AlterEgo
Veteran Member
As per the thread title - and discuss your reasoning below!
I can't vote.
I'm a few years off voting age still.Why? Too young? Excluded in some way? Not registered?
I'm a few years off voting age still.
Difficult for me, Labour has some good ideas ie returning to the Labour ideals of what Labour should be about and away from lite conservative ie New Labour however the fact that the leadership hasn’t exactly shown they’re ready to lead the country especially over Brexit and the fact that they are unable to rein in the left wing rabble called Momentum leads me to query if my vote should be used in them.
If they rein in the mob above and presented a alternative leadership with a more stable and credible policy that was more left central to what it is then that could get my vote.
The Liberal Democrat’s look like they would do anything for a closer relationship with EU including scrapping the Pound and introducing the Euro, they’re far too pro Euro for my liking.
Conservatives well generally their policies lead me not to want to vote for them but in the light that there are no Christian Democratic parties in the UK and as Boris does seem to be following though on the results of the referendum to leave the EU, maybe they’re the party to vote for unless there’s plans to set up a RUK party.....
It's a tough one. I've broadly gone Lib Dem in previous elections but I'm a real fan of my current MP (Labour & Coop) as I think she does a good job for the constituency and I think share a reasonable number of her views on issues so would happily vote for her. But whilst Labour is lead by Corbyn? Well it's much harder to justify voting for Labour as we are diametrically opposed on a number of issues. Trident, Defence & Foreign Affairs perhaps being the biggest issues but equally the failure to properly engage with criticism around possibly antisemitism or his past associations with various "problem" groups or his stance on Brexit where he is clearly pro-Brexit. But equally I'm cognisant that I'm supposed to be voting for the person I think best to represent my constituency and interests and that's my current MP regardless of who is leader (and she's no fan of his so that helps).
I'm certainly not voting Tory, Brexit Party or UKIP.
I think it may need to wait until the manifesto for Labour is published. Heck it may even need to wait until the ballot paper is in hand before I decide one way or the other!
Dear me. Your view of Corbyn is charitable at best, your view of the lib dems is like some rabid brexit fantasy gone wild and your view of De Piffle is frankly bizarre!
In a way you are in a better position than me, at the end of the day you are voting for the candidate not the leader, although if often feels like it is a leader popularity contest
I'd vote SNP but I live in Milton Keynes no doubt the Tories will win both MK seats again
It's a tough one. I've broadly gone Lib Dem in previous elections but I'm a real fan of my current MP (Labour & Coop) as I think she does a good job for the constituency and I think share a reasonable number of her views on issues so would happily vote for her. But whilst Labour is lead by Corbyn? Well it's much harder to justify voting for Labour as we are diametrically opposed on a number of issues. Trident, Defence & Foreign Affairs perhaps being the biggest issues but equally the failure to properly engage with criticism around possibly antisemitism or his past associations with various "problem" groups or his stance on Brexit where he is clearly pro-Brexit. But equally I'm cognisant that I'm supposed to be voting for the person I think best to represent my constituency and interests and that's my current MP regardless of who is leader (and she's no fan of his so that helps).
I'm certainly not voting Tory, Brexit Party or UKIP.
I think it may need to wait until the manifesto for Labour is published. Heck it may even need to wait until the ballot paper is in hand before I decide one way or the other!
I live in a Tory/Labour extreme marginal where Liberal Democrats are a very poor third.
I would normally vote Libdem, however as this is a marginal and as I'd do anything to get Tory Brexiter Green out, I will tactically vote Labour, even if ultimately that means it costs me when all my pensions and annuities come in and I have to pay significantly more tax.
Think on the poll there should be a "tactically voting* tag!
Labour or Labour Coop as I don't trust the Tory Party or the Lib Dems. Bunch of liars and cheats.
This is my argument - is JC perfect? No. Will his policies be better for the country than the Tory alternative? Almost certainly yes.I'm not that keen on him, but what is it that anti-corbyn people think he will do if PM that will be SO bad for the country?