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How do you intend to vote in the 2017 General Election if eligible?

  • Conservatives

    Votes: 80 14.5%

  • Labour

    Votes: 322 58.4%

  • Lib Dems

    Votes: 57 10.3%

  • Green

    Votes: 20 3.6%

  • SNP

    Votes: 13 2.4%

  • UKIP

    Votes: 29 5.3%

  • Independent

    Votes: 3 0.5%

  • Plaid Cymru

    Votes: 2 0.4%

  • Sinn Fein

    Votes: 11 2.0%

  • Other (UUP, DUP, BNP, and anyone else I have forgotten)

    Votes: 14 2.5%
  • Total voters
    551
  • Poll closed .
Berbaclass said:
I’ve admittedly moved further left, from being somewhat centre left in the last few years since the 2015 GE, so I know I’m biased in that regard.

I’m just not convinced it’s going to be so cut and dry on election night, I have faith in my fellow young voters to get out there and put pen to paper.

I know there is a lot of people out there like me, in a similar situation to me and most importantly wants to have their say.

Call it delusion or just blind bias but I’d love to be proven right.
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I just think there's too many older "shy Tory" voters.

Then there's the UKIP voters who are desperate for their special kind of Brexit.
 
Fergies Gum said:
I just think there's too many older "shy Tory" voters.

Then there's the UKIP voters who are desperate for their special kind of Brexit.
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People are definitely underestimating the level of shy Tory cnuts. Saying that, I'd admit it is rather hard to imagine how shy you'd have to be to get out of bed and vote to lose human rights as well as condemn the most vulnerable to another 5 years of this shower of bastards.
 
Dobba said:
Wow, Murdoch is really shitting himself.
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Leveson 2 would have him back in front of the inquiry.

This one is way beyond party politics, the tabloids are fighting tooth and nail to be able to abuse free speech to their hearts content and never be held to account.
 
Fergies Gum said:
I just think there's too many older "shy Tory" voters.

Then there's the UKIP voters who are desperate for their special kind of Brexit.
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I'm not sure the older Tory voters are the shy ones tbh. People overlook the fact that a significant number, albeit a minority of 18-24 year olds, did vote Brexit.

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Also the daily mail and the s*n are scummy newspapers. I can't stand the tory bias in this country it really pisses me off tbh. Rupert Murdoch can go do one.
 
The fact people vote for these Tories means I don't have to feel sorry for them when inevitably they get hit hard. I will just shake my head and despair at their naivety.
 
Rightnr said:
The fact people vote for these Tories means I don't have to feel sorry for them when inevitably they get hit hard. I will just shake my head and despair at their naivety.
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Another condescending left-wing post, well done.
 
RedSky said:
Seriously Jippy, those papers are fecking shambles.
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Oh yeah, I was having a dig at the DM front page myself, but I don't like the patronising left wing bollocks some are spouting. I'm voting Labour, but certainly don't see myself in the same camp as many Labour voters in here #voteonnimbyissues
 
Jippy said:
Another condescending left-wing post, well done.
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Um, what do you want me to say? That May is the best thing since sliced bread?

I am not blind nor am I deluded. I would serve my interest if people voted Tory but I cannot agree with such a level of incompetence.

It's one thing being nasty, it's completely different if you are a clueless slogan-throwing liar such as May. Btw, I've hated her guts since I first saw her on TV.

Corbyn is no idol of mine but she's a calamity. But don't take my word for it, just wait for her Strong and Stable No Deal which is better than a Bad Deal.
 
Jippy said:
Oh yeah, I was having a dig at the DM front page myself, but I don't like the patronising left wing bollocks some are spouting. I'm voting Labour, but certainly don't see myself in the same camp as many Labour voters in here #voteonnimbyissues
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Nah, I get that. The media have pissed me right off this time round, it's been a farce.
 
Rightnr said:
Um, what do you want me to say? That May is the best thing since sliced bread?

