If you lived in the UK how would you vote?

[Hippo_Tron]

I'd go Labour all the way and keep Blair in office for now. He did support the war but he also supported a UN government in the aftermath. Unfortunately I wish he would've stood up to Bush more on this issue. Anyway how would you vote? Labour, Liberal Democrat, Conservative (you probably shouldn't be posting here in that case).

[Maple]

1. Liberal

Labour and the Tories are played out.

Time for a major change

[alexwcovington]

2. LIberal Democrat

Blair has shafted his party. It's not gonna stop with that one riding... Labour is going to get replaced...

[saoirse]

3. Lib Dem

As long as Blair is the Labour Party leader.

[not systems]

4. Liberal Democrat

Let Blair be the man who destroyed his party.

[hedda_foil]

5. Lib Dem ...

Push New Labour's back against the wall and form a coalition with Old Labour.

[CarlBallard]

6. Depends

If I lived in London or somewhere where LD had a chance, I'd vote Liberal. If I lived elswhere, I'd probably vote Labur and if I lived in Northern Ireland I'd probably vote SDLP.

Now ask me about if I lived in Sweeden :)

[WillyBrandt]

7. Lib Dem

Even though Charles Kennedy seems like he's got some mental problems. If there was a Labour Upheaval and anyone else, including Gordon Brown, got in there, then I'd vote Labour.

[Wwagsthedog]

9. ABB

Works for me here and would work in the UK too.

[SmileyBoy]

8. Depends on the candidate. I could go Labour or Lib Dem.

It would mostly be an issue-by-issue thing. If I lived in Pennsylvania, for example, I would vote for Arlen Specter.

[Dead_Parrot]

10. LibDem...

...current Lab MP, Margaret Moran (Says it all!) is one of the Blairites who voted for the war - a fact we haven't forgotten here...

[IndianaGreen]

11. Liberal Democrat

The hell with Blair and his New Labour!

[Mairead]

12. LibDem

[T_i_B]

13. Liberal Democrat

Way better than "new" labour. I live in a tory constituency, but I'm not convinced at all that an identikit "new" labour candidate would make any difference. Check out the Lib Dem website for more.

http://www.libdems.org.uk/

[dudeness]

14. i would agitate for a leadership change

within the labour party..take back some leftist ground and relaunch the party under a solid leadership team ..albiet minus blair..

[Vladimir]

15. Labour

I live in dear old blighty, and though I am a foreign national, if I had the vote its Labour every time. Because there is no left-wing alternative. The Liberal Democrats are a party of opportunists and political amateurs, who are currently singing left wing tunes because it suits them. Once in power, as shown by their record on local government, they frequently govern from the right. There is no chance of a Lib-Dem/Old Labour alliance because Old Labour knows where the Lib-Dems hearts are... in the center btw. Labour and the Tories. But Tony Blair has taken Labour so far right that there is no room there any more. The only option is to vote Labour, join the party and, where faced with a New Labour MP, deselect, deselect, deselect...

Besides, I doubt all this will be relevant much longer... if anyone can get the balls for a leadership challege together, Blair is as weak as he will ever be now.

[newyawker99]

16. Hi Vladimir!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Kamika]

17. labour

Sorry but only labour and tories have a chance to win and labour is the least of the two evils

[muriel_volestrangler]

18. Depends where you live

Since about 70,000 voters per constituency elect one MP, and that MP is in Parliament whatever the national vote looks like. In some areas Labour doesn't stand a chance, so if you hate Tories, you vote Lib Dem, whichever you'd really prefer of them or Labour.

Even if you don't think Lib Dems have a chance for an overall win, you can vote for them either to stop your hated party winning, as above, or in the hope of getting a hung parliament (as Scotland has now). In that case, the biggest party has to do deals with one or more of the smaller parties, which means they can get a few of their policies agreed on, in return for support on the rest. Most of Europe governs like this the whole time, since their voting systems tend to be fairer as regards the overall vote of the country.

[T_i_B]

19. Which brings us to the Lib Dem's pet issue

Namly proportional representation. It has been the Lib Dems main issue for many years now and I must admit that whilst I like Lib Dem policies on Iraq, the UN, Kyoto, education, healthcare, taxation etc I am not a proponent of PR. I don't like the PR system in the EU elections where you vote for a party list and none of the others holds much appeal for me either. If you want to know what I do like I am very much an admirer of the US constitution. Checks & balances, seperation of power, mmmmmm I like that. :-)

[AWD]

20. Same way I do here

How would I vote? Same way as always.

I'd drive to the polling place, and use the voting machine.

Why, have I been doing it wrong or something???

[Spentastic]

22. we don't have machines

so you'd be flummoxed. We have stupid things like paper and audit trails. We also tend to frown on people stealing elections

[AWD]

24. Oh....

...(head down, shoulders slumped, kicks dirt softly). Gee, thanks for ruining my joke (sniff)

No seriously, thanks. I never knew that.

[Spentastic]

25. Oh that's O.K

We do loads of odd stuff like that. Having pancakes for breakfast for example would be widely frowned upon.

You post made me laugh. That's why I felt compelled to join in.

[T_i_B]

23. We don't have voting machines

You put an X next to your candidate of choice and the votes are counted manually. I can't say I want voting machines, text message voting, internet voting or anything else like that either.

[Minstrel Boy]

21. Socialist Alliance

I could not bring myself to vote for Labour given Blair's legacy, even without Iraq.

The Socialist Alliance offers, it says, a "real alternative to the New Labour-Tory consensus". Supporters include Harold Pinter and director Ken Loach.

http://www.socialistalliance.net/