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By *bernath OP   Couple  over a year ago

Gloucestershire

For those who actually like democracy and vote,

Simple one, what are they key issues that are going to influence the decision on who you will vote for?

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By *itzi999Woman  over a year ago

Slough

Conservative- always have and always will

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Conservative- always have and always will "

PMSL

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Conservative- always have and always will "

hahahaha after reading some of your comments on other threads, this is no surprise.

Is there anything that would make you not vote Tory? Anything at all? If Johnson took a massive shit on a cake and then served it to the Queen with a merry wink, would you still vote for him?

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By *itzi999Woman  over a year ago

Slough

Not everyone is a leftie/communist

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Not everyone is a leftie/communist "

I thought you thought everybody was unless they wear Union Jack underwear and sing God Save the Queen with their breakfast shreddies before performing 5 minutes hate of shouting about immigrants and the woke.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Oh and on the topic of the thread: I'd vote for whoever has the best chance of keeping a Tory out.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Not everyone is a leftie/communist "

Tbh, not everyone is a raging right winger either

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Not everyone is a leftie/communist

I thought you thought everybody was unless they wear Union Jack underwear and sing God Save the Queen with their breakfast shreddies before performing 5 minutes hate of shouting about immigrants and the woke."

PMSL, hold on, are shreddies British ?

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Not everyone is a leftie/communist

I thought you thought everybody was unless they wear Union Jack underwear and sing God Save the Queen with their breakfast shreddies before performing 5 minutes hate of shouting about immigrants and the woke.

PMSL, hold on, are shreddies British ? "

Off to google...

Uh oh. They were 1st made in Canada!

But the brand is owned by Nestle in the UK. Phew. Panic over.

But Nestle HQ is in Switzerland! Panic again!

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Not everyone is a leftie/communist

I thought you thought everybody was unless they wear Union Jack underwear and sing God Save the Queen with their breakfast shreddies before performing 5 minutes hate of shouting about immigrants and the woke.

PMSL, hold on, are shreddies British ?

Off to google...

Uh oh. They were 1st made in Canada!

But the brand is owned by Nestle in the UK. Phew. Panic over.

But Nestle HQ is in Switzerland! Panic again! "

Ah, not British enough, it will have to be bread and dripping instead

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Not everyone is a leftie/communist

I thought you thought everybody was unless they wear Union Jack underwear and sing God Save the Queen with their breakfast shreddies before performing 5 minutes hate of shouting about immigrants and the woke.

PMSL, hold on, are shreddies British ?

Off to google...

Uh oh. They were 1st made in Canada!

But the brand is owned by Nestle in the UK. Phew. Panic over.

But Nestle HQ is in Switzerland! Panic again!

Ah, not British enough, it will have to be bread and dripping instead "

But bread seems to have been invented in the Middle East. Not sure a truly patriotic Brexiter could swallow that stuff knowing that.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Not everyone is a leftie/communist

I thought you thought everybody was unless they wear Union Jack underwear and sing God Save the Queen with their breakfast shreddies before performing 5 minutes hate of shouting about immigrants and the woke.

PMSL, hold on, are shreddies British ?

Off to google...

Uh oh. They were 1st made in Canada!

But the brand is owned by Nestle in the UK. Phew. Panic over.

But Nestle HQ is in Switzerland! Panic again!

Ah, not British enough, it will have to be bread and dripping instead

But bread seems to have been invented in the Middle East. Not sure a truly patriotic Brexiter could swallow that stuff knowing that."

Good point, we can’t have any foreign influences on our British breakfast, maybe we can just eat dirt from the ground and bark from British trees, whilst taking in an ancient British dialect that hasn’t been ruined with any foreign words

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By *irldnCouple  over a year ago

Brighton


"Not everyone is a leftie/communist "

Not everyone goes around accusing people of being racist and anti-semitic (when they clearly are not) and then goes on to post vile anti-muslim content...but hey ho!

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By *ealthy_and_HungMan  over a year ago

Princes Risborough, Luasanne, Alderney

.... or keep up the idiotic claim that channel 4 is funded by tax-payer money despite being proven completely and utterly wrong for two thirds of a thread

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By *ohnnyTwoNotesMan  over a year ago

golden fields


"For those who actually like democracy and vote,

Simple one, what are they key issues that are going to influence the decision on who you will vote for?"

