Poll: General election voting poll round 3

[Uther]

Wow a lot of people on here who hate the poor, young and disabled. I shouldn't be shocked by the amount of conservative voters, but for some reason I am.

I'm neither poor or young, but I cannot in all conscience vote for a government that has a psychopath like IDS in it.

 

[Danthus]

I still cannot choose. The positions I hold seem to cover Conservative and Labour equally :/

My position is spread even wider, Green, UKIP and Lib Dem.

There are bits I like from them all.

 

[bloodiedathame]

I did one of those voting thingys: 6 Green, 4 UKIP, 2 Con, 2 Lab, 2 Lib Dem, 1 Respect.

Quite surprised, but whether what I've chosen is financially viable I've no idea.

No party covers everything I want, and the party that covers most of what I want I vehemently disagree with other policies.

 

[scorza]

So basically it would just be miliband arguing in an empty room? (it's a joke, I know there's an audience).

Well, Farage and Bennett would be there as well. I confess I don't understand the logic of an opposition leaders debate though.

True, but they are still standing in the UK elections, and are bigger than Greens/UKIP. In fact if you mark them on % of seats contested/won I think they are more successful than the LibDems too?

The BNP field candidates in more constituencies than SNP/PC, should they be invited instead? of course they don't win as many constituencies as SNP/PC but then neither do Greens/UKIP...

UKIP got almost double the number of SNP votes at the 2010 general election (the BNP also got more votes than the SNP). Yes I'm aware that didn't translate into seats but it's a neat illustration of the local nature of the SNP compared with the wider appeal of a party like UKIP. We've got to draw a line somewhere and we've got to stop pandering to the SNP or else the consequences for this country will be dire.

The broadcasters refused to invite them, something they complained about at the time (as DUP are bigger than UKIP too).

Why did the broadcasters refuse to invite them? I suggest it's because a debate about 'flegs' and marching is simply irrelevant to the vast majority of the audience. Fair play to the DUP for not throwing their toys out of the pram and threatening legal action like the SNP did.

 

[JoeF1]

I still cannot choose. The positions I hold seem to cover Conservative and Labour equally :/

In the same boat. Just taken the vote for policies and Conservative came up 40% and Labour not even once.

40% Conservative
20% Lib Dems
20% Ukip
20% Greens...

 

[Mr Jack]

Her stabbed his brother in the back, he will do deals with them, probably a vote for vote deal.

Not this rubbish again. Nothing Ed has done is reasonably described as stabbing David in the back. Even if you bizarrely conclude his brother has more right to run because he's older or something (in which case why don't you apply the same reasoning to the Williams sisters?), facing someone in an election is about as stabbing in the front as you can get.

 

[elmarko]

Her stabbed his brother in the back, he will do deals with them, probably a vote for vote deal.

How did he stab him in the back exactly?.

 

[eatcustard]

How did he stab him in the back exactly?.

He stud up against him, in the leadership, when David was the better prospect.

Thats a stab in the back in anyone's book

 

[elmarko]

He stud up against him, in the leadership, when David was the better prospect.

Thats a stab in the back in anyone's book

Maybe the 'big bird book of ethics', but not in mine.

 

[elmarko]

I still cannot choose. The positions I hold seem to cover Conservative and Labour equally :/

If you live in a swing seat it makes the choice even more important.

My area can swing between Conservative & the Liberal Democrats which means I may as well vote for who I want as opposed to tactically (either lending support to either will result in the same government if they get enough votes).

 

[Freakbro]

Maybe the 'big bird book of ethics', but not in mine.

On the policy voting thing my results, on 5 issues, were

Liberal Democrats 60%

Labour 20%

UKIP 20%

No surprise there, I've voted Lib Dem for the last 4 or so elections and will do so this time too.

The UKIP figure is a bit distorted since I only chose 5 issues, and it was the health issue I chose, where tbh, I was torn between 3 sets and just plumped for 1

 

[Mr Jack]

He stud up against him, in the leadership, when David was the better prospect.

Thats a stab in the back in anyone's book

So, what, if a family member wants something you have to concede to them regardless of whether you want to do it too? Why isn't David stabbing Ed in the back by running? And how is it in the back? There's no stealth or deception here.

 

[JoeF1]

He stud up against him, in the leadership, when David was the better prospect.

Thats a stab in the back in anyone's book

That isn't a stab in the back though? Well in my opinion anyway. Yes running against family isn't the best decision but certainly not stabbing him in the back. Labour voted, Ed won that simple. The Media and other parties are clinging to this just for more negative publicity.

Edit: Didn't see the above.

There's no stealth or deception here.

 

[trigger-happy]

really nice to see the greens advancing.

Here's a nice video the made:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPgS7p40ERg

 

[physichull]

I don't understand why anybody would vote for the Greens. Their policies are all very nice n'all, but completely unfeasible and unaffordable, particularly in my industry (power generation).

 

[Terminal_Boy]

I don't understand why anybody would vote for the Greens. Their policies are all very nice n'all, but completely unfeasible and unaffordable, particularly in my industry (power generation).

Possibly such people still believe in pixie dust, unicorn tears and magic money trees.

I believe the technical term for this is 'delusional'.

 

[BunnyKillBot]

I don't understand why anybody would vote for the Greens. Their policies are all very nice n'all, but completely unfeasible and unaffordable, particularly in my industry (power generation).

Because they are the only party that represent my political views, in contrast to the right wing conservatives, right wing labour, right wing ukip, right wing lib dems, etc etc etc etc.

Shock, horror, somebody believes something different to you

 

[thep02]

It might well be important to Britain, but they are not going to win an election by talking about it.

Agreed, but our only hope is inovation through science so it should be a crucial factor rather than who is foreign or looks like a cartoon character.

 

[physichull]

Because they are the only party that represent my political views, in contrast to the right wing conservatives, right wing labour, right wing ukip, right wing lib dems, etc etc etc etc.

Shock, horror, somebody believes something different to you.

OK, then I pose this question:

"phase out nuclear power" taken from their website.

Why?

And another, for example, again wording taken from their website:

Britain was the first country in the world to build a railway system. But it was also one of the first to close lines and stations and then privatise the trains. We need proper public transport that takes us where we want to go, affordably and reliably. We will: Return the railways to public hands to stop profits being put before passengers. Introduce an immediate cut in fares of 10% to give passengers a much-needed financial break. Promote walking and cycling to help reduce pollution and improve people’s health

Lovely ideas, but completely impractical and ludicrously expensive to achieve. If the private sector managing the lines and trains at the moment are thinking they are having a hard time, what hope does that give for a rail system that is returned to government control?

 

[BunnyKillBot]

Possibly such people still believe in pixie dust, unicorn tears and magic money trees.

I believe the technical term for this is 'delusional'.

Nice bottom rung post on the debate pyramid. Well done. Here have a medal.