VOTE: Who are you voting for in the British General Election?

[-:Undertaker:-]

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There's now ten days to go now until the United Kingdom General Election which is being held on the 7th May 2015.

Vote in the poll who you have voted for/are certain to vote for.

Here's some facts relating to the election.



There's 650 seats on the House of Commons.
A party needs 326 seats to form a majority government.
British General elections are held under First Past the Post, meaning the candidate with the highest amount of votes wins the seat.
The House of Commons is the lower house of parliment, with the House of Lords the upper chamber.
The House of Commons and House of Lords together are known as Parliament, which sits in the royal palace of Westminster.
Depending on how long it takes to form a new government, Her Majesty the Queen will open parliament around late May/early June.
The Conservatives, Labour, Ukip, Liberal Democrats and the Greens are the only parties standing 500+ candidates each.
The Conservatives are strongest in the rural south of Britain, with Labour stronger in the urban north of Britain.
Ukip is strongest on the eastern spine of England upto Yorkshire, with the Liberal Democrats strongest in the south-west of England.


Here's the latest national polling.


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Vote in the poll and post whatever you want: your reasons, what friends and family are voting, what you think the outcome will be etc.

[Alkaz]

Give UKIP and the Greens a chance at a coalition government. Not quite sure who I'll be voting for, it will come down to when I'm actually there about to tick the box.

[dbgtz]

I'll either vote myself or vote for this (http://www.jacparty.org.uk/) "party" (basically just one person). I can't see myself voting any "serious" party.

Also I feel it need be mentioned that a party can command the HoC alone with less than the majority since Sinn Fein abstain (so they'll probably only need ~323)

[Nick]

i will vote for the ukip

[sexpot]

sinn fein

[Matt]

sinn fein


i will vote for the ukip

you both suck -.-

I can't vote because I don't live in the UK and am not enrolled

[sexpot]

you both suck -.-

I can't vote because I don't live in the UK and am not enrolled

http://i.imgur.com/WpLgXMI.gif

ot; sinn fein 2k15

[Empired]

EMILY NICK YOU DON'T EVEN GO HERE

Anyway :/ despite all my joking I will actually be voting but I won't be telling anyone who I voted for (which is infuriating my mother :¬:). I'm still not completely decided yet anyway because they're all either appalling or have absolutely no chance.

[FlyingJesus]

I like blue it's nice

[-:Undertaker:-]

I am praying basically for anything but the Conservatives to remain in office. And judging by the polling, that's what looks likely to happen.

So de facto that means i'm wanting the PPP in office, held to ransom by the likes of the SNP, Liberal Democrats and SDLP.

[scottish]

I am praying basically for anything but the Conservatives to remain in office. And judging by the polling, that's what looks likely to happen.

So de facto that means i'm wanting the PPP in office, held to ransom by the likes of the SNP, Liberal Democrats and SDLP.

Vote labour then to give them +1 vote.

[IceNineKills]

not voting. never have and never will.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Vote labour then to give them +1 vote.

I can't bring myself to vote for the rape of thousands of English girls by the 'diverse' voters of the PPP, sorry x

[scottish]

I can't bring myself to vote for the rape of thousands of English girls by the 'diverse' voters of the PPP, sorry x

It's what you want though, you don't want Cons to get in so your only option is Labour.

[David]

none of the above

[lemons]

i have found election stuff quite interesting recently and wish i could vote but i wont be old enough

[MKR&*42]

The Liberal Democrats.

My constituency has been Conservative for a very long time though and it doesn't look likely to change, so I haven't got high hopes.

[AgnesIO]

not voting. never have and never will.

Imbecile.

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Will most likely vote blue, but we have some events with all of our local candidates over the next week, so will make my final judgement based on them.

[dbgtz]

I am praying basically for anything but the Conservatives to remain in office. And judging by the polling, that's what looks likely to happen.

So de facto that means i'm wanting the PPP in office, held to ransom by the likes of the SNP, Liberal Democrats and SDLP.