I'll vote for either, whoever is most likely to keep the Tories out or if they're safe (in or out), whoever has the best policies on:

Renewable energy/climate change

National environmental issues

Economy

Tackling the ever increasing wealth divide

NHS

In short - mitigation against Brexit.

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By *ovebjsMan  over a year ago

Bristol

It don’t matter in Bristol as the useless Labour/Green Party will get in again

A lose lose situation

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By *ohnnyTwoNotesMan  over a year ago

golden fields


"It don’t matter in Bristol as the useless Labour/Green Party will get in again

A lose lose situation "

How come, will they not hand billions of public money to their friends?

If you really want to continue with the most self serving government we've seen, you can still vote for them. There are plenty of you out there.

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By *ackal1Couple  over a year ago

Manchester


"Conservative- always have and always will "

I’ll give you something you do make me laugh. Please don’t change by thinking for yourself

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By *ovebjsMan  over a year ago

Bristol


"It don’t matter in Bristol as the useless Labour/Green Party will get in again

A lose lose situation

How come, will they not hand billions of public money to their friends?

If you really want to continue with the most self serving government we've seen, you can still vote for them. There are plenty of you out there."

No they don’t need any help wasting money and then every year charging more to do it

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By *ittleAcornMan  over a year ago

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As a socialist at heart, I struggle to find someone that represents my views.

I therefore compromise and vote against the Torys (I look at the stats from the last elections, look at local polling, and make a decision based on that).

However, sometimes the above leads me to someone for whom I find myself unable to vote. I then resort to spoiling my ballot.

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By *ohnnyTwoNotesMan  over a year ago

golden fields


"It don’t matter in Bristol as the useless Labour/Green Party will get in again

A lose lose situation

How come, will they not hand billions of public money to their friends?

If you really want to continue with the most self serving government we've seen, you can still vote for them. There are plenty of you out there.

No they don’t need any help wasting money and then every year charging more to do it "

Yet you keep voting for them.

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By *ovebjsMan  over a year ago

Bristol


"It don’t matter in Bristol as the useless Labour/Green Party will get in again

A lose lose situation

How come, will they not hand billions of public money to their friends?

If you really want to continue with the most self serving government we've seen, you can still vote for them. There are plenty of you out there.

No they don’t need any help wasting money and then every year charging more to do it

Yet you keep voting for them. "

No I have not voted labour or green so I don’t

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By *ohnnyTwoNotesMan  over a year ago

golden fields


"It don’t matter in Bristol as the useless Labour/Green Party will get in again

A lose lose situation

How come, will they not hand billions of public money to their friends?

If you really want to continue with the most self serving government we've seen, you can still vote for them. There are plenty of you out there.

No they don’t need any help wasting money and then every year charging more to do it

Yet you keep voting for them.

No I have not voted labour or green so I don’t "

So Labour and the Greens are wasting public money by handing billions of it to their friends while in government! Shocking (if true).

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Conservative- always have and always will

hahahaha after reading some of your comments on other threads, this is no surprise.

Is there anything that would make you not vote Tory? Anything at all? If Johnson took a massive shit on a cake and then served it to the Queen with a merry wink, would you still vote for him?"

as you don't vote for prime minister he can do what he wants it's the party that pick its leader but back to local elections yes probably vote tory as doing a great job around where I live far better than Labour have done since I started voting.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Conservative- always have and always will

hahahaha after reading some of your comments on other threads, this is no surprise.

Is there anything that would make you not vote Tory? Anything at all? If Johnson took a massive shit on a cake and then served it to the Queen with a merry wink, would you still vote for him?as you don't vote for prime minister he can do what he wants it's the party that pick its leader but back to local elections yes probably vote tory as doing a great job around where I live far better than Labour have done since I started voting. "

In Rotherham? they have a labour mayor and a labour leader of council

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By *ovebjsMan  over a year ago

Bristol


"It don’t matter in Bristol as the useless Labour/Green Party will get in again

A lose lose situation

How come, will they not hand billions of public money to their friends?

If you really want to continue with the most self serving government we've seen, you can still vote for them. There are plenty of you out there.

No they don’t need any help wasting money and then every year charging more to do it

Yet you keep voting for them.

