Lord Duckhunter Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Just vote. I’m with you. Too many people can’t be bothered. They need to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 I’m with you. Too many people can’t be bothered. They need to be.I've done my part. I got three people to vote this morning who weren't going to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 I've done my part. I got three people to vote this morning who weren't going to. Respect to you. Despite our obvious political differences, I think it's important for people to encourage others to make their voice heard. If people don't bother to vote then they have no right to moan if/when things don't go their way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedArmy Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 If you want our own version of Trump as Prime Minister and want more of the same for the next 5 years. . If only we actually had a candidate committed to, and capable of delivering... Immigration control, improved national security, economic growth, low unemployment, higher wages, lower tax, reducing the threat of nuclear war etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 They really won’t https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/12/alexander-downer-says-australia-should-reduce-uk-intelligence-sharing-if-corbyn-wins Not sure how that makes the scruffy fridge-hiding fat sack of sh!t any less embarrassing. It is karma, pay-back for that ****-taking of the Yanks over Trump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 (edited) Respect to you. Despite our obvious political differences, I think it's important for people to encourage others to make their voice heard. If people don't bother to vote then they have no right to moan if/when things don't go their way.Thanks. Not sure how reassuring it is though when I get a couple of people ringing me asking me how they should vote. People really should do their own research rather than relying on others who are more politically engaged and asking someone else on the day, of the election. My reply was simply to vote however they liked but if they wanted my opinion it should be anyone but Corbyn. Edited 12 December, 2019 by hypochondriac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Is she on medication? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickn Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Is she on medication? You sure that's not a fashion statement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Respect to you. Despite our obvious political differences, I think it's important for people to encourage others to make their voice heard. If people don't bother to vote then they have no right to moan if/when things don't go their way.My voice might count for a lot more if we had Proportional representation as it is it's gets lost in the bollix that is FPtP. I'll vote I always do but under the current system far to many people's vote count for nothing. Sent from my moto g(6) using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Vote Boris and annoy all the right sort of people. The disabled, poor, vulnerable, homeless, sick, NHS workers, the list goes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 If only we actually had a candidate committed to, and capable of delivering... Immigration control, improved national security, economic growth, low unemployment, higher wages, lower tax, reducing the threat of nuclear war etc etc If only. But we don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 The disabled, poor, vulnerable, homeless, sick, NHS workers, the list goes on.I meant the smug, the self-satisfied, the woke, the Marxist, the reactionary, the envious and the identity politics brigade. The list goes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 We all laughed at the Americans when they voted Trump in. If you vote a Conservative the rest of the world will be laughing at us. yeah my primary concern is what others outside of the UK may think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 I meant the smug, the self-satisfied, the woke, the Marxist, the reactionary, the envious and the identity politics brigade. The list goes on. are you still trying to keep the pretence that you are open to persuasion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 The disabled, poor, vulnerable, homeless, sick, NHS workers, the list goes on.Crikey, all those people are Labour voters? you didn't you put workshy btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 are you still trying to keep the pretence that you are open to persuasion?Eh? I'm voting Conservative I would have thought that was obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedArmy Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Have to laugh at the overexcitable lefties on twitter creaming their pants about HUGE polling queues full of young people. A) The real world are at work b) they’re mainly posting from labour strongholds where any extra votes will mean absolutely nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Eh? I'm voting Conservative I would have thought that was obvious. I think that is obvious but from your comments generally I can not imagine you ever liked contributing to have a kinder fairer society so are quite hard core Tory. Not saying a vote for Corbyn gets that btw I may have been mistaken and it wasn’t you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 (edited) I think that is obvious but from your comments generally I can not imagine you ever liked contributing to have a kinder fairer society so are quite hard core Tory. Not saying a vote for Corbyn gets that btw I may have been mistaken and it wasn’t youI've only ever voted Conservative twice before in my life. I'm certainly not a hardcore Tory. I definitely don't think everyone not voting for Corbyn means they don't want a society that is kinder or fairer. Edited 12 December, 2019 by hypochondriac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 I've only ever voted Conservative twice before in my life. I'm certainly not a hardcore Tory. I definitely don't think everyone not voting for Corbyn means they don't want a society that is kinder or fairer. Did you vote in 2010, 2015 or 2017? I assume you were too young to vote in the 80s and 92. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 yeah my primary concern is what others outside of the UK may think. That’s good Whelk, it will take your mind off the years of depression to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Did you vote in 2010, 2015 or 2017? I assume you were too young to vote in the 80s and 92.Yes from memory I think I voted lib dem in 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk That’s actually very funny Duckie. Thanks for the laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint86 Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 I've done my part. I got three people to vote this morning who weren't going to. Good job hypo! The more voters who stand up against our anti semetic far left opposition the better! Sadly, even if Corbyn loses this GE, the stranglehold momentum have over Labour means they have no place as a centre ground (or even centre left) opposition. I truly hope we don't wake up tomorrow to a Labour / SNP coalition government. The UK will be in serious trouble if that happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Good job hypo! The more voters who stand up against our anti semetic far left opposition the better! Sadly, even if Corbyn loses this GE, the stranglehold momentum have over Labour means they have no place as a centre ground (or even centre left) opposition. I truly hope we don't wake up tomorrow to a Labour / SNP coalition government. The UK will be in