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MatthewL

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Who are you going to vote for?  

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  1. 1. Who are you going to vote for?

    • Conservatives
      71
    • Labour
      89
    • Lib Dems
      19
    • UKIP
      40
    • BNP
      0
    • Greens
      41
    • SNP
      2
    • Plaid Cymru
      1
    • DUP
      0
    • Sinn Fein
      0
    • SDLP
      0
    • Other
      6
    • Will not vote
      26
    • Spoiled ballot paper
      11

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sparkeh

sparkeh

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That bbc article demonstrates just how difficult it is to understand what the parties are talking about and where the truth lies. Both right and left wing parties spending plans, to a greater or lesser extent, are driven by ideology and different statistics can be found to validify their argument.
pcstru

pcstru

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Even if you could agree objectively on what has happened over the last 5 years (or more) there is no guarantee that that will be a good predictor of future performance. So yes, it is a matter of forming your opinion. It's not even a case that one policy will work while another will fail. They might all fail or they might all succeed.

tmcd35

tmcd35

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I can see why Cameron wanted to avoid these debates: he looks tired and diminished.

 

Cameron looked way out of his comfort zone. To my mind, after Farage who came across has if he was interviewing for leader of the BNP, Cameron came of worst in this debate.

 

However the real loser was Clegg, the 'honest peace broker' 'bit' looks broken now.

 

I think he's just in an unfortunate position. Most of the time he was talking the most sense - if you call the 'honest peace broker' so be it.

 

Just watched the debate. I hope there is a SNP candidate in my Kent constituency :p

 

Lol, here! here!

 

 

Personally I think Milliband would do well with a minority government should LD, SNP and Plaid Cyrmu each get enough sets to keep the Tories and UKIP at bay and keep Labour from over spending. That's the outcome I'm hoping for this time.

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speckytecky

speckytecky

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Good Poll. Thank you. However, here we are at 13 pages and only 124 Edugeek Members have bothered to vote. We either have far more 'overseas' members than I realised or on the other hand let's hope it's not a case of 'can't be bothered' This is the first election in modern times where even under The First Past The Post system every vote is likely to count. Doubtful that any of the so called 'Safe' seats are actually safe this time round (well except Mr Burcowe's)
sted

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Good Poll. Thank you. However, here we are at 13 pages and only 124 Edugeek Members have bothered to vote. We either have far more 'overseas' members than I realised or on the other hand let's hope it's not a case of 'can't be bothered' This is the first election in modern times where even under The First Past The Post system every vote is likely to count. Doubtful that any of the so called 'Safe' seats are actually safe this time round (well except Mr Burcowe's)

i disagree that there are no safe seats. id lay odds 75/80% of seats wont change and probably never will. there are some seats that matter most dont

Andrew_C

Andrew_C

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Doubtful that any of the so called 'Safe' seats are actually safe this time round (well except Mr Burcowe's)
Last time round we were a Lib Dem seat, the Nasty Party hold it now. According to the 38Degree website, the Tories are on 99% to win, and everyone else at less than 1%. My vote will count for nothing.
StevieM

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I very much doubt that Tonbridge &Malling, majority 18.5k, is at risk of going to any other party in the next century

 

Nor Bootle, with a 21,181 majority. (Although that is lower than the 29,442 majority they had in 1992 - but then again, so was the turnout!)

 

That said, we do have a Green Party candidate this time so at least there's someone I can vote for instead of spoiling my ballot paper like I usually have to.

MatthewL

MatthewL

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I've been sat here reading this and bits online and I am still undecided if any I am going to vote for. I don't feel there is much good by any of them, well certinally my view.
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tech_guy

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Please don't vote UKIP - Farage is a spoilt little rich boy with no real political experience playing at politics. He likes to portray himself as a bloke you can have a laugh, a smoke and a drink with down the local pub but in reality he's just a scheming racist bigot. He needs to go back to the 1950s where he belongs. Edited by tech_guy
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sonofsanta

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I've not voted in the poll because I don't know who I'm voting for yet.

 

On the topic of safe seats, I just checked Wikipedia, and the last time someone won here without being a Tory was... 1923. The General Elections of 1922 & 1923 went to a Liberal, and other than that it's Tories all the way back to 1885.

 

I am surprised by just how much I agree with Labour's policies on Health.

tmcd35

tmcd35

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According to the news last night both Norwich constituencies are major battle grounds this time, so I guess my vote will count! (I claim the deciding vote of the election!) I'm in Norwich North and incumbent Tory Chloe Smith with a 9.3% majority, I don't think she'll hold it this time. Looking at Wiki were were Tory from '83 to '97 then Labour '97 to '09. My gut says we'll swing back to Labour this time, the LibDem swing voters like me will return back and bolster the Labour numbers.
speckytecky

speckytecky

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My gut tells me that 2015 will see the political map of the UK changed forever. Labour and the Tories are going to see 'safe seats' fall to unexpected quarters. In my local area I'd be totally surprised if the swing barometer Bristol West doesn't go green - fabulous candidate. With the Lib Dem Ledgend Don Foster standing down, I'd again follow the outcome of Bath with deep interest - the Green Party has another very strong candidate there. North Wiltshire also could easily go Green with high profile Green veteran University Lecturer Phil Chamberlain running an extremely strong campaign against the, in my opinion odious sitting Conservative James Gray.
According to the news last night both Norwich constituencies are major battle grounds this time, so I guess my vote will count! (I claim the deciding vote of the election!) I'm in Norwich North and incumbent Tory Chloe Smith with a 9.3% majority, I don't think she'll hold it this time. Looking at Wiki were were Tory from '83 to '97 then Labour '97 to '09. My gut says we'll swing back to Labour this time, the LibDem swing voters like me will return back and bolster the Labour numbers.
CAM

CAM

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I think it will end up a narrow Labour victory as people will vote for them as the most likely party to kick Conservatives out of government. The Tories themselves will come second due to their large backing regardless of how hated they are right now, but not without shocks in key constituencies. Sadly I live in a Tory stronghold so I doubt much will change!

 

The biggest upset in my predictions will be the Lib Dems coming fourth behind UKIP as Farage is upsetting enough of the apple cart to attract protest votes and the coalition combined with Clegg's perceived impotence has, in my eyes, damaged the Lib Dems somewhat. SNP will clean up in Scotland and the recent independence vote may also give a second wind to nationalists in Wales propping up Plaid Cymru for more devolution.

 

BNP I am expecting to collapse entirely and lose the few wards they picked up.

LiamH

LiamH

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We had an interesting candidate in Leeds at the last election...

 

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So all you need to do is run under the name "None of them, decent politicians are as rare as unicorn poop" and get all the votes!

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