No I have not voted labour or green so I don’t

So Labour and the Greens are wasting public money by handing billions of it to their friends while in government! Shocking (if true)."

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By *ohnnyTwoNotesMan  over a year ago

golden fields


"It don’t matter in Bristol as the useless Labour/Green Party will get in again

A lose lose situation

How come, will they not hand billions of public money to their friends?

If you really want to continue with the most self serving government we've seen, you can still vote for them. There are plenty of you out there.

No they don’t need any help wasting money and then every year charging more to do it

Yet you keep voting for them.

No I have not voted labour or green so I don’t

So Labour and the Greens are wasting public money by handing billions of it to their friends while in government! Shocking (if true).

"

Anyway, sorry to derail.

People should consider voting, even if you think your chosen party won't get close. If the get a bigger % then next time more people might come out and vote for them etc.

Not that anyone has to do anything. Just an opinion.

I always vote, and the people I vote for rarely get in. But by merely campaigning for something positive, and getting some votes, it might force the big parties to take notice.

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By *irtyold manMan  over a year ago

barnsley

Since most partys are corupt and just the same i think its time for a new smaller party to get in and learn as they go

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By *ostafunMan  over a year ago

near ipswich


"It don’t matter in Bristol as the useless Labour/Green Party will get in again

A lose lose situation

How come, will they not hand billions of public money to their friends?

If you really want to continue with the most self serving government we've seen, you can still vote for them. There are plenty of you out there.

No they don’t need any help wasting money and then every year charging more to do it

Yet you keep voting for them.

No I have not voted labour or green so I don’t

So Labour and the Greens are wasting public money by handing billions of it to their friends while in government! Shocking (if true).

Anyway, sorry to derail.

People should consider voting, even if you think your chosen party won't get close. If the get a bigger % then next time more people might come out and vote for them etc.

Not that anyone has to do anything. Just an opinion.

I always vote, and the people I vote for rarely get in. But by merely campaigning for something positive, and getting some votes, it might force the big parties to take notice."

If you are so used to being out of sink with the people around you who vote differently you really should not be so bitter about brexit.

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By *ohnnyTwoNotesMan  over a year ago

golden fields


"It don’t matter in Bristol as the useless Labour/Green Party will get in again

A lose lose situation

How come, will they not hand billions of public money to their friends?

If you really want to continue with the most self serving government we've seen, you can still vote for them. There are plenty of you out there.

No they don’t need any help wasting money and then every year charging more to do it

Yet you keep voting for them.

No I have not voted labour or green so I don’t

So Labour and the Greens are wasting public money by handing billions of it to their friends while in government! Shocking (if true).

Anyway, sorry to derail.

People should consider voting, even if you think your chosen party won't get close. If the get a bigger % then next time more people might come out and vote for them etc.

Not that anyone has to do anything. Just an opinion.

I always vote, and the people I vote for rarely get in. But by merely campaigning for something positive, and getting some votes, it might force the big parties to take notice.If you are so used to being out of sink with the people around you who vote differently you really should not be so bitter about brexit. "

So just to be clear. Your suggesting that voting for smaller parties who I believe to have more integrity, and also because I don't trust that the larger parties have our best interests at heart (exhibit A the current government). You're suggesting that I should for some reason pretend that brexit isn't a huge bag of shit for the UK and British people?

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By *ostafunMan  over a year ago

near ipswich


"It don’t matter in Bristol as the useless Labour/Green Party will get in again

A lose lose situation

How come, will they not hand billions of public money to their friends?

If you really want to continue with the most self serving government we've seen, you can still vote for them. There are plenty of you out there.

No they don’t need any help wasting money and then every year charging more to do it

Yet you keep voting for them.

No I have not voted labour or green so I don’t

So Labour and the Greens are wasting public money by handing billions of it to their friends while in government! Shocking (if true).

Anyway, sorry to derail.

People should consider voting, even if you think your chosen party won't get close. If the get a bigger % then next time more people might come out and vote for them etc.

Not that anyone has to do anything. Just an opinion.

I always vote, and the people I vote for rarely get in. But by merely campaigning for something positive, and getting some votes, it might force the big parties to take notice.If you are so used to being out of sink with the people around you who vote differently you really should not be so bitter about brexit.

