Facebook General Election.

JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

500,000 people have voted so far, current results are as follows: -
Gordon Brown 27%
David Cameron 31%
Nick Clegg 42%

To be fair half of Facebook users aren't old enough to vote. But that's quite a large poll. Thumbs Up

How about BCF? Night before the election, who are you going to vote for? Or is there anybody who still hasn't made their mind up?
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Phoenix · Twisted Firestarter Joined: 01 Aug 2002 Karma :

I hate polls like that, it's like the ones you get on surveys that only include the 3 main party leaders, no option for none of them or another party, I won't vote in the ones on YouGuv that ask that question because I won't contribute to false Daily Mail statistics such as "57% of voters want David Cameron to be Prime Minister!!!", purely because they only gave you the choice of 3.

panrider_uk · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Karma :

I voted Tory.

Not many posters in this thread.

Maybe the title is putting them off. I nearly never bothered opening it (not a Facebook user).

Mark
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SoND · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Karma :

Do you know how to vote in real life?

The BBC will explain it to you. Brick Wall

We don't need a country run by someone who has been voted in by people who are too braindead to figure this out.

https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/first_time_voter/8518247.stm
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The Artist · Super Spammer Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Karma :

Im going to vote soon.

Which one will legalise marijuana AND sort out everything else?

panrider_uk · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Karma :

I expected the Beeb's instructions to be:

1. Visit polling station
2. Get ballot paper
3. Put a cross next to Labour
4. Put ballot paper in ballot box
5. Leave polling station

Mark
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ms51ves3 · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Jun 2007 Karma :

I voted Labour. Doesn't really matter though as Labour will win the seat no matter what.

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pa_broon74 · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Mar 2006 Karma :

The BBC news crowd are great at dumming things down. They had a page explaining what a hung parliament was (presumably some people thought it was a reaction to the expenses scandal.)

One thing that really depressed me recently and please don't think I'm an old bufty as I merely surfed past radio 4 on the way to another station. It was some phone in debate type program, I was horrified at the attitude of the people phoning in, it was worse than the Jeremy Vine Show on R2.

It wasn't that they were thick as such, they were seriously bigoted and indescribably smug about themselves. When I type shit in here, I know no one cares. These folk talked as if the world revolved around them and seemed mortally offended that it might not be the case.

With this election, I don't think you can get a fag paper between the three main parties so I think people will just default to who they normally vote for. Its interesting, even with 43% of the vote Clegg still wouldn't get in to no. 10. Brown would though on 27%.

Or so we are told.

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Phoenix · Twisted Firestarter Joined: 01 Aug 2002 Karma :

ms51ves3 · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Jun 2007 Karma :

I voted for them because I do want them Rolling Eyes

But my vote will have next to no bearing on the result.

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Alexio · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Aug 2009 Karma :

I voted conservative today.
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MaybeGuy · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Karma :

probably no point voting for the ones that want pakkis and muslims out. as they probably outnumber the normal people.
i will not be voting.
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Seb · World Chat Champion Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Karma :

Whilst cutting benefits out obviously isn't going to work, the system as a whole does need a long hard overhaul as it just doesn't work, not only is there abuse from households making a career of breeding, you have people caught in the benefits trap that quite literally can't afford to get back into work. Labour made murmurs about trying to address that years ago but I'm pretty sure nothing of any real substance actually happened there.

*edit* oops, wrong thread for that one Embarassed

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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Benefits should be cut for career benefit claimants or for those who're offered work but don't accept it. The benefits system should be there as a safety net to be help people if necessary.

Child benefit should be completely removed under all circumstances, if you want to have a kid then you need to be able to pay for it.