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

Going off on a bit of a tangent.... What do people feel about candidates who are not from your area.
Out of the 8 in our constituency 4 were from other areas, we even had 1 from Oxford and 1 from south Wales. I wonder if they've ever spent more than a couple of hours here.....

 

Oh my mate, say hello from me next time you see him.

 

Mine has a weekend cottage around here. Must say that the roads in its local vicinity are probably the best in the county (which actually means the only good ones in the county)!!

 

Probably not a good idea. I only met him once and we had words too!

 

So he's into tropical plants as well?
I didn't know that.

 

I pay over £1000 my house is only band B. They have cut everything. closed the council offices apart fro 4 centres, Mad loads redundant even the \hackney cab inspectors was cut by half loads of redundancies my friend husband was a senior hackney inspector he got made redundant and now has a part time job as a lecturer his wife is an administrator in another council office she has had to apply every year for her job and is clinging on by finger tips closed all the elderly clubs only kept libraries open by sharing accommodation with the police, loads of police civilians mad redundant. Libraries cut staff by half. we only get fortnightly bin removals. We have had 58% cuts there is nothing else left to cut unless they stop social care all together, roads not repaired now. I think it is awful how we have all been treated yet they gave them selves a 10% pay rise, subsidised drinks in the commons, generous expenses allowances that half of them cheat by over they say the conservatives will stay in power according to the exit poll they will destroy us here in the north west God help us!

 

I think I've had about three hours' sleep cos I've been watching it on and off all night.

I am delighted that the Conservatives are performing so well. I do think though that we should have proportional representation. In percentage of votes terms UKIP have approx 1.5m votes so far, yet only one MP, whereas SNP have a similar number and over 50. That needs to change.

 

I decided to do this to my ballot paper in the end.

 

I'm not. The NHS was a good idea whilst it lasted.

The election is there to vote for somebody to represent your area at the seat of government. So the MP should reflect the political mood of that area. The MPs collectively then reflect the mood of the country as a whole.
If we go with PR we may as well do away with MPs (and leave the local elections to reflect that mood) and just elect a central voting body for Westminster. All it would achieve is local government being at odds with national government.
I believe that a lot of things need changing but this is one that I personally feel is best left alone.