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travelsafar Thu 12-Dec-19 08:24:20

I am still undecided about who to vote for. I am fearful for our wonderful country and concerned that the 'right' party is put in power to govern us. There is so much derogatory information about the two main parties that i am finding it so difficult to make this important decision. I wonder how many people may feel the same and will just end up not voting at all!!!

GagaJo Thu 12-Dec-19 08:26:13

Can you pick ONE or TWO issues that are important and look at the manifestos? So maybe Brexit and the NHS. Or Housing and Social Care. Whatever your personal interests are?

I'm very biased. BUT I'm trying not to be today.

Whitewavemark2 Thu 12-Dec-19 08:54:14

I’m not trying to be unbiased, this country needs every vote it can get to stop Johnson

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Final Telegraph poll: this would result in no majority for Johnson and a referendum to stop Brexit next year. Which would the best thing that could happen for the future of our great country and the next generation. So get out the non-Tory vote today - every last vote!

sunseeker Thu 12-Dec-19 08:54:27

If you can't decide, then rather than voting for a party, vote for the candidate that you have most faith in.

MawB Thu 12-Dec-19 08:59:11

This may help, at least on the “B ***”issue

Sparklefizz Thu 12-Dec-19 09:03:02

MawB Love it. Wish I could share it.

crystaltipps Thu 12-Dec-19 09:03:15

In our anachronistic system it all depends on where you live whether your vote counts for anything. A party can gain a majority with 30% of the votes. So it depends on your constituency whether or not you want the particular candidate to win or not.

lemongrove Thu 12-Dec-19 09:03:33

Can’t you ever just give adviceWWM2 to a fellow GNer instead of LP activist chat?

travels good advice from Gaga and sunseeker and I agree with both.Do vote though, we can’t moan about the results if we don’t take an active part in it.

Anniebach Thu 12-Dec-19 09:05:41

lemon I assure you I will moan regardless of the results

Teetime Thu 12-Dec-19 09:07:11

Well its Tory heartland here but at least the dreaded and quite lazy Alan Duncan has been replaced by Alicia Kearns and I hope she will take more interest in the constituency especially keeping our local hospital and maternity unit open, improving our roads so we are not continually jammed with huge lorries and improving aid to our local schools in poorer areas. We are a Leave area too led by local farmers.

Whitewavemark2 Thu 12-Dec-19 09:07:39

lemon no

Cabbie21 Thu 12-Dec-19 09:09:19

I will vote, but where I live, it won’t make any difference. I feel disenfranchised.

CoolioC Thu 12-Dec-19 09:15:49

Proxy voted. Have lived in EU under 15 years so entitled to vote.

craftyone Thu 12-Dec-19 09:16:41

if you have savings, a garden, some shares, a pension, own a house then beware, robbing the average person to feed the socialist/commie propoganda

CoolioC Thu 12-Dec-19 09:16:58

Sorry, should have been abroad for under 15 years.

CoolioC Thu 12-Dec-19 09:19:01

All women should vote, c’mon girls that’s what the Suffragettes died for.

GagaJo Thu 12-Dec-19 09:19:40

Craftyone, you're offensive. I'm ALL of those and yet I care about others more than myself.

Get over yourself. Talk about nimbyism.

jura2 Thu 12-Dec-19 09:27:24

Same here- and I have more than 1 house.

B9exchange Thu 12-Dec-19 09:29:34

Treat it as a second referendum as far as Brexit goes - if you want to leave the EU with Boris's deal vote Conservative, if you want to leave without a deal vote Brexit Party, if you can't face the thought of leaving at all vote Lib Dems, and if you can't make up your mind, vote Labour Party!

The NHS should never be part of politics, and they will all ignore their manifestos once in power.

Devorgilla Thu 12-Dec-19 09:32:20

Brexit in haste, repent at leisure. Vote for a second referendum. Vote Labour.
Don't want to vote in a very right wing government that will take away much from you and give you little in return? Vote Labour.
And just for the record I did not vote for Corbyn, although I did vote for my excellent Remain Labour MP, but I don't want a walkover for any party. I want them to have to fight for every policy to get through so they can do as little damage as possible until we return to an era of states person-like politicians again. And unbiased reporting.

jura2 Thu 12-Dec-19 09:32:21

A vote for Conservatives will very likely lead to NO Deal - as there will have to be a border between NI and Ireland, or UK and NI- and because that is what the ERG and those who pull the strings from beyond our shores - want.

Lucca Thu 12-Dec-19 10:02:09

If undecided have a quick go on this website and do the survey. voteforpolicies.org

dragonfly46 Thu 12-Dec-19 10:05:12

Maw ?

Shez1955 Thu 12-Dec-19 10:27:34

Spoil your ballot paper by drawing a line across it if you really can’t decide.

mcem Thu 12-Dec-19 10:36:43

Our family WhatsApp group makes interesting reading this morning. Voting in various constituencies in Scotland and Wales and all voting anti-Tory. (Age range 19-71). We're posting as we vote and assume we'll have a 100% turnout! Am off out now to add my vote to the oust conservatives movement!