Voting Intentions since the Spending Review

1984ReturnsForReal_2

Wheezy wrote: »

Target the poor & most vulnerable in society

That was the vote winner for me.

I voted Lib Dem because they promised to reduce the amount of poor people by removing their ability to feed themselves & heat their homes & put a roof over their heads.

Proper vote winning policy.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

ukcarper wrote: »

Apart from a commitment to a vote on electoral reform and a small increase in personal allowance toward the £10k promised what have the LibDems got.

A front man who continuously ignores the facts?

tomterm8

The lib dems were a merger between the Liberal party, and the Social Democratic party. The policies being implemented are pretty much the policies associated with the old Liberal party... which consistantly got around 10-14% of the vote. The Social policies of the old SDP seem to have been ditched.

kabayiri

drc wrote: »

I voted Lib Dems (not because I wanted to but because it was either them or Labour where I live). I don't think I'd vote next time around. All politicians are basically the same and nothing ever really changes. They still don't listen to the people who pay their wages and it's all about serving their own elitist interests imo and not what is best for the country. They're all very shorterm-ist, opportunistic and mercenary. I'm totally disillusioned with it all - it's one big lie called "democracy".

To the point in bold above, I'd say they actually DO listen to who pays their wages, with a slight refinement.

If you are one of the Tory party donors putting in thousands of pounds, if not tens of thousands, then I suspect you expect to get to be heard.

I mean, why else donate so much money?

With lobbyists, union influences, media pressures, etc how on earth can any party implement fair policy for all? It's just not do-able.

I'd vote Tory again I think. The government is generally rubbish when it comes to spending our money; but hopefully Tories will spend less of it.

bendix

A._Badger wrote: »

I will continue to scrawl 'none of the above' on my ballot paper. They are (almost) all unspeakable liars and morons.

Which, when you think of it, is a kinda moronic thing to do. But if it makes you feel better, so be it.

blueboy43

Voted Lib-Dem and now face 5 years of 'Groundhog Day' as my wife reminds me everytime the axe swings again.

I've no problem with some of their reversals (University fees for example), but just think that the speed & scale of the cuts will tip us back into recession again next year - which was Vince Cables position a week before the election, and despite his protests, nothing changed.

I am also heartily sick of the words "Big Society" and "progressive".

However I hope the coalition do pull it off, another recession will be grim indeed.

blueboy43

ukcarper wrote: »

Apart from a commitment to a vote on electoral reform and a small increase in personal allowance toward the £10k promised what have the LibDems got.

The Lib-Dems will be wiped out at the next election.

In Tory - Lib Dem marginals, why would you vote Lib-Dem ?

In Labour - Lib Dem marginals the few extra tory votes that they pick up will be swamped by those who will never vote for them again.

At the next election instead of genial old sage Uncle Vince, their economic policies will be fronted by an odious ginger who makes the likes of Ken Clarke look left wing.

chewmylegoff

ukcarper wrote: »

Apart from a commitment to a vote on electoral reform and a small increase in personal allowance toward the £10k promised what have the LibDems got.

if that is all they've achieved, that's still more than they would have got in opposition.

you could also add to their list of achievements "making sure that labour aren't still 'running' the country".

A._Badger

bendix wrote: »

Which, when you think of it, is a kinda moronic thing to do. But if it makes you feel better, so be it.

If you're not able to work out why people do it, no doubt an explanation would sail clear over your head.

Meanwhile, if voting for the likes of Call Me Dave, Red Ed or the Cleggoron makes you feel better, you're equally welcome. It's just shame medical science has yet to find a satisfactory treatment for the need to perform futile tribal gestures..

kabayiri

A._Badger wrote: »

If you're not able to work out why people do it, no doubt an explanation would sail clear over your head.

"None of the above" is a perfectly acceptable voting option in my view.

Of course, no politician would like to see that option on a ballot sheet. Can you imagine an MP being on Newsnight being grilled as to why "None" outscored every other voting option!