serious trouble if that happens.Some people think they wouldn't be able to do much damage in five years. I don't agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadoldgit Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Good job hypo! The more voters who stand up against our anti semetic far left opposition the better! Sadly, even if Corbyn loses this GE, the stranglehold momentum have over Labour means they have no place as a centre ground (or even centre left) opposition. I truly hope we don't wake up tomorrow to a Labour / SNP coalition government. The UK will be in serious trouble if that happens. If you think we will not be in serious trouble if we wake up with Johnson as PM with a working majority tomorrow you really haven’t been paying attention over the last decade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 https://ukupdates.co.uk/diane-abbott-seen-at-polling-station-wearing-odd-shoes-on-the-wrong-feet/ Dear me, imagine if she was home secretary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwaysaint Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 I've only ever voted Conservative twice before in my life. I'm certainly not a hardcore Tory. I definitely don't think everyone not voting for Corbyn means they don't want a society that is kinder or fairer. To be fair, i would say you have probably been the most vocal person on this thread and most of your posts are trying to encourage people to vote Tory. Whatever you've been before, you're certainly one of those banging the drum loudest for the conservatives now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 To be fair, i would say you have probably been the most vocal person on this thread and most of your posts are trying to encourage people to vote Tory. Whatever you've been before, you're certainly one of those banging the drum loudest for the conservatives now.Absolutely. I want people to vote for the conservatives at this election or at least not for Corbyn. I've hardly tried to hide that but I'm not a Conservative supporter in the sense that I'll necessarily vote for them at the next election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 I voted Greens in 2001, Lib Dems in 2005 and I’m not sure in 2010, although I do remember being amused at the rudimentary village-hall nature of the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 I once voted Plaid Cymru in a local election whilst living in Wales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Random thought that just popped into my head.... Anyone know what's happened to Verbal? Hasn't posted since April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Since I started to take a genuine interest in politics around the time that Blair stepped down and actually bothered to go and vote, I have floated between Lib-Dems, Green and Labour. I usually vote Green in local council elections, as the current Labour council in Sheffield has acted appallingly in recent years, especially in the way it has dealt with the tree protests. I also voted Green in the EU elections in May, and helped to get our former mayor Magid elected thanks to proportional voting. I now live in a safe Labour stronghold, so a vote for anyone else in a GE under our ridiculous FPTP system is completely wasted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnersaint Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Random prediction Tory majority of 24 (BUGGER) Anyone else want to play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Random prediction Tory majority of 24 (BUGGER) Anyone else want to play? I initially thought that the Tory's will get 340-350 seats. Now I believe it will be 365+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Tender Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Will make little difference to Brexit - hung Parliment so again no decisions can be made. Referendum is the ONLY way out of this mess! We already had a referendum and politicians ignoring it is the reason for the mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trader Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Random prediction Tory majority of 24 (BUGGER) Anyone else want to play? Tory majority 70+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedArmy Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Random thought that just popped into my head.... Anyone know what's happened to Verbal? Hasn't posted since April.Probably been sectioned. Or blown up by a “Brexit jihadist” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 (edited) Turns out we can "spoil" our ballot paper, not "soil" it, as I was lead to believe. Edited 12 December, 2019 by Manuel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsland Codger Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 This is my sixteenth General Election and over the decades I have seen both main parties take it in turns to run the country. There has even been a coalition for a few years. The end result? Britain has prospered. True, like watching the Saints, there has been some tough times but overall there has been a massive improvement in just about everything (maybe not in education but that is more due to teaching methods than politics). Therefore I’m not too worried about who wins or losses today. Whoever comes in will mess some things up but will get a few things right and in a few years time we will do it all again. Hopefully I shall still be around for my seventeenth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stknowle Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 https://ukupdates.co.uk/diane-abbott-seen-at-polling-station-wearing-odd-shoes-on-the-wrong-feet/ Dear me, imagine if she was home secretary Nailed on for Minister of Silly Walks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Turns out we can "spoil" our ballot paper, not "soil" it, as I was lead to believe. There isn't much privacy in the booths either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGTL Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 This is my sixteenth General Election and over the decades I have seen both main parties take it in turns to run the country. There has even been a coalition for a few years. The end result? Britain has prospered. True, like watching the Saints, there has been some tough times but overall there has been a massive improvement in just about everything (maybe not in education but that is more due to teaching methods than politics). Therefore I’m not too worried about who wins or losses today. Whoever comes in will mess some things up but will get a few things right and in a few years time we will do it all again. Hopefully I shall still be around for my seventeenth. I agree with most of this, but all too often we’re too busy feeding hungry children or finding their family housing for the evening to actually worry about teaching them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Random prediction Tory majority of 24 (BUGGER) Anyone else want to play? Hoping for a hung parliament but I expect it will be a Tory majority of about 15. Dark days ahead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 (maybe not in education but that is more due to teaching methods than politics). No, it is everything to do with politics. Only the NHS comes close to the level of incompetent meddling by ministers who really should leave well alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerx16 Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Hoping for a hung parliament but I expect it will be a Tory majority of about 15. Dark days ahead That's the way I reckon it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Tory majority 8 Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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