Who Will You Vote For?

[Count Steer]

The bottom right one looks to have an address on it

I've taken the image out. @Tricky Apols if you're not bothered but it's usually an oversight so I thought it best).

PS The current SDP aren't quite what the original one was. A rump didn't go with the Liberal merger inc. David Owen but they eventually dissolved the party. A bunch then started it up again. They're quite Labour in some ways and a bit UKIP'y in others. Former boss of the Today programme, Rod Liddle is a member. The only official they've had was, iirc, a Euro-parliament UKIP defector.

[Cousin Jack]

Reform DO have some good ideas, on the NHS, and on other important stuff. Dismissing it as 'privatisation' is not helpful to anyone.

My concern is that I have heard many, many good ideas, and promises from several parties over the years. I need to be convinced that Reform can actually deliver. Farage and a bunch of unknowns can talk the talk, can they walk the walk? So far Farage has never actually delivered anything.

[Mussels]

Reform DO have some good ideas, on the NHS, and on other important stuff. Dismissing it as 'privatisation' is not helpful to anyone.

My concern is that I have heard many, many good ideas, and promises from several parties over the years. I need to be convinced that Reform can actually deliver. Farage and a bunch of unknowns can talk the talk, can they walk the walk? So far Farage has never actually delivered anything.

Farage insisted Brexit was a great thing whatever, now he's blaming the government for a 'bad' Brexit. He could have got away with it if he kept quiet but he's blaming the government for something he did, I'm not listening to any of his suggestions.

[Count Steer]

Reform DO have some good ideas, on the NHS, and on other important stuff. Dismissing it as 'privatisation' is not helpful to anyone.

My concern is that I have heard many, many good ideas, and promises from several parties over the years. I need to be convinced that Reform can actually deliver. Farage and a bunch of unknowns can talk the talk, can they walk the walk? So far Farage has never actually delivered anything.

Apart from a fat salary and a handy lump in the pension pot as an MEP (where he rarely showed up apart from a bit of soundbite stuff). When he's an MP (I expect him to win Clacton) I don't suppose he'll turn up in parliamentary sessions much after the initial bit of theatre* and Clacton will be 'Nigel who?' within a few weeks. But, kerrrrrching! yet again.

*behind the scenes may be another matter.

[Tricky]

The bottom right one looks to have an address on it

I've taken the image out. @Tricky Apols if you're not bothered but it's usually an oversight so I thought it best).

PS The current SDP aren't quite what the original one was. A rump didn't go with the Liberal merger inc. David Owen but they eventually dissolved the party. A bunch then started it up again. They're quite Labour in some ways and a bit UKIP'y in others. Former boss of the Today programme, Rod Liddle is a member. The only official they've had was, iirc, a Euro-parliament UKIP defector.

Ah cheers @cheb and @Count Steer missed that one
Amended attached for anyone who my be interested

[DefTrap]

Farage and a bunch of unknowns can talk the talk, can they walk the walk? So far Farage has never actually delivered anything.

He's rushed into this and not even thought about doing any due diligence. 40 Reform candidates have verifiable links to nutty facists because they lazily dogwhistled some extra likes from fellow crazies, and were too ignorant to tidy up their social medias or understand that the telly media will have a field day with it.

Either way, even the level of investigative journalism available on ITV Breakfast managed to tear Farage a new one FFS.
You can't expect anyone to take you seriously if you leave yourself wide open like that. His TV appearances don't need to be all about him defending the indefensible. Unless that's the plan all along, play the martyr like Trump.

[Saga Lout]

I've received nothing in the way of electioneering pamphlets, maybe nobody wants my vote.

[Dodgy69]

All our Promise Pamphlets go straight in the bin, along with ballot papers.

I won't get fooled again.

[Horse]

I've received nothing in the way of electioneering pamphlets, maybe nobody wants my vote.

We had a massive by-election here some years back, with about 20 candidates. All stuffing letterboxes with their leaflets.

Amongst them all, a leaflet from a company selling water softeners:
"When scum and scale come knocking at your door"


Liberal Democrats David Rendel
Conservative Julian Davidson
Labour Steve Billcliffe
Anti-Federalist League Alan Sked
Conservative Candidate Andrew Bannon
Commoners' Party Stephen Martin
Monster Raving Loony Lord David Sutch
Green Jim Wallis
Referendum Party Robin Marlar
Conservative Rebel John Browne
Corrective Party Lindi St Clair
Maastricht Referendum for Britain Bill Board
Natural Law Michael Grenville
People & Pensioners Party Johnathon Day
21st Century Independent Foresters Colin Palmer
Defence of Children's Humanity Bosnia Mladen Grbin
SDP Alan Page
Communist (PCC) Anne Murphy
Give the royal billions to schools Michael Stone

[gremlin]

My MP is called Gareth Bacon.

There is no point to this thread, other than me typing a comedic-sounding name.

[Mr. Dazzle]

I live in a brand new constituency now! Never before contested.

