Boat Drinks Virtual Election

[Glaucus]

PR isn't enough. As you still have to vote tactically, even more so than know. We need total separation between local and National.

[Briggykins]

I'd like a Lib/Lab coalition. Can't see it happening though.

[Blighter]

I'm not voting as no policies really effect me - the only tax I pay is income tax, don't drive so nothing there, rent a room so no council tax/etc. They all seem pretty much the same anyway

[volospian]

Can't vote Clegg, I want the UK to retain her deterant and nuclear power...

[Garp]

Originally Posted by AcidHell2

PR isn't enough. As you still have to vote tactically, even more so than know. We need total separation between local and National.

Agreed... kinda. It's a tricky mess. If your local rep doesn't have a voice in parliament, how can they be effective?

[Pickers]

Tough choice on who to run the country, so I stuck who I voted for for my local constituency. Cant stand Brown really, but have grown up with the ideals of labour; thats the labour of old mind you.

Conservatives have an interesting viewpoint on education... and as a teacher I'm not sure its in everyones best interests. Having said that, Labour have made it too easy to attend university and, in my opinion, devalued it somewhat. I overheard a conversation in the bank the other day, a kid opening a student account and the woman was asking what degree he was going to university to study for...
"photography and media promotion" or something.

Is that REALLY a degree? Its a diploma... surely...

Met some people the other week two, who were massaging their egos about getting a 2:1 in their university course (which is actually a college of arts, turned university status).
My modesty nearly exploded when I admitted to a 1st hons masters in Physics. Degrees are 2 a penny now.

Edit: Appologies if my views offended anyone, they are just that, my view.

[Matblack]

Originally Posted by volospian

Can't vote Clegg, I want the UK to retain her deterant and nuclear power...

A lot of people seem to think that scrapping Trident is the same as giving up nuclear arms, the Labservatives might want you to think that but it isn't Lib Dem policy.

MB

[Pickers]

Lib dems are claiming they will block all building applications for new nuclear power stations...

My friend is employed at Hinkley point nuclear power station, working in the reactor being decommisioned. They are applying to build a new station to replace the old. Although they agree with lib dem policies in other matters, if they voted for them, they'd be voting themselves out of the job quite literally.

[divine]

The nuclear power thing is the one thing that I really take issue with the lib dem policy and they back it up with waffle about not being quick enough to help reduce emissions, which shouldn't be the point. Emissions are irrelevant, what we need is a solid dependable energy source for the future, something only nuclear energy will provide us and it needs to be invested in now.

[Glaucus]

Originally Posted by Garp

Agreed... kinda. It's a tricky mess. If your local rep doesn't have a voice in parliament, how can they be effective?

I would like to think some system where the parties decide which MPs they take to parliament, those holding seats getting priority. You will have a few that don't hold local seats for the winners and a few who hold local seats that are in parliament for the losing parties.
But they have to be de-linked, what is good locally is not what is good nationally. Hopefully see more independents win locally that way that are actually interested in local events.