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Definitely not tory but not convinced by Labour either. Though at least our local Labour candidate is actually a bona fide local person. Will probs go Labour.
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Voting day tomorrow and still undecided who to vote for on 16:18 - Jul 3 by OldFart71
I feel it's a bit of a disaster thay people find themselves voting for anyone but the Tories. Is that really the state of our political party's these day's that a Government make a complete horlicks of governing for 14 years and yet there's nobody really worth voting for in their place and an"Anything will do" scenario other than them ? Starmer won't come out with any real policies. He doesn't want Rwanda, but can't say how he will stop the boat people coming here. He say's he will stop the illegal traffickers, but then he's relying on the French and that hasn't worked despite giving them 50+ millions. Whoever get's in needs to come up with a more sensible idea regarding greenhouse gases. Making consumers pay through the nose for anything they have that is not regarded green and then trying to get people to buy things that don't work or are way to expensive for the majority is also nonsensical. A guy I was listening to on the radio recently visits China. He said they are building or have built a railway transporting coal from one side of the Country to the other and they are building 10, yes 10, new coal powered power stations a year over there. I'm not saying we shouldn't be trying to do something, but then our policies are so slipshod. An example of this is our local surgery, which frankly isn't big enough due to continued house building and being understaffed. They are continually sending people miles away for blood tests when they can be done locally. That means many people making car journeys that are unnecessary. Hospitals are continuing to make treatments only available at certain one's. Again making people travel miles and yet these are government establishments going totally against government policy of cutting emissions.
For info: Getting shot of the Tories and country needing a change are the two highest reasons why most people are voting for Labour. (Big poll released today)
Sad or otherwise, but the truth is most people want them out. Something for them to reflect on I guess.
Voting day tomorrow and still undecided who to vote for on 17:21 - Jul 3 by bluelagos
For info: Getting shot of the Tories and country needing a change are the two highest reasons why most people are voting for Labour. (Big poll released today)
Sad or otherwise, but the truth is most people want them out. Something for them to reflect on I guess.
The cliche "oppositions don't win elections, governments lose them" usually is correct.
Voting day tomorrow and still undecided who to vote for on 09:26 - Jul 3 by itfcjoe
My labour candidate is suspended for betting on himself to lose, really annoying as he had a chance in normally a safe Tory seat
As it stands I'm now one of the very few constituencies where all the tactical voting sites just say don't bother and do what you want!
Actually he is still standing, and as the Labour cabdidate, and the 'administrative suspension' is looking slightly silly. The MRP polls still give him to win, and I doubt whether the suspension will havexaffected his core vote much.
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Voting day tomorrow and still undecided who to vote for on 17:40 - Jul 3 with 1655 views
Bookies will only tell you where the punters are putting their money. Try a tactical voting site: there are several. Or tell me which is your constituency: at the moment I'm writing about the election outcome every day.
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Voting day tomorrow and still undecided who to vote for on 17:40 - Jul 3 with 1656 views
Voting day tomorrow and still undecided who to vote for on 17:21 - Jul 3 by bluelagos
For info: Getting shot of the Tories and country needing a change are the two highest reasons why most people are voting for Labour. (Big poll released today)
Sad or otherwise, but the truth is most people want them out. Something for them to reflect on I guess.
That's a savage indictment on the Labour offering.
And interesting to note Starmer saying that the UK will not re-join the EU in his lifetime.
As Sam Coates has just said on Sky, you could envisage Labour going the same way as the Tories in five years time, if they don't actually change things.
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Voting day tomorrow and still undecided who to vote for on 17:54 - Jul 3 with 1626 views
As Sam Coates has just said on Sky, you could envisage Labour going the same way as the Tories in five years time, if they don't actually change things.
So first off - it makes me laugh hearing tories gloating that Labour has a "soft vote". Who gives a fck - the tick in a box against a Labour candidate still counts as 1 vote irrespective of someone's motives.
As for 5 years time - IF Labour were expected to do well - then an average performance would be seen as a let down. If voters aren't expecting much an average performance might get them a 2nd term.
Agree that a poor performance - with the Tory chaos still in memory - and it could open the door for Farage. One reason I'd like to see the Libs come second. Could really change the future of UK politics away from the far right.
