Poll: Mods, one last poll before tomorrow?

Who are you voting for tomorrow?

  • Lib Dems

    Votes: 251 35.1%

  • Labour

    Votes: 78 10.9%

  • Conservative

    Votes: 316 44.1%

  • Other

    Votes: 71 9.9%
  • Total voters
    716
  • Poll closed .
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Superewza said:
I'm not exactly backing labour, but surely that's a testament to how well the economy has been run under a labour government? In that they've been able to manage a deficit with very little loss in standard of living for it's citizens.
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They haven't managed the deficit, the deficit has exploded out of control :confused:

Deficit spending is like paying for day to day living costs on credit cards after you've spent all your actual cash. It enables you to have a higher living standard to a point, but the longer it goes on, the harder it is going to bite you.

Labour deserve absolutely no credit for artificially inflating living standards via unaffordable deficit spending.

As a prominent chancellor of the exchequer put it:

"I tell you we have learnt from past mistakes.... Just as you cannot spend your way out of recession, you cannot, in a global economy, simply spend your way through a recovery either.... losing control of public spending doesn’t help the poor, It's those who depend on public services who suffer if spending has to be reined back.”
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Extra points if you know who said this...
 
scorza said:
We are not Greece - we're in a totally different situation to them. One of the reasons we are able to have a similar size deficit to Greece while maintaining a AAA credit rating is Brown's sound-ish fiscal policy during the boom years. So when we needed to borrow for a fiscal stimulus, we were able to do so without issue. Naturally this can't go on, and it's time to start cutting the deficit as every significant political party agrees.
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Still maintaining the lie that Brown was managing the economy responsibly since 1997, despite us entering the recession in a terrible position?

Presumably the constant criticism of his spending plans passed you by? Does Hatter have to point to all the warnings from the BoE, the IMF, the OECD, and so on that have been coming constantly since 2001 yet again?
 
NathanE said:
I continue to be amazed at the level of support for the Lib Dems given their crazy defence policies :o

What happens if it's a hung parliament? Is there another election in 12 months or so?
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Depends.

In Scotland and most other countries they manage ok, just need to see if our lot will be mature about it
 
What is it with labour candidates these days?
A steadily increasing amount of them are prepared to admit Gordon is a complete tool, verging on being totally incompetent, and that the party itself is finished:

Austin Mitchell, defending Labour Candidate for Great Grimsby, Lincs, says that voters should "defend the bad against far worse" by voting for Labour, adding: "Time to forget Gordon's grumbling ineptitude and obvious exhaustion. Time to forget that no candidate is perfect and particularly not this one."

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepag...tion-2010-Rolling-coverage.html#ixzz0n4rkMtBi


I dont understand how saying that your party leader is rubbish, he's washed up, inept and out of ideas, but then going on to say to still vote for him because the other party will be worst than this **** honestly,scouts honour, is a good thing.
 
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had a nice big reply about the Carriers, Nuclear power and Coal reserves typed up, then clicked the close button on the tab like a tool.

In short, The Carriers have not been mentioned at all by the Lib Dems, nor have the Astute class subs. A defence review i believe is already underway to determine what is what. I honestly cannot see any defence review cancelling either of the Carriers. We learnt during the Falklands that we NEED them. The Invincible class really were not designed or cut out to do what they did back then.

Coal will not be vanishing soon, We use about 7 billion tons a year as a planet and there are 900 billion tons in the ground that we know of.

Finally Nuclear, we have 7 plants that will go offline in the next 8 years, All of which took 8 years to build and commission. We need more power online before we could get new nuclear plants up and running otherwise electric will be short and bills will rise. The Lib Dems dont oppose Nuclear on prncipal, only on the grounds of cost, time to market and the fact that so many people dont want to live near one.

It wouldnt bother me in the slightest but if you were all me then i'd be talking to myself.
 
JamesU2005 said:
Don't forget you are voting for your local council and MP party member.
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Doesn't change my vote, having written to all 3 candidates, and reviewed the incumbent MP's voting record, I've come to the conclusion that she is insane, crazy and completely irrational, so Conservative it is :) The lib dem candidate is planning on crippling one of the biggest employers in Plymouth so voting for them is completely out...
 
