Poll: General election voting round 5 (final one)

[eddiemcgarrigle]

She has had to hire a helicopter due to the very many meetings she has scheduled across the country. Trains in Scotland are pretty much centralised in Glasgow or Edinburgh and you sometimes have to pass through both to go where you want, also pretty much true of the road network. No such problems in the skies and she's more than happy to give lifts in it too.

 

[Azza]

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/04/30/nicola-sturgeon_n_7181142.html

Good to see SJW Nicola Sturgeon tackling poverty and social deprivation across Scotland by taking a tour in her private helicopter.

 

[eddiemcgarrigle]

In case no other person here saw it, I will post Duncan Hothersall's (Labourite) tweet about Scotland. -



"Of course I accept and embrace the fact that Scotland is a nation. It's just irrelevant to a UK election"



Democracy is fine for the Westminster masses if Scotland sends Labour MP's to the House Of Commons but it all gets a bit messy when we flex our democratic will and potentially send a large block of SNP candidates in their place.

 

[scorza]

In case no other person here saw it, I will post Duncan Hothersall's (Labourite) tweet about Scotland. -



"Of course I accept and embrace the fact that Scotland is a nation. It's just irrelevant to a UK election"



Democracy is fine for the Westminster masses if Scotland sends Labour MP's to the House Of Commons but it all gets a bit messy when we flex our democratic will and potentially send a large block of SNP candidates in their place.

I've no idea who Duncan Hothersall is - he doesn't even have a wikipedia entry for Grant Shapps to edit. I suggest that whoever he is, he is wrong since it seems that this year's UK election Scotland is the most relevant geography. You know, two out of the last three Prime Ministers have been Scottish, and then we had all those Scottish ministers in the last Labour government - like Alistair Darling, Douglas Alexander, it's never been the case in my living memory that Scotland was any less relevant than any other part of the UK.

 

[Azza]

I think he's just 'a guy'. Probably bought 3/4s of those Twitter followers as well.

 

[SpeedFreak]

Democracy is fine for the Westminster masses if Scotland sends Labour MP's to the House Of Commons but it all gets a bit messy when we flex our democratic will and potentially send a large block of SNP candidates in their place.

I can see their point though. Elect a Nationalist majority (possibly overwhelmingly) and it does seem like a small army is on its way to Westminster intent on breaking up the union. While this is not reality the electorate en mass possibly see it this way.

 

[Xelene]

I'm spoiling my ballot.

 

[Raumarik]

I've no idea who Duncan Hothersall is - he doesn't even have a wikipedia entry for Grant Shapps to edit. I suggest that whoever he is, he is wrong since it seems that this year's UK election Scotland is the most relevant geography. You know, two out of the last three Prime Ministers have been Scottish, and then we had all those Scottish ministers in the last Labour government - like Alistair Darling, Douglas Alexander, it's never been the case in my living memory that Scotland was any less relevant than any other part of the UK.

I think many in this thread are missing what's happening in the UK. This isn't just about Labour or the Conservatives losing votes, it's about a growing feeling in the UK that the two party system doesn't work. Labour and the Tories have for decades taken voters for granted, increasingly people are choosing alternative parties - that means no more majorities for either.

Scotland has simply moved faster than the rest of the UK due to the behaviour of both parties around the referendum, but the rest of the UK will catch up and you'll see a lot less of the vote going to the tories/Labour this time around.

It's not about any one party, it's about their attitudes to the electorate and how for decades they've seen themselves as managers of the UK, rather than answerable to the electorate. the SNP may be reaping rewards in Scotland this time but it could easily enough swing elsewhere next if they don't work properly at Westminster.

 

[Lord-Jaffa]

Cant cope with another 5 years of Cameron and his lackeys.

Looks like its going to have to be a labor vote just in case they actually stick with their promise of cancelling the bedroom tax...

I take it you must be sitting at home in tracksuit bottoms all day claiming benefits then because anyone who pays income tax is better off under the last government than they would have been under labour. Care to elaborate more. You seem to be bothered about the bedroom "tax" which indicates you are obviously on some kind of benefits.

 

[Explosivo]

I'm spoiling my ballot.

You're a plank then, may as well just not vote and go to the pub for a pint.

 

[delta0]

I think many in this thread are missing what's happening in the UK. This isn't just about Labour or the Conservatives losing votes, it's about a growing feeling in the UK that the two party system doesn't work. Labour and the Tories have for decades taken voters for granted, increasingly people are choosing alternative parties - that means no more majorities for either.

Scotland has simply moved faster than the rest of the UK due to the behaviour of both parties around the referendum, but the rest of the UK will catch up and you'll see a lot less of the vote going to the tories/Labour this time around.

It's not about any one party, it's about their attitudes to the electorate and how for decades they've seen themselves as managers of the UK, rather than answerable to the electorate. the SNP may be reaping rewards in Scotland this time but it could easily enough swing elsewhere next if they don't work properly at Westminster.

Last time it was Lib Dems. This time SNP. Next time anyone's guess.

 

[Scania]

I'm spoiling my ballot.

This view is a somewhat short sighted and very small minded one.

It's frankly an insult to those not so fortunate in both our past and present to have the right and freedom to cast a vote.

 

[kindai]

This view is a somewhat short sighted and very small minded one.

It's frankly an insult to those not so fortunate in both our past and present to have the right and freedom to cast a vote.

People think spoiling their ballot is making some kind of super hardcore statement.

The actual impact is about 0.5 seconds as someone look as it then discards it. In fact, spoiling your ballot is more of a waste of your own time than anyone elses, by the time you've gone through the whole malarkey of actually going to vote.

 

[robgmun]

Cannot agree more with the last two comments

 

[Judgeneo]

I think many in this thread are missing what's happening in the UK. This isn't just about Labour or the Conservatives losing votes, it's about a growing feeling in the UK that the two party system doesn't work. Labour and the Tories have for decades taken voters for granted, increasingly people are choosing alternative parties - that means no more majorities for either.

Scotland has simply moved faster than the rest of the UK due to the behaviour of both parties around the referendum, but the rest of the UK will catch up and you'll see a lot less of the vote going to the tories/Labour this time around.

It's not about any one party, it's about their attitudes to the electorate and how for decades they've seen themselves as managers of the UK, rather than answerable to the electorate. the SNP may be reaping rewards in Scotland this time but it could easily enough swing elsewhere next if they don't work properly at Westminster.

Its also because of the shift towards similarity by the main parties. People have a diverse range of opinions, and the "two" main parties no longer reflect, or even attempt to reflect this.

 

[Tacitus]

I'm frankly ashamed to be part of a community which is equally likely to vote UKIP as Labour.

 

[Mynight]

Well you don't have to be part of it .

Its not like they're going to be big enough to make a difference so I wouldn't be bothered about it.

 

[Threepwood]

"How can anybody with a soul vote for a party that uses the official secrets act to protect paedophliles from CSA enquiry?"
- Irvine Welch

 

[D.P.]

I take it you must be sitting at home in tracksuit bottoms all day claiming benefits then because anyone who pays income tax is better off under the last government than they would have been under labour. Care to elaborate more. You seem to be bothered about the bedroom "tax" which indicates you are obviously on some kind of benefits.

Utter BS, how on earth people make such retarded statements I would never know.

 

[D.P.]

Last time it was Lib Dems. This time SNP. Next time anyone's guess.

There is also the UKIP this time.

Green party with any luck next time.