So just to be clear. Your suggesting that voting for smaller parties who I believe to have more integrity, and also because I don't trust that the larger parties have our best interests at heart (exhibit A the current government). You're suggesting that I should for some reason pretend that brexit isn't a huge bag of shit for the UK and British people?"

Nope just pointing out if you keep losing to must be out of synch with the people around you nothing more.

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By *ohnnyTwoNotesMan  over a year ago

golden fields


"It don’t matter in Bristol as the useless Labour/Green Party will get in again

A lose lose situation

How come, will they not hand billions of public money to their friends?

If you really want to continue with the most self serving government we've seen, you can still vote for them. There are plenty of you out there.

No they don’t need any help wasting money and then every year charging more to do it

Yet you keep voting for them.

No I have not voted labour or green so I don’t

So Labour and the Greens are wasting public money by handing billions of it to their friends while in government! Shocking (if true).

Anyway, sorry to derail.

People should consider voting, even if you think your chosen party won't get close. If the get a bigger % then next time more people might come out and vote for them etc.

Not that anyone has to do anything. Just an opinion.

I always vote, and the people I vote for rarely get in. But by merely campaigning for something positive, and getting some votes, it might force the big parties to take notice.If you are so used to being out of sink with the people around you who vote differently you really should not be so bitter about brexit.

So just to be clear. Your suggesting that voting for smaller parties who I believe to have more integrity, and also because I don't trust that the larger parties have our best interests at heart (exhibit A the current government). You're suggesting that I should for some reason pretend that brexit isn't a huge bag of shit for the UK and British people?Nope just pointing out if you keep losing to must be out of synch with the people around you nothing more. "

Who keeps losing? Just to be clear, I have never stood for public office.

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By *eroy1000Man  over a year ago

milton keynes


"For those who actually like democracy and vote,

Simple one, what are they key issues that are going to influence the decision on who you will vote for?"

In my area we have a Labour/ liberal coalition with the Tories as the single biggest party. These are traditionally kick the incumbent government elections and are good way of giving a government a bloody nose. I suspect we will still be lab/lib afterwards but a possibility that Labour might gain enough to rule alone

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"It don’t matter in Bristol as the useless Labour/Green Party will get in again

A lose lose situation

How come, will they not hand billions of public money to their friends?

If you really want to continue with the most self serving government we've seen, you can still vote for them. There are plenty of you out there.

No they don’t need any help wasting money and then every year charging more to do it

Yet you keep voting for them.

No I have not voted labour or green so I don’t

So Labour and the Greens are wasting public money by handing billions of it to their friends while in government! Shocking (if true).

Anyway, sorry to derail.

People should consider voting, even if you think your chosen party won't get close. If the get a bigger % then next time more people might come out and vote for them etc.

Not that anyone has to do anything. Just an opinion.

I always vote, and the people I vote for rarely get in. But by merely campaigning for something positive, and getting some votes, it might force the big parties to take notice.If you are so used to being out of sink with the people around you who vote differently you really should not be so bitter about brexit.

So just to be clear. Your suggesting that voting for smaller parties who I believe to have more integrity, and also because I don't trust that the larger parties have our best interests at heart (exhibit A the current government). You're suggesting that I should for some reason pretend that brexit isn't a huge bag of shit for the UK and British people?Nope just pointing out if you keep losing to must be out of synch with the people around you nothing more.

Who keeps losing? Just to be clear, I have never stood for public office. "

I've run into this sort of thing before on here. A certain fabber didn't seem to understand I've never run for public office either.

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By *ostafunMan  over a year ago

near ipswich


"It don’t matter in Bristol as the useless Labour/Green Party will get in again

A lose lose situation

How come, will they not hand billions of public money to their friends?

If you really want to continue with the most self serving government we've seen, you can still vote for them. There are plenty of you out there.

No they don’t need any help wasting money and then every year charging more to do it

Yet you keep voting for them.

No I have not voted labour or green so I don’t

So Labour and the Greens are wasting public money by handing billions of it to their friends while in government! Shocking (if true).

Anyway, sorry to derail.

People should consider voting, even if you think your chosen party won't get close. If the get a bigger % then next time more people might come out and vote for them etc.

Not that anyone has to do anything. Just an opinion.

I always vote, and the people I vote for rarely get in. But by merely campaigning for something positive, and getting some votes, it might force the big parties to take notice.If you are so used to being out of sink with the people around you who vote differently you really should not be so bitter about brexit.

