Re: The traditional CF voting intentions thread, week 1
 

If you don't know it, your local Electoral Registration Office will be able to supply you with details of who came second last time. You could then vote for whoever this was if your main aim is to unseat the incumbent Tory.

Re: The traditional CF voting intentions thread, week 1
 

More bizareness this morning.

The Tories are starting to pivot the attack on Starmer from 'what does he stand for' (which has some merit) to 'Sleepy Kier' following on from Trump's 'Sleep Joe' tag for Joe Biden.

https://www.ft.com/content/2c00e00e-...9-43264c85a82f

They have no ideas. There are plenty of criticisms of Starmer but hardly anyone thinks it's he is too old and tired to do the job. It won't cut through at all. It works with Biden because he is old and he looks like it. The no 1 concern voters seem to have him with is his age and mental state.

Also Steve Baker, NI Minister, has come out against the National Service plan and expects to be fired over it: https://www.stevebaker.info/2024/05/...aw-now-always/

Re: The traditional CF voting intentions thread, week 1
 

I’ve put in my application for a postal vote this morning. It’s very easy to do if you know your NI number and you’re asking for a one-off postal vote form to be sent to your home address, and your home address is the address on the electoral roll. You don’t need to scan your passport or driving licence although you do need to scan your signature. Easy enough these days as we all have decent cameras on our phones.

https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote

(Edit) Should add, this is especially useful for Scottish voters as many of us will be on holiday in the first week of July. The process for applying for a postal vote for Holyrood is still a bit old fashioned and involves downloading and posting forms, but Scottish voters looking for a one-off postal vote in a Westminster election can use the gov.uk fully online service.

Re: The traditional CF voting intentions thread, week 1
 

My parents have often asked the same question as they are in the same constituency as yourself and feel their vote is completely wasted.

l don't know if these links might help you.

https://tactical.vote/

https://tacticalvote.co.uk/

https://www.electionpolling.co.uk/ta...t/conservative

Re: The traditional CF voting intentions thread, week 1
 

Thanks. Very useful!

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I feel for you.

In our case Michael Gove is gone, and the LibDem guy is ahead by a couple of points in the local polls. Better than Gove.....

Re: The traditional CF voting intentions thread, week 1
 

Boris was out at the weekend accusing Starmer of not prosecuting Jimmy Saville. Back in the day (it did the rounds when he was first appointed in 2020) the argument had a certain level of merit, assuming some dotted line could be drawn to show Starmer’s leadership of the CPS meant he ought to have intervened to ensure a prosecution went ahead. It’s by no means clear that argument was ever developed, and now the line just seems to be ‘Starmer didn’t prosecute Saville’ as if it was only ever in his personal in-tray.

All in all, the Tory campaign appears to be to shore up the core, boomer vote by demonising Keir Starmer and teenagers.

Re: The traditional CF voting intentions thread, week 1
 

Parents could be FINED if their teenagers fail to do National Service

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...tivemenubutton

Re: The traditional CF voting intentions thread, week 1
 

They have all gone absolutely mental. The Tory election campaign thus far just looks like this, on a loop:

Re: The traditional CF voting intentions thread, week 1
 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/60213

Johnson apparently forgotten what he said previously…

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...osecute-savile

I feel your anger Maggy....... Torys ppl are quite underhanded but trying to put a dent in that isnt gonna be easy.... Everything is on thier side ('rigged' like) otherwise Im sure he would be out by now!

Ya alot feel this way...... The Powers that be really have the control over who wins so yes people just coming in voting really means nothing....... If they want someone else,they will get them in regardless of who votes for whoever.......

Re: The traditional CF voting intentions thread, week 1
 

The Tories are going full generation war: https://x.com/PaulBrandITV/status/1795205841068454393

'Triple-lock PLUS'. Big tax breaks on pensions.

Re: The traditional CF voting intentions thread, week 1
 

These people have no shame*…

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...3&d=1716845751

*obviously hoping no one will remember the impact of Truss’ shenanigans on people’s Pension Funds…

Re: The traditional CF voting intentions thread, week 1
 

The reporting on this in the Sun is absolute bolleaux scare-mongering…

I have been claiming pensions since late 2018 (4 x Defined Benefit pensions since 2018, a Drawdown pension since mid 2021 (made up by consolidating 4 Defined Contribution pensions), and a State Pension since late 2022), and I haven’t had to fill out a self-assessment*. All HMRC does (automatically) is offset your State Pension against your Personal Allowance, and if you get more than the Personal Allowance, put a K tax code (you have untaxed income which is more than your tax-free amount. This has been added to your pay or pension so the extra tax can be collected) against one of your pensions, and put the rest on BR (basic rate taxation of 20% with no allowance on those).

*my State Pension alone takes me over the basic Income Tax starting threshold

Re: The traditional CF voting intentions thread, week 1
 

Reading more into it, it's not as much as it seems on the surface. It would be nicer if they raised all thresholds but Tory party policy is to screw over those in work.

I wonder if they're in danger of overselling it though. It sounds too good be true when people here 'quadruple lock' and makes them seem like they are in a panic.

Also if this is what they're starting with then how far are they going to go? Probably some really crazy promises coming soon.

Re: The traditional CF voting intentions thread, week 1
 

Guess they are hoping their senile support have forgotten about all the manifesto pledges they've broken from the last election . Lies are acceptable these days. They should make manifestos contractually binding, as it is, they mean nothing.