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UK general election, 2015

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by soulcatcher, Jan 13, 2015.

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Which UK political party do you support?

Poll closed May 13, 2015.
  1. Conservative

    16.0%
  2. Labour

    30.0%
  3. Liberal Democrat

    8.0%
  4. Democratic Unionist

    2.0%
  5. Scottish Nationalist

    2.0%
  6. Sinn Fein

    2.0%
  7. Independent

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  8. Plaid Cymru

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  9. Social Democratic & Labour Party

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  10. UK Independence Party

    6.0%
  11. Alliance

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  12. Green

    32.0%
  13. Respect

    2.0%
  14. Other (please explain in the comments)

    6.0%
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  1. soulcatcher

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    Cast your votes!
     
  2. PatrickUK

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    I will vote Labour. My mind has been made up for some time.
     
  3. soulcatcher

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    I had also included a poll. :slight_smile:
     
  4. gazwkd

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    Not Labour. Not with this fool to lead the country.

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    Definitely not UKIP who are just a right wing nice version of the EDL/BNP

    Undecided between Cons and Libs - will have to look at manifesto's
     
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    I know enough that I'm no fan of the Conservatives, or of UKIP. Even labor seems a tad conservative, yet preferable to Conservative.

    I'd say Liberal Democrat, or Green, though I'd have to research things a bit more.

    But I know I don't like that Cameron fellow.
     
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    Despite being a British citizen, I don't really follow the political scene at all. I suppose I would vote for whomever is most similar to Canada's Progressive-Conservative party.
     
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    Obviously I'm not British, however in terms of international politics, my views tend to align with the Labour Party in most foreign nations. So if I got a vote, that's where my ballot would be going.
     
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    Well I wouldn't say I support any of those parties, but I will probably vote for the greens so that's what I ticked

    I'm so excited for it this year, nobody has any clue what will happen and pretty much any of those parties in the poll could end up in government it's crazy

    We could get a mix of labour, liberal, snp, greens orr it could be cons, ukip, dup.. It's serious stuff!

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    I'd say it's not a very good idea to assume that the 'labour' parties of all the nations of the world have a coherent agenda

    Unless I misunderstand what you're saying
     
  9. Derivative

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    Green Party. :slight_smile:
     
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    Well from what I know of Australian, British, and New Zealand's politics, Labor/Labour is usually the center-left party, with one party like the Liberal Democrats or the NDP in Canada that's further left than the mainstream center-left vote and my own views.
     
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    I'd have to go with Labour if I were a UK citizen. I'd never vote UKIP.
     
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    Labour. Would have voted Lib Dems if it weren't for Nick Clegg - if he left, they'd regain most of their lost votes. At the moment they're going to do no better than the Greens and wore than UKIP.

    My seat has returned a Labour MP every election since 1906. One of the safest seats in the land.

    I don't even get the Ed Milliband hate either - he's probably the most trustworthy politician of them all. People seem to hate him because he's geeky and weird looking. Cameron is a sleazebag - he is the leader of the party that used to have a bunch of pedophiles as MPs and ministers.

    And yeah, it's going to be interesting. For once it isn't just Lib/Lab/Con but UKIP and Greens as well.
     
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  14. gazwkd

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    Ok you win, funniest sentence I've heard for the last few months! :roflmao: :roflmao:
     
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    Explain to me why you dislike Ed Milliband. I've yet to hear a convincing explanation from anyone.

    Simple fact of the matter is - nobody has dirt on this guy so all the media can do to run him down is report on his appearance and him eating a pasty or a sausage roll. It's really quite ridiculous. He is probably the most scrutinised political leader in British history, and for absolutely no good reason - the guy has literally done nothing wrong, at all.
     
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    They're centre left yeah. Liberal Democrats are historically more centrist economically than Labour though, the sdlp split was because Labour were too lefty at the time. Maybe when New Labour were in power they were slightly more left but right now they're not I'd say.

    It's starting to look less and less like Labour or the Cons are going to get a majority here and with no other party looking like getting much over 30 seats we could easily see a three or even four party coalition in a few months..

    It's going to be a mess I reckon. Nobody will want coalition with UKIP and NI nationalists won't want coalition with anyone. SNP or Plaid Cymru could get big concessions on devolution out of any deal, Alex Salmond must be loving the idea of holding Cons and Labour to ransom for SNP support. Liberal Democrats will be ruined if they go with Cons again but Cons will need them for a majority most likely. Cons might have to look to DUP if they can't get SNP and Libs so we could have Ian Paisley jnr in government at Westminster which would be gross. Labour probably have more potential friends if they have a similar number of seats to Conservatives but still they might need two coalition partners. A conservative minority would have no chance, a Labour minority a small one.

    I reckon Labour/LibDem/SNP coalition but I'm almost certain to be wrong :lol:
     
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    I'd support a Lab/Lib coalition but keep the SNP well away.
     
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