Uk General Election 8Th June 2017

I joined the Labour party last year, and will be voting Labour. My constituency is a Tory-Labour marginal. I currently have a Tory who won by around 650 votes. I may be canvassing next week. Most of the media, including the BBC, have right-wing leanings, so Labour is up against it. Corbyn is being tarred with the 'Commie under the bed' brush, due to the state of the Labour party in the Seventies when he was around. In my view, his policies aren't actually that far to the left compared to those days. For example, he is not proposing to 'tax the rich until the pips squeak'.

Theresa May seems to be hiding from the public in this campaign, she has banned journalists from some of her campaign visits around the country, and even locked a bunch of journalists in a room during her visit to Cornwall. She seems to be afraid of the general public, and is certainly not a natural 'people person' or communicator. Corbyn on the other hand comes across as completely natural and at ease with the public, and genuinely concerned with their lives and the issues which affect them. It worries me that May is so alienated from voters, and I don't trust her to keep the nation's best interests at heart, aside from any matters relating to political policies.

 

I've never voted Labour before....but for the next upcoming election, I probably will be voting red. I feel the Tories have gone too far with cuts to services and certain other things.

 

I haven't fully decided yet who to vote for. I'd really like to vote Green, as they represent my views more than any other party, and I voted for them in today's council elections.

Probably though I will vote tactically in the general election, and put my 'X' next to the Labour candidate. Where I live it's a pretty safe tory seat, but Labour won it in '97, and maybe they can do the same again.

Stopping the tories is number one priority.

 

My borough is staunchly Conservative. I will probably vote Green, just because to the best of my mind that's what I really believe in, even though I know there's little chance.

 

This we pray: let June this year be the end of May

 

May will be a hero to the working class!

Make Britain great again

 

Where did you get that idea from?

 

^ A miracle is what it's going to take to judge from the local council election results so far.

 

Seriously, what do you think labour is going to do for you?

 

Scotland doesn't need to vote in the general election now because the local elections yielded full metal jacket NO CONTOL from Stranraer to John o Groats, and this basically means anarchy. No more government. No more tory bastards. Plus, if you live in Scotland you now no longer have to worry about your council tax arrears, and you can go and smash things up if you want without any legal repercussions.

 

Look at all the black areas! Wow!

Local mayor elections were a load of crap!

Andy Burnham is now some other type of mayor for this area!

How can a Labour MP agree to spending more tax money on a job we don't need?

Liverpool now has 3?

Who is paying for these posts?

 

Just about every unionist toilet paper and the BBC are claiming the SNP lost 7 seats in Scotland, when in reality they actually gained 6. It's no wonder Diane Abbot and her magic bag of numbers is one of the regular presenters on This Week after BBC QT!

The National got it right anyway, and here's Peter Piper to give you the stats.



The local elections are calculated differently to the General Election, so this isn't necessarily a reflection of what will happen on June 8, but it is rather worrying. Like the Scottish Parliament elections in 2016 it's some kind of system of proportional representation that's designed to prevent one party taking all the seats, however in a general election it's more winner takes all in each constinuency. That's why the tories did so well last year in Scotland, because all the SNP idiots were giving their second vote to the SNP instead of voting for RISE, the Greens or Solidarity and basically handed that smug arse faced bison Ruth Davidson a podium to spout her hateful tory views.

If everyone votes tactically then Labour still have a chance, but in any case the SNP are still a safe bet in Scotland to landslide it again making way (fingers crossed) for a second referendum on Indpendence. With any luck this result will inspire or fear more people into voting tactically.

 

As a supporter of Labour values - I have been fortunate to have former MP in my constituency that have 'delivered' upon promises, services and conscience - I'm not too sure on the current incumbent however - however, seeing what has/is happening in neighbouring areas - the best option Red still is.

I admire Corbyn for his persistent (if not popular) consistency to Peace, Protest and Participation - but that is not sadly the way to galvanise a strong and unified opposition.
- It seems to me that the best option would be Labour (/Lib and SNP coalition - with a little bit of Green thrown in) majority

"Putting people first" - certainly in the case of healthcare-NHS, Environmental needs (as in the Governments over-ruling of local council and peoples desire. or rather not, regarding 'Fracking') and Public (Emergency) services) has never been what Tory leadership has prioritised, taken into account or even valued.

- These things cannot - or even should be, forgotten there is always hope that the tide of selfishness and corporate financial focus will see the tide turn
At least - "The North Remembers"

 

Hearing reports that the UN have launched another investigation into the tories and their abuse of the human rights of the citizens of the UK. Coming from "alternative media" but MSMs reported on a similar investigation a couple of years ago.

Last time they highlighted many grave violations in a report in 2016, and nothing happened. The tories don't give a fuck.

I was this year considering filing a complaint to the EU court of human rights, but you have to go through various channels in the UK before they will consider your application. In the end it wasn't worth it, but I fucking threatened certain organisation with it and in the end they cut a deal with me.

http://yournewswire.com/united-nations-investigation-uk-conservative/

If you vote tory then you are also responsible for the abuse of the human rights of underprivelaged citizens of the UK.

 

Enter your postcode in to this website and it will tell you how to vote tactically to have the best chance of stopping the tory scum getting in.

https://www.tactical2017.com/

 

Given their record on the environment, you'd arguably be voting to accelerate the death of nature too if you were stupid enough to vote tory.

 

I tried it and it said Labour or LibDem - since Labour have come second the last couple of times here with the LibDems lagging way behind, I'm not sure how accurate this is. Last time but one, in 2010, the LibDems made false claims that they were running second, and came in an unconvincing third.

Maybe better to look at past results where you live and decide on that basis who has the best chance to beat them.

 

There are now quite a few Labour posters in people's windows around my street, but no Tory ones. Mine is a Tory-Labour marginal, so there must be some Tory voters around here. I imagine they're afraid of getting a brick through their window if they put one up.

 

I wonder if anyone has ever changed their mind about who to vote for on the basis of seeing a poster in someone's widow?

 

Yeah, like what if you saw Walking Dickhead in someone's window

 

It's possible to see me in people's windows sometimes, but it's not a political statement. I was thinking about putting a poster up in my window saying "Fuck Off Theresa May. You have ten seconds to get out of my garden."