I am not blind nor am I deluded. I would serve my interest if people voted Tory but I cannot agree with such a level of incompetence.

It's one thing being nasty, it's completely different if you are a clueless slogan-throwing liar such as May. Btw, I've hated her guts since I first saw her on TV.

Corbyn is no idol of mine but she's a calamity. But don't take my word for it, just wait for her Strong and Stable No Deal which is better than a Bad Deal.
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I don't care for her either and she is the main reason, among others, that for the first time I aren't voting Tory in a GE. I don't care for Corbyn either.

I just don't get your patronising head shaking or not 'feeling sorry for them'. It's very self-righteous and pompous. My wife and I are actually both voting Labour, even though his income tax proposals will mean she is taxed to death even more. The prospect of McDonell as chancellor fills me with dread though.
 
RedSky said:
Nah, I get that. The media have pissed me right off this time round, it's been a farce.
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I was about to say it has been a whole new level of bad, but then I just remembered the Sun having to apologise for its 'asylum-seekers eating swans' story in the run up to Brexit. Does feel like the media has been that politicised over the last 2-3 years to the extent it is embarrassing. I have an FT subscription through work and find that I am reading that far, far more than I ever used to.
 
Well, it might sound patronising but it is what is going to happen. It's not my fault others can't see it.

For example, if you need the NHS and the Tories cut funding, you suffer. Then why vote for them? Because most of the press is telling you to vote for them through quite obvious scaremongering and/or lies.

Corbyn and his team are by no means an alternative but it's because he can't win that people should vote for him. A hung parliament might provide some nice balance.

The Tories and Labour both have their areas of expertise and ideally they would combine them for the best of the country. The problem is that the UK and its voting system does not allow for compromise and coalitions which usually tend to work out better than people thought of them at the time.
 
The Sun always backs the winner in a GE because it basically determines it. The power of the press in this country is obscene and given who owns these papers, it makes me feel sick.
 
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Rightnr said:
The Sun always backs the winner in a GE because it basically determines it. The power of the press in this country is obscene and given who owns, it makes me feel sick.
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They watch opinion polling closely and make sure they're on the most likely winning side. They then go full propaganda to make sure. I'd love to see them look like cnuts this time*.

*Obviously they always look like cnuts anyway, but losing cnuts would be nice.
 
Jippy said:
I don't care for her either and she is the main reason, among others, that for the first time I aren't voting Tory in a GE. I don't care for Corbyn either.

I just don't get your patronising head shaking or not 'feeling sorry for them'. It's very self-righteous and pompous. My wife and I are actually both voting Labour, even though his income tax proposals will mean she is taxed to death even more. The prospect of McDonell as chancellor fills me with dread though.
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I'm a labour voter as you know, i just wanted to say that it's Diane Abbott who fills me with dread.

Should the very unlikely happen and Labour win there is simply no way that she can be any part of any cabinet.
 
So all headlines: https://twitter.com/i/moments/872214579086053376

Daily Mail: Apologists for terror
The Sun: Jezza's Jihadi comrades
The Daily Telegraph: Special Branch kept tabs on 'subversive' Corbyn
Daily Express: Vote May or we face disaster (also: Don't let it happen! EU Boss Juncker and his cronies want Corbyn to be Prime Minister)
City A.M.: PM: I'll rip up human rights if it helps to stop terrorism (also: Abbott is latest victim of email prankster as poll points to Tory win)
Metro: May vows she'll tear up human rights law
FT: May targets opposition heartlands as security questions dog final poll push
The Independent: Corbyn's right: wars provoke terror, say voters
Morning Star: Rail staff anger over Tories' fake praise
The Herald (Scotland): Sturgeon referendum bombshell
The National (Scotland): 'Kezia told me Labour would back IndyRef2 after Brexit vote'
The Scotsman: May vows to tear up human rights laws to tackle the terrorist threat
The Guardian: May threatens to dismantle human rights laws in wake of terror attacks
 
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