View Poll Results: Who will get your vote
Conservative
19
29.69%
Labour
8
12.50%
Liberal Democrats
11
17.19%
Brexit Party
10
15.63%
SNP
0
0%
Green
2
3.13%
Plaid Cymru
0
0%
DUP
1
1.56%
Other (Sinn Fein, Change UK, Independent etc)
3
4.69%
Not voting
7
10.94%
Don't Know
3
4.69%
Spoilt ballot paper
0
0%
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UK General Election 2019
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We're headed for jingoistic english nats state i hope all those interviewed market traders bemoaing the lack of democracy get there just deserts for voting in a fourth generation turkish immigrant tory, id love to hear from them once again in 5 years time as to how much their lot has improved
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Yes, the media and London biased reporting often has no idea what the rest of the country wants, that also goes for some politicians and figureheads too that tried to undermine what should have been sorted out years ago (despite me being a remain voter, this needs finishing now).
I’m impressed by the 67% turnout, in fact humbled as I thought it was going to be a lot lower than this. There clearly can now be no argument for politicians continuing to undermine Brexit. And clearly leftist policies as well as green ones are off the agenda for the majority of the country.
A lesson for a lot to learn...the shouty people ramming what they think into our heads do not have the power or influence, its time people learnt that this type of belittlment of others (Brexit voters = stupid, Torys = eletist scum etc. ) have no place and only cement opinions of those that keep their thoughts to themselves.
Perhaps in future those that resort to wide brushed insults towards people of a certain political opinion should be more careful on the words they use and the influence of those that read or listen to it.
I’m impressed by the 67% turnout, in fact humbled as I thought it was going to be a lot lower than this. There clearly can now be no argument for politicians continuing to undermine Brexit. And clearly leftist policies as well as green ones are off the agenda for the majority of the country.
A lesson for a lot to learn...the shouty people ramming what they think into our heads do not have the power or influence, its time people learnt that this type of belittlment of others (Brexit voters = stupid, Torys = eletist scum etc. ) have no place and only cement opinions of those that keep their thoughts to themselves.
Perhaps in future those that resort to wide brushed insults towards people of a certain political opinion should be more careful on the words they use and the influence of those that read or listen to it.
Nobody came out of this smelling of roses...electoral reform is needed to kerb the slide towards US style politics. If it's not too late.
Come on, there were shouty people on both sides doing what shouty people do...those types will never understand the value of debate. Which is sad.
Entirely agree regarding Brexit, I still don't believe it's the right way to go but it's got to happen now...I will watch with interest how leaving the EU affects the poorer areas of the country. I sincerely hope it does work out for them.
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We're headed for jingoistic english nats state i hope all those interviewed market traders bemoaing the lack of democracy get there just deserts for voting in a fourth generation turkish immigrant tory, id love to hear from them once again in 5 years time as to how much their lot has improved
I do think this could be the end of the UK though...SNP have much influence and the DUP are no longer in control...
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Yes, the media and London biased reporting often has no idea what the rest of the country wants, that also goes for some politicians and figureheads too that tried to undermine what should have been sorted out years ago (despite me being a remain voter, this needs finishing now).
I’m impressed by the 67% turnout, in fact humbled as I thought it was going to be a lot lower than this. There clearly can now be no argument for politicians continuing to undermine Brexit. And clearly leftist policies as well as green ones are off the agenda for the majority of the country.
A lesson for a lot to learn...the shouty people ramming what they think into our heads do not have the power or influence, its time people learnt that this type of belittlment of others (Brexit voters = stupid, Torys = eletist scum etc. ) have no place and only cement opinions of those that keep their thoughts to themselves.
Perhaps in future those that resort to wide brushed insults towards people of a certain political opinion should be more careful on the words they use and the influence of those that read or listen to it.
I’m impressed by the 67% turnout, in fact humbled as I thought it was going to be a lot lower than this. There clearly can now be no argument for politicians continuing to undermine Brexit. And clearly leftist policies as well as green ones are off the agenda for the majority of the country.
A lesson for a lot to learn...the shouty people ramming what they think into our heads do not have the power or influence, its time people learnt that this type of belittlment of others (Brexit voters = stupid, Torys = eletist scum etc. ) have no place and only cement opinions of those that keep their thoughts to themselves.
