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[peteblue]

I now live in North Shropshire mate and voted Lib Dems even though I'm a Labour supporter.

Who will you vote for at the next General Election though ?……

 

[peteblue]

3rd form banter rulez rite?

Just replying in the same fashion.….

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Who will you vote for at the next General Election though ?……

Labour, voted Lib Dems to help get the Tories out because they are a waste of space here. Massive farming community here and you only have to listen to farmers who would have staunchly voted Tory in the past but feel let down by them and that is the consensus amongst a lot of people on the street.

 

[Alan Whittle]

I’m sure that’s the way it will be spun…..

Not by the winners.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

I normally vote Labour (have voted other left leaning parties in the past), but I'd have probably voted tactically if I lived in Oswestry.

Same here always do vote libs in the general elections rather than labour, as it has no chance. The rest I vote labour.
Make no mistake this is just not about parties Patterson or Boris, lots going on with farming communities and this government that will never get reconciled.

 

[Blue 1]

Same here always do vote libs in the general elections rather than labour, as it has no chance. The rest I vote labour.
Make no mistake this is just not about parties Patterson or Boris, lots going on with farming communities and this government that will never get reconciled.

Interesting. We had a Libdem MP here where I live in fairly recent memory before he retired and they got crushed in 2015, leading to a huge Tory majority. I wonder if we could see a comeback here? Perhaps if they select the right candidate.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

Labour, voted Lib Dems to help get the Tories out because they are a waste of space here. Massive farming community here and you only have to listen to farmers who would have staunchly voted Tory in the past but feel let down by them and that is the consensus amongst a lot of people on the street.

A surprisingly large amount supported Brexit as well. Generally found farmers to be fairly apolitical however and often never bother voting. @peteblue knows a few from his boozer I think. What have they been saying Pete?

 

[Prevenger17]

A surprisingly large amount supported Brexit as well. Generally found farmers to be fairly apolitical however and often never bother voting. @peteblue knows a few from his boozer I think. What have they been saying Pete?

They've been talking about how great Boris is and how well Brexit has worked out

 

[peteblue]

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A surprisingly large amount supported Brexit as well. Generally found farmers to be fairly apolitical however and often never bother voting. @peteblue knows a few from his boozer I think. What have they been saying Pete?

Still Tory voters and still Boris & Brexit supporters. Many folk here think he’s been bounced into fresh Covid restrictions, but at the same time think he’s done well overall. If our MP resigned tomorrow (remember the other guy had to resign) the Tories would walk it..as I’ve been saying recently the issue is who would replace him, and that Starmer has no appeal at all. Personally if Boris had to go I’d find a way to get Ruth Davidson to lead the party……

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Interesting. We had a Libdem MP here where I live in fairly recent memory before he retired and they got crushed in 2015, leading to a huge Tory majority. I wonder if we could see a comeback here? Perhaps if they select the right candidate.

Reckon there is every chance. I inherited Lembit Opik for a while, been 2 Tory since old money local farmer types.
My neighbouring MP Craig Williams is often flapping regarding Brexit and farming in the local media.

 

[Martin Alvito]

Labour, voted Lib Dems to help get the Tories out because they are a waste of space here. Massive farming community here and you only have to listen to farmers who would have staunchly voted Tory in the past but feel let down by them and that is the consensus amongst a lot of people on the street.

I would be surprised if that outcome actually comes to pass, at least in sufficient quantity. I 100% believe the narrative, but it didn't seem to translate into meaningful electoral outcomes in the 2020 presidential election in the US.

This makes sense if you stop and think about it for a minute in the context of modern agriculture; there just aren't the numbers there, in terms of the proportion of the population engaged in agriculture, to move the needle all that much when weighed against broader societal and media trends. Which, in turn, is why the government gets away with repeatedly ignoring those constitutents' positions. The tidal wave of funding coming from mega-corporations engaged in agriculture and its related products is just too great, and most people aren't even aware of the issues at stake - much less invested in them.

 

[Blue 1]

Reckon there is every chance. I inherited Lembit Opik for a while, been 2 Tory since old money local farmer types.
My neighbouring MP Craig Williams is often flapping regarding Brexit and farming in the local media.

Aye it just sounds a similar constituency to mine. We had David Heath from 1997 to 2015, he was a good MP, local fella and had the farming community onside. The candidate they sent as his replacement wasn't local, upset the farmers immediately by being a vocal critic of the badger cull, and really just got his tone all wrong. Result: crushing Tory majority.

The LDs recently took control of the district council, too. Which prompted Robert Jenrick to do away with it from next year, but that's another story.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Aye it just sounds a similar constituency to mine. We had David Heath from 1997 to 2015, he was a good MP, local fella and had the farming community onside. The candidate they sent as his replacement wasn't local, upset the farmers immediately by being a vocal critic of the badger cull, and really just got his tone all wrong. Result: crushing Tory majority.

The LDs recently took control of the district council, too. Which prompted Robert Jenrick to do away with it from next year, but that's another story.

Was thinking what Boris could do, bring back hunting excetra in the "shires". Not likely with the current wife. Pig in a poke.

 

[Blue 1]

Was thinking what Boris could do, bring back hunting excetra in the "shires". Not likely with the current wife. Pig in a poke.

Hunting is on borrowed time since the Hankinson revelations. I wouldn't be entirely surprised to see an outright ban under the next Labour government.

 

[summerisle]

I normally vote Labour (have voted other left leaning parties in the past), but I'd have probably voted tactically if I lived in Oswestry.

Last time I was in Oswestry there were some decent pubs and a nice little market - that's my contribution.