Poll: General election voting round 5 (final one)

[Bear]

Erm... You do know what sturgeon does with her spare time right?

Goes shoe shopping

 

[dalin80]

Erm... You do know what sturgeon does with her spare time right?

Gets maths wrong?

 

[robgmun]

Hopefully shut a few of you right wing people up if labour win

Do not vote for the party that allowed the systematic rape of thousands of children across the country in the name of multiculturalism and Political correctness. Don't vote for a party that has the economic prowess of a 5 year old and sheltered 52 pedophiles.

 

[Freddie1980]

Yougov is a good poll to go by (normally) but I do wonder if we will see the return of the shy Tory voter (if i were asked by a polling company I would lie and say i'm voting Labour) given that the conservatives are still in power and as many as 1 in 7 are still undecided.

Finally I would say please vote Conservative but given the 42% coverage they have here that be preaching to the converted.

 

[413x]

Doubt I'll be voting today.
Need to take doggy for a walk and away with work tonight

Depends on the queue

 

[robgmun]

Interesting that the entry polls are so similar.

Yet the way they collect data is so suspicious

 

[robgmun]

Doubt I'll be voting today.
Need to take doggy for a walk and away with work tonight

Depends on the queue

Whatever else you do today, exercise your democratic right to VOTE. Millions died for your right, respect that

 

[Dolph]

It could go either way, on one hand Labour/SNP would have the numbers to block another ConDem coalition, but on the other the Tories would have the numbers to cause headaches for a LabDem coalition especially if the SNP objected to a policy it was putting forward.

It is quite possible at this point we may get a hung parliament followed by a second election because nobody could get the numbers to form a stable government.

If predictions are accurate then only the following combinations will give the 322 seats needed for a majority:

1. Labour + LibDem + SNP (344)
2. Labour + SNP + PC + Green (322)
3. Labour + SNP + PC + Green + SDLP (325)
4. Tory + Labour (547)

1-3 are out because Miliband has said Labour will not form a coalition with the SNP (he's trying to look strong by saying it, but he has no choice, it would be suicide for Labour both in England and Scotland).

4 is laughable.

The only somewhat viable option seems to be a Labour + LibDem coalition (293) which would just outnumber Tory + DUP + UKIP (290) and would see the SNP either back them or abstain (except for Trident, but that would have Tory backing anyway).

Of course if nobody can form a government we would see a second election, which would strengthen the Tories due to many voters who defected to UKIP returning after seeing UKIP fail to meet their expectations in the first election, though of course this would also see some Labour defectors return from Green/SNP, it's way too early to guess how a second election would pan out.

There is one other option.

The government no one’s talking about: the Tories propped up by the SNP

http://gu.com/p/48686

Yes, it sounds strange, especially given the rhetoric, but could the SNP really turn down devo Max if it was on the table and not lose substantial support, maybe more than they would for making a deal with the devil to get it.

 

[robgmun]

10 Reasons to vote UKIP today

1. Ukip would raise the personal allowance to a minimum of 13,000

2. We would scrap the divisive and horrible policy that is the bedroom tax.

3. We would put 12billion into the NHS over the course of the next parliament and finally put an end to the Labour and Tory politicisation of our health service.

4. It's time to reform immigration, that's why Ukip would take back control of our borders meaning we can implement a fair and ethical points based system.

5. We will introduce a flexible state pension, meaning you can take a slightly lower state pension so you can retire at 65 even as the state pension age increases.

6. On housing, we promise a brownfield revolution to help build a million homes by 2020 and ease the problem of the housing crisis.

7. On transport we'd scrap the white elephant vanity project that is HS2.

8. We would withdraw from the common fisheries policy, meaning we can introduce a 12mile limit for UK fisherman and a 200 mile Exclusive Economic Zone under UK control

9. We will be strict with foreign criminals by first of all preventing them who try to come into the country and then deport criminals who commit crimes here.

10. The 10th reason is that only Ukip MP's will stand up for the English against the SNP.

 

[Dolph]

Is it worth voting ukip and getting labour? This is what is going to happen I'm most constituencies...

 

[Tefal]

3. We would put 12billion into the NHS over the course of the next parliament and finally put an end to the Labour and Tory politicisation of our health service.

wheres the money for this coming from?

 

[robgmun]

wheres the money for this coming from?

See point 7 for a start, but what else they would do is well documented, start with it's manifesto

UKIP Manifesto:
http://www.ukip.org/manifesto2015

The only one from any party to be fully costed

 

[Tefal]

.. double post

10. The 10th reason is that only Ukip MP's will stand up for the English against the SNP.

being welsh does this mean i shouldn't vote ukip?

 

[Arthur Hucksake]

Would be tempted to vote UKIP except I would be out of a job seeing as they want to scrap the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Primary backers of a huge project that will effect 55 million homes around the country by 2020.

 

[Arthur Hucksake]

being welsh does this mean i shouldn't vote ukip?

Actually, no.

My Welsh mate is voting UKIP. The reshuffle would actually put more money in Wales coffers.

 

[Danthus]

wheres the money for this coming from?

They said they cut cut £10bn from the Foreign Aid Budget.

 

[platypus]

10 Reasons to vote UKIP today

10 fallacious soundbites with no credible plan as to how to achieve them you mean.

But yes you could vote for UKIP; a party with a track record of being the worst elected politicians in a parliament.

 

[scorza]

wheres the money for this coming from?

Cut from foreign aid budget from 0.7% GDP to 0.2%, and in amount of money not paid to EU (£50bn a year I think). UKIP is the only political party whose manifesto has been fully audited by an independent body to make sure the sums add up. I really hope UKIP cause a significant earthquake in UK politics today - what does it say about our country if we're still prepared to put up with Lib/Lab/Con after all they've done to us?

 

[McPhee]

There is one other option.

The government no one’s talking about: the Tories propped up by the SNP

http://gu.com/p/48686

Yes, it sounds strange, especially given the rhetoric, but could the SNP really turn down devo Max if it was on the table and not lose substantial support, maybe more than they would for making a deal with the devil to get it.

My first thought was 'no chance', but reading the article I can't really find anything argue against. The SNP would be reelected in Scotland for delivering Devo Max. Cameron could kill any talk of him having 'broken the union' by pointing out that he has quelled the Scots will for independence and solved both the Barnett Formula and the West Lothian Question in one shrewd move. The SNP wouldn't even need to back a Tory government - moving out of the way (i.e. abstaining) would likely do the trick.

I expect moving Trident would have to come as part of the deal though.

 

[robgmun]

10 fallacious soundbites with no credible plan as to how to achieve them you mean.

Actually, UKIP's manifesto is the only one to be fully costed and independently varied, it's received wide praise for it


EDIT - OK off to VOTE!!