I didn't even realise my vote will be making history until I saw what was written across the top of my polling card.

[Cousin Jack]

I've received nothing in the way of electioneering pamphlets, maybe nobody wants my vote.

We had a massive by-election here some years back, with about 20 candidates. All stuffing letterboxes with their leaflets.

Amongst them all, a leaflet from a company selling water softeners:
"When scum and scale come knocking at your door"


Liberal Democrats David Rendel
Conservative Julian Davidson
Labour Steve Billcliffe
Anti-Federalist League Alan Sked
Conservative Candidate Andrew Bannon
Commoners' Party Stephen Martin
Monster Raving Loony Lord David Sutch
Green Jim Wallis
Referendum Party Robin Marlar
Conservative Rebel John Browne
Corrective Party Lindi St Clair
Maastricht Referendum for Britain Bill Board
Natural Law Michael Grenville
People & Pensioners Party Johnathon Day
21st Century Independent Foresters Colin Palmer
Defence of Children's Humanity Bosnia Mladen Grbin
SDP Alan Page
Communist (PCC) Anne Murphy
Give the royal billions to schools Michael Stone

I would have voted for Screaming Lord Sutch.

[irie]

I've received nothing in the way of electioneering pamphlets, maybe nobody wants my vote.

We had a massive by-election here some years back, with about 20 candidates. All stuffing letterboxes with their leaflets.

Amongst them all, a leaflet from a company selling water softeners:
"When scum and scale come knocking at your door"


Liberal Democrats David Rendel
Conservative Julian Davidson
Labour Steve Billcliffe
Anti-Federalist League Alan Sked
Conservative Candidate Andrew Bannon
Commoners' Party Stephen Martin
Monster Raving Loony Lord David Sutch
Green Jim Wallis
Referendum Party Robin Marlar
Conservative Rebel John Browne
Corrective Party Lindi St Clair
Maastricht Referendum for Britain Bill Board
Natural Law Michael Grenville
People & Pensioners Party Johnathon Day
21st Century Independent Foresters Colin Palmer
Defence of Children's Humanity Bosnia Mladen Grbin
SDP Alan Page
Communist (PCC) Anne Murphy
Give the royal billions to schools Michael Stone

I would have voted for Screaming Lord Sutch.

"Some years back"?

Sutch died 25 years ago.

[Count Steer]

"Some years back"?

Sutch died 25 years ago.

1993 at a guess, so 'some' = 31.

[Horse]

"Some years back"?

Sutch died 25 years ago.

1993 at a guess, so 'some' = 31.

Some years less than half my age. So, to me, some time ago. I hadn't realised that there was a defined scale of these terms

And not nearly as recent as insider news rumour that Rishi might resign

[Horse]

I've received nothing in the way of electioneering pamphlets, maybe nobody wants my vote.

We had a massive by-election here some years back, with about 20 candidates. All stuffing letterboxes with their leaflets.

Monster Raving Loony Lord David Sutch

Corrective Party Lindi St Clair
Give the royal billions to schools Michael Stone

I would have voted for Screaming Lord Sutch.

He got far more (do I need to qualify this, on a scale of 'a few' through to 'trounced'?) votes than Miss Whiplash.

[Count Steer]

I would have voted for Screaming Lord Sutch.

He got far more (do I need to qualify this, on a scale of 'a few' through to 'trounced'?) votes than Miss Whiplash.

He holds the record for most seats contested...and he never once kept his deposit. The MRLP did get some council seats though and at least 3 of the things he proposed got implemented.

[Horse]

I would have voted for Screaming Lord Sutch.

He got far more (do I need to qualify this, on a scale of 'a few' through to 'trounced'?) votes than Miss Whiplash.

He holds the record for most seats contested...and he never once kept his deposit. The MRLP did get some council seats though and at least 3 of the things he proposed got implemented.

IIRC he said "It's difficult being a Monster Raving Loony when the other parties keep taking our policies "

[cheb]

The bottom right one looks to have an address on it

I've taken the image out. @Tricky Apols if you're not bothered but it's usually an oversight so I thought it best).

PS The current SDP aren't quite what the original one was. A rump didn't go with the Liberal merger inc. David Owen but they eventually dissolved the party. A bunch then started it up again. They're quite Labour in some ways and a bit UKIP'y in others. Former boss of the Today programme, Rod Liddle is a member. The only official they've had was, iirc, a Euro-parliament UKIP defector.

Ah cheers @cheb and @Count Steer missed that one
Amended attached for anyone who my be interested

No worries. I made a note of it before I posted.

I'm going to vote for SNP, as long as they promise not to try and govern the country if they win. Swinney has said if they get a majority it'll trigger independence. A majority of what? Seats at Westminster? Scottish seats at Westminster? Percentage of the vote in Scotland? Etc, etc.

[cheb]

I've received nothing in the way of electioneering pamphlets, maybe nobody wants my vote.

How more miles will be driven by fossil fueled post vans to deliver leaflets from the Green party to every household, considering that not every household gets post every day?