Voting day tomorrow and still undecided who to vote for on 09:26 - Jul 3 by itfcjoe
My labour candidate is suspended for betting on himself to lose, really annoying as he had a chance in normally a safe Tory seat
As it stands I'm now one of the very few constituencies where all the tactical voting sites just say don't bother and do what you want!
Today's Sky News MRP poll predicts a Labour win in your constituency but it has it down as a toss-up.
If you follow this link, and click on the right had map lower down at the appropriate place or search your constituency by name, you can see the predicted result, as you can for all constituencies.
Voting day tomorrow and still undecided who to vote for on 17:21 - Jul 3 by bluelagos
For info: Getting shot of the Tories and country needing a change are the two highest reasons why most people are voting for Labour. (Big poll released today)
Sad or otherwise, but the truth is most people want them out. Something for them to reflect on I guess.
I can understand that. The feeling is so strong against the Tories that it would be hard for any other messages to break through. If you’re in pain, you just want the pain to go away. There’s a lot of detail in the manifesto to give people other, more positive reasons to vote for them (and same for the other parties). I bet most people haven’t looked at any of the manifestos though.
At the start of the campaign, I was planning to vote for Labour just because the Tories need to go and it is worth giving someone else a try. However, they have not impressed me at all in the campaign, and I really now think that the only reason Labour are going to dominate this election is because the Conservatives have been such a car crash. They have no plans to resolve any of the issues. Therefore, I predict that in five years nothing will have changed and the general public will have totally turned against Labour.
So I will be voting Liberal Democrats, in the hope that they are there to pick up the pieces in five years rather than Nigel Farage and Reform UK.
I also think my local candidate seems like a nice guy and Ed Davey did well in the debates so am happy to give them my vote.
They'd all laugh at me if they knew what I was trying to do. To create a new strain of super-wine in half-an-hour with a fraction of nature's resources and a FOOL for an assistant. 'Bernard Black, he's mad,' they'd say, 'he's insane, he's dangerous.' Well I'll show them! I'll show them all!
Voting day tomorrow and still undecided who to vote for on 14:38 - Jul 3 by MidlandBlue25
Yes, I've decided I'm going to spoil my ballot paper
Please do something funny. As a vote counter in a previous life when I worked for local government in Yorkshire, it really did help get through the day if there was an originally spoilt ballot. A penis is a bit old hat. Someone did a great characture of the sitting MP as a morphed slug. It showed great talent.
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Voting day tomorrow and still undecided who to vote for on 19:58 - Jul 3 with 1455 views
Voting day tomorrow and still undecided who to vote for on 18:36 - Jul 3 by TractorFrog
At the start of the campaign, I was planning to vote for Labour just because the Tories need to go and it is worth giving someone else a try. However, they have not impressed me at all in the campaign, and I really now think that the only reason Labour are going to dominate this election is because the Conservatives have been such a car crash. They have no plans to resolve any of the issues. Therefore, I predict that in five years nothing will have changed and the general public will have totally turned against Labour.
So I will be voting Liberal Democrats, in the hope that they are there to pick up the pieces in five years rather than Nigel Farage and Reform UK.
I also think my local candidate seems like a nice guy and Ed Davey did well in the debates so am happy to give them my vote.
Is there anything particular that stands out to you in the LD plans that’s better than, or missing, in Labour’s (they both have quite a lot of plans).
Voting day tomorrow and still undecided who to vote for on 18:18 - Jul 3 by DJR
Today's Sky News MRP poll predicts a Labour win in your constituency but it has it down as a toss-up.
If you follow this link, and click on the right had map lower down at the appropriate place or search your constituency by name, you can see the predicted result, as you can for all constituencies.
Ooooh - holding my breath now - it could be the first time my vote has ever mattered in Skipton & Ripon ...
Seat - Skipton & Ripon
3 Jun Toss-up Con hold
19 Jun Toss-up Con hold
3 Jul Lean Lab gain
Edit: J. Smith (cons) 2019 majority was 23,694, so the 3 july poll is quite ! He got 59.5% of the votes on a 74.6% turnout. Labour were in second place with 11,225; and the LDs ran Labour close with 8,701.
