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Nov 2019
10:54am, 13 Nov 2019
15,816 posts
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Angus Clydesdale
Much the same as he was saying in the '80s I expect.
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Nov 2019
11:28am, 13 Nov 2019
68,057 posts
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Gobi
So this is potentially a world first post which I may cut and paste to use elsewhere
I don't do Politics and as I sit here having just turned 49 I find myself in a quandary.
I may actually have to vote. It has taken my entire adult life to this point for a topic to be so important and divisive that I may engage in our political process.
Here is what bothers me. Life is bigger than BREXIT and if I vote tactically for what I now believe on this topic it may well mean I help get an MP who does not align with ANYTHING else I actually agree with.
However, I did consider this quite a lot, these other topics have never bothered me enough to vote before so does that mean for one election(I will probably stop again) I should vote and just vote around my beliefs on BREXIT ?
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Nov 2019
12:11pm, 13 Nov 2019
2,031 posts
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fraggle
I think I this case Yes Gobi. I voted tactically fir the first time at the last election and the local Tory was ousted, will do the same again this time, as I know my LibDem vote would be a waste
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Nov 2019
12:14pm, 13 Nov 2019
15,820 posts
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Angus Clydesdale
Me too
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Nov 2019
12:25pm, 13 Nov 2019
4,544 posts
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The Scribbler
At least you're thinking about it Gobi, not blindly voting for a party because you've always voted that way, or because of what you believe they may/may not do.
Personally I always vote, but I respect anyone's right to choose not to. I'll be reading the main parties' manifestos and weighing up how much I think they can deliver. I have a strong opinion on Brexit, but am not sure anyone can undo the mess it's in now.
At the moment I'm coming down on the side of choosing the least worst option. I'd love to be able to cast my vote in a more positive manner.
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Nov 2019
12:42pm, 13 Nov 2019
20,013 posts
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TRO Saracen
Brexit is a once in a generation thing; if we exit we are unlikely to go back in for a couple of decades, at least. Revoke and it’s unlikely we’ll ever leave, having not got away this time.
The ‘other’ policies can shift every 5 years, arguably we have one main party which rebuilds public services but destroys public finance and the other which rebuilds public finance but destroys public services.
Ergo, probably better to prioritise Brexit.
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Nov 2019
1:18pm, 13 Nov 2019
5,284 posts
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Battlecat
It's hard, isn't it!
I'd echo with what the others say and vote on Brexit. it's such a huge issue and impacts on so many areas of our lives that any other manifesto promises are basically irrelevant until we know what we're doing anyway.
My vote this time will be a vote against things rather than for anything. But in a safe seat with FPTP it regularly is.
in other news. IBS. And I've got bruised knuckles from whacking the lane ropes 
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Nov 2019
1:38pm, 13 Nov 2019
68,062 posts
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Gobi
Understand I don't vote in ANYTHING, I have NEVER voted.
If I vote
I will only vote 1 of 2 ways so pretty much now know what I will do (if I vote). There is a single party I won't consider because of their leader and I don't want to live with being part of the reason he is in power. Strangely I can live with doing nothing and him being in power.
I do apologise for bring politics into this thread but you guys are probably the only people I can talk to about this who won't go off the reservation no matter what I decide.
In more normal news - I've been running :¬)
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Nov 2019
1:51pm, 13 Nov 2019
1,238 posts
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Recoil
Votings dammed tricky business these days.
Do I vote one way and (possibly) cost my family around £7k a year but potentially align with something I believe in or do I vote the other way, keep the cash and get something I don't want.
(I think that's about as clearer description I can give without getting into actual naming and shaming)
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Nov 2019
5:02pm, 13 Nov 2019
11,581 posts
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Badger
Agree with the above: do it, POD.
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