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**Chris** · 05-05-2005, 15:54

Well, I won't get to vote until I'm almost home this evening, and as I'm unlikely to get online after that, I'm going to vote in our exit poll now, as I have decided who I'm voting for.

I'm going Lib Dem. This is a big thing for me, as I have never before transferred my vote to another main party. I've declined to support the Tories in the past (Referendum Party in 1997!) but never looked hard at the people and policies on offer and decided to move elsewhere.

The straw that broke the camel's back was an 'election communication' from the moron Tory candidate in our constituency (Stirlingshire), that went along the lines of 'by now you have received the council bill for your band G property' .... and followed by some scare stories about Revaluation (which is not currently scheduled to happen at all in Scotland) and Local Income Tax.

Once I had finished having palpitations and reminded myself that this idiot could not possibly know more about Council Tax band of my house, and that my house is in fact Band D, I got very angry. If he can't put a positive case for his own policies, and can't even get his facts straight, then he doesn't get my vote.

The Lib Dems get it because I agree with a lot of the sensible things they are proposing and they offer a referendum on some of the things I don't agree with them over (the Euro, for example). Meanwhile Mrs T is voting Lib Dem because she thinks it's appalling how certain sections of the media keep sneering at Charles Kennedy for being tired when he has a newborn baby in the house. As somone who's set to become a father again in the next month, I have a great deal of sympathy for him too!

05-05-2005, 15:54	#51
Chris Trollsplatter Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,596	Re: The Cable Forum Exit Poll Well, I won't get to vote until I'm almost home this evening, and as I'm unlikely to get online after that, I'm going to vote in our exit poll now, as I have decided who I'm voting for. I'm going Lib Dem. This is a big thing for me, as I have never before transferred my vote to another main party. I've declined to support the Tories in the past (Referendum Party in 1997!) but never looked hard at the people and policies on offer and decided to move elsewhere. The straw that broke the camel's back was an 'election communication' from the moron Tory candidate in our constituency (Stirlingshire), that went along the lines of 'by now you have received the council bill for your band G property' .... and followed by some scare stories about Revaluation (which is not currently scheduled to happen at all in Scotland) and Local Income Tax. Once I had finished having palpitations and reminded myself that this idiot could not possibly know more about Council Tax band of my house, and that my house is in fact Band D, I got very angry. If he can't put a positive case for his own policies, and can't even get his facts straight, then he doesn't get my vote. The Lib Dems get it because I agree with a lot of the sensible things they are proposing and they offer a referendum on some of the things I don't agree with them over (the Euro, for example). Meanwhile Mrs T is voting Lib Dem because she thinks it's appalling how certain sections of the media keep sneering at Charles Kennedy for being tired when he has a newborn baby in the house. As somone who's set to become a father again in the next month, I have a great deal of sympathy for him too!