Perhaps in future those that resort to wide brushed insults towards people of a certain political opinion should be more careful on the words they use and the influence of those that read or listen to it.
As I was saying, exactly the language I’m talking about. This has done no favours and just cemented opinions, time for you to look at what you say and type and the language you use. As proven now, you will never change opinions by using wide brushed insults purely based on a vote you only make it worse for yourself.
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It doesn't change the fact that most leave voters are ignorant, thick and racist, it just highlights how thick they are that they voted in a party who will make life worse for them! Still, the Daily Fail will tell them everything is rosy, and they will lap it up. And like the Tories blaming Labour for our current economic mess, they will still try and blame the EU for our troubles!
I will now retire from this thread for the foreseeable
All the best in the new order
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It doesn't change the fact that most leave voters are ignorant, thick and racist, it just highlights how thick they are that they voted in a party who will make life worse for them! Still, the Daily Fail will tell them everything is rosy, and they will lap it up. And like the Tories blaming Labour for our current economic mess, they will still try and blame the EU for our troubles!
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On a more serious note, xenophobia and racism are real issues in the UK, and whether we are in the EU or not, we are still going to need a shed load of immigrants here, and I don't see this administration being able to address that.
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Do we have the actual voter share yet as opposed to seats won? It really is time to get rid of this system!
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You are, of course, correct, but it still felt good to say it
On a more serious note, xenophobia and racism are real issues in the UK, and whether we are in the EU or not, we are still going to need a shed load of immigrants here, and I don't see this administration being able to address that.
On a more serious note, xenophobia and racism are real issues in the UK, and whether we are in the EU or not, we are still going to need a shed load of immigrants here, and I don't see this administration being able to address that.
Agree...although we are leaving the EU the reasons still feel rather murky. I think those that voted to leave due to xenophobia or worse are going to be sorely disappointed. As this becomes clear perhaps we will see a backlash?
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I look forward to hearing the excuses in 5 years time as to why they haven't delivered on their promises. Probably blame it on Clement Atlee........
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I’m making a point...the % victory is almost the same. The only thing that has changed is who won.
Blair’s victory was widely accepted, in sort passively continuing the endorsement of FPTP.
I’m against FPTP, but you have accept this result equally as much as those in the past.
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I’m making a point...the % victory is almost the same. The only thing that has changed is who won.
Blair’s victory was widely accepted, in sort passively continuing the endorsement of FPTP.
I’m against FPTP, but you have accept this result equally as much as those in the past.
Blair’s victory was widely accepted, in sort passively continuing the endorsement of FPTP.
I’m against FPTP, but you have accept this result equally as much as those in the past.
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#232
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The turkeys have voted for Christmas!
Very disappointing result, but no big surprise really. Corbyn was trying to fight an election on socialism when the whole country was only interested in Brexit! He also completely failed in his handling of the anti-Corbyn propaganda!
But while all the Brexiteers are blowing their trumpets in victory, this election really shows how the FPTP system always skews the election results. You can claim this is an approval vote for Brexit, but the popular vote was an overwhelming majority for parties supporting remain or a second referendum. Under a PR system, the Conservatives may have won, but they would be unable to build a majority Brexit coalition. Labour and Lib Dem together would give a majority remain coalition, then you can add SNP and Green and you would have a very strong remain coalition.
Also that election map may be focussing on the pretty blue colour, but the top of that map is very yellow! The SNP gained 13 seats and won 45% of the popular vote. In NI the DUP vote was down 5.4% and lost two seats while SF dropped by 6.7% although retained all their seats. The alliance party of NI gained 8.8% and won a seat in a clear sign that the NI are putting their differences behind them and the two sides are uniting. I wonder how many of the Brexiteers will be cheering when Scotland gets independence and NI unites with the Irish Republic?
