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

They seem to work out that way, people I have spoken to who live in an estate don't like it.

 

Bit of light humour thrown in

 

Val, except for the time I lived in London I have always lived on estates and I'm in my 50's now and have never had any problems, ok a bit of noise now and then but nothing too serious.

I find that comments like yours tend to create a " them and us" attitude and that is one of the problems we have in todays society.

 

Are we not forgetting here that UKIP came 4th. They didn't even win a new seat, they only held onto 1 which they won because if a defection, and the other seat which had a defected MP reverted back to the Conservatives.

And not forgetting that they didn't even take control of a single council in the local elections also taking place.

 

Most people I know live on estates of one kind or another.
Be it council or the posh "bought houses" as we used to call then when I was a kid.
I'd love to have a house without neighbours, but then I'm not a millionare.

Unless you have real money you end up on an Estate of some kind, these days.

You have to leave all that dinosaur thinking behind.
MPs for your area is a bit quaint, the bloke you vote for dont really give a monkeys about you as an individual, he only really thinks of the party he represents.
So as to getting an MP for your area, its all a bit silly.
Lets face it most of them dont even live in the area.

 

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I'm sorry Pete but we have an MP who has done fantastic work for our town. We were once the top carpet making town in the world and gradually all except 6 factories closed down. For years we were a dying town. He has in the last 5 years got 2 companies to take over an old boat building factory employing over 1000 people and has negotiated for Jaguar to come into town employing upto 3000 people.
He was born and grew up in Kidderminster and still lives here.

If you have an MP that doesn't work hard for their constituency then it us upto the voters to get rid. And if he isn't local then why vote for him in the first place.

 

[QUOTE="Anthony Rogers, post: 933842, member: 15810 ]
If you have an MP that doesn't work hard for their constituency then it us upto the voters to get rid. And if he isn't local then why vote for him in the first place.[/QUOTE]

So you are suggesting dont vote?
And I must admit that the candidate for my area could be a saint, but if he stands for the wrong party, I aint likely to vote for him.

 

Well, I'd like to wish for democracy.
The system at the moment is verging on corrupt, so really it needs to be sorted by those that are in the know, until that happens we might as well be living in a two party dictatorship.
Personally I dont want an MP, I just want a fair government.
Cant remember the last time I spoke to my MP, and in fact I dont even know who it is.

 

So you are suggesting dont vote?
And I must admit that the candidate for my area could be a saint, but if he stands for the wrong party, I aint likely to vote for him.[/QUOTE]
No Pete, I'm definitely not saying don't vote.