Who are you voting for OFFICIAL POLL

[Abertawe]

Last one got lost. Now the manifestos have been released people may have changed their minds. Secret as before, who has your vote?

 

[JaseTheVillain]

Labour. As before, in fact, moreso now the manifestos are out.

 

[Captain Scumbag]

Obviously I hope Team Evil win and increase their majority because Brexit will be dead in the water if they don't. The thing is, my vote is unlikely to have much bearing on that, not in East Lothian.

Given my confidence that the desired Tory gains will be made elsewhere, it might be better if I ignore Brexit and view the whole thing through the prism of Scottish independence. In that case it possibly makes more sense to vote Labour as that's the obvious anti-SNP vote in my constituency.

It's shite that our archaic electoral system obliges me and millions of others to think in that sort of way, but hey... You play the hand you're dealt, right?

 

[SALTIRE]

The People's Front of Judea.

 

[Renegade]

Alliance NI - anyone but DUP. It's our fourth vote in three years. Yay. I'm betting on a record low turnout in NI, since we don't even have an acting Assembly at present.

 

[Ian_Wrexham]

I'm voting for anarcho-abstentionism although it's possible I'll crack in the next couple of weeks.

 

[Aber gas]

Alliance NI - anyone but DUP. It's our fourth vote in three years. Yay. I'm betting on a record low turnout in NI, since we don't even have an acting Assembly at present.

Is there any chance of that being sorted soon Rene? Obviously not an ideal situation with Brexit happening and all that entails for the Ulster/ Republic situation.

 

[Look Out There Are Llamas]

I'm debating between Lib Dems, Green, Spoilt Ballot or perhaps Labour as a protest vote.

Like Scumbag my vote doesn't matter. I'm in like a 19,000 Tory majority here.

 

[mowgli]

Will have to reluctantly vote Lib Dem to get the smarmy Tory MP out,Labour are nothing where i live and UKIP aren't standing so we don't have much choice. Our MP James Heappy had a discussion with 16 year old schoolkids and one of the girls brought up another Scottish referendum she said she would vote to leave and his reply was (Quoted from local paper) " Fuck off back to Scotland then" Classy! He claims it was a joke well ki hope it bites him on his fat arse

 

[smat]

Obviously I hope Team Evil win and increase their majority because Brexit will be dead in the water if they don't.

Why's that?

 

[Jockney]

Decided to register in Hackney North and Stoke Newington (Diane Abbott's seat), though I think I may have been automatically registered in Walthamstow (Stella Creasy).

Both two of the safest Labour seats in the country, but will be voting for the Labour Party regardless.

 

[shane]

I'll vote labour with the rest of Hackney.

 

[Stevencc]

The People's Front of Judea.

You forgot to check select SNP, above.

 

[Murphy]

I'm voting for Son of Cod.

 

[Look Out There Are Llamas]

I'd be genuinely interested if any Tory voter can give a fairly informed and in depth narrative - Brexit aside - of why they will be voting that way. Intrigued to understand the other side's point of view.

 

[Veggie Legs]

Labour for me. Slight chance of being a vote for a winning candidate in my constituency but I'm not expecting anything.

 

[Gladders]

After todays excellent manifesto I will be voting Tory still.

 

[Captain Scumbag]

Why's that?

Err, t’was maybe a tad melodramatic of me to put it like that.

To clarify, I’m doing my usual dour, negative bastard thing and imagining the admittedly unlikely scenario of us ending up with a hung parliament.

Mrs May isn’t a dyed-in-the-wool Brexiter but she has taken ownership of it. She hasn’t attempted to fudge it. She’s signed the Article 50 notification. She’s put Brexit at the heart of her election manifesto.

So what would happen if she lost her parliamentary majority (a majority she didn’t win the first place, mind) just a few months after invoking Article 50, and just a month or two before the Brexit negotiations are scheduled to formally begin?

It might not kill Brexit, but the current plan would be thrown into disarray.

 

[Craig]

No Yorkshire Party candidate running in Barnsley central so will most likely be voting Labour. I am a Labour supporter but my local Labour MP is one of the anti-Corbyn mob so I may cross Green at the last moment.

One of the safest Labour seats in the country though so does it really matter?

 

[Aber gas]

No Yorkshire Party candidate running in Barnsley central so will most likely be voting Labour. I am a Labour supporter but my local Labour MP is one of the anti-Corbyn mob so I may cross Green at the last moment.

One of the safest Labour seats in the country though so does it really matter?

Still vote Labour mate. I'm sorry you've got a slug as MP but just in case....

 

[Krazy8]

Without a doubt Conservatives. The thought of any other party having control scares the bejeezus out of me.

 

[.V.]

After todays excellent manifesto I will be voting Tory still.

Out of interest, what is it in it that you like? Is there anything you don't?

 

[Renegade]

Is there any chance of that being sorted soon Rene? Obviously not an ideal situation with Brexit happening and all that entails for the Ulster/ Republic situation.

After the NI Assembly snap election, the parties were supposed to have talks to agree on a new devolved government, but the talks fails. After May called the general election, these talks were extended until the end of June. Nothing has really changed, I don't see that either the DUP or Sinn Fein will soften their current stances. Most likely direct rule and there is no appetite for another election.

 

[Aber gas]

Labour for me. Slight chance of being a vote for a winning candidate in my constituency but I'm not expecting anything.

Is it Clive Lewis?

 

[Veggie Legs]

Is it Clive Lewis?

No, I'm in Norwich North and I don't even know who the Labour candidate is. Clive Lewis is Norwich South, which I'm fairly confident he will retain.

 

[Gladders]

Out of interest, what is it in it that you like? Is there anything you don't?

Imcrease in NHS spending
Increase in money for schools, more free schools
Increasing personal allowance and higher rate to 50k
Commitment to cut immigration
More houses
Defence spending Increase and maintain current size of armed forces

To name a few I like

 

[Abertawe]

Imcrease in NHS spending
Increase in money for schools, more free schools
Increasing personal allowance and higher rate to 50k
Commitment to cut immigration
More houses
Defence spending Increase and maintain current size of armed forces

To name a few I like

All uncosted and contradict what they've actually done since being in power. You're being hoodwinked.

 

[Gladders]

All uncosted and contradict what they've actually done since being in power. You're being hoodwinked.

As opposed to Labour who haven't got a clue how to run an economy

 

[Veggie Legs]

Imcrease in NHS spending
Increase in money for schools, more free schools
Increasing personal allowance and higher rate to 50k
Commitment to cut immigration
More houses
Defence spending Increase and maintain current size of armed forces

To name a few I like

While I'm loath to say that more money for schools is a bad policy, per pupil funding is falling under the current government and will continue to do so under their proposals. And spending excessive amounts on the free school vanity project certainly isn't going to help that.

 

[JaseTheVillain]

As opposed to Labour who haven't got a clue how to run an economy

Hate to bring this out again but, spending has trebled under the Tories despite constant cuts. They've borrowed more in the past 7 years than every Labour government combined.

Not to mention that the Labour manifesto is costed, much of it will cost less than stated, AND they'll be doing the borrowing up front, and have been up front about the amount they will be borrowing in order to stimulate the, frankly, stagnant economy.