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Not interested in this election, any party, any 'pledges', any supporters of any parties and haven't watched a single piece of news or listened to any of them. Not voting.
If I'm lucky I may live until I'm 70....but this country will still sh*t on me.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/...meless-britain
Why wouldn't Cuba let him live there?Quote:
Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew
Is every non vote a vote by default for the Tories?
Forget the polls to some extent. Tories are embarrassed to be Tories. They will be out on the day.
Let's kick out the most useless government in history.
Got my postal vote form for Cardiff South and Penarth. No one on there I think I could bring myself to vote for. It'll be the first time I've not voted in my lifetime.
If 5 more years of the Tories with who knows as PM and the likes of Patel , Braverman in Govt is ok for you as you don't think an alternative will make the slightest bit of difference then don't use your vote.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robin Friday's Ghost
For me stopping the absurd ship em to Rwanda playing up to the far right is enough.
I don't like the Tories. But there's no party I actively find acceptable. I'm certainly not gong to be responsible for inflicting Starmer's New New Labour on the country.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hilts
I would rather drink battery acid than vote Tory
So whilst the world isn't going to be happy every day under labour that's the x for me
And the majority of the UK it seems
I'm still unsure what people are genuinely expecting to improve? I get the dopamine hit from giving a govt a kicking, but after that I meanQuote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
You're missing out on Kiera Marshall - who has made a huge impression on the voters of Cardiff WestQuote:
Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew
https://x.com/Kiera_Plaid/status/180...2GpHG9emQ&s=19
I am sure she's a good candidate but she's got absolutely no chance and indeed Plaid nationally look like losing 2 seatsQuote:
Originally Posted by severncity
I think they should just become a focus group
Well the liberals are the only ones pushing the boat out with spending but they are not going to get inQuote:
Originally Posted by JamesWales
Labour are planning to spend more than the Tories
That will do for most people
You do realise that in two years time the Senedd election will almost certainly result in two Plaid Cymru MSs being elected in Cardiff - and quite possibly three or four? Kiera is laying the groundwork for those elections now. She will almost certainly come second in this election with a record vote for Plaid in the constituency.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
I think it's pretty much the same actually. The two big spending outliers are Reform and the Greens.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
That doesn't mean anythingQuote:
Originally Posted by severncity
When it comes to the big one Plaid try to get their message over but it's one of independence ultimately
And the majority of the Welsh population don't want this
Plaids best hope is to push for a strong influence on a Labour government in the hot seat at Westminster
The liberals are the highest of the 3 main parties, by some distanceQuote:
Originally Posted by JamesWales
The greens and reform are playing silly games
Labour won 41% of the vote in Wales at the 2019 general election. Opinion polls for the 2024 general election show that support for Labour has declined in Wales - which isn't surprising given Drakeford's decline and VG's disastrous reign.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Since 2021 opinion polling for the next Senedd elections has consistently shown support for Labour in the low 30s% for the regional seats. All seats will be 'regional' in 2026 and after 2 years of Starmer and 2 years of VG's replacement - possibly Lynne Neagle - the Welsh electorate are very unlikely to be more enthusiastic about Labour than they are now.
We face the prospect of a Senedd with no majority (which has usually been the case since 1999) but with a diminished Labour Party cowed by High Commissioner Jo Stevens and a Plaid Cymru utterly hostile to Starmerism.
Plaid are likely to have 25-30 seats (out of 96) and could possibly form a minority government with Greens and LibDems.
Roll on 2026! Labour will have been outed as the two-faced neoliberal sham that they actually are and hopefully Wales will boot them out.
Keep holding onto that hopeQuote:
Originally Posted by severncity
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Originally Posted by severncity
I think your bitterness will not be satisfiedQuote:
Originally Posted by Robin Friday's Ghost
Latest polls show 43 percent labour support in Wales
43 percent labour support in wales latest according to yougovQuote:
Originally Posted by severncity
You may think Wales is stupid for blindly following labour but if the alternative is Plaid then I am afraid its not wanted
Never been one to follow the crowd 👍Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
There's a positive in there for you somewhere 😂Quote:
Originally Posted by Robin Friday's Ghost
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Do you understand that that 43% support for Labour is for the Westminster election?Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
I'm talking about opinion polling for the 2026 Senedd elections. I got this graph from the wiki page on those elections.Attachment 6194
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Senedd_election
So how will it all affect you? Your work and kids?Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
I am voting for the country , not meQuote:
Originally Posted by goats
I’m Grangetown mate. The fly-tipping hotspot in Cardiff! Stephen Doughty country. He’ll get you anything you want for a couple of Diazepam.Quote:
Originally Posted by severncity
VG will be gone by thenQuote:
Originally Posted by severncity
I can no longer with good conscience pretend my vote matters when it’s the King who gives permission to form a government and I’m his subject. God bless him guvner.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hilts
Which country? Surely you can’t be happy with the new Tories here in Wales? Go liberal? Think about your childrenQuote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Such a success the new recycling scheme in the city, we go through the labourish activity of separating everything, only for the numpties to just chuck everything in the back of their wagons mixing it up again…..winner.Quote:
Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew
You could re-arrange yourself grammatically and become an object, old fruit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew
The UKQuote:
Originally Posted by goats
I am not happy with Labour in Wales but no way are the Tories or reform getting my vote
I don't have kids but are the liberals planning to wipe them out ?
Hahaha! Very good! 👏Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
…with all the food waste spilling out the Herring gull population is soaring! ….pun o’clock!Quote:
Originally Posted by goats
How did he get away with that ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew
The other fella was hung out to dry
There's not. I find it a very depressing time for politics. There is literally no candidate in my constituency could bring myself to vote for. So, for the first time ever I won't be voting.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
It was one of those scary ‘make it go away’ scenarios you see in TV dramas. Can’t believe he’s standing again. Written to him several times over the years. Never got a reply. Yesterday a pamphlet through the door. His name in big red letters yet a picture of Kier Starmer on the back! Oh yeah…and a union flag. Shredded.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
I can't vote either. I've never voted Tory, and I couldn't vote for Starmer knowing he is going to ruin the lives of other peoples children and grandchildren. I wouldn't want that on my conscience when I am on my deathbed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew
If there's one thing I've learned in recent times about politics in Wales is that if there's a need to crush the Tories, Labour will get votes. The Senedd won't really come into it. In the last Welsh Government election there was an early poll suggesting huge gains for the Tories. That evaporated quicker than a puddle of piss in a heatwave.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robin Friday's Ghost
There is a long history of a strong Labour and Liberal vote in South WalesQuote:
Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee
What happened to Leanne Wood ?