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MSE News: Election 2010: The biggest consumer decision of the year

This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story:

"Tomorrow is election D-day. It's not just about the economy and taxation. How you vote affects services like health, education, street cleaning, the environment, policing & more ..."
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  • matbe
    matbe Posts: 568 Forumite
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    The economy and taxation has hardly been mentioned by any of the parties.

    Nor have any of the other issues listed above.

    This isn't an election of policy its about who slagged off who the best.

    X factor election look at my shiny teeth!!!
  • DarkConvict
    DarkConvict Posts: 6,346 Forumite
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    I kinda wish we could vote for 2 parties much like we could do for the council elections. I used to support labour but really swayed to UKIP and the conservatives. I am going to vote for the party that gives us the highest chance of getting our labour MP out rather than putting in the one i would like. Its the lesser for 2 evils for the next 4 years.
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  • cally6008
    cally6008 Posts: 7,629 Forumite
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    There's 8 different ones standing in Carlisle.

    TheStraightChoice.org website only lists 4 leaflets online and I know we've had a lot more than that come through the door.

    Labour leaflet slags off the Tories
    Cumbria/Carlisle Against Racism slag off the BNP (but dont have anyone standing for them in the election ?)
    Carlisle Socialist has two leaflets slagging off rich people

    Looking at wikipedia for results of previous elections, it would take at least 6,000 people to change their minds and vote for someone other than Labour to ensure that the labour person didnt get in.
  • Eric_Pisch
    Eric_Pisch Posts: 8,720 Forumite
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    Whats the point in voting, democracy is a delusion in the UK used to pacify the masses into making them think they have some sort of control

    We have had a long term of a Tory government and they where pretty terrible and now a long term of Labour and they have been abortional bring us to the brink of bankruptcy.

    At best I only agree with 40% of the polices of one party going down to 28% for labour, so no party reflects my views

    I live in sevenoaks and no matter who I vote for the Torys will get in as its one of there safest seats.

    I seams that even if labour only get 30ish % of the vote they have 50% more seats than the Tories on 30% share of the vote and nearly 3 times the lib dems on 30% of the vote, this is just rediclious and goes to show how rigged the system is with the boundaries etc

    no point in voting, my vote makes no difference under this rigged system

    the only time i could see the point in voting under this system is if you lived in a marginal seat
  • preable
    preable Posts: 2,114 Forumite
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    I urge people not to vote labour
  • tomterm8
    tomterm8 Posts: 5,892 Forumite
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    This thread is really gonna annoy certain members of the forum who've been moaning about too much politics.

    I love it.

    Have a thanks on me.
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  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
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    tomterm8 wrote: »
    This thread is really gonna annoy certain members of the forum who've been moaning about too much politics.

    I love it.

    Have a thanks on me.

    :rotfl:

    Ah well, it'll all be over in a day or two and then we can get back to another 5 years of uninspiring and incompetent leadership.

    No matter who wins.;)
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  • carolt
    carolt Posts: 8,531 Forumite
    I think personally the Lib Dems have the strongest tax policy by about a mile, and it's a shame they didn't go all out on making the public aware of this - I think it kind of got 'lost' in the debates, sadly.

    If more people were aware of the huge impact it would have on them, I think we'd definitely be seeing a hung parliament, if not a Lib Dem govt.
  • Graham_Devon
    Graham_Devon Posts: 58,560 Forumite
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    Ah well, it'll all be over in a day or two

    You think so!?

    I reckon you'll need to stock up on chill pills.

    The results will bring a whole heap of dissapointment, and no doubt, yet more of that dire tory bashing. I don't mean the normal bashing, I mean the absolute loon stuff.

    I tell yer, if Gordon doesn't win, but still stays sat as "PM" I'll never shutup :p
  • HAMISH_MCTAVISH
    HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite
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    You think so!?

    I reckon you'll need to stock up on chill pills.

    The results will bring a whole heap of dissapointment, and no doubt, yet more of that dire tory bashing. I don't mean the normal bashing, I mean the absolute loon stuff.

    I tell yer, if Gordon doesn't win, but still stays sat as "PM" I'll never shutup :p

    You never shutup anyway!!!!!!!!!!:D

    Seriously, I've been completely unable to get remotely excited about this election, probably for the first time ever.

    Finding it dull beyond belief, and an annoying interruption from the important things, like getting on with the recovery.

    Makes absolutely no difference who wins, they've only got one way forward anyway.

    Limited cuts, tiny tax rises, lots of pay freezes and spending freezes for the public sector, and lots of pro-private sector growth policies, whilst keeping base rates and the pound low and letting inflation do it's work for a few years.

    That'll get tax revenue up, reduce public spending and debt in real terms, and lock in the recovery.

    As I said, there's really no other choice.
    “The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

    Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”

    -- President John F. Kennedy”
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