suzysu

I've been reading the local australian paper and visiting the BBC web site now and again but it looks like Mr Blair is going to win a third time in office which is totally poo.

Yeah the rest of the parties are crap but lets have something fresh than Mr Blair in office.

OK so I thought its time BritishExpats had a poll on who you would vote for.

So get voting and compare results on Friday.

cadman

I picked other because, despite my old man voting labour and voting labour myself in 97, I didn't vote last time due to my dissatissfaction with blair and his mates and probably won't vote this time.

There is no creditable alternative you see.

BTW I'm in the UK for 2 more years so again don't see the point.

Cadman.

worzel

Unless anyone makes a late manifesto change to lift the £250K stamp duty threshold then it has to be labour. Nothing to do with policies as I won't be here to be affected by them but the status quo has to be the best news in terms of getting a good price on my house, getting a good value on my endowments/pensions etc

andrew63

I reckon until all affected by Thatcherism policies (poll tax and negative equity especially) have left the country or died, Tories won't get a look in.

Andrew

Stormz

Tories: Like their immingration policy (modelled on Aus one).
Lib-Dem: Like their council tax reforms (to make it fairer). They seem to be the most frank/honest about what they need to do to fix things (ie not promising tax cuts and rubbish like that).
Labour: Economy has been good, but how much of that is down to world events rather than Brown doing a freat job? Agree with Iraq, so Blair is a strong leader. Other than that they are bleeding this country dry and lie a hell of alot.

All in all I`d have voted Lib-Dem, but as my wife got hold of the postal votes she marked them all Green

As for not bothering to vote... just think that your vote(s) affect the pathways this country takes in the future, and that it`s our kids and grand-kids that have to live with it if they live here or ever want to have a hope of coming back here.

bondipom

Looks like we are a bunch of reds and woolly libs.

Tory migration policy is just spin. How can the Australian system work in the UK? Excise Dover from the UK legal system? Not sure how the Tories can CAP the number of asylum applications when there is a legal duty to consider them all. The tories are just pushing emotional buttons without putting forward a practical policy. Howard was also partly responsible for the last disastrous Tory government. Put the Tories in power and watch the public service get decimated. The little leaks about cuts have only heightened my suspicions.

Labour is too much spin and too little result. They have failed to stop the decline in public services. The economy has done well and the biggest decision they have made is to make the BoE independant. Without that interest rates would be higher.

I doubt the liberals would get into power but I am going for them as both Blair and Howard need someone to keep them in check. Hopefully they may push through some electoral reforms. Too many people feel disenfrachised from the political system which only leads to more voter apathy.

markeh

Suzysu,
I fear that you may be correct!

Labour will probably get back in, even with Blair (wonder if there will be the night of the long knives at some point and he will be out )

Labour - more conservative that the Conservatives
Liberals - just Conservative with labour ideals / plans
Conservatives - waiting to take over at some point!

Most of them are the same!

It will being interesting to see if people vote Labour on the day, particularly in the inner cities with high "ethnic" percentage.

Remember here in Birmingham they are now investigating the man who investigated the postal fraud after they found 1000 votes on the shelf in his office It may all go to court!

Maybe we might get invaded by the Americans if the Conservatives get in Well we have oil, and you know how the USA likes it

Bye
Mark

marson

Hmmm, interesting.

I have heard whinging from work colleagues for so long about the government, and I find out lots of them can't be arsed to vote, the say it's not worth it.

OK, cadman, so maybe you're not happy with how the Labour party have performed, and you don't want to vote for any of them, no real alternative maybe?

Well if you vote for someone, then you will at the very least lessen the majority, and even get a different local government. Ok ok, you may still have a government you don't like, but it will be a diluted one, and big policy decisions will have a wider spectrum of party political input, you may even get decisions people agree with - but I wouldn’t hold your breath.

Please vote for someone.

Don't blame me for this nonsense I've just spouted blame the lager!


Mike

marson

I don't think we have enough oil to merit " Oil War III "

bleugh

does one vote really matter when the constituencies are expecting 140% turnout anyway ;-)

Ransi

I picked 'other'
Plaid Cymru

Stormz

If I were Welsh I`d probably do the same.

boom_meringue

for some reason I don't get voting buttons but my vote is yellow this time. I've voted Labour for the last two elections and I am disgusted with the amount of spin and BS encouraged by Blair.

The government have managed to achieve alot in the last two parliaments that I really approve of and the economy is stronger than it has been for a long time but I cannot forgive the fact that all of this is diminished by having a leader who acts like a dictator.

tiredwithtwins

hmm...where are the voting buttons??
still undecided about who to vote for....its the lesser of X evils really, isnt it?

ho hum....

sue

ABCDiamond

I think it's something to do with "This poll is closed" Lib Dems won

Labour 12 - 26.67%
Tory 11 - 24.44%
Lib Dem 15 - 33.33%
Other 7 - 15.56%