Poll: which party are you going to vote in up coming elections?

[Shadez]

Yes I know the statistics of how often they attend. But how do you know this would still be the case, and that they will not do well? After all it would be in there best intrest.

How do you know they will? you cant, all you can do is look at past history and assume the trend will continue.

 

[Burnsy2023]

Yes I know the statistics of how often they attend. But how do you know this would still be the case, and that they will not do well? After all it would be in there best intrest.

What evidence do we have to suggest the behaviour would change? If they've not done it by now, what would be the motive?

How do you know they will? you cant, all you can do is look at past history and assume the trend will continue.

Indeed.

 

[spankingtexan]

What evidence do we have to suggest the behaviour would change? If they've not done it by now, what would be the motive?


Indeed.

Mass public support

and

It's wrong to assume anything, give them a chance I say.

 

[badcompany]

You do know UKIP have the worst participation of any EU party, IE they rarely turn up they don't debate and they are just as likely to vote against UK interests as vote for them.





Please explain how is the EU a dead horse.

English definition of “flog a dead horse”
flog a dead horse
UK informal
› to waste effort on something when there is no chance of succeeding:

 

[Neodite]

What evidence do we have to suggest the behaviour would change? If they've not done it by now, what would be the motive?

The general election? Pretty big motive, a chance to prove themselves?

Fact is nobody knows, and there is only one way to find out, if they win and carry on with a bad turn out and doing a poo job, then thats the party dead when it comes to supporters for other elections.

I personally would love to see how they go about it, also how the other partys change before the general election to try and get voters away from ukip.

 

[Delvis]

Yes because the EU goals are as black and white as trying to masturbate with a semi.

 

[badcompany]

EU will descend into war.
It's not just us who are sick of paying for third rate economies to be propped up by the northern EU nations.

 

[Delvis]

Why will the EU descend in to war?

You have a great way of making blanket statements.

 

[Neodite]

Yes because the EU goals are as black and white as trying to masturbate with a semi.

Short and a waste of time?

 

[Schlong&Stable]

You do know UKIP have the worst participation of any EU party, IE they rarely turn up they don't debate and they are just as likely to vote against UK interests as vote for them.

Their attendance rates are much higher than most of the Commons MP's. In fact, there are dozens of Labour MP's who failed to turn up for 50% of the votes.

By this reasoning, you'd have to be positively insane to vote Labour!

 

[Shadez]

Its not a waste of time if 1 person reading this changes their mind and doesn't vote UKIP.

 

[Schlong&Stable]

Its not a waste of time if 1 person reading this changes their mind and doesn't vote UKIP.

I decided to vote UKIP because of this thread. Seeing the outrage it causes amongst the cosmopolitan progressives has convinced me it's the right thing to do.

 

[TwsT]

The general election? Pretty big motive, a chance to prove themselves?

Fact is nobody knows, and there is only one way to find out, if they win and carry on with a bad turn out and doing a poo job, then thats the party dead when it comes to supporters for other elections.

I personally would love to see how they go about it, also how the other partys change before the general election to try and get voters away from ukip.

UKIP won't get much GE votes they only get euro votes because no one literally cares. Yes it will be funny to watch the tories back peddle and make stupid promises, but seriously if you're expecting a significant growth in actual seats for ukip in the GE then you're deluded.

Most regions are very strictly one or the other. Very little room for change. Take Cardiff Central for example they would need to gain 14k votes from Libdem to win the seat. Given that libdem voters probably won't go that direction it's not possible for them to invent 14,000 new voters. Even taking 5000 from each party is unlikely it would be getting 8X more votes than they have ever had. The rest of Cardiff is even stronger for labour in some of the regions it's been a labour stronghold for the last century. Same goes for Tory strong holds like the cotswolds these places aren't affected by immigration either. There population is equally represented yet they have a fraction of the voters of say a voting region in Hull.


Ukip will not be a threat until the voting lines significantly move or proportional representation occurs. Even then they don't have enough people who wish to be tarnished with the current media brush to stand. All this media circus is doing is giving Farage and his rubber face some credibility thankfully he's incapable of going a whole week without saying something stupid.

 

[RoboCod]

Well it's the way of life traditionally enjoyed by English people I would imagine. Similar to the American, Indian, Chinese or Saudi way of life.

In your mind, what would that be exactly? What does it involve, what do we do to be "English" that differentiates us exactly?

1. A large number of people on here who are criticising UKIP actually vote Conservative (Who are not left wing).

Ironically, the very users on here who do have a history of making stupid, offensive, homophobic or racist comments are out in force declaring support for UKIP.

This leads back to what I said beforehand, while UKIP may not it'self be racist, it appeals to them (which the rest of the population is rightfully sceptical as to why that is).

Indeed & indeed.

 

[Shadez]

Their attendance rates are much higher than most of the Commons MP's. In fact, there are dozens of Labour MP's who failed to turn up for 50% of the votes.

By this reasoning, you'd have to be positively insane to vote Labour!

True you would have to be insane to vote Labour ;D

But jokes aside, the commons is completely different to the EU.

 

[Narj]

In your mind, what would that be exactly? What does it involve, what do we do to be "English" that differentiates us exactly?

Drink tea and moan about the weather a lot.

 

[RoboCod]

Drink tea and moan about the weather a lot.

I do both those quite happily already!

 

[Shadez]

I decided to vote UKIP because of this thread. Seeing the outrage it causes amongst the cosmopolitan progressives has convinced me it's the right thing to do.

OK, so the reason you are voting UKIP is to be a "Rebel Without a Clue"? Not because of their policies, nice to know you made an informed decision.

 

[spankingtexan]

Drink tea and moan about the weather a lot.

Oh be quiet and get the kettle on and hope it doesn't rain.

 

[Schlong&Stable]

In your mind, what would that be exactly? What does it involve, what do we do to be "English" that differentiates us exactly?

Well I am not English, I am Scottish. But I would imagine that the person who mentioned the 'English way of life' refers to a whole spectrum of things from our liberal Westminster Parliament democracy, monarchy and the notion of freedom of speech; right through to standing in queues, talking about the weather and always fancying the underdog.

Foreigners have no trouble identifying what makes England English, Scotland Scottish or Britain British. Why do you?