It's the ILE 2010 General Election (UK) Opinion Poll

if Sinn Fein don't win this poll

Why not, eh? We poll everything else.

But Steely Dan aren't fielding any candidates.

spoiler vote for sinn fein

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of course the most popular option in this poll will be not to vote

Shit. Forgot to put that on. Mods?

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Vote early, vote often, as they say.

I'm voting for the candidate, not the party

Will the candidate work for you or the party?

On his past record, for me

vote like a motherfucker for them and if they don't get in send them over here.

I'm voting for the candidate, not the party

would like to do this but unfortunately we have to have parties

vote for candidates that disagree, hope that enough others will begin to do the same.

I'm betting there are plenty of disagreeable candidates running for parliament, usually are

My choice seems to be between Tessa Jowell, Ann Other, or none of the above. Tough one.

She's OK, Tessa Jowell, husband's a wrong 'un tho

Considering not voting for the first time. Used to vote SNP but they have displeased me in manifold ways of late.

Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws.
Voted very strongly for the Iraq war.
Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests.
Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war.
Voted very strongly for replacing Trident.
Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban.

Overly simplified, but not really feeling her tbh.

How do you vote very strongly? Do you flex your muscles while doing it?

use permanent marker

I think you have to write 'FUCKING HELL YES FOR GAWDSAKES' on your ballot paper?

Not really feeling like I've got a choice.

Harriet Harman

# Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards.
# Voted very strongly for the Iraq war.
# Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war.

Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Majority: 13,483 votes. — 17th out of 643 MPs

AYE!

(x-post)

pardon my ignorance, but where can i see how my constituants voted?

i didn't know you were an mp.

Are you an MP? (xpost - gah! beaten to it)

when did daniel sturridge become a chelsea constituent!

haha

okay wrong vernacular.

aw shit nobody told me that daniel sturridge moved to chelsea and torn his vernacular. he's still on my fantasy team

dog latin, is this what you're after?

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/

http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/

Some highlights from my MP's voting record:

Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords.
Voted very strongly against introducing student top-up fees.
Voted very strongly against the Iraq war.
Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war.
Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws.
Voted strongly for equal gay rights.
Voted very strongly against replacing Trident.
Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals.

cheers nickb, yes it's what i meant. ilx knows i'm a dumbass.

Tom - Jeremy Corbyn or Diane Abbott?

My sitting MP (Labour) appears to be retiring, and the new candidate appears to be an identikit New Labour lawyer type woman. Not terribly enthusiastic.

Corbyn, who is officially the most rebellious MP in the Commons! No way would I be crowing about having Diane Abbott as an MP! (xp)

I've got Jeremy Corbyn too so it's always an easy choice for me, whatever problems I have with Labour nationally. If I lived in Harriet Harman's constituency I'm sure it would be a lot more complicated.

Argh arrgggh argh I don't KNOOOOWWWW. This is really a "not voting for who you really want but voting against who you really *don't* want" option. Mine is a solid Labour seat, though, so I think I should probably do tactical message voting, but still.

Bah!

Voted very strongly for the Iraq war.
Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war.
Voted very strongly against the hunting ban.
Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change.
Voted against a transparent Parliament.
Voted strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords.
Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords.
Voted very strongly for replacing Trident.
Voted very strongly against equal gay rights.

Who's that, Matt? You live approx 5 mins' walk from my house but I think you're in Greenwich - we're saddled with Bridget Prentice for ever and ever and ever

Oh. Mine is standing down, apparently. So that's why the Lib Dems are pretty much spamming me via every means of communication I have.

"Rebels are we, born to be free..."

Top Ten:

Jeremy Corbyn Islington North Lab 25.2%
John McDonnell Hayes & Harlington Lab 25.2%
Kate Hoey Vauxhall Lab 25.1%
Alan Simpson Nottingham South Lab 20.5%
Lynne Jones Birmingham, Selly Oak Lab 16.2%
David Drew Stroud Lab 16.0%
Kelvin Hopkins Luton North Lab 14.6%
Robert Marshall-Andrews Medway Lab 13.0%
Mike Wood Batley & Spen Lab 12.5%
Frank Field Birkenhead Lab 10.9%

we're saddled with Bridget Prentice for ever and ever and ever

Rong.

Oh wait, Prentice IS standing down. Whoopee.

Who are you lumbered with, doglatin? That's a pretty grim voting record.

List above reminds me how much I like Bob Marshall-Andrews. Shame he's on his way out.

Is there anywhere we can find out who's standing in our area if the current is standing down?

Jeremy Corbyn Islington North Lab 25.2%
John McDonnell Hayes & Harlington Lab 25.2%

I've seen John McDonnell speak at a few climate change rallies, seems like a pretty solid guy.

