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The main problem is with the voting system. When it was just Tories v Liberals then Tories v Labour the first past the post system worked reasonably well.
But now with multiple parties it is impossible to get a parliament that represents the will of the people. Our present government which has 66% of the seats from 33% of the votes cast illustrates that.
Vote for whoever promises to introduce proportional representation and change the system for the better. However that is currently likely to include everybody except the Labour and the Tories as neither of those turkeys want to vote for Christmas.
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If there was an election today, who would get your vote? on 18:30 - Sep 16 with 372 views
If there was an election today, who would get your vote? on 18:25 - Sep 16 by flykickingbybgunn
The main problem is with the voting system. When it was just Tories v Liberals then Tories v Labour the first past the post system worked reasonably well.
But now with multiple parties it is impossible to get a parliament that represents the will of the people. Our present government which has 66% of the seats from 33% of the votes cast illustrates that.
Vote for whoever promises to introduce proportional representation and change the system for the better. However that is currently likely to include everybody except the Labour and the Tories as neither of those turkeys want to vote for Christmas.
I can’t see anyone changing it because the only people who can have benefitted from it. It’s a mess. Somebody has to have some balls to change it even if it dilutes their power. It’s no good them complaining about engagement rates when the system disenfranchises so many.
I'm a bit shafted here in Torridge/West Devon as our sitting MP is Sir Geoffrey Cox (I tried to get the tag #COXOUT going locally last time without success) and Reform is also very strong. Historically it was Lib Dem and Labour always put up strong candidates as part of their training for future elections, such as Darren Jones, secure in the knowledge they won't actually do anything silly like winning. One Labour candidate was a friend and we genuinely believed in her and campaigned, leafleted etc even though it was a waste of time. I've been a lifelong Labourite and proudly woke lefty who held my nose and voted for Starmer but this time, if I'm going to cast a losing vote, it'll be Green.
If there was an election today, who would get your vote? on 14:32 - Sep 16 by Perublue
Such a waste of an early evening stroll to the polling station..might as well stay at home or better still go but vote tactically. Spoiled or spoilt votes are more acceptable here as it’s mandatory to vote but otherwise people wouldn’t waste their time.
I often spoil my ballot paper by ticking all of them. It shows I can be bothered to vote just not for the tripe present on the paper. Spoilt papers are counted and are declared in the result. If everyone who couldn't be bothered to vote spoilt their paper, I suspect in some constituencies the winner could have less votes making it a pretty hollow victory. Spoilt paper over no voting 100% IMO.
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If there was an election today, who would get your vote? on 19:13 - Sep 16 with 267 views
Can't stand the sitting Labour MP in my constituency (or the government more generally), so will vote for the party that finished second place last time (the Greens).
If I lived in Ipswich I might hold my nose if it looked like being Labour vs. Reform and vote for the incumbent.
Europe is under attack, so I could not vote for anyone who admires Putin or campaigned for Trump (who applauded Putin on a red carpet). We have to stand up to aggressors and defend ourselves. I think we need to maintain our nuclear deterrent too.
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If there was an election today, who would get your vote? on 21:06 - Sep 16 with 135 views
If there was an election today, who would get your vote? on 19:49 - Sep 16 by Mark
Europe is under attack, so I could not vote for anyone who admires Putin or campaigned for Trump (who applauded Putin on a red carpet). We have to stand up to aggressors and defend ourselves. I think we need to maintain our nuclear deterrent too.
So, Nige's Turquoise n' Gammon and Jezza's 'Fruit and Nut' parties are not for you?
I'm one of the people who was blamed for getting Paul Cook sacked. PM for the full post.
This thread feels like an appropriate place to post this, as it gives a good example of why so few people want to vote conservative. What an absolute shambles of a politician, she stands for absolutely nothing at all.
Edit: If you click on the post there are videos of her. So utterly dreadful.
Kemi Badenoch refusing to acknowledge that Tommy Robinson is "far-right", now on LBC, and refusing to condemn Elon Musk's words. In fact she says what Musk said *isn't* incitement. So what would be incitement then? How violent would his words have to be before he was deemed a threat to this country?
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