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Fri Jul-30-04 05:58 AM
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| Poll question: If there were a general election tomorrow.... |
| JohnLocke
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Fri Jul-30-04 10:27 PM
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| 1. Can't vote in UK, obviously |
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Edited on Fri Jul-30-04 10:33 PM by JohnLocke
But if I could, I'd vote for the LibDems. :)
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| non sociopath skin
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Sat Jul-31-04 05:56 AM
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| 2. If there were a general election tomorrow, I'd have a real problem... |
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... just as I did with the Euro.
Never previously voted anything but Labour in my life and was meself a Labour Councillor for 12 years but struggled with this one, especially as I knew, liked and respected one of the Green candidates. Also considered Respect but have issues with some of their stances.
Wouldn't, at present, vote for the Lib Dems whom I find opportunist in the extreme. A few years ago I lived in the South but returned regularly to the North to visit and never failed to be amused at how they sold themselves as a Left party in the South and a Right party in the North. Their anti-war before the war/ pro-war during the war stance was par for the course.
So in the end, I gritted my teeth and voted Labour ONLY to keep the Tories and UKIP Loonies at bay.
It would be nice to have something POSITIVE to vote for.
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Sun Aug-01-04 08:55 AM
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| 3. LibDem (partly for tactical reasons) |
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In my constituency, it's between the LibDems and the Tories. We now have a rather good Lib Dem MP; we used to have the horrible former Education Secretary John Patten. So it makes sense to vote Lib Dem here. Anyway, I won't support Blair.
I voted Green in the Euro Elections, mainly to support our excellent candidate Mike Woodin, who has since died tragically young. He is perhaps the only person whom I have ever positively voted for, rather than against the opposition.
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Tue Aug-03-04 05:57 PM
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| 4. How strong are the greens there? |
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Edited on Tue Aug-03-04 05:57 PM by DaveSZ
Are they like here in the States and Canada where they have no real national standing, and only hold posititions on city councils and mayorships?
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| T_i_B
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Wed Aug-04-04 01:48 AM
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| 5. More information on the Greens |
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Can be found on this thread, along with the RESPECT Coalition. The Greens have a few council seats and I think they even have MEP's but nothing at Westminster. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=191x61 |
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