General Election 2017 | Cabinet reshuffle: Hunt re-appointed Health Secretary for record third time

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 .

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I don't think I've ever been so hopeful for a party to win an election that I'm not actually voting for.:lol:
 

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Please vote Conservatives-
No. Just, no.

so you can stop lazy w@nkers taking a cut of your hard earned money whilst they sit on a sofa all day getting fat and smoking a 100 a day.
Anyone who can afford that with benefit money is a fecking hero.

Don't believe the NHS Labour hype either. They may pledge more money now, but what that really means is less money later, as interest payments spiral out of control. Think 20 years of stable NHS, than a 5 year high, followed up a 15 year crash. The same applies to all big spending pledges, it only comes back to bite.
That's just stupid. Unless you think the last Labour government was running the entire fecking planet.

Also, Labour think they will get more money from the rich which sounds great, but the rich are financially free and will just move away from tax and take their business with them. This means no tax, rather than some and plenty of lost jobs.
Okay, best of luck to them.

Voting Labour will just weaken the Brexit negotiation and we'll be on more years of uncertainty. Who would you rather negotiate with a women on a mission, or Corbyn too scared to even have a nuclear deterrent even though highly unlikely it would ever be needed. Corbyn will bend over and take it. May will make you say yes just to shut her up. Think how your girlfriends or wives break you down. Happy wife, happy life and all that.

"They're buying it, by god they're buying it"

There is really no intellectual reason to vote Labour. They don't balance the books, they don't even have a stable party let alone potential government. Their party has walked out on mass against Corbyn. Those closest don't trust him, so why should you?

Be wise, vote Conservatives, or lib dem if you must as a way of offset. Labour is a joke and should be treated as such.
No.

There you go, the sensible opinion ahead of tomorrow
Yes, vote Labour.
 

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which way are you voting cheesy? if you don't mind me asking.
SNP. Considered Labour since I do like Corbyn, but my local MP is a decent guy who gave a detailed response to my queries within an hour or so of me sending them, Scottish Labour are still largely a shambles obsessed with their opposition to independence and putting up paper candidates in areas where the Tories may beat out the SNP as a result, and I generally think the SNP are a decent governing party. So I'll stick with them.
 

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SNP. Considered Labour since I do like Corbyn, but my local MP is a decent guy who gave a detailed response to my queries within an hour or so of me sending them, Scottish Labour are still largely a shambles obsessed with their opposition to independence and putting up paper candidates in areas where the Tories may beat out the SNP as a result, and I generally think the SNP are a decent governing party. So I'll stick with them.
What's the general mood up there regarding the snp? i mean could you see a world where a labour - snp coalition is a possibility? assuming there is a hung parliament of course.
 

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Please vote Conservatives so you can stop lazy w@nkers taking a cut of your hard earned money whilst they sit on a sofa all day getting fat and smoking a 100 a day.

Don't believe the NHS Labour hype either. They may pledge more money now, but what that really means is less money later, as interest payments spiral out of control. Think 20 years of stable NHS, than a 5 year high, followed up a 15 year crash. The same applies to all big spending pledges, it only comes back to bite.

Also, Labour think they will get more money from the rich which sounds great, but the rich are financially free and will just move away from tax and take their business with them. This means no tax, rather than some and plenty of lost jobs.

Voting Labour will just weaken the Brexit negotiation and we'll be on more years of uncertainty. Who would you rather negotiate with a women on a mission, or Corbyn too scared to even have a nuclear deterrent even though highly unlikely it would ever be needed. Corbyn will bend over and take it. May will make you say yes just to shut her up. Think how your girlfriends or wives break you down. Happy wife, happy life and all that.

There is really no intellectual reason to vote Labour. They don't balance the books, they don't even have a stable party let alone potential government. Their party has walked out on mass against Corbyn. Those closest don't trust him, so why should you?

Be wise, vote Conservatives, or lib dem if you must as a way of offset. Labour is a joke and should be treated as such.

There you go, the sensible opinion ahead of tomorrow
So the party that accidentally (against it's leaders wishes) took the UK out of the European Union, without any plan whatsoever how to do so (at the time), and just to please it's extreme right wing, is the wise option? That's some funky wisdom they've got. No matter how you stand on brexit, this is all true. Even if it were the greatest thing ever done by anybody it would still hold true. And it's going to be a huge clusterfeck

I'm torn between wanting Labour to win and the feeling that the Tories deserve to preside over their magnificent brexit and all of it's glorious consequences.
 

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Dear redcafe, please be my friend, Farage is a Twit and the poor are w@nkers. I am not a cnut. Opinion courtesy of Strong and Sensibility.
 

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Please vote Conservatives so you can stop lazy w@nkers taking a cut of your hard earned money whilst they sit on a sofa all day getting fat and smoking a 100 a day.

Don't believe the NHS Labour hype either. They may pledge more money now, but what that really means is less money later, as interest payments spiral out of control. Think 20 years of stable NHS, than a 5 year high, followed up a 15 year crash. The same applies to all big spending pledges, it only comes back to bite.

