who will u vote for in 2005???

[Tom Bombadil]

I feel there isn't a party with a realistic chance of power that broadly represents my views.
Under Tony Blair the Labour party continues to drift right in the pursuit of the Daily Mail vote.

The liberal party remains well intentioned but you wouldn't trust it's leaders to actually run anything. Plus it has a disturbing libertarian faction who could seek to take social policy to the right of the Tories

I couldn't bring myself to vote for a party that considers Michael Howard a unanamous choice for leader. They seem to have learnt nothing in opposition.

Sadly the other parties seem to me to be single issue groups.

 

[Titanic]

In my finest Peter Snow voice...

It's just a bit of fun, I know, but if the whole country voted the same way as NSC, the House of Commons would look like this...

<some little blue figures appear on the opposition benches>

Mr Howard, who only just held on to one of the safest Tory seats in the country, leads the rump of the Tory party, with just 70 seats - their smallest number of MPs in history, ever!

<a few more little orangey-yellow figures appear on the opposition benches>

The Liberal Democrats form Her Majesty's official opposition with their largest ever representation in the House of Commons, 72 seats - largely as a result of tactical voting in Tory marginal seats.

<loads and loads of red figures appear on govt benches...and spill over into the empty opposition benches>

and a triumphant Tony Blair leads the Labour Government with MASSIVE 491 MPS.

So, despite the desperately low turn out figure of 47.1%, and with just 43.4% of the vote, Prime Minister Blair now commands the largest majority in Parliamentary history of 323.

As I said, It's just a bit of fun

 

[CHAPPERS]

Looks like I will actually vote for the Free Party next time round.

 

[bhaexpress]

Not George Bush !

 

[Blackadder]

Not George Bush !

Agreed.

I still can't believe, after all these years, that Ronald Reagan was president!


For Two Terms!

 

[Soton Seagull]

Lib Dems.

Just can't bring myself to vote for the big 2. If enough of us vote LD we could make the Tories the 3rd Party of british politics

 

[US Seagull]

A predictable yet ignorant comment that shows no real understanding of the party.

UKIP = The softer side of xenophobia

Try learning something about the world instead of trying to shut it out for a change.

 

[US Seagull]

Not George Bush !

Amen to that brother.

The hopes of the free world are hanging on the out come of tomorrows debate. No pressure there John.

 

[Simster]

I'll vote either Lib Dems or Labour depending on who is more likely to keep the Tories out.

But faced with a straight choice between the two, I'd go for the Lib Dems every time.

 

[3gulls]

I'll vote either Lib Dems or Labour depending on who is more likely to keep the Tories out.

But faced with a straight choice between the two, I'd go for the Lib Dems every time.

How can voting Lib-Dem or whoever they are this week be the "straight" choice? Bunch of shirt-lifters who gave us that cu*t Bellotti!

 

[bigc]

Lib Dems are tories in disguise..well some of them

Bono's speech which was just at the labour party conference shows why they are still the only party with a true conscience(well, some of them anyway), not completely self-serving

 

[Westdene Seagull]

UKIP = The softer side of xenophobia

Try learning something about the world instead of trying to shut it out for a change.

Not wanting to be part of the EU has nothing to do with xenophobia.

Try learning something about a political party before making sweeping generalisations.

Strange how black and white some people see things :

Tories = BAD
Labour = GOOD
UKIP = BNP

It just isn't that easy.

 

[34064 Fighter Command]

I asked David Rendell, Lib Dem MP for Newbury to sign the EDM in favour of Falmer - he refused, saying the issue has to be decided on planning issues alone. I didn't think that was a good enough answer, as he hasn't represented my wishes in Parliament.

He is in favour of banning fox hunting. I don't care one way or the other.

I don't really give a sh*t about Iraq, so I don't care what his view is there.

He is a good local MP, but the Council tax has virtually doubled over 10 years, under a Lib Dem local Unitary authority. They will introduce local income tax, which will give them an excuse to raise taxes much much higher than Labour have done.

I don't know if I will be voting Tory, & Labour have no chance of winning here.

But you can all vote Tory in Lewes with my blessing !

I think I'll vote Labour, just for a laugh.

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Westdene, what would the benefit be of leaving the EU. Presuming you foresee a relationship similar to the Norwegians or Swiss wouldn't that entail a total loss of influence whilst still haveing to comply with huge amounts of EU legislation.

 

[Simster]

How can voting Lib-Dem or whoever they are this week be the "straight" choice? Bunch of shirt-lifters who gave us that cu*t Bellotti!

And Norman Baker.

Still, neither are in my constituency. And I'm sure I could quite easily provide you with a list of absolute tossers who have run for Labour in the past. Bernie Grant and Derek Hatton for example.

Oh, and I don't recall the Lib Dems advocating sending our troops to risk their lives for an illegal war. At the end of the day, decisions like that matter more than an otherwise decent MP foolishly voting against the Falmer Stadium.

As for David Bellotti, I know of a relatively prominent Albion fan and LibDem member who has done quite a bit to ensure Bellotti's LibDem career remains in neutral.

 

[US Seagull]

Not wanting to be part of the EU has nothing to do with xenophobia.

No, it has everything to do it with it. It's that small minded, little England, cricket on the village green, cucumber sandwiches, pinning for the days of empire ("at least we gave them law and order") bullshit that holds the whole country back. It's the 21st Century and the empire is a distant memory. The world is a different place. Stop clinging to you old fasioned ideas of what it means to be British and get over it.
The UKIP wants to turn the clock backwards, and that isn't healthy. Just looking at their website you can see all the talk of the "good old days" when kids respected their elders and the law enforcement was a good clip round the ear from the friendly local bobby.

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

No, it has everything to do it with it. It's that small minded, little England, cricket on the village green, cucumber sandwiches, pinning for the days of empire ("at least we gave them law and order") bullshit that holds the whole country back. It's the 21st Century and the empire is a distant memory. The world is a different place. Stop clinging to you old fasioned ideas of what it means to be British and get over it.
The UKIP wants to turn the clock backwards, and that isn't healthy. Just looking at their website you can see all the talk of the "good old days" when kids respected their elders and the law enforcement was a good clip round the ear from the friendly local bobby.

Absolutely. The sooner GB gets out of our "island-mentality" the better

 

[Gwylan]

Not wanting to be part of the EU has nothing to do with xenophobia.

Try learning something about a political party before making sweeping generalisations.

Strange how black and white some people see things :

Tories = BAD
Labour = GOOD
UKIP = BNP

It just isn't that easy.

At the council election, I had election literature through my door from the BNP and the UKIP. The first four items on the both leaflets were identical and the policies were pretty much the same. The UKIP=BNP, it is that easy.

I don't even think that the UKIP is BNP-Lite. The middle-classes vote UKIP and the working classes vote BNP, but the politics are identical. Perhaps you should learn something about a political party before you start saying you're going to vote for them.

 

[bigc]

yeah UKIP are BNP watered down

and yeah I do know what I'm talking about, my dad has taught politics for 18 years.