lewislewis
Lumumba Cymru
I will be voting twice for Plaid Cymru.
The "who are you voting for on May 3" thread
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PursuedByBears
Go stick your head in a pig
I have three votes for the city council, so one will be going to the only Green candidate standing in my ward (and I'm in Lancaster too before I get a reply about the pointlessness of voting Green), one to one of the Labour candidates (under normal circumstances I would rather stick forks in my eyes than vote Labour but I know the candidate and think she'll make a really good local councillor) and the last one to... God, I have no idea. Makes no bloody difference anyway as the Lib Dems will get in again 
Tom A
Goat among sheep
Which ward are you in? I know that I have two Greens standing in my ward (Ellel), but if I have three votes I am not sure who to use my third vote for, I know how crap the Lib Dems have been in Lancaster, and there is a Labour candidate who was the women's officer for the Student Union, who is a decent type, so I may have to swallow my pride (normally me and the Labour party don't mix, cause of all the obvious reasons such as tuition fees, the war, benefit cuts) and vote for her in spite of the party she is standing for.PursuedByBears said:I have three votes for the city council, so one will be going to the only Green candidate standing in my ward (and I'm in Lancaster too before I get a reply about the pointlessness of voting Green), one to one of the Labour candidates (under normal circumstances I would rather stick forks in my eyes than vote Labour but I know the candidate and think she'll make a really good local councillor) and the last one to... God, I have no idea. Makes no bloody difference anyway as the Lib Dems will get in again
souljacker
innit
I shall be voting Green. They are good locally and will hopefully pick up a couple of seats in the council. My ward is true blue tory but I told them to fuck off the other night so I can't vote for them.
As for labour, well, I consider myself to be a socialist. Labour aren't a socialist party.
As for labour, well, I consider myself to be a socialist. Labour aren't a socialist party.
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
I don't have a vote this time, because I live in London.
So I voted "other"
So I voted "other"
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
geminisnake said:
Well I got a massive pile of election shite this morning. The tories were the ONLY party to use recycleable paper
The rest used glossy shite Still dunno who though
Tory
slightly more sensible spending, less chance of council tax going awol....oh yeah, and better planning decisions.
Everyone knows Tory councils are run better.
slightly more sensible spending, less chance of council tax going awol....oh yeah, and better planning decisions.
Everyone knows Tory councils are run better.
Tom A
Goat among sheep
Tory councils may be "run better" cause they like to cut services and close down facilities such as care homes (which the Tories did when they had a breif stint at the helm of Plymouth Council).Pete the Greek said:
However, Labour and the Lib Dems would never do that, would they?
audiotech
wav, aiff, mp3, ogg, flac
Pete the Greek said:
The costs of a tory led council with lib-dem and Green party support in the city I live so far are:
Cutting home care visits for older people.
Closing days centres on weekends
Meanwhile, £500,000 squandered on a relaunch of the Council newspaper. £250,000 on more press and publicity officers. £800,000 on re-branding the city, only to find that the new brand was the same as Hong Kong had been using for the last two years. £200,000 on tarting up a lounge for councillors. Paying huge bonuses to a handful of top bosses. Lavishing cash on 'consultants' and 'advisors'. Failing to collect £2.8 million in license fees from private landlords. A rate rebate for football millionares of £130,000.
Looks badly run from where I'm stood.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
The local Respect leaflet was on folded card.geminisnake said:Well I got a massive pile of election shite this morning. The tories were the ONLY party to use recycleable paper
Still dunno who though
(I believe it may have contributed to getting me a patronising note from the recyclers about mixing card with the waste paper.
)13 people are going to vote green, with the majority abstaining?
Yuh.
Says it all.
Yuh.
Says it all.
The Pious Pawn
I Can
no choice but conservatives
also why no bnp option ?
also why no bnp option ?
Fisher_Gate
Active Member
MC5 said:The costs of a tory led council with lib-dem and Green party support in the city I live so far are:
Cutting home care visits for older people.