On a brigter note, I correctly guessed the result and the pound has shot up to €1.2 which has netted me a tidy €5K in the last two days! I'll admit I wasn't expecting quite such a huge jump, I was really quite pleased when I saw the jump when the exit poll results were announced! While most people were watching the election results, I was closely watching the exchange rate and waiting for the right moment to trade! I really don't support Brexit or the current Tory party, but I'm more than happy to make lots of money out of it
Very disappointing result, but no big surprise really. Corbyn was trying to fight an election on socialism when the whole country was only interested in Brexit! He also completely failed in his handling of the anti-Corbyn propaganda!
But while all the Brexiteers are blowing their trumpets in victory, this election really shows how the FPTP system always skews the election results. You can claim this is an approval vote for Brexit, but the popular vote was an overwhelming majority for parties supporting remain or a second referendum. Under a PR system, the Conservatives may have won, but they would be unable to build a majority Brexit coalition. Labour and Lib Dem together would give a majority remain coalition, then you can add SNP and Green and you would have a very strong remain coalition.
Also that election map may be focussing on the pretty blue colour, but the top of that map is very yellow! The SNP gained 13 seats and won 45% of the popular vote. In NI the DUP vote was down 5.4% and lost two seats while SF dropped by 6.7% although retained all their seats. The alliance party of NI gained 8.8% and won a seat in a clear sign that the NI are putting their differences behind them and the two sides are uniting. I wonder how many of the Brexiteers will be cheering when Scotland gets independence and NI unites with the Irish Republic?
On a brigter note, I correctly guessed the result and the pound has shot up to €1.2 which has netted me a tidy €5K in the last two days! I'll admit I wasn't expecting quite such a huge jump, I was really quite pleased when I saw the jump when the exit poll results were announced! While most people were watching the election results, I was closely watching the exchange rate and waiting for the right moment to trade! I really don't support Brexit or the current Tory party, but I'm more than happy to make lots of money out of it
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Well there's your second referendum boys..... I don't think the remainers really understood the feeling on the street - I could count 10 leavers to 1 remainer - and despite all the shouty noise from the remainers they forgot the silent majority.
And as for JC - I still think it would have been a much closer election if they had removed the pretty much unelectable JC from leader.
He was too toxic on too many issues.... even the majority of the Labour Party are beginning to realise that now.
I also agree that FPTP is a nightmare for representation - in my seat Cons won with 62% of vote - labour less than 20% - so any vote not for Cons was a frustrated vote.
And as for JC - I still think it would have been a much closer election if they had removed the pretty much unelectable JC from leader.
He was too toxic on too many issues.... even the majority of the Labour Party are beginning to realise that now.
I also agree that FPTP is a nightmare for representation - in my seat Cons won with 62% of vote - labour less than 20% - so any vote not for Cons was a frustrated vote.
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Odd? How is it ‘odd’?
Its a simple comparison and I asked Weevil a question...Was Blair’s victory Ok?
He said no (above), so its cool.
Anyway, if someone hurls an insult towards a group because of what they voted, it to me, implies they reject the results. ‘Turkeys voted for Chirstmas’ that implies stupid people voted Tory which implies that because I didn’t vote Tory I don’t accept this result, because the election system is wrong. Also all those Anti-Brexit protesters, what of them?
Trails I’m sure you’ve been on this forum long enough to remember pslewis’s stance on the 1997 results, the politics threads revolving round this are long ingrained in SN’s history. Maybe he was the forum’s only real true Blairite, anyway it had to be pointed out just incase he pops back in.
Additionally I lived in Labour strongholds, and these are now Tory. We had a lot of Blairites round here, a lot of people have since changed their tune or gone quiet over their past support. So the observation of his victory vs. the current results makes it poignant that what would have happened post 1997 if a Proportionate Representation system or AV+ were adopted. Labour back then ignored the Jenkins commission and promises of electoral reform because their victory suited them, and today we are facing the consequences of that.
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I also think this is the Tories last Roll of the Dice - a lot of people have voted for them who wouldn't normally - if they don't deliver in the next 5 years, and properly end austerity they are doomed in the next GE.
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Well there's your second referendum boys..... I don't think the remainers really understood the feeling on the street - I could count 10 leavers to 1 remainer - and despite all the shouty noise from the remainers they forgot the silent majority.
And as for JC - I still think it would have been a much closer election if they had removed the pretty much unelectable JC from leader.
He was too toxic on too many issues.... even the majority of the Labour Party are beginning to realise that now.