So just to be clear. Your suggesting that voting for smaller parties who I believe to have more integrity, and also because I don't trust that the larger parties have our best interests at heart (exhibit A the current government). You're suggesting that I should for some reason pretend that brexit isn't a huge bag of shit for the UK and British people?Nope just pointing out if you keep losing to must be out of synch with the people around you nothing more.

Who keeps losing? Just to be clear, I have never stood for public office.

I've run into this sort of thing before on here. A certain fabber didn't seem to understand I've never run for public office either."

Sorry i forgot there are people who dont understand what you mean although im sure they just act that thick.I meant to say keep backing losers.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Conservative- always have and always will

hahahaha after reading some of your comments on other threads, this is no surprise.

Is there anything that would make you not vote Tory? Anything at all? If Johnson took a massive shit on a cake and then served it to the Queen with a merry wink, would you still vote for him?as you don't vote for prime minister he can do what he wants it's the party that pick its leader but back to local elections yes probably vote tory as doing a great job around where I live far better than Labour have done since I started voting.

In Rotherham? they have a labour mayor and a labour leader of council "

yep but I ain't in Rotherham just the Borough just like little Manchester you ain't in in one

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By *ohnnyTwoNotesMan  over a year ago

golden fields


"It don’t matter in Bristol as the useless Labour/Green Party will get in again

A lose lose situation

How come, will they not hand billions of public money to their friends?

If you really want to continue with the most self serving government we've seen, you can still vote for them. There are plenty of you out there.

No they don’t need any help wasting money and then every year charging more to do it

Yet you keep voting for them.

No I have not voted labour or green so I don’t

So Labour and the Greens are wasting public money by handing billions of it to their friends while in government! Shocking (if true).

Anyway, sorry to derail.

People should consider voting, even if you think your chosen party won't get close. If the get a bigger % then next time more people might come out and vote for them etc.

Not that anyone has to do anything. Just an opinion.

I always vote, and the people I vote for rarely get in. But by merely campaigning for something positive, and getting some votes, it might force the big parties to take notice.If you are so used to being out of sink with the people around you who vote differently you really should not be so bitter about brexit.

So just to be clear. Your suggesting that voting for smaller parties who I believe to have more integrity, and also because I don't trust that the larger parties have our best interests at heart (exhibit A the current government). You're suggesting that I should for some reason pretend that brexit isn't a huge bag of shit for the UK and British people?Nope just pointing out if you keep losing to must be out of synch with the people around you nothing more.

Who keeps losing? Just to be clear, I have never stood for public office.

I've run into this sort of thing before on here. A certain fabber didn't seem to understand I've never run for public office either.Sorry i forgot there are people who dont understand what you mean although im sure they just act that thick.I meant to say keep backing losers."

"Backing losers"!

But you openly support brexit, which makes losers of us all.

Very strange attitude you have.

Anyhow, I'm going to continue to pick who to vote for by criteria other than who is most likely to get elected.

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By *ostafunMan  over a year ago

near ipswich


"It don’t matter in Bristol as the useless Labour/Green Party will get in again

A lose lose situation

How come, will they not hand billions of public money to their friends?

If you really want to continue with the most self serving government we've seen, you can still vote for them. There are plenty of you out there.

No they don’t need any help wasting money and then every year charging more to do it

Yet you keep voting for them.

No I have not voted labour or green so I don’t

So Labour and the Greens are wasting public money by handing billions of it to their friends while in government! Shocking (if true).

Anyway, sorry to derail.

People should consider voting, even if you think your chosen party won't get close. If the get a bigger % then next time more people might come out and vote for them etc.

Not that anyone has to do anything. Just an opinion.

I always vote, and the people I vote for rarely get in. But by merely campaigning for something positive, and getting some votes, it might force the big parties to take notice.If you are so used to being out of sink with the people around you who vote differently you really should not be so bitter about brexit.

So just to be clear. Your suggesting that voting for smaller parties who I believe to have more integrity, and also because I don't trust that the larger parties have our best interests at heart (exhibit A the current government). You're suggesting that I should for some reason pretend that brexit isn't a huge bag of shit for the UK and British people?Nope just pointing out if you keep losing to must be out of synch with the people around you nothing more.

Who keeps losing? Just to be clear, I have never stood for public office.

