General Election: Who the hell am I going to vote for???

But what would that actually achieve.
The system of first past the post needs modernising so that we either whittle down the candidates and get to make a second vote, or we have proportional representation, where by nobody's vote is wasted.

Spoilt ballot papers just get thrown away.

 

another @fat controller ,
Jenny

 

You only get the chance to vote every 5 years, for Gods sake don't waste it., I wasn't actually serious when I said I won't bother to vote.

Exactly, achieves nothing.

 

Exactly. How can a private company do it cheaper and still make a profit? The government mantra will be better efficiency. To me that means one of two things (or both);
1] poor management/management structure in the public sector, quite possibly from the top down
or
2] the private sector exploits their employees and/or employment law.

Clearly it couldn't be that certain palms have been well and truly greased could it

 

I'm with the rotund Man in charge above..
Osbourne demonstrated the ability the politicians have to look like spoilt children and stand and tell lie after lie..
On budget day he told us all we were well and truly on the up !! The country owes far less than when they came into power which is of course a massive porkie.. Stay with us he says our plan is clearly working !!
The following day he tells us we are in fact in the crap and 19 Billion quid must be saved over the next term !

Public spending has been cut to the bone and the NHS is a shadow of what it once was. Councils are all but bust so where are these savings to be had ? Perhaps the politicians will hand back the 11 percent rise they had while nurses had 1 percent ?
Just watch what is left of public services shredded even more . The disabled will get a kicking along with folk who are genuinly in need.

I'm begging to dislike this country... Sorry ..

 

On a lighter note can anyone recall the telly program where people have to spot the liar ????

Well the mongrels in power wouldn't do much for viewing figures ....

 

Call my bluff? Really funny program.

 

No [1], they get separated, counted and the numbers reported, just like votes for candidates. They are stored with all the deemed valid ballots actually cast for candidates and are ultimately disposed of at the same time as all the others.

[1] All ballot papers ultimately get thrown away.

 

Maybe I just meant that they have no bearing on the outcome of the election.

 

Does anyone remember the nationalised industries of the 70s?

Or the council workers,.... two blokes leaning and one digging.


They always were overstaffed, had strong unions, and took the pee out of the tax payer.

Not sure what the answer is, but to go back to those days is not it.

 

............equals..............

 

That's why council shovels were 4 inch's longer, thanks for that

 

Isn't it about 65% of (valid) votes cast that have no bearing on the outcome? That's way in excess of a tiny amount of 'spoilt' ballots. It might reach a new high in the next GE if votes are further fragmented between all sorts of parties.

I reckon it could be a 50:50 chance of a Labour/Conservative Coalition the way things are going.

 

Now it's 4 blokes leaning on shovels while one works .. The other 6 of the 10 crew are on health and safety courses but don't worry cos the dozens of managers are on the case ......