Christmas In The Good Old Days
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I know that there are a lot of you out there from the answers that you give. I am just curious as to what Tony Blair would have to do to lose your vote?
Personally, I float between Lib Dem and Conservative. There are various things that I agree with on both policies and various things I disagree with.
It seems from some of the answers that people give that despite the 'good' economy (1 billion pounds worth of personal debt is good???) and the fiasco over Iraq, people still seem to love Balir.
Question: what would stop you from voting for him?
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I'm a floating voter so possibly not who you want to answer, but still: I don't like any of the main party leaders. If pressed I find Michael Howard the most unpleasant - especially when he talks about representing 'the hidden longings of the silent majority'
But I'm not voting for the leader. When I vote it will be for the party whose ideas etc I feel most in tune with. There are many many Labour supporters who will vote Labour who dislike Tony Blair. A Labour vote is not always given as a personal endorsement of the party leader.
They all lie, they ALL spin. Politicians have done this as long as there have been political systems.
QM - I have previously voted conservative, but don't like Michael Howard (who is after all the leader). This means that I either chose not to vote for them or find an alternative. My point is that although I am of the "I'm alright Jack" brigade and my heart lies with the conservatives, if I don't like their leader or policies, I will not vote for them.
Personally, I find that there is no party that has all the policies that I agree with - and I am pretty sure that no one else can too - so that is why I float
QM & Ducati - I really didn't want this to get into a political debate as to the reasoning behind votes. The results of the AGs reasons for going to war are a classic example. If you agree with the war (like QM) you will read into the report that there is good reason to go. If you don't agree with the war (like me) I will read into it that this proves the war was illegal.
The real question is: What would make you vote against the person / party who you are currently voting for?
Ducati, you clearly misunderstood my point about the rail system and the NHS. You were praising - as Tories always do - the healthy economy the Tories handed on in 1997 and what I was doing was pointing out - as Tories never do - that they also handed on a rail system and a NHS in chaos. I want you to tell the whole story, not just the bits that please you, in other words.
And, Vic, that leads me on to respond to your later point which I agree with totally. As Shakespeare himself said in 'The Merchant of Venice', "The devil can cite scripture for his purpose." The only question is...Who's the devil and who's the saint?
I wish someone from Sedgefield would reply to this question as they are the only people who are actually voting for him. A lot of labour voters who are disillusioned with Blair will vote labour in the hope that the reins will be passed onto Brown within 2 years. I would love to see if there is opposition to Brown as leader from within the labour party. Come on voters of sedgefield. Dont do what the americans did.
Thatchers� governments� policy on the rail system was to get as many people in cars as possible the result today�s congestion on the roads. Labour has done its best to sort out one of the worse privatisations in history anywhere in the world, the railways. I would not vote for Tony Blair if he intentionally lied, I certainly would not vote for him if he went on the campaign trail calling the leader of another party a liar.
