Current Affairs 2017 General Election

[Gwladysstreetlad]

It's them or the Tories in a lot of areas, particularly in the south west. That's my excuse anyhow.

I can see the logic of that mate. I'm really talking about people choosing Lib Dems over Labour when they don't have to. A tactical vote is one thing but an outright vote of approval for that farce of a party is another. Everyone has the right to vote as they chose of course but it boggles my mind that anyone would think that the (Un)Liberal (Anti)Democrats would atually make society better!

 

[ToffeeTim]

Interestingly, if you look at the current trend in polling - the difference between Labour and the Tories will probably fall within the nominal range of error before June 8th.

I was really despondent about our chances when she called it, but Labour are really campaigning well on all fronts.

The 18-20 point differences seem absurd and wrong. But it will still be a substantial 10 point margin on the day itself. Which would be a decent result for Labour in the circumstances as they should retain just under 200 seats, perhaps even hit the 200 mark on a good night.

 

[The binman chronicles]

Call me radical... but you know Labour? I know the South West is hotbed liberal country but come on start a new trend!

Every vote counts mate to stop it turning blue. I could campaign til the cows come home it still isn't going to overturn a 16k majority over! Actually if most of the UKIP voters vote for the Tories then i'm screwed either way as likely they are going to have a 22-25k majority, so looks like my vote will just be one of protest anyhow.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Call me radical... but you know Labour? I know the South West is hotbed liberal country but come on start a new trend!

I live in a lib dem/Tory marginal. I would normally vote labour but I'm going lib dem. I asked an active member of the Labour Party who I should vote for as Labour Have hardly any significance here and she said lib dem without hesitation.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Every vote counts mate to stop it turning blue. I could campaign til the cows come home it still isn't going to overturn a 16k majority over! Actually if most of the UKIP voters vote for the Tories then i'm screwed either way as likely they are going to have a 22-25k majority, so looks like my vote will just be one of protest anyhow.

Straight Liberal/tory shootouts everywhere in the south west bar Exeter maybe. But can't see much of a liberal recovery in the region because it was the only eurosceptic area they had widespread support, and are campaigning mainly on reversing brexit. Might be the right policy nationally but not going to work in Devon/Cornwall etc.

 

[Blue 1]

Straight Liberal/tory shootouts everywhere in the south west bar Exeter maybe. But can't see much of a liberal recovery in the region because it was the only eurosceptic area they had widespread support, and are campaigning mainly on reversing brexit. Might be the right policy nationally but not going to work in Devon/Cornwall etc.

I live in the South West and we lost our LD MP with a swing to the Tories of about 30% in 2015.

The sitting LD retired and had held the seat since '97. They bussed in a weak, non-local candidate and got obliterated.

The Tory vote share is now bigger than all the other parties combined by several thousand votes. It is depressing af.

 

[roydo]

I live in the South West

Where mate? North Somerset me.

 

[Blue 1]

Where mate? North Somerset me.

Frome.

 

[roydo]

Frome.

Think I have asked you that before!

 

[Blue 1]

Think I have asked you that before!

Aye, might have done at some point in the last almost 10 years lol

 

[Prevenger17]

Frome.

That's where my auntie and cousins are from, have you lived there long?

 

[ashwuk76]

That's where my auntie and cousins are frome, have you lived there long?

Corrected for you mate. Missed obvious joke.

 

[Prevenger17]

Corrected for you mate. Missed obvious joke.

Disgusted with myself

 

[Blue 1]

That's where my auntie and cousins are from, have you lived there long?

Ten years.

 

[Prevenger17]

Ten years.

Ah, you probably don't know them then. The second name is Dillon-Malone on the off chance that you do