Not sure how you came to that conclusion. More likely a Labour minority or a re-election if they stick to their guns when they talk about making no deals with the SNP.

[Kyle]

To those who abstain or spoil their ballots - why?

Labour.

[Jazz]

i want to vote green but im too scared to considering they don't have the backing

so im stuck between them and labour

[dbgtz]

To those who abstain or spoil their ballots - why?

Labour.

Focusing on my local candidates which I saw:
Labour - Blames everything on the conservatives. Offers nothing of their own. Also, though it's not a big issue for me, their stance on drugs is weird so I can't imagine their stance on other things I'm unaware of.
Conservative - Almost talked about DC as if he were god. She didn't seem to have many views of her own but simply held whatever view the party did.
UKIP - Just a weird guy in general. Claims to have this undying love for the UK yet has lived in the USA for most of his life. Didn't seem overly engaged in debate and I don't think would put a huge amount of effort in. Though, he had some fair points but a lot of people shrugged it off "cos UKIP" which is a negative to the other.
Green - Shouting views which everyone would agree with without explaining how things would be done. Also for a party which is about the environment, I'm sure they wasted the most paper on leaflets in my house.
Lib Dem - On the actual candidate himself, he seemed to use his current position (something in the council) in like "oh being an MP is a natural step up" (not his actual words) and seemed overly comfortable in this already being a Lib Dem seat.

The JAC guy I posted above wasn't actually invited to the debate I saw and came in the audience, so I didn't see much of him. His views seem fairly rational for a lot of things, just a shame he stands on such a loony platform.

[-:Undertaker:-]

It's what you want though, you don't want Cons to get in so your only option is Labour.

Not really, if Ukip weren't standing and it was only LibLabCon on the ballot paper then I just wouldn't bother to vote.

@Kyle (http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=30795); @conservative (http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=36885); and that doesn't make me an imbecile. That just means I have a low opinion of whats on offer and don't wish to partake in it, the right not to vote is just as important as the right to vote. As journalist and writer Peter Hitchens (a non-voter) says, if you walk into a shop and don't see anything on offe you actually like, would you then go and buy something? No you wouldn't. Voting just encourages them anyway.


Not sure how you came to that conclusion. More likely a Labour minority or a re-election if they stick to their guns when they talk about making no deals with the SNP.

Coalition or minority, his balls are going to be in the vice of the SNP and others to pass legislation. :P

[AgnesIO]

Not really, if Ukip weren't standing and it was only LibLabCon on the ballot paper then I just wouldn't bother to vote.

@Kyle (http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=30795); @conservative (http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=36885); and that doesn't make me an imbecile. That just means I have a low opinion of whats on offer and don't wish to partake in it, the right not to vote is just as important as the right to vote. As journalist and writer Peter Hitchens (a non-voter) says, if you walk into a shop and don't see anything on offe you actually like, would you then go and buy something? No you wouldn't. Voting just encourages them anyway.



Coalition or minority, his balls are going to be in the vice of the SNP and others to pass legislation. :P

15 million people didn't vote in the last election. Those 15 million people could have vastly changed the last five years of Politics. For example, if 15 million people all voted for UKIP in 2010, it would almost certainly be a UKIP majority government. Better to spoil your ballot than not vote at all.

[ajs406]

I'm sorry but who would vote Greens, i mean seriously?

[AgnesIO]

I'm sorry but who would vote Greens, i mean seriously?

Young, easily convinced people. Ah, like on this forum.

[-:Undertaker:-]

If the House of Commons were under a PR system (as I can't work out a FPTP system due to practical reasons) then the Habbox House of Commons would be...

HM Government: Labour 37% (240 seats) + Greens 22% (143 seats)
HM Official Opposition: Ukip 16% (104 seats)

Conservatives 11% (70 seats)
SNP 5% (31 seats)
Sinn Fein 5% (31 seats)
Others 5% (31 seats)

325 seats needed for a majority so it'd have to be a Lab-Green Coalition or a Lab-Ukip Coalition.

