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Old 04-06-2009, 14:20   #1 (permalink)

 
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It's election day, isn't it?

I'm gonna vote 'cos I haven't been eligible since '97 due to being overseas but I feel a bit like a sheep turning up for shearing. I also have absolutely no idea who my MEP(s) might be or what exactly they might do besides getting piggy with the trough.

Anyone else going to bother? Thoughts or advice on candidates, partisan or otherwise?
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It's election day, isn't it?

I'm gonna vote 'cos I haven't been eligible since '97 due to being overseas but I feel a bit like a sheep turning up for shearing. I also have absolutely no idea who my MEP(s) might be or what exactly they might do besides getting piggy with the trough.

Anyone else going to bother? Thoughts or advice on candidates, partisan or otherwise?
If you're apathetic about the main parties, and aren't too keen on the BNP getting any power, then voting for one of the other minority parties (Greens, for example) is a good way to go. Tactics FTW
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Oh yeah, there's an election today...
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Old 04-06-2009, 14:34   #4 (permalink)

 
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If you're apathetic about the main parties, and aren't too keen on the BNP getting any power, then voting for one of the other minority parties (Greens, for example) is a good way to go. Tactics FTW
Yeah, I'm considering it. Other minority parties that is, I will never vote for national socialists. The UKIP seem to have stolen a march on them anyway but I'm not sure I can take them seriously after they stuck a flier through my door with Winston Churchill doing the V sign on it...
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I voted about an hour ago. First time I've ever voted Conservative, after supporting (new) Labour in previous elections. It felt good, I just can't wait to have the opportunity to do the same again in a General Election. The other possibilities on the ballot paper just don't bear thinking about. I'll be very surprised if the BNP doesn't pick up at least one seat. With any luck that'll be their electoral high water mark for this generation.
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Yeah, I'm considering it. Other minority parties that is, I will never vote for national socialists. The UKIP seem to have stolen their march anyway but I'm not sure I can take them seriously after they stuck a flier through my door with Winston Churchill doing the V sign on it...
The BNP candidates for the Scotland region in EU elections - half are from Glasgow, the other half in Aberdeenshire...weird.
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I'm not bothering with this once since I'm still registered in Fraserburgh, dsepite not living there since 1998. 40 miles is a long way to go to vote.

I voted tactically in the last Scottish elections, I voted Labour just because I wanted SNP to lose and Labour were their nearest rivals. Didn't work like.
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i voted today, there was 2 ballot papers - on one i voted for the lib dems and on the other for the green party. sadly my party of choice the monster raving looney party weren't fielding any candidates in my patch.
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2 ballot papers? I only got one I think...or at least I only voted for one party.
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i dont know why but we had 2 papers, one had just the three main parties and the UKIP, the other a long list of the main parties and lots of minor ones. i sometimes wish i understood politics a bit more!
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