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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2024 21:20:52 GMT
This presents me with a quandary in my voting intentions. I happen to live in Rishi Sunak's constituency, and this has been a Tory safe seat for years. However, such is the dissatisfaction with Sunak I do wonder (more in hope than expectation) whether it might be possible to oust him. The problem is that over the last few elections, the LDs and Labour having been swapping position for second place and ultimately dividing the vote. I normally vote LD (I'm a member) but would vote Labour if I was confident that tactically voting had a chance of unseating Sunak. I guess I'll have to wait and watch the polling and campaigning, and keep my powder dry until the day itself. If you are a member of a political party, parties tend to take a dim view of you voting for anyone but them. On here you are relatively anonymous, but if as a Lib Dem member you made a tactical decision to vote Labour in the privacy of the ballot booth, best to keep it to yourself insofar as your real identity is concerned.
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Post by montegriffo on May 24, 2024 1:58:59 GMT
This presents me with a quandary in my voting intentions. I happen to live in Rishi Sunak's constituency, and this has been a Tory safe seat for years. However, such is the dissatisfaction with Sunak I do wonder (more in hope than expectation) whether it might be possible to oust him. The problem is that over the last few elections, the LDs and Labour having been swapping position for second place and ultimately dividing the vote. I normally vote LD (I'm a member) but would vote Labour if I was confident that tactically voting had a chance of unseating Sunak. I guess I'll have to wait and watch the polling and campaigning, and keep my powder dry until the day itself. If you are a member of a political party, parties tend to take a dim view of you voting for anyone but them. On here you are relatively anonymous, but if as a Lib Dem member you made a tactical decision to vote Labour in the privacy of the ballot booth, best to keep it to yourself insofar as your real identity is concerned. Pretty sure he is Carter from Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine.
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Post by andrewbrown on May 24, 2024 7:07:40 GMT
No, he's Cartertonian as in Road Rage and Mulder & Scully.
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Post by Steve on May 24, 2024 9:56:39 GMT
Sadly my MP (Huw Merriman) has now decided to stand down. I haven't always agreed with his views but he's been what an MP should be: worked hard for his constituency and to have decisions made properly.
As he's a Tory he wouldn't have got my vote though.
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Post by Steve on May 29, 2024 10:06:19 GMT
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Post by happyhornet on May 30, 2024 5:32:41 GMT
If you are a member of a political party, parties tend to take a dim view of you voting for anyone but them. On here you are relatively anonymous, but if as a Lib Dem member you made a tactical decision to vote Labour in the privacy of the ballot booth, best to keep it to yourself insofar as your real identity is concerned. Pretty sure he is Carter from Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine. A mate of mine was such a big of theirs he named his son Carter.
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Post by montegriffo on May 30, 2024 9:21:03 GMT
Pretty sure he is Carter from Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine. A mate of mine was such a big of theirs he named his son Carter. I named my son after Cartertonian.
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Post by happyhornet on May 30, 2024 16:49:50 GMT
A mate of mine was such a big of theirs he named his son Carter. I named my son after Cartertonian. 😂
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Post by Steve on May 30, 2024 23:09:12 GMT
A mate of mine was such a big of theirs he named his son Carter. I named my son after Cartertonian. Why did Cartertonian get to name your son before you did? (I'll get me coat)
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Post by montegriffo on May 30, 2024 23:49:26 GMT
I named my son after Cartertonian. Why did Cartertonian get to name your son before you did? (I'll get me coat) That's not even the strangest thing. I don't have a son.
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Post by Steve on May 31, 2024 8:05:00 GMT
Why did Cartertonian get to name your son before you did? (I'll get me coat) That's not even the strangest thing. I don't have a son.
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Post by Zany on May 31, 2024 10:43:43 GMT
People appear to share our views, my company has seen a sharp uptick in sales since the election was called.
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Post by montegriffo on Jun 3, 2024 15:45:05 GMT
Farage U turns and will stand for Reform in Clacton.
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Post by Zany on Jun 3, 2024 18:01:14 GMT
Farage U turns and will stand for Reform in Clacton. Excellent news, more division for the Tories.
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Post by Steve on Jun 3, 2024 19:39:03 GMT
Farage U turns and will stand for Reform in Clacton. Where IIRC UKIP won its only seat (Carswell) Going to be a moment watching that result on election night. Still Farage has proven once and for all that his comprehension stops at 3 syllable words with that absurd attention getting misuse of 'emergency'
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