Thank God students don't tend to bother to vote is all I can say. :P

[Earthquake]

Here is why you should vote UKIP

1. Get Britain out of the European Union
2. Get control of immigration with an Australian-style, points-based immigration system
3. £3bn more, annually, into our NHS which desperately needs it
4. Scrap tuition fees for students studying Science, Tech, Engineering, Maths, or Medical degrees
5. Pay greater attention to elderly care across the country
6. Cutting £9bn from our foreign aid budget
7. Give the people the ability to “recall” their MPs, without parliamentary or MP approval
8. Stopping our endless, foreign wars
9. Promoting a British identity, as opposed to failed multiculturalism
10. Allowing existing schools to become grammar schools

11. Ending PFI privatisation of the NHS, proliferated by Labour and the Tories
12. Ensuring our armed services are properly equipped for when we do need them
13. Establishing a Veteran’s Administration to look after those who looked after us
14. Encouraging inward investment with growth markets, not JUST the failing Eurozone
15. Overcoming the unfairness of MPs from devolved nations voting on English laws
16. Cutting bureaucracy, red tape, and wasteful spending from government departments
17. Cutting the same bureaucracy that hinders small businesses and entrepreneurs
18. Supporting our farmers with a Single Farm Payment Scheme
19. Ending the burdensome “green levies” that have added £000s to our energy bills
20. Scrapping the poorly planned HS2 project, saving up to £50bn
21. Opposing tolls on public roads – we’ve already paid for them
22. Supporting bus passes for pensioners with the support of local authorities
23. Foreign vehicles to require Britdisc passes to contribute to our roads they use
24. Ending the use of speed cameras as revenue raisers – they should be a deterrent
25. Protecting our green belt
26. A central list of brownfield sites for developers
27. Houses on brownfield sites to be Stamp Duty exempt on first sale
28. VAT relaxed for redevelopment of brownfield sites
29. Local referenda for large-scale development, if triggered by 5% of electorate
30. Introducing the ability for citizens to initiate national referenda
31. Withdrawing from the European Court of Human Rights
32. Reversing the government’s opt-in to the European Arrest Warrant
33. Negotiating bi-lateral agreements to replace EAW
34. No votes for prisoners
35. Full prison sentences should be served, parole on case-by-case basis
36. Replacing the Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights
37. Official documents to be published primarily in English
38. Cracking down on honour killings, female genital mutilation, and forced marriages
39. Reviewing the BBC licence fee with a view to reducing it
40. Taking non-payment of the licence fee out of the criminal sphere
41. Amend the smoking ban to promote choice for ventilated smoking rooms
42. Opposing plain packs for cigarettes, which has had no impact where trialled
43. Promoting the employment of young, British workers
44. Repealing the Agency Workers Directive
45. Encouraging councils to provide more free parking on High Streets
46. Simplifying planning regulations for long-term empty commercial properties
47. Extending the right of appeal for micro businesses against Revenue and Customs
48. Negotiating bespoke trade agreements with EU member states and worldwide
49. Reoccupying our seat at the World Trade Organisation
50. Abolishing inheritance tax

