Who do you support?

As rumours have been circulating that a general election is to be called for March 2010, it'd be interesting to see what party people on here support. A general election must be called by 3 June 2010 at the latest.

The election is largely expected to be won by the Conservative Party however alarm bells have been ringing over the rise in support of the BNP and fears over a hung parliament (no overall majority for any party) occuring because of Tory disatisfaction on Camerons EU policy and in general a defection to UKIP mean that a hung parliament could be very likely.

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The mainstream political parties (in order of European Parliamentary Election Results 2009)

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Conservative Party

The Conservative Party supports keeping the union of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland alive and support it against any Scottish nationalism/possible independance. The Conservatives are also committed to cutting the public spending which is leaving the country in a massive debt. The Conservatives have pledged to re-gain lost sovereignty from the European Union and hold a referendum on any new treaty in the future.

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United Kingdom Independance Party

The United Kingdom Independance Party (UKIP) is committed to withdrawing the United Kingdom from the European Union, it states that it wishes to be friends with Europe but not governed by Europe. UKIP also support trading more with the Commonwealth, which includes growing economies such as India. UKIP is sceptical that climate change is caused by humans but supports the building of nuclear power stations to secure the UKs' energy security. UKIP also believes that immigration should be frozen for a 5 year period while the current mess is sorted out and then they will introduce a points-based system. Finally, UKIP supports halting government databases/ID card schemes and so on as it views them as undemocratic.

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Labour Party

The Labour Party has been in power since 1997 when it won a landslide election which swept it to office. Judging from current policies Labour supports futher EU-intergration, continue the system of mass immigration and public spending, although it has pledged to cut public spending after the next election if elected.

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Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats support higher taxation to fund the welfare state. The Liberal Democrats are against ID cards and the way the government has handled the war on terror. The Liberal Democrats strongly believe in climate change and also advocate the advance of EU-intergration, however they have called for a referendum at times on this issue.

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Green Party of England and Wales

The Green Party as you could guess from the name agree with the idea that humans are causing global warming/climate change. The Green Party also supports the legalization of drugs such as cannabis. The Green Party wants NATO to disband and wants the UK to be a part of the EU but does not support the EU on the grounds that they consider it undemocratic.

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British National Party

The British National Party (BNP) opposes immigration and believes that the United Kingdom should have a closed-door policy on immigration. The BNP supports the nationalisation of most business and rejects 'Thatcherism'. The BNP believes that the United Kingdom should withdraw from the European Union.

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An interesting site is http://www.takethequiz.co.uk/ which gives a good indicator of which party you're views are more similar too, of course it doesn't mean you have to support them.

What political party do you support and why?

I tend to favour the conservatives/ UKIP. I don't agree on a 5 year halt on imigration, but do think a points system/ reduction is needed. Asylum should be in the first safe country.

I don't like the BNP at all, who are lying through the teeth in an effort to seem respectable.

Labour I feel have had their time and royally buggered it up in the last 5 years.

And that quiz thing is quite good:

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Labour 22%

Conservative 62%

Greens 32%

LibDem 28%

UKIP 89%

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Labour 22%

Conservative 51%

Greens 30%

LibDem 22%

UKIP 95%

UKIP support a 5 year freeze because of the mess we're in at the moment thanks to the government with possibly millions of illegal people here we don't even know are here. Anyway I support UKIP and the Conservatives second probably, so the quiz thing seems pretty accurate.

I think still Labour to be honest, I don't feel UKIP has good policies other than immigration, and I think the BNP is rather racist and discriminates people. The green party will have no chance atm and Tories will win me thinks

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Originally Posted by Ardemax

I think still Labour to be honest, I don't feel UKIP has good policies other than immigration, and I think the BNP is rather racist and discriminates people. The green party will have no chance atm and Tories will win me thinks

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Is there any example of these bad policies besides the immigration policies?

Anyway, I myself am backing UKIP and I seriously think that once people stop with the UKIP = FASCIST mindset they have a serious chance of winning.

UKIP gets my vote... I think it's not too harsh but not a pushover either.

BNP have some views which I agree with, such as there are too many immigrants atm, however I don't agree with stopping immigration altogether.

Conservatives seem a strong candidate in my opinion, however I think they would "go soft" if they came into power (by going soft I mean end up like Labour). That's a personal view.

