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[Politics] General Election 2024 - The Poll

Where's your vote going ?

  • Conservative

    Votes: 54 10.2%

  • Labour

    Votes: 265 50.0%

  • Lib Dems

    Votes: 69 13.0%

  • Green

    Votes: 49 9.2%

  • Reform UK

    Votes: 31 5.8%

  • Other

    Votes: 16 3.0%

  • Don't know

    Votes: 46 8.7%
  • Total voters
    530


GT49er

GT49er

Well-known member
Feb 1, 2009
47,260
Gloucester
Giraffe said:
It’s a sad state of affairs that the majority of the comments on here are talking of getting the Tories out. I wish if we are going to have a Labour government it was because we are excited about their policies and not just because they’re the only other party capable of defeating the Tories. Very sad indeed.
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It's certainly a normal state of affairs, or at least certainly has been for the most of the last 50 or 60 years. The government of this country has been elected because a majority don't want the other lot in power, not because they and their policies are admired and wanted.
 




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medwayseagull reborn

Well-known member
Oct 12, 2022
395
Wardy's twin said:
Pavilion is an interesting one , wouldn't be surprised if the Tories got in with all the other non Tory candidates out there.

I thought Libs & Labour need to agree tactical voting but maybe that would give the Libs too much power.... Anyone read any analysis of the potential numbers and how that could turn into seats?
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Electoral calculus have them at a 6.9% share of the vote and 0% chance of winning the pavilion seat.
 


peterward

peterward

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Nov 11, 2009
11,682
GT49er said:
It's certainly a normal state of affairs, or at least certainly has been for the most of the last 50 or 60 years. The government of this country has been elected because a majority don't want the other lot in power, not because they and their policies are admired and wanted.
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This.

The vote against, rather than the vote for.
 


Questions

Questions

Habitual User
Oct 18, 2006
25,025
Worthing
Whoever they are I’m against them.
 








nwgull

nwgull

Well-known member
Jul 25, 2003
14,016
Manchester
Giraffe said:
It’s a sad state of affairs that the majority of the comments on here are talking of getting the Tories out. I wish if we are going to have a Labour government it was because we are excited about their policies and not just because they’re the only other party capable of defeating the Tories. Very sad indeed.
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Cry more, Tory boy.
 


nwgull

nwgull

Well-known member
Jul 25, 2003
14,016
Manchester
Wardy's twin said:
Pavilion is an interesting one , wouldn't be surprised if the Tories got in with all the other non Tory candidates out there.

I thought Libs & Labour need to agree tactical voting but maybe that would give the Libs too much power.... Anyone read any analysis of the potential numbers and how that could turn into seats?
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Best-case scenarios I’ve seen predicted for libs is about 55-60 seats. Whilst this would be historically high for them, it’d still only be commensurate with their current popular polling figures of around 10%.
 




chickens

chickens

Intending to survive this time of asset strippers
NSC Patron
Oct 12, 2022
2,108
Giraffe said:
It’s a sad state of affairs that the majority of the comments on here are talking of getting the Tories out. I wish if we are going to have a Labour government it was because we are excited about their policies and not just because they’re the only other party capable of defeating the Tories. Very sad indeed.
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Were you excited about austerity then? About food banks at every church and community centre? Were you excited by sacking over 20,000 experienced police officers and now trying to replace them with raw recruits? Were you excited by running the NHS, social care and ambulance services into the ground? Or court delays running into years? Or having all our prisons full to capacity?

Perhaps you were excited by leaving the EU? I’d genuinely like to know, what made you excited to vote Conservative once in 2010, and again afterwards?
 




WATFORD zero

WATFORD zero

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jul 10, 2003
26,339
mile oak said:
And no monster raving loonies either, some might say thats one of the above (on the poll!)
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And again in English ? Maybe judging from your previous contributions
mile oak said:
Im proud to have voted Conservative and Im in no doubt whatsoever today the right things were announced. We already do far more than other countries to help the plant. Just hope we dont get any oil nutters tomorrow night
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mile oak said:
Boris could RETURN as Prime Minister in astonishing plan being hatched by disgruntled Conservative … https://mol.im/a/12845793 via https://dailym.ai/android

Now thats what I call a dream team governing. Bring it on!
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mile oak said:
Labour wont win power. Tories have far too much loyal support
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It may be better for you to start a positive thread extolling the reasons people should follow your lead and keep voting conservative rather than offering embarrassing and illiterate sniping contributions on the existing threads :lolol:
 
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Eeyore

Eeyore

Colonel Hee-Haw of Queen's Park
NSC Patron
Apr 5, 2014
24,263
deletebeepbeepbeep said:
What's this in relation too?
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www.bbc.co.uk

Conservatives plan to bring back mandatory National Service

Every 18-year-old would choose between joining the military or volunteering one weekend a month in the community.
www.bbc.co.uk

It's hardly National Service. You can already join the forces at 18 anyway. This would just make it easier.

I wouldn't be against some kind of compulsory community service during a teenagers life that served to educate and make them socially conscious. The options look quite enticing.

Devil is always in the detail though.

But, no, I'm not voting for you.
 






drew

drew

Drew
Oct 3, 2006
23,175
Burgess Hill
Eeyore said:
www.bbc.co.uk

Conservatives plan to bring back mandatory National Service

Every 18-year-old would choose between joining the military or volunteering one weekend a month in the community.
www.bbc.co.uk

It's hardly National Service. You can already join the forces at 18 anyway. This would just make it easier.

I wouldn't be against some kind of compulsory community service during a teenagers life that served to educate and make them socially conscious. The options look quite enticing.

Devil is always in the detail though.

But, no, I'm not voting for you.
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Why in that case should it just be teenagers? There are plenty of adults that have no sense of civic responsibility so why not have compulsory community service for all adults right through to retirement! I suspect most of the loons calling for national service would soon baulk at it if it applied to them.
 








Pevenseagull

Pevenseagull

Anti-greed coalition
Jul 20, 2003
19,919
8rmico.jpg
 


Guinness Boy

Guinness Boy

Tofu eating wokerati
Helpful Moderator
NSC Patron
Jul 23, 2003
35,062
Up and Coming Sunny Portslade
Eeyore said:
www.bbc.co.uk

Conservatives plan to bring back mandatory National Service

Every 18-year-old would choose between joining the military or volunteering one weekend a month in the community.
www.bbc.co.uk

It's hardly National Service. You can already join the forces at 18 anyway. This would just make it easier.

I wouldn't be against some kind of compulsory community service during a teenagers life that served to educate and make them socially conscious. The options look quite enticing.

Devil is always in the detail though.

But, no, I'm not voting for you.
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That’s one way of looking at it.

The other way is that the only answer to tidying up the place and restoring our forces after over a decade of austerity is fear, conscription and slavery.

I wouldn’t rule out Sunak going for the death penalty’s return before the six weeks are up.
 


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