I've run into this sort of thing before on here. A certain fabber didn't seem to understand I've never run for public office either.Sorry i forgot there are people who dont understand what you mean although im sure they just act that thick.I meant to say keep backing losers.

"Backing losers"!

But you openly support brexit, which makes losers of us all.

Very strange attitude you have.

Anyhow, I'm going to continue to pick who to vote for by criteria other than who is most likely to get elected. "

yes i do too.

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By *ohnnyTwoNotesMan  over a year ago

golden fields


"It don’t matter in Bristol as the useless Labour/Green Party will get in again

A lose lose situation

How come, will they not hand billions of public money to their friends?

If you really want to continue with the most self serving government we've seen, you can still vote for them. There are plenty of you out there.

No they don’t need any help wasting money and then every year charging more to do it

Yet you keep voting for them.

No I have not voted labour or green so I don’t

So Labour and the Greens are wasting public money by handing billions of it to their friends while in government! Shocking (if true).

Anyway, sorry to derail.

People should consider voting, even if you think your chosen party won't get close. If the get a bigger % then next time more people might come out and vote for them etc.

Not that anyone has to do anything. Just an opinion.

I always vote, and the people I vote for rarely get in. But by merely campaigning for something positive, and getting some votes, it might force the big parties to take notice.If you are so used to being out of sink with the people around you who vote differently you really should not be so bitter about brexit.

So just to be clear. Your suggesting that voting for smaller parties who I believe to have more integrity, and also because I don't trust that the larger parties have our best interests at heart (exhibit A the current government). You're suggesting that I should for some reason pretend that brexit isn't a huge bag of shit for the UK and British people?Nope just pointing out if you keep losing to must be out of synch with the people around you nothing more.

Who keeps losing? Just to be clear, I have never stood for public office.

I've run into this sort of thing before on here. A certain fabber didn't seem to understand I've never run for public office either.Sorry i forgot there are people who dont understand what you mean although im sure they just act that thick.I meant to say keep backing losers.

"Backing losers"!

But you openly support brexit, which makes losers of us all.

Very strange attitude you have.

Anyhow, I'm going to continue to pick who to vote for by criteria other than who is most likely to get elected. yes i do too. "

Then why make an issue of someone wanting to vote for a candidate who may not win?

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By *ostafunMan  over a year ago

near ipswich


"It don’t matter in Bristol as the useless Labour/Green Party will get in again

A lose lose situation

How come, will they not hand billions of public money to their friends?

If you really want to continue with the most self serving government we've seen, you can still vote for them. There are plenty of you out there.

No they don’t need any help wasting money and then every year charging more to do it

Yet you keep voting for them.

No I have not voted labour or green so I don’t

So Labour and the Greens are wasting public money by handing billions of it to their friends while in government! Shocking (if true).

Anyway, sorry to derail.

People should consider voting, even if you think your chosen party won't get close. If the get a bigger % then next time more people might come out and vote for them etc.

Not that anyone has to do anything. Just an opinion.

I always vote, and the people I vote for rarely get in. But by merely campaigning for something positive, and getting some votes, it might force the big parties to take notice.If you are so used to being out of sink with the people around you who vote differently you really should not be so bitter about brexit.

So just to be clear. Your suggesting that voting for smaller parties who I believe to have more integrity, and also because I don't trust that the larger parties have our best interests at heart (exhibit A the current government). You're suggesting that I should for some reason pretend that brexit isn't a huge bag of shit for the UK and British people?Nope just pointing out if you keep losing to must be out of synch with the people around you nothing more.

Who keeps losing? Just to be clear, I have never stood for public office.

I've run into this sort of thing before on here. A certain fabber didn't seem to understand I've never run for public office either.Sorry i forgot there are people who dont understand what you mean although im sure they just act that thick.I meant to say keep backing losers.

"Backing losers"!

But you openly support brexit, which makes losers of us all.

Very strange attitude you have.

Anyhow, I'm going to continue to pick who to vote for by criteria other than who is most likely to get elected. yes i do too.

Then why make an issue of someone wanting to vote for a candidate who may not win?"

who,s making an issue of it?

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By *ohnnyTwoNotesMan  over a year ago

golden fields


"It don’t matter in Bristol as the useless Labour/Green Party will get in again

A lose lose situation

How come, will they not hand billions of public money to their friends?