I shall be soiling my ballot paper instead.

― Allbran Burg (Noodle Vague), Friday, 26 March 2010 11:44 (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

paste your shitty ballot paper onto Diane's front door, and lets see how many architects she hires to wipe it off

I will never deny that this corrupt, bone-headed, ideology-free, authoritarian government has been better than an imaginary Tory alternative

I won't deny it, but I don't mind coming in here and questioning it every now and again when ye'll have me.

xp Diana duh. Johnson that is.

No 1 reason for not voting Tory- likely to be even laxer on regulation than a Labour alternative. But I mean how long does it take to build a credible political party as an alternative to either incumbent because it's not like GB has a leg to stand on in terms of his tough stance on dealing with city cowboys.

I have no idea where a credible political party would situate itself, most of the left of Labour parties have been ego trips for comedy Stalinists or the S"W"P, and the Best Democracy in the World is more or less structured to discourage incomers.

lol at u britain. we're fucked but at least we have a labour party to elect in next time.

but i mean we're fucked so no doubt 4 years in govt will no doubt see them eradicated into a central berth before long too.

If "the market will take care of it" actually worked we'd have such a party by now.

I meant a political party, not a big rave-up.

the market will take care of it is about as useful a philosophy as you'll hear, but in fairness nobody on this thread and very few people in public life in 2010 will even approach that sentiment.

eh fucks sake useless a philosophy.

Not in public, maybe.

ye shall know them by their works

I meant a political party, not a big rave-up.

Ah, wait, was Citizen Smith's Birthday Party a political party or a big rave-up?

You talk as if the way the world's economy is run is unchangeable, or natural, or inevitable. I don't buy any of that. Yes we live in a society that has evolved thru very complex cultural processes. Those processes are still in play. History is made by the accumulation of futile efforts to grab freedom, but I'm tempermentally opposed to collaboration more than futility

well that's a big'un, obviously, but i'd question whether it's the job of good politicians to be led by the societal mores prevalent or to lead society to different mores.

one's shit, the other's undemocratic elitism.

I was otm; turnout was less than 1%

and leads to labour constantly lying to a public it thinks it's smarter than- well, yes it probably is smarter than the public at large, but that doens't negate the damage done when the media exists as a predatory truthseeker missile.

it would be awesome if the media was a predatory truthseeker missile but it's one of those high-tech laser guided bombs that keeps "accidentally" destroying innocent afghan villagers or w/e

what aa gill does on his hols ain't my concern tbh

How about the ILX UK leftist conspiracy being down to a lot of us growing up in the 1980s through the mid '90s?

Also partly explains, to some of you youngsters out there, the visceral hatred of Tories, which might otherwise appear to be slightly irrational in light of New Labour

well, exactly.

also I'm convinced Cameron thinks the North is the little place his wife owns

I'm joining the neo-crusties. Peace out.

Now peace off

^ first recorded use of this joke since 1969

I'm sure the two ronnies kept than one on life support well into the 80s.

good news, everyone:

BROWN'S MARXIST VISION FOR BRITAIN HAS COME TO PASS

By Leo McKinstry Have your say(2)

THE class war is over. The Marxists won. After 13 years of Labour rule, Britain has been turned into a fully fledged socialist nation, governed by a vast, authoritarian state bureaucracy.

http://www.express.co.uk/ourcomments/view/165280

LOL McKinstry

Brilliant news!

Now what?

Sign on?

State withers away. We live in comity. Bish bosh. Job done.

Real actual loud LOLs at that McKinstry mentalness.

xpost hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticise after dinner

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State withers away. We live in comity. Bish bosh. Job done. (tedious piano trudge)

anyone who considers themselves to be even centre-left these days can be anything other than furious at this government

This says it all really. But I'm probably still going to vote Labour, purely out of "lesser of 2 evils". Mind you where I live I don't think it's particularly relevant if I vote or not. Although I will anyway.

Labour sorta the lesser of 3 evils tbh

there aren't alternatives to 2 evils? what a shitty country.

only lolternatives

I did the lolternative last time.

Beware the lolternative.

How many of you put "vulcan" on their Religion census forms?

oh hang on, it was "Klingon" wasn't it?

I admit I did put "Jedi" last time. Sorry.

Jedi

whatever.

Clearly Cameron

Clegg’s Climb

Brown’s Battle

Ugh, thank God I don't have to vote for any of these

What would the following parties' cocktail be?

Sinn Fein
Green
Scottish National Party
UK Independence Party
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Respect
Plaid Cymru
Democratic Unionist Party
Ulster Unionist Party
British National Party

Oops, wrong thread. :(

Sinn fein- molotov

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Oops, wrong thread. :(

what is the right thread?

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