Who The Hell Will Win The Next Election

[black_cat51]

I know there are people who will jsut vote how they always vote, but i honestly can't see ANY viable party for power
conservative = many people are extremely disillusioned with their policies
Lib dem = their supporters are disappointed at all the concesions they've had to make on their policies because they are in a coalition
labour = seriously, would anyone vote for ed milliband to run the country
Ukip = i am not sure that enough people would support their right wing policies

honestly, who do you think will win?
It looks like another coalition to me

[pixie373]

There is nobody i want to vote for and never has been. Having just been reading a News thread by aog, it seems to show once politicians get to 50, they are already too out of date.

[emmie]

problem with that scenario is that if we all took that stance, no one would get elected ever, so who would be running the country

[jeffa]

I think that's an increasingly common viewpoint, pixie. Elections are all about personalities, and there's just no-one in any party who has one, IMO. Whatever side of the political spectrum you sit, politicians like Thatcher and Blair were hugely charismatic and were very successful in urging people to get to the voting booth. I think that the next election will probably return a Labour government, but with one of the lowest turnouts for generations.

[pixie373]

Teenagers. They know everything. Seriously, we need to stop encouraging all these by voting for them. There seems to be so little choice, out of 60 million people.

[pixie373]

Yes, jeffa. I would want someone i could like and trust.

[mikey4444]

In what way is it mathematical nonsense jeffa ?

Scotland currently sends 59 MPs to Westminster. In 2010, 58 of them were not Tories. So dave had to get at least 59 seats elsewhere in Britain, to make up for the ones he failed to win in Scotland. If the Scots do decide to drift away, it is likely that the remaining constituency's in the rest of Britain may need their borders changing. But the Tories have their power base in England, not Scotland and certainly not in Wales.

[jeffa]

LOL!

What does 650 minus 59 make?

[emmie]

ordinary joe bloggs wouldn't likely go into politics, much of it now is a career choice, no form of work early on, as they use to once, taking part in local politics, now it seems many jump straight from college, uni into working for a party, MP. Some have had jobs before, but that seems to be getting less, and not so much the get your hands dirty type work, so it must be hard to see how the other half live, if you haven't been part of it yourself.

[pixie373]

Yes. Perhaps it shouldn't be a full-time career, but a mix of people and backgrounds.

[berniecuddles]

re the vote on Scottish independance bookies make it 1/4 on the no vote
9/4 yes vote

[emmie]

pixie, agreed, but its unlikely to happen, our disillusionment with politics and politicians has seen to that, now its those who leave Uni and decide that they want to be another Milliband, Cameron, no experience outside of mainstream politics.