Closing days centres on weekends
Meanwhile, £500,000 squandered on a relaunch of the Council newspaper. £250,000 on more press and publicity officers. £800,000 on re-branding the city, only to find that the new brand was the same as Hong Kong had been using for the last two years. £200,000 on tarting up a lounge for councillors. Paying huge bonuses to a handful of top bosses. Lavishing cash on 'consultants' and 'advisors'. Failing to collect £2.8 million in license fees from private landlords. A rate rebate for football millionares of £130,000.
Looks badly run from where I'm stood.
Must be Leeds - are the Greens going to get punished for it?
The Pious Pawn said:
in case all those delicate flowers out there faint at the mere notion of such a choice
I noticed that absence....not that I'd consider clicking on the poll option if it were, for obvious reasons.
The Pious Pawn
I Can
It would be worth having that option !
you could select it and get a few toys out the pram !!
i will be voting the big c , because i hate labour .but if there was another choice for me i would vote fot them because cameron is a cunt .
you could select it and get a few toys out the pram !!
i will be voting the big c , because i hate labour .but if there was another choice for me i would vote fot them because cameron is a cunt .
The Pious Pawn said:It would be worth having that option !
you could select it and get a few toys out the pram !!
i will be voting the big c , because i hate labour .but if there was another choice for me i would vote fot them because cameron is a cunt .
Why don't you like Cameron? Is it cos he's a toff?
The Pious Pawn
I Can
no because he is a fool . a sniveling one at that . and i dont like his politics . all this lovey dovey shit gets on my tits .
edited to add
mind you toffs are cunts i can not go hunting for foxs with my dogs because of them !
edited to add
mind you toffs are cunts i can not go hunting for foxs with my dogs because of them !
The Pious Pawn said:
Quite understandable.
He's made the blundering error of believing that, just because IDS and Hague were right wing on a number of issues, like Europe and Crime and Punishment amongst others, and because they bombed, then those issues are not high up on the doemstic agenda.
When they blatantly are. It's just the leaders in question were shite, and the Party had a long way to go through their period of pennance before being considered.
Get back to the right, and sort this country out, is what I say.
The Pious Pawn
I Can
the thing that fucks me of i these cunts can say what they like to get in but dont have to go through with it . a election manifesto should be a legal document , if it is not being implemented within 2 years a new election should be called straight away .
mind you i think the whole political system in this country is shit , i dont no what would be better but i hate the current one .
mind you i think the whole political system in this country is shit , i dont no what would be better but i hate the current one .
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
The political compass told me to vote green - so there nea neaPete the Greek said:13 people are going to vote green, with the majority abstaining?
Yuh.
Says it all.
(bottom left - appropriately South West)
well, being in brighton these day's i'd assumed green, but the sguc (does that still exist?) are complicating things with 2 socialist alternative (millies arent they?) and an alliance for green socialism candidates. pretty safe labour ward
i'd rather vote IWCA given the choice, but nemind
i'd rather vote IWCA given the choice, but nemind
Tom A said:
dunno bout, that, i've only been here since september (student scumbag alert)
probly the two millies and the first choice green, but there's been practically fuck all attempt to canvass votes on campus, i would've thought the greens, libdems and sp could pick up a decent vote if they sent some people round the halls or the big open areas where people mill around, there must be at least 3000 living here
JoePolitix
Gone
Labour.
I live in Bristol and the Lib dem controlled council has pushed through privitisations that the labour run council would never have dreamed of. Like the privitisation of 500 jobs of home care workers against the wishes of the workforce and users:
http://bristolhomecare.blogspot.com/
I live in Bristol and the Lib dem controlled council has pushed through privitisations that the labour run council would never have dreamed of. Like the privitisation of 500 jobs of home care workers against the wishes of the workforce and users:
http://bristolhomecare.blogspot.com/
8ball
#notallwomenz
I always think it's good to have some Green representation on the Council, but then an Urbanite is standing for Labour in my patch but then I think the party needs to get the message that it bears some level of responsibility for Blair and cronies but then . . .
. . . oh, I don't fucking know . . .
. . . oh, I don't fucking know . . .