Dolph said:
Still maintaining the lie that Brown was managing the economy responsibly since 1997, despite us entering the recession in a terrible position?
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Yup, because it's not a lie - the market speaks for itself. We're pushing the limit of what we can get away with but there's no reason why we should lose our AAA credit rating, because there's little risk of us defaulting.

The facts are that while Brown made some mistakes as chancellor (no more boom and bust, failure to achieve proper regulation of financial markets, selling gold off cheap), we stuck to the target of total debt below 40% of GDP until we had to bail out the banks.
 
scorza said:
Yup, because it's not a lie - the market speaks for itself. We're pushing the limit of what we can get away with but there's no reason why we should lose our AAA credit rating, because there's little risk of us defaulting.

The facts are that while Brown made some mistakes as chancellor (no more boom and bust, failure to achieve proper regulation of financial markets, selling gold off cheap), we stuck to the target of total debt below 40% of GDP until we had to bail out the banks.
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That was only achieved through moving the financial cycles and through propping up GDP via borrowing... There is no justification to running deficit spending in a boom. Nudging the limits of your definition in a period of growth only suggests that as soon as growth stops, you're going to be screwed. This is simple common sense.

The £160bn deficit this year also does not include the bank bailouts.

Do you know who I quoted above? It's excellent advice that Brown completely failed to follow...
 
Magic_x_uk said:
If it is a hung parliment, is GB still the PM or what ? not really sure about this.

Think of me tomorrow. I am working in Loughbourgh. Doing the counting for BBC/Sky and ITV. Doing the results and phoning in throughout the day giving the unofficial results of how that area/constituency is doing.

As the official count of course is not revealed to around 10.30pm. This is being done all over the UK at all voting/polling booths/areas. This enables the news to be up to date with how the election is progressing.
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Will Lucky said:
I believe Technically yes, he will be offered the chance to form a Coalition first as he will be still the PM. But if the Lib Dems say no, then I think general talks happen and when two come to an agreement the chosen leader is PM.

But the Lib Dems have said if Labour come third on the popular vote they won't talk to them first. Second on the other hand, well that's another question.
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If its a hung parliment then its the party that has won the most seats who will become the PM. He would then need to form a coalition with another party to govern properly.

If no coalition can be formed by either parties, then the Queen can order a 2nd election to try and form a government.

It doesn't matter who the previous PM was, GB still needs to win the most seats to continue PM.
 
They just interviewed a girl who said she would make up her mind when she got to the polling station. How can you still be undecided at that point? Surely by now you've read the policies, seen the interviews and the x-factor debates so you should have enough information to form an opinion. If you haven't made up your mind by now then what are you expecting to happen in the next 24 hours that will help you decide?
 
atpbx said:
I dont understand how saying that your party leader is rubbish, he's washed up, inept and out of ideas, but then going on to say to still vote for him because the other party will be worst than this **** honestly,scouts honour, is a good thing.
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A shop owner said the exactly the same thing on sky :rolleyes: , fools!

Stop Voting Labour people , we've had 13years of hell why are you still voting Labour :confused:
 
djkav said:
If its a hung parliment then its the party that has won the most seats who will become the PM. He would then need to form a coalition with another party to govern properly.
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Strictly speaking, if no-one has an overall majority, Brown is still PM until he resigns, and Brown gets first opportunity to form a government even if Labour finish third (although that's looking less and less likely even on popular vote).

If no coalition can be formed by either parties, then the Queen can order a 2nd election to try and form a government.
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You can run the country as a minority administration as well...
 
Sort the colours out plx.

I've had to make a regrettable switch to Labour as the Tories will certainly win otherwise. My borough (Hammersmith) has had a terrible few years under a Tory council, has a very strong Labour following but no Lib Dem interest at all :(

For all the Conservative nuts, have a read of http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...avid-cameronrsquos-model-borough-1962318.html
A preview of what will come if the Conservatives win a majority.
 
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