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Originally Posted by Ardemax

I think still Labour to be honest, I don't feel UKIP has good policies other than immigration, and I think the BNP is rather racist and discriminates people. The green party will have no chance atm and Tories will win me thinks

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If you consider the British National Party racist for having a policy based on race, then so is the Labour Party; http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=610801

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Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-

If you consider the British National Party racist for having a policy based on race, then so is the Labour Party; http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=610801

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My problem with the BNP is the core members of the organisation. Whatever their policies may be many of the members are hard-line racists and I would not like a party like that in power.

As Hitman said, UKIP appear to have their policies on immigration without having a history seated in fascism and racism.

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Originally Posted by Jamesy

My problem with the BNP is the core members of the organisation. Whatever their policies may be many of the members are hard-line racists and I would not like a party like that in power.

As Hitman said, UKIP appear to have their policies on immigration without having a history seated in fascism and racism.

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I don't agree with a policy based on race either, it is just hypocritical to ignore Labours' racial immigration policy which was engineered on race, be ignored just because its one of the main parties. It is like Nick Griffin was at a war memorial the other day and the newspapers said he something like 'sabotaged' the memorial, but then pictures of David Cameron posing for his personal photo shooter come out and he doesn't recieve an equal grilling for something actually so just..uhh its like why would you do that people can see how FAKE it is! :P

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Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-

As rumours have been circulating that a general election is to be called for March 2010, it'd be interesting to see what party people on here support. A general election must be called by 3 June 2010 at the latest.

The election is largely expected to be won by the Conservative Party however alarm bells have been ringing over the rise in support of the BNP and fears over a hung parliament (no overall majority for any party) occuring because of Tory disatisfaction on Camerons EU policy and in general a defection to UKIP mean that a hung parliament could be very likely.

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The mainstream political parties (in order of European Parliamentary Election Results 2009)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...o_2006.svg.png
Conservative Party

The Conservative Party supports keeping the union of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland alive and support it against any Scottish nationalism/possible independance. The Conservatives are also committed to cutting the public spending which is leaving the country in a massive debt. The Conservatives have pledged to re-gain lost sovereignty from the European Union and hold a referendum on any new treaty in the future.

This is my probable vote. Its the last sentence i dont agree with as what you said the other week, we now have no say in whether to hold a referendum (or something to that effect)

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United Kingdom Independance Party

The United Kingdom Independance Party (UKIP) is committed to withdrawing the United Kingdom from the European Union, it states that it wishes to be friends with Europe but not governed by Europe. UKIP also support trading more with the Commonwealth, which includes growing economies such as India. UKIP is sceptical that climate change is caused by humans but supports the building of nuclear power stations to secure the UKs' energy security. UKIP also believes that immigration should be frozen for a 5 year period while the current mess is sorted out and then they will introduce a points-based system. Finally, UKIP supports halting government databases/ID card schemes and so on as it views them as undemocratic.

I like how youve put the most into this one since i know youre a UKIP Supporter :P
basically, withdrawing from the EU is a bad decision on the whole. What we need is the security that we wont be subject to any EU law, but are open to free trade. Why we cant do this i dont know. Immigration shouldnt be frozen, the points system should be put into place, and sort out the current mess at the same time. a lot of people in those 5 years will suffer.

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Labour Party

The Labour Party has been in power since 1997 when it won a landslide election which swept it to office. Judging from current policies Labour supports futher EU-intergration, continue the system of mass immigration and public spending, although it has pledged to cut public spending after the next election if elected.

seems like all youve included are bad points. Im sure there are other, better policies you couldve given.

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Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats support higher taxation to fund the welfare state. The Liberal Democrats are against ID cards and the way the government has handled the war on terror. The Liberal Democrats strongly believe in climate change and also advocate the advance of EU-intergration, however they have called for a referendum at times on this issue.

no point commenting on the LD tbh. Theyll never get into power.

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Green Party of England and Wales

The Green Party as you could guess from the name agree with the idea that humans are causing global warming/climate change. The Green Party also supports the legalization of drugs such as cannabis. The Green Party wants NATO to disband and wants the UK to be a part of the EU but does not support the EU on the grounds that they consider it undemocratic.

humans arent causing global warming, were just catalysts. green party probably wont get my vote

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British National Party

The British National Party (BNP) opposes immigration and believes that the United Kingdom should have a closed-door policy on immigration. The BNP supports the nationalisation of most business and rejects 'Thatcherism'. The BNP believes that the United Kingdom should withdraw from the European Union.

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An interesting site is http://www.takethequiz.co.uk/ which gives a good indicator of which party you're views are more similar too, of course it doesn't mean you have to support them.

What political party do you support and why?

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^^ bold.
plus that site breaks for me