Who will you be voting for in the General Election?

Who will you be voting for in the General Election?

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I thought Nick Clegg was quite good - he surprised me! I thought Gordon Brown sounded like a broken record!
I've always voted Conservative in the past, I need to do some more research I think.
 
The debate hasn't changed my view at all :( - turned over as I found it to staged and dull. My MP who I would normally vote for was involved in the expenses scandal and is standing again - I hope he gets kicked into touch along with all the others who lined their pockets with our tax money. Who is the 'national' leader is irrelevant when you have people like that standing locally.:mad:
 
I thought Clegg came over well, but then again he had the easiest of rides.
Brown was too busy trying to suck up to him, and Cameron let him off the hook.
I think the next two debates will be 'meatier' than last night's ( which reminded me a bit of the 'Meet The Chancellors' Love In on Channel 4 a few weeks ago).
 
Interesting that both cameron and brown changed their party line half way through on the firing of MP's concept though......

I have to say I thought Clegg wiped the floor with them though he was helped by the fact theu were more interested in attacking eachother than him.
 
I will never vote anything BUT Labour, just who I am and the way I was brought up. I would have to seriously consider whether I would stay in this country or not if the Tories got in...and we all know that Lib Dem will never win....it's a wasted vote IMO.
 
T_K said:
I will never vote anything BUT Labour, just who I am and the way I was brought up. I would have to seriously consider whether I would stay in this country or not if the Tories got in...and we all know that Lib Dem will never win....it's a wasted vote IMO.
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I'm the same with conservative. Great Britain won't be Great Britain for much longer if Labour have another term :(
 
KatB said:
I'm the same with conservative. Great Britain won't be Great Britain for much longer if Labour have another term :(
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I think labour will only be voted for by immigrants, single parent mothers and 3rd generation unemployed.
Dont think labour has done anything to help regular labour force or ordinary working class as they should. Raising minimum wage has meant that small business people like ourselves have had to employ fewer people and do more hours.Conservatives will probably get my vote.:confused:
 
SSM said:
The party that will overturn the hunting ban.
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Oh, well, none of them in that case then :D

I didnt see the debate as I havent got a TV, but always intended to vote Lib Dem :) I am hugely depressed by the number of Tory placards around my area though (north Glos/south Herefordshire) :(
 
BrambleandMonty said:
Lib D's. Our local conservative MP has SIX houses, and was horrific in the expenses scandal.
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Same with our local Conservative candidate :rolleyes: I'm giving my vote to Lib Dem this year and- even if they don't get in- I hope the MASSIVE increase in their popularity will scare the be-gee-sus out of Labour and Conservative and cause some real re-thinks about their approach!! :D
 
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Sadly unless we have a chance to vote on our relationship with europe, In a few years who
we vote for will almost erelevant as most of our laws will be made by unelected bureaucrats
in brussels...
 
T_K said:
Do you not think that voting Lib dem is a bit of a wasted vote? Although if you're either going to vote Tory or Lib Dem then go ahead and waste your vote ;)
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How well the Lib Dems are doing is on the news as I type!! ...Granted they may not get in to power this time- or ever- so in that sense it could be 'wasted' but I genuinely believe Labour and Conservative desperately need to have their "2 horse race" complacency shaken out of them. As the Lib Dems have some valuable and sound ideas to contribute I believe they are the best party to vote for to achieve this, so I will be voting for them.
 
mrdarcy said:
Normally vote Labour but will be voting Lib Dem this year. Could never vote Tory and I really hope they don't get in - it will be a bad day for the vast majority of the country if they do.
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I guess you must be on the dole or a pen pusher in local gov or quango !!! It wont be a bad day for anyone who wants to work or better themselves if we get conservitive rule..
 
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Labour for many reasons.

I think the with the recession on we need a government who is going to continue with public spending to provide jobs for people. Making savings in the public sector by making people redudant will not just affect services (NHS/Police/bin men/the people who grit your roads/teachers) but also mean more people out of work. Those working for the government spend their money on services and good provided by the private sector and if there are big losses in jobs in the public sector this will effect the private sector too as these people will not have income to spend on goods and services provided by the private sector so those companies may go under.

Additionally many people believe it was the greed of bankers that caused the recession and conversatives traditionally encourage and reward this sort of risk taking and greed that got us into this mess in the first place.

I do care about what happens to those less fortunate than myself after all not everyone who is unemployed is unemployed because they choose to be some really hard working people get made redundant through no fault of their own.

Though one of the things that does concern me that none of the parties really address well is youth crime and gangs - I don't know if this is poor parenting or just a result of high unemployment amongst young people who get frustrated.
 
SO1 said:
Labour for many reasons.

I think the with the recession on we need a government who is going to continue with public spending to provide jobs for people. Making savings in the public sector by making people redudant will not just affect services (NHS/Police/bin men/the people who grit your roads/teachers) but also mean more people out of work. Those working for the government spend their money on services and good provided by the private sector and if there are big losses in jobs in the public sector this will effect the private sector too as these people will not have income to spend on goods and services provided by the private sector so those companies may go under.

Additionally many people believe it was the greed of bankers that caused the recession and conversatives traditionally encourage and reward this sort of risk taking and greed that got us into this mess in the first place.

I do care about what happens to those less fortunate than myself after all not everyone who is unemployed is unemployed because they choose to be some really hard working people get made redundant through no fault of their own.

Though one of the things that does concern me that none of the parties really address well is youth crime and gangs - I don't know if this is poor parenting or just a result of high unemployment amongst young people who get frustrated.
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Where is the money coming from!!??? however I do aggree about making workers redundant, sadly when the public sector is told to cut costs the cleaners and usefull people are pushed out and the managers protect each others jobs its the £30kplus jobs that need cutting, the clip board
and penpushing non jobs that blanket and blight normal working peoples lives and buisiness with red tape, you only need to look at the jobs pages in the guardian to see the waste..
We are in a mess because of gordon brown and labour like the callahan goverment in the seventys they have spend more than the tax take and leave office with a messed up economy thats why there will be job losses. The banks are a side issue that was badly handled by gordon first by weak regulation and secondly by a badly managed bailout that allowed the banks to carry on as they see fit ie bonuses and treating customers with contempt, wrecking the economy is in labours DNA and always will be...
 
SO1 said:
Labour for many reasons.



Though one of the things that does concern me that none of the parties really address well is youth crime and gangs - I don't know if this is poor parenting or just a result of high unemployment amongst young people who get frustrated.
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I blame labour and the over generous welfare state the that encourages a feckless
lazy underclass to breed generation after generation of workless people this constant "help"
isnt ever going to improve lives it will just continue to fuel crime and dependency...
 
Lib Dem our MP is very in favour of horses and always responds very quickly when I have asked him to support anything. All the petitions etc on here that ask us to get our MP's support. Its actions that count in my view not the 'promise' of a free vote on hunting with dogs - hope all of you who are voting conservate because of this issue are asking your proposed tory candidate how they would vote in a free vote
 
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