UK Parliament dissolved, official election campaign now fully underway - Polidicks

I'll vote conservative, either way with labour it will be the same and might make the country worst but the conservative has proven them selves. David Cameron himself say he is a modern conservative to boot. Its not all left and right wing.

[QUOTE=Toyokunari;47424590]I'll vote conservative, either way with labour it will be the same and might make the country worst but the conservative has proven them selves. David Cameron himself say he is a modern conservative to boot. Its not all left and right wing.[/QUOTE] I'm old enough to vote... but I won't for the same reason George Carlin didn't vote in America: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIraCchPDhk[/media] If I don't vote, I don't have anything to do with the government or voting... I didn't do it. I didn't fuck up... You did! the voters.

[QUOTE=Marzipas;47424402]interested to see how well the SNP do, since they are currently the third biggest party in the whole UK[/QUOTE] Well I'm hoping they won't, I'm not voting for SNP, because we all know that they'll start bitching for another referendum as soon as possible.

[QUOTE=Deng;47424752]Well I'm hoping they won't, I'm not voting for SNP, because we all know that they'll start bitching for another referendum as soon as possible.[/QUOTE] Well if there's gonna be a referendum on the EU then there's probably gonna be a drive for a second referendum, and if you want the SNP to do badly then maybe the other parties should step up and get their thumbs out their asses.

No-one worth voting for, Conservatives will continue ignoring the lower class, Milliband inspires no confidence, Lib Dems are the Lib Dems, and Green have turned out to be fucking batshit. Vote of no confidence, I guess.

[QUOTE=nuttyboffin;47424747]I'm old enough to vote... but I won't for the same reason George Carlin didn't vote in America: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIraCchPDhk[/media] If I don't vote, I don't have anything to do with the government or voting... I didn't do it. I didn't fuck up... You did! the voters.[/QUOTE] I'd argue that spoiling the form is a much more powerful motion. That way it shows you are too disgusted with every party to vote, rather than being clocked up as simple voter apathy, and you still don't back anyone.

Probably going to vote UKIP, the area I'm in has been 90% tory for like 100 years so I feel like fucking everything up. Everyone is shit

[QUOTE=smurfy;47422866]Added to op [editline]30th March 2015[/editline] You could always spoil your ballot or cast a blank vote[/QUOTE] Don't cast a blank vote, it counts differently and there is a slim possibility that someone could use that paper for fraud. [editline]30th March 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=nuttyboffin;47424747]I'm old enough to vote... but I won't for the same reason George Carlin didn't vote in America: If I don't vote, I don't have anything to do with the government or voting... I didn't do it. I didn't fuck up... You did! the voters.[/QUOTE] That is a retarded view, by that logic if you don't vote then you have [B]no say at all[/B] about anything that happens in the next five years.

Just get it over with and give rule back to the Queen.

I'm just a year off of being able to vote, but even if I could I live in what's practically one of the safest seats in the UK (Henley) so my vote wouldn't mean much.

Already fed up of the party politics bullshit and everyone pulling baseless figures out their arse. Spoiling my ballot paper.

[QUOTE=RainbowStalin;47424944]Probably going to vote UKIP, the area I'm in has been 90% tory for like 100 years so I feel like fucking everything up. Everyone is shit[/QUOTE] My neighbouring constituency has one of the most populist Tories in (who's been serving for years), and a UKIP headquarters. This is going to be a shitshow.

I'd probably think about voting for Milliband because he seems like a nice guy. But his political campaign never really recovered after that picture of him eating a sandwich came out.

anyone vote for whoever the fuck they want but please don't vote tory. i'm not sure i can live on the same planet as cameron without feeling uncomfortable, having the country run by him only makes things harder.

[QUOTE=RainbowStalin;47425701]I'd probably think about voting for Milliband because he seems like a nice guy. But his political campaign never really recovered after that picture of him eating a sandwich came out.[/QUOTE] He's just so photogenic. [t]http://i.imgur.com/vEyICrL.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/1FemfGm.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/BdLnwkg.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/gphYVrl.jpg[/t] He looks rather ill in most pictures.

