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« Reply #25 on: May 16, 2021, 03:44:17 PM »

1992: No vote
1994: No vote
2007: No vote
2010: No vote
Most of those elections where you would not vote in, had "hard" left labourites running or candidates close to the hard left.
Next: would probably not be a Labour Party member if i was British, probably burn my member's card in a livestream on Facebook.
What party would you join after you would hypothetically burn your members card on facebook or would you become an independent?

I'm not sure of those "hard left labourites" as i wasn't able to identify them (i don't know the opposite caniddates well enough). Although I do know of the 2010 hard-left candidate, but I felt uncomfortable showing support for her, for some reason, although that might be misguided (because my main source of determining who i vote for is the wikipedia, but that might not voice the subtilities of things, and the sentiment that was around in that particular year).

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For now independent. I don't see which party I could join (exc. for in Northern Ireland and Scotland, latter clearly SNP).

Perhaps i'd join
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

or

Burning Pink

But it would probably depend on where I live and whichever party is better established, the latter probably only in a few cities. So if more rural / suburban TUSC, otherwise "perhaps" Burning Pink, as I do feel both currently are the parties that are closest to me IN THEORY, but it could be different in practice.

Being an independent as i said is a possibility as well. One of those options is not-voting as well. In a close election voting for the Tories is also an option, as I genuinely believe BoJo is the lesser evil of the two and as I genuinely don't want Labour to win at this moment (and likely i vote in an area where Burning Pink doesn't field a candidate, unless it would be me of course). Otherwise TUSC is an option, and if not close and those two don't run (which is most likely the case in a more rural area), i'd probably stay home at this point.
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« Reply #26 on: May 16, 2021, 04:02:46 PM »

Labour

1922: MacDonald
1935: Attlee
1955: Gaitskell
1960: Gaitskell
1961: Gaitskell
1963: Callaghan, then Wilson
1976: Foot
1980: Shore, then Foot
1983: Shore
1988: Benn (to keep the margin down as much as anything)
1992: Gould
1994: Abstain
2010: Burnham
2015: Burnham
2016: Abstain
2020: Nandy

Conservative

1965: Maudling
1975: Heath, then Whitelaw
1989: Abstain
1990: Heseltine
1995: Abstain with the hope of forcing a second ballot and getting Heseltine
1997: Clarke
2001: Portillo, then Clarke .
2005: Davis
2016: Gove
2019: Gove, then abstain
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« Reply #27 on: May 16, 2021, 04:11:24 PM »


Not criticising you as you know that we can disagree well, but is this because you simply see her as the most right-wing of the likely candidates?
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« Reply #28 on: May 16, 2021, 04:21:19 PM »

Conservative:
1965: Ted Heath
1975: Margaret Thatcher/William Whitelaw
1989: Anthony Meyer
1990: Michael Heseltine/John Major
1995: John Major
1997: William Hague
2001: David Davis/Ken Clarke
2005: David Davis
2016: Theresa May
2019: Jeremy Hunt


Labour:
1922: Ramsay MacDonald
1935: Clement Attlee
1955: Hugh Gaitskell
1960: Hugh Gaitskell
1961: Hugh Gaitskell
1963: James Callaghan/Harold Wilson
1976: James Callaghan
1980: Denis Healey
1983: Neil Kinnock
1988: Neil Kinnock
1992: John Smith
1994: Tony Blair
2007: Gordon Brown
2010: David Miliband
2015: Andy Burnham
2016: Owen Smith
2020: Keir Starmer
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« Reply #29 on: May 16, 2021, 04:41:30 PM »

Labour

1922: MacDonald
1935: Morrison
1955: Gaitskell
1960: Gaitskell
1961: Gaitskell
1963: Brown
1976: First Round: Jenkins, Final Round: Callaghan
1980: Healey
1983: Kinnok
1988: Kinnock
1992: Smith
1994: Blair
2010: First Round: Balls, Final Round: David Miliband
2015: Burnham
2016: Smith
2020: Starmer


Conservative

1965: Heath
1975: Heath
1989: Meyer
1990: Heseltine
1995: Major
1997: Clarke
2001: First Round: Portillo, Final Round: Clarke
2005: First Round: Clarke, Final Round: Cameron
2016: May
2019: Hunt
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« Reply #30 on: May 16, 2021, 04:59:21 PM »


Not criticising you as you know that we can disagree well, but is this because you simply see her as the most right-wing of the likely candidates?

Yes pretty much.

She is also one of the only high profile MPs with views somewhat similar to mine.  Mogg would be another although I support a social market rather than unbridled free market.

However I'm realistic and I realise that the Tories are probably never going back to the good old days of social conservatism and things like SSM and abortion on demand are unfortunately here to stay even if Patel were to get in.

I should also add that while I did have "Priti4PM" in my sig once I'm not actually wild about her or any other politician.  I really struggle to "like" any politician and Patel isn't exactly Miss Congeniality. Smiley
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