcome so might be worthwhile voting for someone else!

 

[Pinza-C55]

Spoilt ballot paper. Cannot vote Tory and do not trust Labour to carry through Brexit.

 

[cjmillsnun]

Where have all the Lib Dems gone then?

*raises hand*. I have a lot of time for Tim Farron, and I'm extremely pro EU.

 

[DynamicSpirit]

Labour. Probably not a surprise to anyone seeing as I've never made any secret of being in the Labour party

I could cite lots of specific policies, but for me it comes down to basic philosophy: I want a society in which everyone matters. In which it's expected that the Government tries to make sure the everyone has the opportunity to build a fulfilling life for themselves. And in which the Government accepts that building a cohesive community in which people respect each other is a fundamental role of Government. Labour broadly shares those values, and I don't believe that the Conservatives do. The Conservatives have an appalling history over many decades of making scapegoats of minorities, of stirring up resentment against certain groups of people, of trying to win elections by favouring just enough people to enable them to win, and then basically taking an attitude of, to hell with everyone else. Indeed I think one of the most worrying things in this election is the way that, buried inside the Conservative manifesto, never featuring in the campaign, and almost unnoticed by most people, are proposals to - basically gerrymander the electoral system to ensure it has an inbuilt Conservative bias, and minor parties are excluded to an even greater extent than they are currently (obviously, the proposals are not actually described as such, but that would be their impact). For me, that's the Conservatives all over.

Labour isn't perfect - there are many things in the Labour manifesto that I personally have doubts about - but the crucial thing for me is that Labour are approaching Government with an attitude that the Government should be actively trying to help people, and provide better services and opportunities for people.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

I intend on spoiling, as I always have done and likely always will do. The two constituencies I am registered in are safe Labour seats and have been for generations, so even if I did vote for, say, the Tories, it wouldn't make one iota of difference. Oddly enough, the reasons DynamicSpirit gives above are some of the reasons I don't vote for anyone!

 

[bavvo]

Liberal, by preference but also tactically the best chance of unseating the local Tory MP. although as I live in one of the safest Tory seats in the country that chance is around 0.03%

 

[bavvo]

I agree but given Corbyn's announced intention to nationalise the railways it is a likely outcome so might be worthwhile voting for someone else!

Never gonna happen. Even if he won, there is no way any spare cash is going to be spent on nationalisation, that will be right at the bottom of the queue, a very long way behind health, schools and housing. You might just see a franchise or two revert to some sort of DOR but that's it.

 

[Y961 XBU]

2 polls just come out are interesting, 1 giving Labour the lead

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_United_Kingdom_general_election,_2017

 

[SS4]

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[Xenophon PCDGS]

I see that that the poll on this thread is representative of the usual political opinions that are normally voiced on this particular website.

 

[jonathan01n]

Bystander

 

[Butts]

Conservative, so I can complete the "hatrick" having voted that way in a General Election in England,Scotland and now Wales.

According to this poll looks like I will be disappointed with a "Labour Landslide" predicted

 

[HSTEd]

I intend to vote Labour but as its Manchester Gorton it doesn't really matter.

 

[me123]

I see that that the poll on this thread is representative of the usual political opinions that are normally voiced on this particular website.

Yes, as we've explained before the forum isn't representative of the country as a whole. Nor is any Internet forum, which attracts a subset of the population with a specific demographic or set of interests.

I think those on the right to a good job at making their voices heard on here.

 

[Minilad]

Labour. As I have always done

 

[Senex]

Not voting. Good Labour candidate, but I'm totally switched off by Corbyn and his top team and even more after the flinging around of still more spending promises in the last few days -- for which, whatever he says, the middle classes will end up paying. No way would I vote Tory, for the party of hard Brexit and a dementia tax on those same middle classes. And the LibDems are simply a sort of alternative left-wing Labour, despite their policy on Europe. No other candidates.

 

[Johnnie2Sheds]

It does not matter who I vote for as this constituancy has a Conservative with a healthy majority (12000+). However, I will stick red hot nails in my eyes before I vote for the party that will sell off the organisation that has saved my life on two occasions.

 

[D365]

I see that that the poll on this thread is representative of the usual political opinions that are normally voiced on this particular website.

It seems that you say this with resentment.

 

[Polarbear]

Labour for me.

Reasons? First and foremost, a decent hard working local MP who represents the community over the more ideological elements of the party.

Secondly, a vote against May & a party that quietly and complicetly, are destroying the social fabric of the U.K. That they are backed by a large chunk of the media doesn't help as many people believe what they are told, however untrue it may be, if it's repeated enough times.

Have labour got all the answers-no. Also, I don't agree with quite a few of their policies & proposals. They do however, have a moral compass which the modern conservatives & the more rabid elements of the media lack these days.

 

[AlterEgo]

I see that that the poll on this thread is representative of the usual political opinions that are normally voiced on this particular website.

Bit of a strange comment to make given the last poll we had showed the Lib Dems with a commanding lead in the poll.