I think this is just the kind of constituency whose voters it was hoped Keir Starmer would appeal to, and with a different Lab candidate this time plus (we hope) people having the sense to vote tactically, who knows ... Smith has run a good campaign though, basing it almost totally around local issues & his personal record.
Voting day tomorrow and still undecided who to vote for on 20:11 - Jul 3 by Ryorry
Ooooh - holding my breath now - it could be the first time my vote has ever mattered in Skipton & Ripon ...
Seat - Skipton & Ripon
3 Jun Toss-up Con hold
19 Jun Toss-up Con hold
3 Jul Lean Lab gain
Edit: J. Smith (cons) 2019 majority was 23,694, so the 3 july poll is quite ! He got 59.5% of the votes on a 74.6% turnout. Labour were in second place with 11,225; and the LDs ran Labour close with 8,701.
I think this is just the kind of constituency whose voters it was hoped Keir Starmer would appeal to, and with a different Lab candidate this time plus (we hope) people having the sense to vote tactically, who knows ... Smith has run a good campaign though, basing it almost totally around local issues & his personal record.
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Julian Smith is one of the better Tories. He's on the left of the party, was a Remainer, was chief whip under May and supported her softer Brexit and was highly regarded by those in Northern Ireland when NI Secretary.
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Voting day tomorrow and still undecided who to vote for on 21:01 - Jul 3 with 1351 views
Voting day tomorrow and still undecided who to vote for on 20:57 - Jul 3 by DJR
Julian Smith is one of the better Tories. He's on the left of the party, was a Remainer, was chief whip under May and supported her softer Brexit and was highly regarded by those in Northern Ireland when NI Secretary.
I’ll be voting Labour although I have no great love for them and find nothing to enthuse me in their manifesto.
I would love to see a Liberal Democrat majority government, they are the only party that I find remotely aligned with my politics.
But….I personally can’t stand my local Lib Dems, they seem hell bent on doing everything they can to make local people’s lives a misery and I haven’t seen them do anything for this election bar spamming the same leaflet through the door 7 or 8 times where they claim to be the only party here that can drive out the Tories. Our Labour candidate on the other hand is a real person, very active in our community and genuinely interested in the people here. Would be great to unseat a cabinet level Tory too.
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Voting day tomorrow and still undecided who to vote for on 21:37 - Jul 3 with 1264 views
Voting day tomorrow and still undecided who to vote for on 21:01 - Jul 3 by Ryorry
I know, I'm his constituent!!
His only constituent?
“One voter, 16,472 votes - a slight anomaly?” "Not really Mr Hanna .... The number of votes I cast is simply a reflection of how firmly I believe in his policies."
Voting day tomorrow and still undecided who to vote for on 21:37 - Jul 3 by You_Bloo_Right
His only constituent?
“One voter, 16,472 votes - a slight anomaly?” "Not really Mr Hanna .... The number of votes I cast is simply a reflection of how firmly I believe in his policies."
Haha, that thought did occur to me too, but couldn't be a'd to edit it! I suppose the technically correct terminology anyway should have been *former* constituent(s), with Parliament having been dissolved for the GE.
Voting day tomorrow and still undecided who to vote for on 11:05 - Jul 3 by HairBearBunch
I'm from the area and I have no idea why it's polling green. I get the 'tories out' thing, but like you say it's classic tory, made up from parts of five old constituencies that were all strongly tory. Labour are reportedly not even bothering and have sent canvassers to Lowestoft instead. No shortage of light blue posters around here too though !
I think it is the change in boundaries and the green candidate is joint party leader or something like that. They have pushed it hard. Greens have been doing well in the area in local elections and have proven to do a very good job at local level.
He is a duplicitous, backstabbing lying Ciunt who's a puppet to his multiple corporate donors and god knows who else. He is far more suited, with his charter, liking of corporate cash injection and ideology, to be in the Tory party.
But with that said, I have a chance to vote out Coffey tomorrow by voting for that insipidly lead Labour Party. I probably will do that, but I will hate myself for it.
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! He got 59.5% of the votes on a 74.6% turnout. Labour were in second place with 11,225; and the LDs ran Labour close with 8,701. 
