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Silent Hunter
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« on: March 10, 2005, 09:39:59 AM »
Question in the title.
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« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2005, 01:20:26 PM »
Generally I would vote Labour; However at the next election I am likely to vote tactically to help the Greens save their deposit in my constituency (Oxford West and Abingdon).
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« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2005, 01:47:24 PM »
Labour
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« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2005, 04:11:26 PM »
UK Independence Party if I lived in England, SNP if I lived in Scotland, Plaid  Cymru if I lived in Wales, Sinn Fein if I lived in Ulster.
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« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2005, 05:07:42 PM »
Quote from: Jake on March 10, 2005, 04:11:26 PM
UK Independence Party if I lived in England, SNP if I lived in Scotland, Plaid  Cymru if I lived in Wales, Sinn Fein if I lived in Ulster.

You do know that Plaid Cymru are socialists who voted against the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, and that Sinn Fein is also incredibly left wing?
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« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2005, 05:10:05 PM »
Quote from: Peter Bell on March 10, 2005, 05:07:42 PM
Quote from: Jake on March 10, 2005, 04:11:26 PM
UK Independence Party if I lived in England, SNP if I lived in Scotland, Plaid  Cymru if I lived in Wales, Sinn Fein if I lived in Ulster.

You do know that Plaid Cymru are socialists who voted against the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, and that Sinn Fein is also incredibly left wing?

I wouldn't call the Nats socialists (they're record on RCT CBC was more or less the opposite) but they've been using the word to try to get votes.

I will add that their Parliamentary leader (Llwyd) is insane
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« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2005, 05:10:29 PM »
Quote from: Peter Bell on March 10, 2005, 05:07:42 PM
Quote from: Jake on March 10, 2005, 04:11:26 PM
UK Independence Party if I lived in England, SNP if I lived in Scotland, Plaid  Cymru if I lived in Wales, Sinn Fein if I lived in Ulster.

You do know that Plaid Cymru are socialists who voted against the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars, and that Sinn Fein is also incredibly left wing?

Nationalists though
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« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2005, 05:26:33 PM »
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« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2005, 10:34:59 PM »
Much like the US, the choices in the UK are crap, but I would go with the Lib Dems.
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« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2005, 11:20:10 PM »
Conservative Party, naturally.
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« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2005, 11:22:17 PM »
Well I hear Respect is supposedly the most leftist but they're also heavily affiliated with Muslim groups, and I'd never vote for a Muslim party.

I think I'll just go with Labour.
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« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2005, 12:29:13 PM »
Labour - bit like with the Democrats, it's in my genes!

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« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2005, 03:03:50 PM »
Before you choose, check out where the parties actually stand on issues:

www.labour.org.uk
www.libdems.org.uk
www.conservatives.com

Don't be mislead by heresay
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« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2005, 03:31:26 PM »
Quote from: Retired Al on March 11, 2005, 03:03:50 PM
Before you choose, check out where the parties actually stand on issues:

www.labour.org.uk
www.libdems.org.uk
www.conservatives.com

Don't be mislead by heresay

Or you could pick a real party, and not one of the "important" ones.
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« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2005, 03:39:26 PM »
Errr.... Sinn Fein.  As for methods/means  I am a SDLP guy-  but they are not really serious about a United Ireland. 
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« Reply #15 on: March 11, 2005, 06:49:27 PM »
Liberal Dem.

Maybe Conservative.

If in Northern Ireland, UUP.
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« Reply #16 on: March 11, 2005, 07:07:51 PM »
My order of preference:

1) Lib Dem
2) Labour
3) Respect/SNP/Plaid Cymru/Other
4) Conservative
5) UKIP
 
 
 
 
 
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« Reply #17 on: March 12, 2005, 03:29:24 AM »
If the country went as the forum does- these would be the seat numbers (from Martin Baxter's site):
Conservatives 2 (!)
Labour 424
Lib Dem 189
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« Reply #18 on: March 12, 2005, 08:13:45 PM »
I voted earlier, but...

Labour
Conservatives
UKIP
Lib Dems
*every other party in the seat*
Respect
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« Reply #19 on: March 12, 2005, 10:52:14 PM »
Would probably vote Conservative but would give a serious look at Labour.

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« Reply #20 on: March 13, 2005, 09:23:17 AM »
I voted Tory. Still you should have included the BNP if you were including Respect. They are both a right shower...Smiley
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« Reply #21 on: March 13, 2005, 12:58:48 PM »
Generically Tory.
With the right candidate perhaps Labour.
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« Reply #22 on: March 13, 2005, 04:05:55 PM »
Quote from: afleitch on March 13, 2005, 09:23:17 AM
I voted Tory. Still you should have included the BNP if you were including Respect. They are both a right shower...Smiley

Forgot about them. Err...Respect vs. the BNP is like choosing between the NSDAP and the KPD in the Weimar Republic. Grin
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« Reply #23 on: March 14, 2005, 08:27:57 AM »
Quote from: Silent Hunter on March 12, 2005, 03:29:24 AM
If the country went as the forum does- these would be the seat numbers (from Martin Baxter's site):
Conservatives 2 (!)
Labour 424
Lib Dem 189
These are two more than the UK needs.
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« Reply #24 on: March 14, 2005, 08:31:05 AM »
Quote from: Senator WMS on March 13, 2005, 04:05:55 PM
Quote from: afleitch on March 13, 2005, 09:23:17 AM
I voted Tory. Still you should have included the BNP if you were including Respect. They are both a right shower...Smiley

Forgot about them. Err...Respect vs. the BNP is like choosing between the NSDAP and the KPD in the Weimar Republic. Grin
I'll go create a poll Grin

As for me, ... all else equal and tactical considerations thrown overboard, I'd *probably* vote Green or LD, might return to Labour if they sack their leader.
But things being as they are, I can't make up my mind on who to vote for unless you tell me
a) what constituency I'm in (ie, which parties stand a chance of winning)
b) which other parties are standing
b) what wing of their respective parties the Labour and LD candidates are from.
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