I also agree that FPTP is a nightmare for representation - in my seat Cons won with 62% of vote - labour less than 20% - so any vote not for Cons was a frustrated vote.
And as for JC - I still think it would have been a much closer election if they had removed the pretty much unelectable JC from leader.
He was too toxic on too many issues.... even the majority of the Labour Party are beginning to realise that now.
I also agree that FPTP is a nightmare for representation - in my seat Cons won with 62% of vote - labour less than 20% - so any vote not for Cons was a frustrated vote.
But, it is what it is, let's see what they do now!
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Well the feeling on the street here in Bristol hasn't changed since the referendum - as a city we voted 62% remain, and have just returned all 4 of our MPs, all remainers, all Labour. Similar story in many other cities. I'm afraid we are just as divided on this as ever. My constituency yesterday voted 87.1% for remain parties, 12.9% for leave parties, very much in line with the ref result. If this election really was a second ref (which of course it isn't), leave just lost with less than 50% of the national vote.
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#238
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Odd? How is it ‘odd’?
Its a simple comparison and I asked Weevil a question...Was Blair’s victory Ok?
He said no (above), so its cool.
Anyway, if someone hurls an insult towards a group because of what they voted, it to me, implies they reject the results. ‘Turkeys voted for Chirstmas’ that implies stupid people voted Tory which implies that because I didn’t vote Tory I don’t accept this result, because the election system is wrong. Also all those Anti-Brexit protesters, what of them?
Trails I’m sure you’ve been on this forum long enough to remember pslewis’s stance on the 1997 results, the politics threads revolving round this are long ingrained in SN’s history. Maybe he was the forum’s only real true Blairite, anyway it had to be pointed out just incase he pops back in.
Additionally I lived in Labour strongholds, and these are now Tory. We had a lot of Blairites round here, a lot of people have since changed their tune or gone quiet over their past support. So the observation of his victory vs. the current results makes it poignant that what would have happened post 1997 if a Proportionate Representation system or AV+ were adopted. Labour back then ignored the Jenkins commission and promises of electoral reform because their victory suited them, and today we are facing the consequences of that.
Its a simple comparison and I asked Weevil a question...Was Blair’s victory Ok?
He said no (above), so its cool.
Anyway, if someone hurls an insult towards a group because of what they voted, it to me, implies they reject the results. ‘Turkeys voted for Chirstmas’ that implies stupid people voted Tory which implies that because I didn’t vote Tory I don’t accept this result, because the election system is wrong. Also all those Anti-Brexit protesters, what of them?
Trails I’m sure you’ve been on this forum long enough to remember pslewis’s stance on the 1997 results, the politics threads revolving round this are long ingrained in SN’s history. Maybe he was the forum’s only real true Blairite, anyway it had to be pointed out just incase he pops back in.
Additionally I lived in Labour strongholds, and these are now Tory. We had a lot of Blairites round here, a lot of people have since changed their tune or gone quiet over their past support. So the observation of his victory vs. the current results makes it poignant that what would have happened post 1997 if a Proportionate Representation system or AV+ were adopted. Labour back then ignored the Jenkins commission and promises of electoral reform because their victory suited them, and today we are facing the consequences of that.
If you lose a battle in a war, you don't surrender the entire war, you keep on fighting for the next battle! The same is true of politics, you may lose an election or referendum, but that doesn't mean you have to give in and change your political viewpoint, you dust off and fight the next campaign - that's democracy! The reality is, until Brexit happens, remainers will fight to stop it and if they lose and Brexit happens, then they'll start fighting to rejoin again! I accept any democratic result, but don't expect me to fall on my sword just because I lost a battle!
As for AV, that is just a rehash of FPTP which still biases the result to return a parliamentary majority without an overall majority and will do nothing to fix the two party system. The AV referendum was a fudge by the two main parties to pretend they were serious about electoral reform without risking giving up the system which unfairly favours them, that's why is was rightly rejected! Only a PR system means that everyone's vote counts equally, regardless of where you live and end the quasi-dictatorship of an overall majority! For my entire lifetime, FPTP has enabled leaders to steamroller unpopular policies without a genuine mandate from the public!
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