The traditional CF voting intentions thread, week 2

[Kursk]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

No one's saying their contributions should not be debated. We're discussing their non-participation with particular regard to some names who have been absent for longer than is usual.

I can read. Oh, forget it.

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by Escapee

I voted Conservative last week, and would have done so this week before the news yesterday.

This week I have changed to Reform, as I believe they will now get more votes than the Conservatives in my area. We will never get rid of the Labour MP, as my area has voted in Labour MPs and Labour councils for over a hundred years. There's a cycle, vote them in, spend the next 4 years complaining about them and then vote them in again.

As long as Reform gets more votes in my area than the nasty Plaid Cymru party I'll be happy.

Yes you are so right you could put up a donkey , a crook , or con artist.
Stick a labour badge on them and the people that spent four years moaning about them will vote them in again. Complaining about what was in local manifesto and then activated ,yet come next election will vote them in again. Becareful what you wish for

[heero_yuy]

Unfortunately our long standing Tory MP Tim Loughton, who I voted for, is standing down as MP. He seems to have kept his nose clean and done good for the constituents.

I may sit on my hands this time.

[Mr K]

Not very often I agree with Torygraph columnists, but this one's bang on.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnis...g-for-clacton/

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by Mr K

Not very often I agree with Torygraph columnists, but this one's bang on.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnis...g-for-clacton/

Tory press knocking the one guy that could unseat them there
, what a surprise

[jfman]

While I welcome Nigel’s undoubted assistance in crushing the Conservative party into the ground so much you could hand it’s corpse over to Thatcher herself, I dunno how much I care for 5 years of hearing about immigration while vulture capitalists asset strip the entire country.

[pip08456]

Andrew Neil's SCATHING predictions for the general election

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by pip08456

Andrew Neil's SCATHING predictions for the general election

Not exactly a groundbreaking prediction is it? The bookies are giving odds 1/20 of Sir K being the next PM.
https://www.oddschecker.com/politics/british-politics

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Brexit has made things better for small boat people as we can't return them back to France.

Most people know we were sold a dud but no one's in the mood for another divisive referendum at the moment.

I don't see Starmer taking us back into Europe but there's obvious things we can do to reduce Brexit red tape and increase exports which I believe he will look at.

My thoughts exactly Andrew.

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Originally Posted by Chris

So Nige has decided he’s the leader of Reform UK and he’s standing in Clacton. Makes things a bit more interesting I guess. He has to have a better chance this time than at any other. I wonder whether the Donald’s woes in America have helped persuade him to stay here.

I also wonder if this was purposely done this way to catch the Tories off guard.

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

My thoughts exactly Andrew.

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I also wonder if this was purposely done this way to catch the Tories off guard.

It was done as he's a 'populist', who knows he'll never be in power and have to deliver anything. He can just say popular soundbites, to promote his goodself. The gullible, short of memory, reality TV mugs will fall for it.
Hopefully there's not enough of those, but they voted for liar Boris and Brexit, so who can say? We really do need to improve education in this country.

[peanut]

Well that debate was terrible. If I hear 'We have a plan' one more time...

Originally Posted by jfman

Slightly worried (sincerely) about Seph tho he’s not been online since 13 April.

I dont miss the blue text he always used, its harder to read (and quote).
He went off sulking after being told to stop acting like a child all the time.
(claiming everything/everyone was "nasty" when people disagreed with him).

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Originally Posted by peanut

Well that debate was terrible. If I hear 'We have a plan' one more time...

Who had a plan ?

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Paul

I dont miss the blue text he always used, its harder to read (and quote).
He went off sulking after being told to stop acting like a child all the time.
(claiming everything/everyone was "nasty" when people disagreed with him).

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Who had a plan ?

Sunak, trouble is he never says what the plan is other than if we don't stick with the plan we'll go back to square one with labour, trouble for titchy is square one sounds just fine to most of us

If his plans are anything like the nonsense of the last week, its probably better if he says nothing. Hes lost anyway, so any plans are irrelevant.

[peanut]

These American style TV debates are stupid. They're too frustrating. Even more so with the 45 seconds to answer format that just doesn't work. You can't base anything on them and they're just too chaotic, it's all about point scoring against each other and nothing else. No one really wins. You have to wait for everything to be fact checked but they end up with everyone wanting to vote for 'none of the above'.