Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
12 million voters undecided - YouGov poll
Latest YouGov poll on voting intentions (3/4 March) puts Conservatives 38%, Labour 32, Lib Dems 17, others 13.
Conservatives need a 10% swing for a majority government otherwise the country faces the prospect of a hung parliament.
This article in The Guardian says 28% of respondents are still not sure which party will get their vote at the election.
At a recent night out, from four people sitting around the table only one knew who he was voting for.
Are you undecided?
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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on
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Maybe that one hadn't really thought about it.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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I imagine this applies principally to national elections, but I assume it also works in large part to the local situation too. In which case can we expect to be thoroughly wooed with strong cases clearly explained to us?
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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.... wooed with strong cases clearly explained to us?
Think this would help! Seem to be lots of confused & disgruntled people out there, not knowing which way to turn.
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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Well we all know who to turn our back on :-)
I see they managed to find a flak jacket for G Brown.
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on
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My neighbour just mentioned that the flak jacket didn't seem to fit well and slightly unkindly, suggested there was still quite a lot of target area to aim for.
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My girlfriend is trying to decide whether to vote with her principles (Lib Dem) or tactically to stop the Conservatives gaining a majority (Labour). Myself, I was undecided for a while, but I'm leaning towards the Libs now.
Personally, I would love a hung parliament as it would force both major parties to try and woo the Libs in the form of concessions, etc. that would give them more influence in parliament.
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Oh it is sooo confusing. And we even had Hugh claiming today that he's knows of an 'Independent' locally, although he's not telling!
Was listening to the radio today about what a 'hung parliament' would actually mean in operation. Basically it would be a mess as decisions on anything would take forever! Interestingly though our European cousins are used to working with coalitions, with only the UK, Malta & Greece having majority party situations. Still we saw the Dutch coalition fall apart recently over 'troops in Afganistan' and a while back Belgium had no-one in power for months after their election as no party wanted to work with each other. So I'm not so sure I welcome a hung parliament.
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I wouldn't particularly mind some decisions taking forever. I've seen a lot of major decisions taken hastily and without the people's consent or agreement in my lifetime and I'd much rather things were properly examined. Both big parties want to make major changes I don't agree with at all.
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Permalink Reply by PeterPiper on
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"Basically it would be a mess as decisions on anything would take forever!"
It could mean that there would be a greater and a more inclusive concensus. It could therefore be more representitive, - an opportunity to keep some pigs out of the trough with vested interests & lobbyists having less power and say in things, more openness, less decision making behind closed doors.
Do major decisions need to be taken in haste, I think not. Do you think a hung parliament would've embarked on the illegal war in Iraq? Or, do you prefer all the power to be in the hands of a small group with similar ideological pursuits?
Last time I looked, the states of Belgium & the Netherlands were still there, and just remind me of the current situation in Greece.
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Ben and Peter,
Good points!
I think there's a good chance we will get to see how it works. The government officials are preparing for the possibility of a hung parliament.
One of the negative reasons I see for the eventuality of such a hung parlaiment is because there's very little difference between the three main parties. For that reason you see I'm not keen on a hung parliament because for me it signifies a low in politics in this country. But that is the reality we face.
Why vote? You tell me.
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INDIRECTLY this is an argument for Proportional Representation, which I think is a better system than first past the post (FPTP). It is more democratic for a host of reasons.
One of the benefits of a democracy is that we end up with more rounded decisions: decisions that will not snag on something soon afterwards, but stand the test of time. Rail privatisation was a big decision rammed through by a government elected on first past the post. Largely, it was an immensely costly mistake.
With FPTP, we tend to get a pronounced pendulum effect, with one party correcting the expensive excesses of the previous party.
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