Far from perfect and we need a new leader but its labour for me , locally its the only party that can challenge the Tories , its a marginal seat and the gap is only 2000 votes
No liberals standing , just greens so its a two way scrap
Up the city
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Far from perfect and we need a new leader but its labour for me , locally its the only party that can challenge the Tories , its a marginal seat and the gap is only 2000 votes
No liberals standing , just greens so its a two way scrap
Up the city
Still a don't know. I know there's a lot of talk about Labour losing seats in their heartlands, but, surely, that doesn't include Rhondda? Therefore, I don't think my vote will count for much anyway, but it'll be for one of Greens, Plaid or Labour.
Oh yes , lots of people who voted to leave in the valleys ......turkeys voting for Xmas basically ......will vote Tory of that I have no doubt
Its incredible but given how ineffective corbyn is, labour are going to lose a lot of votes in the valleys
Wether it transforms into losing seats is a moot point
Not a chance. The Conservatives are toxic in the valleys and the Brexit Party will be standing there, that'll split the Brexit vote
Talk of the Tories gaining Labour heartlands and former mining communities is wide of the mark, they tried the same strategy last time and failed miserably
I rejoined Labour last week after 6/7 years out - blame Ronnie - so Labour for me.
My constituency was Labour in 2017 - but it was Jared O'Mara who was suspended and resigned the whip after a social media scandal and some other stuff that slipped past the vetting process. Before that it was Nick Clegg! This constituency always used to be Tory (it was held by Sir Irvine Patnick of Hillsborough infamy - he was the runner between No 10 and The Sun) before the Lib Dems got it with Yellow Tory votes. Locally Labour is saying it is neck and neck but I will be amazed if the Lib Dems don't take it back easily.
I plead the 5th amendment!
I won't be voting 'cause it matters not who wins in my opinion. Plus not doing so serves as a protest against the powers that be who won't institute a real secret ballot.
I won't be betting either as the bookies have a ludicrously low maximum liability.
Lib Dems are generally priced at 1-3 to take Sheffield Hallam. Be lucky to find an outfit who'll take a wager of £250 on that outcome.
Dopey me had believed the secret ballot line I'd heard so often and that one's vote is between oneself and the ballot box. That was until the first time I bowled into a polling station to watch the clerk scribble numbers on my ballot paper. "What do those numbers represent?" I asked. "It's your number on the electoral roll," she replied. "So," I pressed, "my choice of candidate is easily identifiable then?" That nonplussed her. She pulled a face and glanced at her colleague with a "I think he might be pissed" expression. She did concede it would be possible for a third party to discover my and every other person's vote before adding "that would never happen". I implied she was remarkably gullible and she scowled again.
As I stated, the primary reason for not voting is it would be a waste of my time.
An extract from the late comedian George Carlin's polemic The American Dream sketch - "Forget the politicians. They are irrelevant. The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice! You have owners! They own you!"
Who are the owners? Bankers. Multinational corporations. Major landowners. Liz from Buck House is also with them behind the curtain having a chuckle. That same Liz who's head of state but who no-one has ever voted for. Which reminds me, in addition to secret ballots being a lie so is the 'Britain is a democracy' bullshit we're constantly subjected to.
I don't think Olivia Blake has ever been a chap. She is certainly a much better candidate than Jared O'Mara who came from nowhere (Olivia is young, bright, was deputy leader of Sheffield Council and a well known local activist), slipped through the rushed 2017 vetting processes and turned out to be poor at his job and loaded with some unpleasant misogynistic history. I think she will be good.
Lib Dems I suppose , Labour have broken my heart , wish they hadn't said they will revoke article 50 though without seeking a democrat vote from the people first ,its a very unlikely Liberal stance .
No one, seriously. I've heard nothing from any party that would make me get up, walk over to the skool in this bloody cold weather and put an X, different colour rosettes but no real choice, Looney tunes left, charlatan right, nothing of substance in the middle. It would have been Plaid Cymru but, how long you got
Are you Cardiff north ?
Every vote counts there , it's highly marginal
If you don't vote labour and it goes Tory watch out for the most right wing government since Thatcher
A hung parliament , which is the best labour can hope for , will at least pull back Boris and his public school boys from letting the free market run wild
As for plaid they are a true socialist party but are directly pro independence and I could never vote for that
Brexit hardman Steve Baker is my local MP.
Labour came a clear second last time so will be voting for them.
Pretty unlikely that they will win, but it is a remain constituency.
It's the hope that kills you!
Agree regarding the independence bit
Labour for me, has to put together a team that can deliver centrist policies, I'm quite happy to pay a little more tax for good management of public funds, fee Wi-Fi, free pot noodles, free this, free that isn't good management, services cost and should be paid for, I said previously that I do not trust the Tories with the NHS, I wouldn't trust Dustbins lot with a penny on anything, their outrageous freebies promised, from a personal perspective I'd love Dustbins promise for the WASPI women, my wife is one of them but that ship has sailed IMO, I'll not vote again for anyone or anything ever (politically), it's a corrupt club and we aint in it and never will be.