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Hi guyss, Unsure wher to post, I am looking at trying to get hold of a bit more information on who is best to vote for, someone said about a manifesto but cant seem to find this, wanted to vote for someone who will bennifet me, thanks
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  • andyfromotley
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  • poppasmurf_bewdley
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    edited 9 April 2015 at 10:11AM
    Try Googling each of the parties. That will bring up everything you want to know about each of them (and probably much more that you DON'T want to know as well).

    Googling 'Conservative Manifesto' just now produced 1,820,000 results on 0.62 seconds.
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  • Meatloaf1981
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    If you want to know who to vote for, then http://voteforpolicies.org.uk is an excellent tool to find what matters to you most if you spend the time to actually read through it. At the end, it will tell you which party's policies resonate most with your answers and you can then vote accordingly.
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  • JasX
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    It is also probably worth giving *some* consideration to where you live and what the pattern of previous results has been, eg if you favour two parties and dislike a third. (lets say the 'Orange' 'pink' parties you like and the 'grey' party you dislike)

    If 'Orange' and 'Grey' are often close in the polls but 'pink' is a mile off this may prompt you to vote for the party you both like AND has the best chance of toppling the party you don't like

    Finally you'll probably find all of the parties has something to dislike about them:

    eg I personally think running up the national credit card debt without any thought for paying it off or cutting back is not a great economic poliy from the red corner

    I also dislike the idea of mass surveillance and all my emails being stored in case the state or anyone in local government wants to read them in future quite objectionable from the blue corner

    Finally I think widening inequality between the top and bottom of a country will always lead to instability and that various issues exist with the education system none of the parties seem to have a plan to tackle...

    Oh and too much whining and mudslinging seems to take place over totally irrelevant issues in the process.... politics eh..
  • fatbelly
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    ktcoil wrote: »
    Hi guyss, Unsure wher to post, I am looking at trying to get hold of a bit more information on who is best to vote for, someone said about a manifesto but cant seem to find this, wanted to vote for someone who will bennifet me, thanks

    google 'election hustings' followed by your constituency name.

    You'll get chance to hear, and speak to, those standing in your area.

    Well worth attending in my opinion.
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  • Southend1
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    Labour are due to release their manifesto on Monday and the Tories on Tuesday. The lib Dems haven't said when theirs will be released. Other posters have given good advice above about hustings and voteforpolicies.org.uk.

    However.... What on earth does this have to do with debt free wannabe? Lol ;)
  • fatbelly
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    The Green Manifesto is due on Tuesday

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32203799
  • sourcrates
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    Please don't vote for Milliband..........................!!!
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  • SailorSam
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    sourcrates wrote: »
    Please don't vote for Milliband..........................!!!

    And please please please don't vote for Cameron.
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