Brighton Pavilion - How are you voting

[Barrel of Fun]

Why has Brighton Pavillion got the only Green MP in the country?

We're better than anyone else? Or the Greens only have one member worth voting for...

 

[clippedgull]

Lucas will win easily.

Kemp town and hove far closer.

Here in Kemp Town I'm quietly confident the Tory will get the boot and Labour will triumph. But yes, it will be close.

 

[Machiavelli]

Why has Brighton Pavillion got the only Green MP in the country?

To the best of my knowledge, Lucas is the first MP to win on a FPTP voting system in the world. Which ought to say something. But the key answer is that Pavilion is markedly different to other constituencies in the UK, and has:
-- the most qualified electorate
-- skewed towards the young and, particularly, to university students, as B&H is a small city with two large universities in it
-- Brighton itself has a markedly open, tolerant ethos

 

[BLOCK F]

To the best of my knowledge, Lucas is the first MP to win on a FPTP voting system in the world. Which ought to say something. But the key answer is that Pavilion is markedly different to other constituencies in the UK, and has:
-- the most qualified electorate
-- skewed towards the young and, particularly, to university students, as B&H is a small city with two large universities in it
-- Brighton itself has a markedly open, tolerant ethos

.........and quite a number of political loonies as well !

 

[attila]

The Green council don't have a clue but Caroline is ACE

 

[Notters]

You would think given that the colours are always in the same order someone might get one of these polls right

 

[Postman Pat]

Undecided.

 

[HantsSeagull]

Why has Brighton Pavillion got the only Green MP in the country?

To the best of my knowledge, Lucas is the first MP to win on a FPTP voting system in the world. Which ought to say something. But the key answer is that Pavilion is markedly different to other constituencies in the UK, and has:
-- the most qualified electorate
-- skewed towards the young and, particularly, to university students, as B&H is a small city with two large universities in it
-- Brighton itself has a markedly open, tolerant ethos

is the answer

 

[This is me]

Undecided.

It's all about the economy. Get that right then one can spend elsewhere - so please vote blue or yellow. They have done a fine job considering the mess the opposition got us into. The job is only half done. Let them finish it.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Green Party

 

[GreersElbow]

Research published this morning suggests that university students' support for the Greens and in particular dear Natalie is fading very badly.

Caroline Lucas to win though.

Are you currently in Lincoln? What's your thoughts on the current situation of McCartney v Rigby?

In respect of the University of Lincoln student base, it's fairly conservative (small c). It is in no way radical, and an SU motion to support the last year's staff strikes were voted down. It has a large and active Conservative society and the politics society has a vast mix of political views, but very little radical views. There's only one active marxist, and a few Greens.

A lecturer did a poll of university students and found Lib Dems had the highest support followed by Labour, who were only 2% of the Tories.

I think the image of lefty students is slowly eroding. I study International Relations and know more students voting Conservative than Labour or Greens. I can only hope the 'great unwashed' image of students is going away.

 

[8ace]

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So how many students or DFLs amongst you lot Not me!

 

[Eeyore]

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So how many students or DFLs amongst you lot Not me!

Me neither. The student thing is massively over played.

 

[Bombadier Botty]

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So how many students or DFLs amongst you lot Not me!

Errr...not me. No idea what a DFL is though...

 

[Brovion]

I'm now undecided. For months I've been saying I intended to vote for Lucas as a personal vote. However no matter how I dress it up it will still be interpreted as a vote for the Greens, and having read their manifesto there is no way I can in all conscience vote for a party who just see the world as a load of unrelated issues and problems where nothing impacts on anything else. Plus their leader is dreadful, and you have to worry about the intellectual calibre of a party if that's the best they can do. And of course when all's said and done they are still the party of smug middle class twats.

I can't believe I'm saying this but as the Big Day approaches I find I'm slowly returning to the Labour fold. Again. Sadly their candidate in Pavilion is a shocking example of everything that is wrong with the modern Labour party, and I can't decide if I should hold my nose and vote for her or vote Socialist Labour.

 

[pastafarian]

I'm now undecided. For months I've been saying I intended to vote for Lucas as a personal vote. However no matter how I dress it up it will still be interpreted as a vote for the Greens, and having read their manifesto there is no way I can in all conscience vote for a party who just see the world as a load of unrelated issues and problems where nothing impacts on anything else. Plus their leader is dreadful, and you have to worry about the intellectual calibre of a party if that's the best they can do. And of course when all's said and done they are still the party of smug middle class twats.

I can't believe I'm saying this but as the Big Day approaches I find I'm slowly returning to the Labour fold. Again. Sadly their candidate in Pavilion is a shocking example of everything that is wrong with the modern Labour party, and I can't decide if I should hold my nose and vote for her or vote Socialist Labour.

i applaud you and your honesty....i think Labour is your way forward......not my cup of tea at all but possibly yours......stick to your values and beliefs

 

[pastafarian]

[MENTION=528]attila[/MENTION], [MENTION=916]black & white seagull[/MENTION], [MENTION=12037]Bombadier Botty[/MENTION], [MENTION=29192]Brighton Lines[/MENTION], [MENTION=17706]danielson81[/MENTION], [MENTION=13836]deletebeepbeepbeep[/MENTION], [MENTION=580]desprateseagull[/MENTION], [MENTION=25]Gwylan[/MENTION], [MENTION=225]Hamilton[/MENTION], [MENTION=3347]Horton's halftime iceberg[/MENTION], [MENTION=12880]Hotchilidog[/MENTION], [MENTION=12489]janee[/MENTION], [MENTION=21731]JCL666[/MENTION], [MENTION=46]Lush[/MENTION], [MENTION=28490]Machiavelli[/MENTION], [MENTION=12734]Mike Small[/MENTION], [MENTION=275]MikeySmall[/MENTION], [MENTION=14054]MJsGhost[/MENTION], [MENTION=7]Mustafa[/MENTION], [MENTION=1320]Notters[/MENTION], [MENTION=32719]Odin[/MENTION], [MENTION=12656]Pantani[/MENTION], [MENTION=30625]Pizza[/MENTION], [MENTION=1150]ridda[/MENTION], [MENTION=11689]shaun_rc[/MENTION], [MENTION=20286]spellfast[/MENTION], [MENTION=14921]spring hall convert[/MENTION], [MENTION=205]Tom Hark, Preston Park[/MENTION]

So how many students or DFLs amongst you lot Not me!

is DFL short for dont focking live there? but ill press the green button anyway?

 

[8ace]

DFL == Down From London

 

[8ace]

is DFL short for dont focking live there? but ill press the green button anyway?

1/2 with WH for the Green Party to win exactly 1 seat is almost the same bet as Lucas winning and a better price for you Pasta.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

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So how many students or DFLs amongst you lot Not me!

Nope, not me either.