Voting Intentions since the Spending Review

N1AK

Voted Tory, would still vote for them over the current Labour party. I'd consider the Lib Dems, but given the opinion of them at the moment it'd be a wasted vote.

The problem with what the Lib Dems have done is that it's the right thing and incredibly unpopular. They could either join with the Tory's and tackle the financial issues, or join with Labour, SNP & Clyde and sell what's left of the country down the river. Frankly the whole election has confused the hell out of me. I cannot see why any party actually wanted to win. I'd of thought the Tories would have been much better not forming a coalition and letting Labour make the cuts or continue in denial until people completely abandoned them.

The only thing I can the Lib Dems gaining is the chance at Proportional Representation if they can win the referendum. I'd of thought they'd have been better positioning themselves as the serious alternative to the Tory's than as their henchman.

ukcarper

chewmylegoff wrote: »

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".

Still not a lot for selling out completely.

Alan_Cross

ukcarper wrote: »

Still not a lot for selling out completely.

Selling out completely? That's just not true - or so it says on this pledge I've got here signed by Nick Clegg...

wherediditallgothen

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 sniff of power. It's a gamble for them that hasn't appeared to pay off thus far.

blueboy43

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.

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..

Is it because that is what is expected from the looney Libertarians ?

I bet that shows the politicians how angry you are.

Talk about futile gestures.

tomterm8

I don't think it was a gamble. In numerical terms, only the Conservatives and Lib Dems could form a government, and if the Lib Dems hadn't stepped up, they would have been trounced in an election within a few months.

ruggedtoast

The problem the lib dems have in the short term is no matter what they do, they wont sway any Tory supporters, and people more left wing are being turned off in droves.

If this austerity package works, and they can push through some social-liberal policies that are distinctively theirs towards the middle of the parliament then they could do pretty well.

Otherwise it will probably be the end of the Lib Dems. No one wants, or needs, a mini Tory party and the electorate will wipe them out if thats what they've become in four years time.

cashbackproblems

chewmylegoff wrote: »

the lib dems aren't in power - a lot of people seem to be finding it difficult to grasp this concept.

They have formed the govt, sure they got the 3rd highest votes but they are still essential for the Tories to get their policies through and so far the Lib Dems have supported the policies they faught against at the election. This is why they will get a hammering in the next election and ppl will return back to Labour. I voted for them but wont be doing so again and will return back to Labour.

I think Labour actually did a good job, the debt is being exaggerated and i work in business (not public sector) and appreciate that labour did try to impose equality and giving the poor chances in life which the Tories are taking away. Unfortunately they HAD to save the banks (not doing so would have been a disaster which is why every other govt is taking this action).

Fiddlestick

I don't know about any of you lot, but I actually DO have a chance to vote next year - the elections to the Scottish Parliament are in May.

I voted Liberal Democract in the General Election just been and I voted Liberal Democract in the European election before that.

Come May next year I rather suspect that I will be voting Labour.

I can't say that I endorse their policies all that much, but I have nothing but contempt for Alex Salmond and the SNP after them dropping nearly every manifesto commitment that they made prior to the previous election.

I didn't vote for the SNP either last time (just for the record), but I believe that there will be a Labour resurgence early next year and it's as good a chance as any to get rid of the SNP for at least the next five years.

Out,_Vile_Jelly

Wheezy wrote: »

Please explain. When you voted back in May, what part of the Libdem manifesto were you attracted to?
Their pledge to scrap tuition fees?
Their pledge to oppose VAT rise?
Their pledge to ditch Trident?
Their pledge to oppose deep and early cuts?


Just wondering.

Opposition to ID cards, and the intrusive nanny state that Labour was hell-bent on creating, was a major voting issue for me.

The Tories have been surprisingly quiet on the EU, which is surely LibDem influence. This appears to make Norman Tebbit unhappy, which can only be a good thing.