“the posts saying vote labour have a very narrow point of view”
You could use that argument for most comments, it’s not like the average commenter is going to set out their entire political point of view in one comment, they will tend to concentrate on one or two specifics!
I find the national minimum wage a very compelling reason for voting Labour. The Conservatives were against it all the way and even now there are Tory backbenchers that have tried to circumvent the national minimum wage via a bill that if it got through would have allowed employers to not higher people unwilling to work below national minimum wage!!!
The above is not the only reason I’ll vote Labour and as I’ve said many times on my site I’m not a strong Labour supporter, I vote for them because there’s no suitable alternative that can win.
Do I want another Conservative government? NO WAY!!!
Do I want a continued Labour government? Hmm, not really!
Is there a viable alternative to voting Labour /Conservative? Lib Dems maybe, but they won’t win!
What do I do if I don’t want a Conservative government much more than I don’t want a Labour government? Vote Labour where Labour have a chance to win and vote Lib Dems where Lib Dems have a chance to win and I suppose vote for another party if they are strong in an area and not like the BNP (I’d rather not vote than vote BNP).
My vote order would be:
Labour or Lib Dems: torn between them, would be good for democracy if we had a Lib Dem government.
Green Party: I don’t like the Green policies, but their heart is in the right place at least and a few Green MPs might be good for democracy.
Conservatives: only to keep out either the BNP or to a lessor extent UKIP.
UKIP: only to keep out the BNP.
David
More Comments by David
Liberal Democrats Easy Read Manifesto 2017
Thanks for letting me know I’d added the wrong link to the Lib Dems Easy Read Manifesto: benefit of using the Labour manifesto article as a template, easy to make …
Government responded while there were 14,863 signatures (October 21st 2016).
It is unlikely that hunting has had a significant impact on recent population trends for woodcock, snipe and golden plover; trends …
Introduce a moratorium on the hunting of critically declining wading birds petition
Another petition regarding woodcock, snipe and golden plover : https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/167410
Woodcock, Snipe and Golden Plover are shot in the UK despite serious, ongoing population declines. A moratorium should be imposed to …
BNP are a Political Party in Decline
If you’ve been following the BNP since just before the 2010 general election you’d know the BNP are in real trouble with infighting, money problems and generally self-destructive behaviour.
Apparently BNP …
Alternative Vote Better than First Past the Post
Although I don’t particularly like the Alternative Vote system (I agree with Nick, a miserable little compromise) it’s at least better than First Past the Post voting system.
The vast majority …
More Comments on General Election 2010 Poll Results by David
General Election 2010 Poll Results
The authors name is David Law …
General Election 2010 Poll Results
This site runs on WordPress and uses the poll plugin called WP-Polls from https://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/, so if you want to use the same poll software you’ll need a WordPress site first.
David …
General Election 2010 Poll Results
Glad you’ve enjoyed the site Claire.
Unfortunately on polling day around 1pm there was so much traffic to the site the dedicated server that this site is on couldn’t cope and …
General Election 2010 Poll Results
I bet that felt good Vote No To BNP :-)
All that rubbish from BNP supporters about the BNP cleaning up on election day and me being undemocratic about editing the …
General Election 2010 Poll Results
Phew, what a night. At around 9:30pm last night the site became unloadable because of a large increase in traffic and that continued until gone 1 am. What the heck …