[QUOTE=CrumbleShake;47423799]Wall o text about preferential vote[/quote] Where are you lot getting this impression that preferential voting somehow helps third parties get into power? It doesn't. In fact, your lower house has greater third party representation than our lower house. All it does is avoid vote splitting and attempts to ensure each MP elected has a majority mandate. If say the UKIP has 10% support across every constituency, how is preferential voting going to give them a seat? Their candidates would be one of the first eliminated in the count. Can you then guess which candidate their voters write down as their second preference? Certainly not someone from another small party such as the Greens, but most likely the conservatives. Instant runoff over-represents the larger parties simply because that is how the majoritarian single-member constituency system works. I think it would make sense to have instant runoff anyways if there has to be no significant change to the electoral system, because there is a diversity of candidates in each election making it harder for any candidate to achieve a majority. But third party representation certainly isn't the point of instant runoff, and it just doesn't happen.

[QUOTE=RainbowStalin;47424944]Probably going to vote UKIP, the area I'm in has been 90% tory for like 100 years so I feel like fucking everything up. Everyone is shit[/QUOTE] Why UKIP as a protest vote? I genuinely don't get that.

[QUOTE=josm;47425803]Why UKIP as a protest vote? I genuinely don't get that.[/QUOTE] Because UKIP is a joke party.

[QUOTE=josm;47425803]Why UKIP as a protest vote? I genuinely don't get that.[/QUOTE] Someone's got to be the protest vote, since to many people the Liberal Democrats are no longer a viable option they go to Ukip for it instead.

[QUOTE=Coffee;47425760]He's just so photogenic. [t]http://i.imgur.com/vEyICrL.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/1FemfGm.jpg[/t] [t]http://i.imgur.com/BdLnwkg.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/gphYVrl.jpg[/t] He looks rather ill in most pictures.[/QUOTE] Here's Ed with my mate from college [img]http://img.thesun.co.uk/aidemitlum/archive/01503/SNN0606XX---_n_1503552a.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Justin Case;47425839]Here's Ed with my mate from college [img]http://img.thesun.co.uk/aidemitlum/archive/01503/SNN0606XX---_n_1503552a.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Is that a bong?

Eds probably a secret stoner too.

[QUOTE=Thomo_UK;47425846]Eds probably a secret stoner too.[/QUOTE] Dave as well. [IMG]http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/multimedia/archive/00398/40962300_David_Mili_398630c.jpg[/IMG]

I feel bad for Milliband. Like him or not, he's had no chance to actually prove himself as a politician, and the media have capitalised on every tiny mistake or dodgy expression he makes. It just seems to be something about Labour politicians as of late, doesn't it? First Gordon Brown, now Ed...

[QUOTE=josm;47425803]Why UKIP as a protest vote? I genuinely don't get that.[/QUOTE] I really wish I got that mentality too. "Ughh the country is full of shit politicians. I'm gonna vote for a bunch of xenophobes who'll just make it worst to prove it's broken!"

[QUOTE=josm;47425803]Why UKIP as a protest vote? I genuinely don't get that.[/QUOTE] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJx0L4yYsDw[/media]

-snip-

Green seemed like a good choice until they fucked everything up There are no good leftists in the UK. Well, what do you guys think of SNP?

[QUOTE=person11;47426732]Green seemed like a good choice until they fucked everything up There are no good leftists in the UK. Well, what do you guys think of SNP?[/QUOTE] There's so much shit being thrown between the tories and the SNP everything seems really bitter on both sides. Basically our whole political system at the moment is bitter and petty, no one cares about policy its just who looks worse in the papers. Farage wants to kick all the brown people out and fuck the NHS but he's also been seen in pubs so that's worth a couple hundred thousand votes.

its a cock on the ballot for me.