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Exactly

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I am voting SNP and there is no chance of them winning a general election but i still believe you should vote for who will represent you best.A balanced parliament will give the SNP a better chance of getting concessions for Scotland so every MP we get will give us a better bargaining tool

What % of the population actually bother the ar$es to vote?

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

At general elections I think the figure is usually around 70%.

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Grandad,

But, we are not a dictatorship, we are a parliamentary democracy founded on a constitutional monarchy. The checks and balances within the system allow strong government to operate without allowing it to be too extreme, as would happen in a dictatorship.

PR produces weak government where radical 'fixes' can very rarely take place. Under our system, a government can be radical but stands to be thrown out next time round if it lurches too far in one direction or another; Or, indeed, if it looses control, which is what has happened to this government, IMHO.

You have the views of the majority, the majority of people vote in their representative within the constituency.

Seems to me that people who want PR are bitter losers, a bit like you really

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

In reality, we still have a government in the house of commons which is elected by a minority and doesn't represent the majority.
It's backed up by an appointed (not elected) house of lords and headed by a powerless figurehead who holds the job by birthright.
That's not very democratic IMO

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It has worked for c400 years, from conventions and statutes developed since the 11th century. Very few countries can say that.

roll on friday, then at least we wont see the useless chinless spineless money-grabbing fiddling twisting unemployable [edited by admin] for another 5 years.................

who doesnt wanna slap this face?

Everyone's a loser in this country as it stands...... Unless you have the position of the Lord Ashcrofts of this country.....
The real truth is most are sheep to be led by the two party system and the banks which are all in bed together and there is nothing you can do about it!!
Truth: Money is real power and the banks know it!!

Its the likes of Mandelson that bugs me...Unelected and in the Cabinet controlling things, that Slimeball should stay in the Lords along with his ermine clad Cronies..

They know games up.

When Labour start telling thier life-long supporters NOT to vote Labour you just know they are packing thier bags for a long holiday


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The general election is just two days away.

For the first time in over a decade, there is a real and serious threat that the Tories could come back to power.

On Thursday - polling day - we are not just deciding who holds the keys to Downing Street. We are voting on jobs, on our public services, and on our rights - whether to elect a government that will protect them, or a government that will put them at risk.

Listen to the stories of real workers who depend on a Labour government:




Watch this video: Don't forget what the Tories did last time

The threat of a Conservative government doesn't just lie in the hands of the Tories. With David Cameron and Nick Clegg in the race, the threat is twice as big this time around.

Let's not kid ourselves - the Liberal Democrats do not speak up for working people. Nick Clegg likes to talk about fairness, but scratch the surface and you can see what they really stand for.

Just last week, Vince Cable announced that the Lib Dems are opposed to the Working Time Directive - the Europe-wide right to paid leave and minimum breaks at work. And that's just the start - they're also planning to take away vital tax credits from 2.5 million people - making it harder for working families to make ends meet.

Sounds an awful lot like the Tories, doesn't it?

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We have to remind them that Labour is the only party that stands up for ordinary families and protects workers' rights. Every single vote will count in stopping the Tories and Lib Dems - that's why I'll be spending polling day knocking on doors and reminding people to vote Labour.

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The Labour movement has always relied on trade unionists and grassroots campaigners coming together to protect jobs and fight for workers' rights. We have never needed to fight more than now.

Helen

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I can quite understand why a trade union doesnt want a tory goverment, but its nothing to with trade or job cuts is it really, last time the tories ripped union rule to shreds, this time they could just finish em off

after the way unions wrecked UK industry through the 70's its a bit rich to slag off the tories

car factories, steel works, shipyards, pits, all just about shagged by unions, the leaders of which wanted to run the companies and/or the country

vote tory!