General Election 11

[magpie]

as a left of centre believer who the hell am i going to vote for in this election? once the tories are in i am sure that they will revert to their normal position of looking after their friends. corbyn lives in cloud cuckoo land. farron is a total loser i wouldn't trust him to look after my dog! seeing i couldn't vote for snp or rather i wouldn't what is a boy going to do? abstinence seems my best course of action!

[goodgoalie]

Agree that there are now way too many universities: there's hardly a town in England that doesn't have one, and many like York, Bath, Canterbury, Norwich, Southampton, Brighton (I could go on) have two. Back when I went, there was a sense of achievement in 'getting in to university'; now anyone can do Media Studies at Neasden University

[Bertrum]

Fortunately in my constituency we have a local doctor standing in a attempt to save our local hospital from further decimation so if as I suspect I can’t make up my mind which of the disagreeable parties to vote for I have an option

[Cloverjo]

I'm a lefty, too. I'm going to hold my nose and vote tactically. I'll have to vote LibDem to at least try to reduce Theresa May's majority.

I do like our LibDem candidate, but I wish I could feel it would be worth voting Labour.

[Kathyan]

Bertrum, I cannot understand why a Doctor is giving up his job to become an MP (if he is elected) to 'save' the NHS. Surely he is making the NHS worse by leaving them one Doctor less?

[Kromovaracun]

"all it means is that you stuck out a three year course because that's what you were told you had to do - and foolishly you believed it."

Not sure it's fair to blame those people for being "foolish" - the advice they're overwhelmingly given by careers people and often their teachers or parents is that a degree is necessary to get a good job, and there's seldom any information counteracting this.

I agree, it's nonsense and has screwed up the prospects for a lot of young people but I wouldn't call them "foolish".

[New Judge]

Yes perhaps "foolish" is a little harsh, Kromo. Maybe "gullible" would be more appropriate. However, the ridiculous system that prevails now has been around for long enough for young people to be able to think for themselves.

No more than about 10% of careers in the UK require a university education. (By "require" I mean the qualification is needed to begin the career, not that it's simply needed by employers to enable them to sort the men from the boys). Yet more than 40% of young people go on to university. It is quite clear that three quarters of them will suffer disappointment and end up in a career where their university training will not be needed. I know this; careers advisors know this; the students themselves should put a bit of thought into embarking on a course which will be of no benefit to them and which will leave them heavily in debt. That is where the line between foolishness and gullibility becomes blurred.

"I'll have to vote LibDem to at least try to reduce Theresa May's majority."

That's like choosing Rosé wine because you cannot stand white and don't like the reds on offer, cloverjo :-). Such tactics will not reduce Mrs May's majority unless the LibDems have a chance of taking your seat.