If you really want to continue with the most self serving government we've seen, you can still vote for them. There are plenty of you out there.

No they don’t need any help wasting money and then every year charging more to do it

Yet you keep voting for them.

No I have not voted labour or green so I don’t

So Labour and the Greens are wasting public money by handing billions of it to their friends while in government! Shocking (if true).

Anyway, sorry to derail.

People should consider voting, even if you think your chosen party won't get close. If the get a bigger % then next time more people might come out and vote for them etc.

Not that anyone has to do anything. Just an opinion.

I always vote, and the people I vote for rarely get in. But by merely campaigning for something positive, and getting some votes, it might force the big parties to take notice.If you are so used to being out of sink with the people around you who vote differently you really should not be so bitter about brexit.

So just to be clear. Your suggesting that voting for smaller parties who I believe to have more integrity, and also because I don't trust that the larger parties have our best interests at heart (exhibit A the current government). You're suggesting that I should for some reason pretend that brexit isn't a huge bag of shit for the UK and British people?Nope just pointing out if you keep losing to must be out of synch with the people around you nothing more.

Who keeps losing? Just to be clear, I have never stood for public office.

I've run into this sort of thing before on here. A certain fabber didn't seem to understand I've never run for public office either.Sorry i forgot there are people who dont understand what you mean although im sure they just act that thick.I meant to say keep backing losers.

"Backing losers"!

But you openly support brexit, which makes losers of us all.

Very strange attitude you have.

Anyhow, I'm going to continue to pick who to vote for by criteria other than who is most likely to get elected. yes i do too.

Then why make an issue of someone wanting to vote for a candidate who may not win?who,s making an issue of it?"

You. Don't you remember? You can read what you posted.

This is tiresome.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago


"Not everyone is a leftie/communist "

So are they the only forms of governance?

Communism vs rampant chaos capitalism?

Is there no middle ground option?

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By *ools and the brainCouple  over a year ago

couple, us we him her.


"Not everyone is a leftie/communist

So are they the only forms of governance?

Communism vs rampant chaos capitalism?

Is there no middle ground option?"

I hope so .

If there is please let me know.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

Wow very little in terms of the issues …. Still the tribal tittle tattle.

To answer the Q:

Strong Public service reform agenda - modernise but short of privatisation esp Healthcare - easier said than done I know.

Strong Environmental AND energy policy.

On international front: Support for Palestine’s oppression. With a move away from fossil fuels we can adopt a more humanitarian focused foreign policy in the region rather than play geopolitical games and follow US lead.

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By *oubleswing2019Man  over a year ago

Colchester


"For those who actually like democracy and vote,

Simple one, what are they key issues that are going to influence the decision on who you will vote for?"

Long term strategic ones influence our vote. We work on the basis that if this was a general election, who would we vote for ? We then apply that to the local election.

Why ? Because it grows support locally and organically and strengthens said parties further down the line in years to come.

The only way (until Prop Representation eventually means something) to break the 2-party system and deliver meaningful choice to voters is to vote for other parties, and not fret about immediate concerns but look long term.

We like to spend an evening online going through the local councillors and their statements, then looking at their parties national manifestos, before coming to a conclusion.

It's fair to say we're both quite motivated and interested in politics.

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By *6travellerMan  over a year ago

Tayside and Midlands

Seems most here are mixing up local elections with government issues. Local councillors have no control of anything other than, local housing, roads, bins, local amenities, and to a limited extent in England education provision.

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By *ackal1Couple  over a year ago

Manchester

Should local councillors be aligned to national party policies given that every borough in the U.K. is different so policies cannot possibly work on such a local level?

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By *oubleswing2019Man  over a year ago

Colchester


"Should local councillors be aligned to national party policies given that every borough in the U.K. is different so policies cannot possibly work on such a local level?

"

Absolutely. And policies can most definitely work at a local level.

For example, if Party X emphasises a strong commitment to increased spending on Law & Order, then local councillors should reflect that in their local plans.

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By (user no longer on site)  over a year ago

An independent party, as long as labour (if they still exist?) libtards and those Green Party nutters don’t get voted in that would be a bit of a bonus.

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By *andy 1Couple  over a year ago

northeast


"Not everyone is a leftie/communist "

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