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51. Introducing a 35p income tax rate between £42,285 and £55,000 – taking many public sector workers out of higher rate of tax
52. Setting up a Treasury Commission to make sure big corporations pay their way in taxes
53. Abolishing the Dept of Energy and Climate Change and rolling retained functions into DEFRA
54. Introducing an Apprenticeship Qualification for students who don’t want to do non-core GCSEs
55. Scrapping the arbitrary 50% target for university attendance
56. Students from the EU to pay the same as International Students
57. Introducing more power for parents: OFSTED to investigate schools on petition signed by 25% of parents or governors
58. Guaranteeing a job in the police, prison, or border forces for anyone who has served 12 years in the Armed Forces
59. Priority social housing for ex-service men and women, and those returning from service
60. Veterans to receives Veteran’s Card to ensure they’re supported in event of mental health care and more
61. All entitlements to be extended to servicemen and women recruited from overseas
62. Establishing a National Service Medal for all those who have served
63. Encouraging local authorities to buy out their PFI contracts where affordable
64. Ensuring GP’s surgeries are open at least one evening per week where demand permits
65. Ensuring migrants have NHS-approved health insurance until they have paid into the system for 5 years
66. Ending hospital car parking charges
67. Replacing bureaucratic watchdogs with locally elected health boards for more transparency
68. Stopping the sale of patient data to big business
69. Ensuring a high standard of English speakers in the NHS
70. Amend working time rules to give trainee doctors, surgeons, and medics better environments
71. Encouraging and protecting whistleblowing to get to the bottom of poor performance
72. Ensuring migrants have jobs and accommodation before they can come to the UK
73. Migrants will only be eligible for residency after 10 years’ working here
74. Reinstating the primary purpose rule, bringing an end to sham marriage migration
75. No amnesty for illegal immigrants, or those gaining UK passports via fraud
76. Protecting genuine refugees by returning to the UN Convention of Refugees principles
77. British companies to be prioritised to deliver foreign aid contracts
78. Repealing the Climate Change Act 2008 which costs the economy £18n per year
79. Scrapping the Large Combustion Plant directive and redevelop UK power stations
80. Supporting the development of UK Shale Gas with proper safeguards
81. No new taxpayer subsidy for wind farms
82. Leaving the Common Agricultural Policy
83. Allowing parliament to vote on GM foods
84. Reinstating British territorial waters
85. Food to be labelled with country of origin, method of production, method of slaughter and more
86. Ban live animal exports for slaughter
87. Scrapping the Bedroom Tax
88. Child benefit only for children permanently resident in the UK
89. Future child benefit to be limited to first two children only
90. Ensuring an initial presumption of 50-50 parenting on child custody matters
91. Safeguarding visitation rights for grandparents
92. Supporting a streamlined welfare system and a benefit cap
93. Enrolling unemployed benefits claimants into workfare or community schemes
94. Placing revenues from shale gas into a Sovereign Wealth Fund to ensure future growth and security
95. Emphasising the immediate need to utilise forgotten British infrastructure like Manston Airport
96. No cuts to frontline policing
97. Prioritising social housing for those whose parents and grandparents were born locally
98. Reaffirming British laws, rather than allowing dual-track legal systems for minorities in the UK
99. Promoting patriotism and the importance of British values in our schools
100. Rebalancing Britain’s economy

[AgnesIO]

Here is why you should vote UKIP

1. Get Britain out of the European Union
2. Get control of immigration with an Australian-style, points-based immigration system
3. £3bn more, annually, into our NHS which desperately needs it
4. Scrap tuition fees for students studying Science, Tech, Engineering, Maths, or Medical degrees
5. Pay greater attention to elderly care across the country
6. Cutting £9bn from our foreign aid budget
7. Give the people the ability to “recall” their MPs, without parliamentary or MP approval
8. Stopping our endless, foreign wars
9. Promoting a British identity, as opposed to failed multiculturalism
10. Allowing existing schools to become grammar schools