Also, Labour think they will get more money from the rich which sounds great, but the rich are financially free and will just move away from tax and take their business with them. This means no tax, rather than some and plenty of lost jobs.

Voting Labour will just weaken the Brexit negotiation and we'll be on more years of uncertainty. Who would you rather negotiate with a women on a mission, or Corbyn too scared to even have a nuclear deterrent even though highly unlikely it would ever be needed. Corbyn will bend over and take it. May will make you say yes just to shut her up. Think how your girlfriends or wives break you down. Happy wife, happy life and all that.

There is really no intellectual reason to vote Labour. They don't balance the books, they don't even have a stable party let alone potential government. Their party has walked out on mass against Corbyn. Those closest don't trust him, so why should you?

Be wise, vote Conservatives, or lib dem if you must as a way of offset. Labour is a joke and should be treated as such.

There you go, the sensible opinion ahead of tomorrow
Thanks random redcafe person. Many insight, much wow. Narrative straight from the Daily Heil.
 

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So what are your predictions for tomorrow ? I know most want a Labour victory, but what do you expect will happen ?

I have not followed this as close as I usually would but looks to me that the Conservatives will increase their majority. A working majority of around 65 to 75 seats. Of course I could dead wrong.
 

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So what are your predictions for tomorrow ? I know most want a Labour victory, but what do you expect will happen ?

I have not followed this as close as I usually would but looks to me that the Conservatives will increase their majority. A working majority of around 65 to 75 seats. Of course I could dead wrong.
It is looking like a conservative majority, whether that will be an increased majority or not is yet to be seen. I am certainly hoping that Labour can pull off the upset, but even at my most optimistic i feel a hung parliament and some kind of labour coalition is the best case scenario.
 

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Please vote Conservatives so you can stop lazy w@nkers taking a cut of your hard earned money whilst they sit on a sofa all day getting fat and smoking a 100 a day.

Don't believe the NHS Labour hype either. They may pledge more money now, but what that really means is less money later, as interest payments spiral out of control. Think 20 years of stable NHS, than a 5 year high, followed up a 15 year crash. The same applies to all big spending pledges, it only comes back to bite.

Also, Labour think they will get more money from the rich which sounds great, but the rich are financially free and will just move away from tax and take their business with them. This means no tax, rather than some and plenty of lost jobs.

Voting Labour will just weaken the Brexit negotiation and we'll be on more years of uncertainty. Who would you rather negotiate with a women on a mission, or Corbyn too scared to even have a nuclear deterrent even though highly unlikely it would ever be needed. Corbyn will bend over and take it. May will make you say yes just to shut her up. Think how your girlfriends or wives break you down. Happy wife, happy life and all that.

There is really no intellectual reason to vote Labour. They don't balance the books, they don't even have a stable party let alone potential government. Their party has walked out on mass against Corbyn. Those closest don't trust him, so why should you?

Be wise, vote Conservatives, or lib dem if you must as a way of offset. Labour is a joke and should be treated as such.

There you go, the sensible opinion ahead of tomorrow
Assuming this is a parody post.

 

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Don't believe the NHS Labour hype either. They may pledge more money now, but what that really means is less money later, as interest payments spiral out of control. Think 20 years of stable NHS, than a 5 year high, followed up a 15 year crash. The same applies to all big spending pledges, it only comes back to bite.
I'm not going to comment on the rest because they are your views but what I can offer, from my experience in the NHS, is that the above is a poor and flawed judgment on the situation. It certainly isn't "sensible".

Waiting times in A&E, waiting times to be seen after your referral, operation cancellations, available beds, nursing and doctor staffing and many, many more critical aspects are at their worst levels in most of our lifetimes across the board.

The NHS will forever need more funding, it's the nature of the beast. The older we live, the more reliance we have on the service and the more expense we therefore require. But to dismiss the Conservatives actions and decision making on the way to this crisis is an inherently flawed judgment that requires people to speak against that.

Nobody is saying Labour will get it right but they're promising to do a damn sight more in trying to fix things than any recent Conservative government has.

I suspect you'll be the first person to criticise the NHS when they can't deal with a problem that you will inevitably have in life at some point. Instead of getting angry at the staff, the process and the results, remember that you voted to maintain the status quo and against a party trying to lead on accountable change and improvement.
 
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The electoral models online are all crap... they seem to have the Lib Dems getting 2-4 seats.

I'm desperately trying to work out what to put into my work sweepstake. None of them look like any help.
 

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I dont believe a country that voted for Brexit will go anything but Tory unfortunately. Not getting my hopes up
 

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I don't think il be staying up all night, il wait til the exit polls are released and if the outcome looks bleak then I'm off to sleep.
 

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Oh good just seen my first status of the day about there only being pencils to vote with. Ffs.
 

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Couple of interesting things from Jim Waterson (tweet it's linking in second one is the first one if that makes sense):
Have any non-left media taken an interest in these sorts of stories? Seems like something that needs to change, but won't until there's wider media interest. Tough.