Funnily enoguh I’m in a Labour safe seat and commented in another post my thiking on the vote:
I was gonna vote Green but they’re so non-existant in my constituency I may vote Lib Dem who are 4th. It’s a Labour safe seat so it’s not handing it to the Tories to vote my conscience.
I’m Green economically but Lib Dem socially. Since Lib Dems are higher I’ll put my vote there.
But I’ll say to everyone here the same thing I say to Americans. Yous need to be pushing hard for a better electoral system. First past the post shouldn’t qualify as democracy, in my opinion. It’s just that bad. IRV is the bare minimum that should be acceptable. But ideally, you should push for some sort of proportional system like STV or MMP.
Electoral reform should be every intelligent voter’s highest priority, because without it you’ll always be stuck with the same two parties doing the same dull shit.
With the right pressure, I think Labour might be convinced. The Conservatives only got a majority at the last election because of FPTP. The two elections before that were even worse for the Conservatives’ overall vote.
This is especially true if Labour is only able to govern in coalition with LibDems and SNP.
Lmfao, ok… You go ahead and pin your hopes on the person who has literally purged Labour of anyone even slightly left leaning, who thinks racism is a joke, who thinks how disabled people are treated is just fine, who doesn’t give a fuck about the poor, who is only there to serve the establishment - to change the system that offers him the only shot at power. See how that works out for you…
Meanwhile those of us already targeted by the government, who know new labour isn’t going to change a thing will continue to suffer while you folks pat yourselves on the back for picking the “lesser evil” because you’re too scared of actually standing up for yourselves.
I am in a safe Labour seat but I’ll be voting Green. Labour lost my vote when they continued drifting to the right.
At the end of the day they need to win the election.
At this point I’d 100% take a shitty labour government that’s compromising, because it’s the first step to moving things back to the left.
If we had a better voting system then go for it, but I just think it’s silly for someone to waste a vote (if they aren’t in a safe seat).
Funnily enoguh I’m in a Labour safe seat and commented in another post my thiking on the vote:
If you’re in a safe seat then by all means.
But I’ll say to everyone here the same thing I say to Americans. Yous need to be pushing hard for a better electoral system. First past the post shouldn’t qualify as democracy, in my opinion. It’s just that bad. IRV is the bare minimum that should be acceptable. But ideally, you should push for some sort of proportional system like STV or MMP.
Electoral reform should be every intelligent voter’s highest priority, because without it you’ll always be stuck with the same two parties doing the same dull shit.
Shame neither party are actually offering electoral reform (and why would they - the current form works perfectly well, for them)
With the right pressure, I think Labour might be convinced. The Conservatives only got a majority at the last election because of FPTP. The two elections before that were even worse for the Conservatives’ overall vote.
This is especially true if Labour is only able to govern in coalition with LibDems and SNP.
Lmfao, ok… You go ahead and pin your hopes on the person who has literally purged Labour of anyone even slightly left leaning, who thinks racism is a joke, who thinks how disabled people are treated is just fine, who doesn’t give a fuck about the poor, who is only there to serve the establishment - to change the system that offers him the only shot at power. See how that works out for you…
Meanwhile those of us already targeted by the government, who know new labour isn’t going to change a thing will continue to suffer while you folks pat yourselves on the back for picking the “lesser evil” because you’re too scared of actually standing up for yourselves.