Who are you Voting For?
Readers who are still considering for voting for their Labour candidate today might want to consider this analysis of who they are voting for...
1. 26 pre-1994 policies have been wholly or largely carried out
2. 43 pre-1994 policies have been only partly carried out
3. 60 policies have been left unchanged from the Tories
4. 54 Tory policies have been extended even further
5. 11 policies I have insufficient evidence to decide the category
In other words the biggest category is of policies which have remained essentially unchanged since the Tories, and there are twice as many Tory policies which have been further extended by New Labour as of Old Labour policies which have been fully carried out.
Remember, local issues aside, voting for Labour will only encourage the other Blair...
The breakdown is really
The breakdown is really interesting, but what do you suggest is the proper place to vite if I am (sic) "Old Labour"
Depends where you live and
Depends where you live and what's on offer.
Personally, I'm lucky, my councillor is from the Liberal party [thats NOT the lib dems], and is a great local representative, so I am spared the dillema. When I have lived elswhere, I have voted green when not voting labour.
I would rather chew my own foot off than vote for the lib dem council that has been screwing up the city where I live, and I haven't got it in me to put an X in the Blue box, but thats just my opinion.
See what's on offer, pick one or spoil your ballot.
Labour are relying on people ike you [and me] voting according to habit. Or because we are still scared of the Torys...
[Given rows we had last year on this topic, and out of respect for bob piper who is fighting the knuckledraggers in Sandwell, the only thing I would add is that a vote [or lack of one] that helps the BNP is not a protest vote, but I am quite sure nobody reading this needs me to add that.]
I can't understand why the
I can't understand why the polticians don't come out of the closet and admit that there is a singular ideology, and all party's pay homage to it. This would save the hassle of trudging down to the polling station, to perform a totally worthless act. I'll wager the largest number of votes goes to those that don't bother, in other words the Party of the Disaffected.
Very interesting but not
Very interesting but not especially useful in terms of choosing to vote for, more useful to old labourites who want to roll their eyes and say I told you so.
It would be nice to have New Labour pledges as a baseline, say 1996, in terms of deciding whether they go through with their promises..
Of course hell will freeze over before I vote for this lot, but that's another story entirely
Just went to vote, at 2 pm
Just went to vote, at 2 pm the tellers at our local polling station were twiddling their thumbs. They said they had just done a quick calculation on the day so far, and turnout was up to now was running at 5%...
Despite the evidence, Blair
Despite the evidence, Blair will probably continue to claim that he has forced the other parties to move onto Labour's ground.
I voted Labour because it's
I voted Labour because it's either them or the Lib Dems, and I trust the local Labour man more, even though neither have a chance of winning.
None - I live in London and
None - I live in London and we aren't having them this year!
Life is like a box of chocolates: too much makes you sick...
Where I'm based, and in my
Where I'm based, and in my ward, I suspect any collapse in the Labour vote would let in the BNP, rather than the Tories - but that doesn't feel like a good enough reason enough reason to vote Labour. It doesn't exactly encourage Brown to be less New Labour now, does it?