11. Ending PFI privatisation of the NHS, proliferated by Labour and the Tories
12. Ensuring our armed services are properly equipped for when we do need them
13. Establishing a Veteran’s Administration to look after those who looked after us
14. Encouraging inward investment with growth markets, not JUST the failing Eurozone
15. Overcoming the unfairness of MPs from devolved nations voting on English laws
16. Cutting bureaucracy, red tape, and wasteful spending from government departments
17. Cutting the same bureaucracy that hinders small businesses and entrepreneurs
18. Supporting our farmers with a Single Farm Payment Scheme
19. Ending the burdensome “green levies” that have added £000s to our energy bills
20. Scrapping the poorly planned HS2 project, saving up to £50bn
21. Opposing tolls on public roads – we’ve already paid for them
22. Supporting bus passes for pensioners with the support of local authorities
23. Foreign vehicles to require Britdisc passes to contribute to our roads they use
24. Ending the use of speed cameras as revenue raisers – they should be a deterrent
25. Protecting our green belt
26. A central list of brownfield sites for developers
27. Houses on brownfield sites to be Stamp Duty exempt on first sale
28. VAT relaxed for redevelopment of brownfield sites
29. Local referenda for large-scale development, if triggered by 5% of electorate
30. Introducing the ability for citizens to initiate national referenda
31. Withdrawing from the European Court of Human Rights
32. Reversing the government’s opt-in to the European Arrest Warrant
33. Negotiating bi-lateral agreements to replace EAW
34. No votes for prisoners
35. Full prison sentences should be served, parole on case-by-case basis
36. Replacing the Human Rights Act with a British Bill of Rights
37. Official documents to be published primarily in English
38. Cracking down on honour killings, female genital mutilation, and forced marriages
39. Reviewing the BBC licence fee with a view to reducing it
40. Taking non-payment of the licence fee out of the criminal sphere
41. Amend the smoking ban to promote choice for ventilated smoking rooms
42. Opposing plain packs for cigarettes, which has had no impact where trialled
43. Promoting the employment of young, British workers
44. Repealing the Agency Workers Directive
45. Encouraging councils to provide more free parking on High Streets
46. Simplifying planning regulations for long-term empty commercial properties
47. Extending the right of appeal for micro businesses against Revenue and Customs
48. Negotiating bespoke trade agreements with EU member states and worldwide
49. Reoccupying our seat at the World Trade Organisation
50. Abolishing inheritance tax

email_donate_button.png

51. Introducing a 35p income tax rate between £42,285 and £55,000 – taking many public sector workers out of higher rate of tax
52. Setting up a Treasury Commission to make sure big corporations pay their way in taxes
53. Abolishing the Dept of Energy and Climate Change and rolling retained functions into DEFRA
54. Introducing an Apprenticeship Qualification for students who don’t want to do non-core GCSEs
55. Scrapping the arbitrary 50% target for university attendance
56. Students from the EU to pay the same as International Students
57. Introducing more power for parents: OFSTED to investigate schools on petition signed by 25% of parents or governors
58. Guaranteeing a job in the police, prison, or border forces for anyone who has served 12 years in the Armed Forces
59. Priority social housing for ex-service men and women, and those returning from service
60. Veterans to receives Veteran’s Card to ensure they’re supported in event of mental health care and more
61. All entitlements to be extended to servicemen and women recruited from overseas
62. Establishing a National Service Medal for all those who have served
63. Encouraging local authorities to buy out their PFI contracts where affordable
64. Ensuring GP’s surgeries are open at least one evening per week where demand permits
65. Ensuring migrants have NHS-approved health insurance until they have paid into the system for 5 years
66. Ending hospital car parking charges
67. Replacing bureaucratic watchdogs with locally elected health boards for more transparency
68. Stopping the sale of patient data to big business
69. Ensuring a high standard of English speakers in the NHS
70. Amend working time rules to give trainee doctors, surgeons, and medics better environments
71. Encouraging and protecting whistleblowing to get to the bottom of poor performance
72. Ensuring migrants have jobs and accommodation before they can come to the UK
73. Migrants will only be eligible for residency after 10 years’ working here
74. Reinstating the primary purpose rule, bringing an end to sham marriage migration
75. No amnesty for illegal immigrants, or those gaining UK passports via fraud
76. Protecting genuine refugees by returning to the UN Convention of Refugees principles
77. British companies to be prioritised to deliver foreign aid contracts
78. Repealing the Climate Change Act 2008 which costs the economy £18n per year
79. Scrapping the Large Combustion Plant directive and redevelop UK power stations
80. Supporting the development of UK Shale Gas with proper safeguards
81. No new taxpayer subsidy for wind farms
82. Leaving the Common Agricultural Policy
83. Allowing parliament to vote on GM foods
84. Reinstating British territorial waters
85. Food to be labelled with country of origin, method of production, method of slaughter and more
86. Ban live animal exports for slaughter
87. Scrapping the Bedroom Tax
88. Child benefit only for children permanently resident in the UK
89. Future child benefit to be limited to first two children only
90. Ensuring an initial presumption of 50-50 parenting on child custody matters
91. Safeguarding visitation rights for grandparents
92. Supporting a streamlined welfare system and a benefit cap
93. Enrolling unemployed benefits claimants into workfare or community schemes
94. Placing revenues from shale gas into a Sovereign Wealth Fund to ensure future growth and security
95. Emphasising the immediate need to utilise forgotten British infrastructure like Manston Airport
96. No cuts to frontline policing
97. Prioritising social housing for those whose parents and grandparents were born locally
98. Reaffirming British laws, rather than allowing dual-track legal systems for minorities in the UK
99. Promoting patriotism and the importance of British values in our schools
100. Rebalancing Britain’s economy

