The 2010 General Election Thread: Week 4

How Labour will win the General Election - Electoral Reform

New electoral reform - vigorously demanded for by the Liberal Democrats was introduced by Brown just before the Bank Holiday weekend.

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Even better, Nick Griffin on Radio 4 this week.

[Hiroki]

I'll say one thing I have never ever been interested in politics up until now but I have really enjoyed learning more since the start of this election, I have went to the extent of actually meeting the candidates for my local area - something I thought I would never be interested in doing.

Even after all that I am still voting Labour.

Originally Posted by Hiroki

Even after all that I am still voting Labour.

It's because of all that, that I'm not.

[Derek]

Originally Posted by Hiroki

Even after all that I am still voting Labour.

I suppose someone has to.

[Hom3r]

Well while DC wants to bring back hunting I will NEVER vote tory.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Hiroki

Even after all that I am still voting Labour.

Good for you at least someone has to support a dying party

[Derek]

Another warning that postal voting is open to abuse on a large scale.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...lectoral-fraud

Police have received at least 50 complaints about serious voter fraud in advance of this week's elections amid warnings that the rapid rise of postal voting is making the system vulnerable to abuse.

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by Hom3r

Well while DC wants to bring back hunting I will NEVER vote tory.

So animal welfare is more of a concern to you than say the economy?

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Originally Posted by Hiroki

Even after all that I am still voting Labour.

I'm doing my best to be surprised at someone in Newcastle voting Labour but I just can't do it.

One could put a red rosette on 4 vomit covered turds and they'd carry the 4 seats.

I think I may have asked this previously but given you've heard them all speak now maybe you're in a better position to say why you've been mentioning voting Labour since the first posts on the thread after you realised you could vote and what's confirmed it for you now.

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Originally Posted by Derek S

Another warning that postal voting is open to abuse on a large scale.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2...lectoral-fraud

In London the Metropolitan police have received 28 complaints across 12 boroughs and launched five investigations – one in Ealing and four in Tower Hamlets, which has a history of problems with electoral fraud. In Tower Hamlets the allegations are understood to relate to the registration of up to 10 "ghost voters" at single addresses where the residents have no knowledge of the names on the electoral roll.

Tower Hamlets, that most healthy, wealthy, prosperous and forward thinking area of London in electoral fraud shock! Who'd have thought?

[Tezcatlipoca]

Britain 'Still On Course For Hung Parliament'

Originally Posted by Sky News

After a frenetic day of campaigning by the three main party leaders, two opinion polls are pointing towards a hung parliament for Britain.

The YouGov daily tracker poll for The Sun newspaper shows the Tories unchanged on 34%, unable to establish the sort of lead needed for an overall majority.

The poll puts the Liberal Democrats up one point on 29%, with Labour unchanged on 28%.

ICM for The Guardian paints an almost identical picture with the Conservatives on 33%, unchanged from last week.

Labour is also unchanged on 28%, level-pegging with the Lib Dems who are down two on last week.

(snipped quotes from The Dark Lord)

[mikegreen]

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet

I prefer dealing in facts rather than vague suspicions based on propaganda from political opponents.

Good luck with that...

I think I have just discovered the real reason for your zealous support of the Cons

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by mikegreen

Good luck with that...

I think I have just discovered the real reason for your zealous support of the Cons

Works for me.

But from now on when i hear the name Labour i will remember the word BIGOT.

when someone says vote Labour i will only hear the words vote Bigot

Just think in parliament Labour Mp's will shout bigot bigot instead of hear hear

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by Sirius

Works for me.

But from now on when i hear the name Labour i will remember the word BIGOT.

when someone says vote Labour i will only hear the words vote Bigot

Just think in parliament Labour Mp's will shout bigot bigot instead of hear hear

a certain cf member and labooor supporter has been bandying the term bigot around for ages ,in fact any one with a differing opinion is called a bigot ,its probably in the manifesto some where , i wont be voting BIGOT i believe in democracy and freedom of speech as does mr Cameron

[mikegreen]

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[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by mikegreen

Good luck with that...

I think I have just discovered the real reason for your zealous support of the Cons

I see you've been reading the Labour play book for FUD.

That has no influence at all on me, somewhat more important things than broadband to make a voting decision on but please do feel free to keep making things up. I'm in London, I'll get nothing out of any government broadband intervention.

I don't remember making any comments about being a zealous support of the Conservatives though I also note that any criticism of Labour seems to have that as one of the default responses. As mentioned previously I think Cameron is a lightweight, I'm far from convinced by the Tories in many ways, however Labour have been a near total disaster through constant erosion of our rights and leaving us a huge bill to cover it.

So overall regarding your posts a fairly weak smear but given that Labour, and indeed its' supporters, have so little of their own positives to point to it would appear that's about the only course of action. Please carry on.

If you feel like some more reasoned debate my same question to Hiroki to you, why Labour?

EDIT: Incidentally that poster is hilarious, not least because the underlying implication is that Labour will look after those who refuse to work while the nasty Tories won't. A poster by welfare state addicts for welfare state addicts. Backfired a bit that one, not a message that appeals to those who pay for the people who refuse to work.

[Xaccers]

I find it interesting that Tory and LD voters can give coherant reasons behind their choice, but Labour voters seem to come up with:
They're not Tories
Cameron is slimy (yet ignore most of the cabinet)
My parents vote labour so I have to