Lovely. At least we know UKIP supporters know how to copy and paste on a computer.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Lovely. At least we know UKIP supporters know how to copy and paste on a computer.

Well to be fair Ukip is winning the online war with the most active activists and the most active Facebook page by a country mile.

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2015-05-01/london-eye-pie-chart-shows-ukip-most-talked-about-on-facebook/


http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/654929/stream_img.jpg

[AgnesIO]

Well to be fair Ukip is winning the online war with the most active activists and the most active Facebook page by a country mile.

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2015-05-01/london-eye-pie-chart-shows-ukip-most-talked-about-on-facebook/


http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/654929/stream_img.jpg



We don't actually know what people have been saying though... I bet a good few million of those are negative.

UKIP has 7,000 more likes than the Conservatives... doesn't really mean much when you have 450,000 total.

[-:Undertaker:-]

We don't actually know what people have been saying though... I bet a good few million of those are negative.

UKIP has 7,000 more likes than the Conservatives... doesn't really mean much when you have 450,000 total.

The Tory facebook page is rumoured to be stuffed full of false likes as apparently they buy likes: I know something is up as everytime the Ukip page was about to overtake the Tory page would always suddenly surge by 15,000 overnight and kept doing so whenevey they came close.

In any case you only have to look at the shares, likes and general comments on the newspaper websites. Even the Guardian is full of us.

[AgnesIO]

The Tory facebook page is rumoured to be stuffed full of false likes as apparently they buy likes: I know something is up as everytime the Ukip page was about to overtake the Tory page would always suddenly surge by 15,000 overnight and kept doing so whenevey they came close.

In any case you only have to look at the shares, likes and general comments on the newspaper websites. Even the Guardian is full of us.

Key word being rumoured.

But even so, both parties have high engagements online. Also, any reactionary party is likely to have super-engaged activists - but then the results from the votes on Thursday will show us what really matters.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Key word being rumoured.

But even so, both parties have high engagements online. Also, any reactionary party is likely to have super-engaged activists - but then the results from the votes on Thursday will show us what really matters.

Or simply a movement/party that actually stands for something and believes in something other than "we'll keep the status quo but just run it better than Labour"?

[The Don]

Well to be fair Ukip is winning the online war with the most active activists and the most active Facebook page by a country mile.

http://www.itv.com/news/update/2015-05-01/london-eye-pie-chart-shows-ukip-most-talked-about-on-facebook/


http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/654929/stream_img.jpg


As you said yourself

the world isn't going insane... just the insane people are very loud.

[Shockwave.2CC]

I'm voting for UKIP

Always do

[Earthquake]

voting for the green party guys does not mean weed will become legal

[AgnesIO]

voting for the green party guys does not mean weed will become legal

errrrrr. wut?

[Earthquake]

errrrrr. wut?

for the kids my friend

[AgnesIO]

for the kids my friend

....??

[Zelda]

Voting for greens, always would have done.

[MKR&*42]

The amount of people who have voted green in this poll is incredibly unsettling, do you want to ruin the country?

[Cody]

Can't vote hehe :P