voting today

I think if you are undecided you should vote for the candiate that will stop the Conservatives under Boris Johnson getting a majority. We should be voting for hope not hate and I am afraid to say it our current PM will stop at nothing to remain in power regardless of any consequences, he is a blatant liar that was to afraid to have interviews with Andrew Neil or GMTV as he knew we would crack under pressure.
So I hope he never has to deal with any high stakes deals where there might be pressure oh wait we still have to work out trade deals

Jura2 and there was me thinking all you were bothered about was the exchange rate and your pension when we leave the EU. ?

Touch of virtue signalling in your post as well I think. Holier than thou lol.

I've just voted for Esther McVey Conservative no Brexit Party candidate here unfortunately otherwise I would have voted for them.

If you're really undecided but don't wish to write something rude on your voting slip you could make protest by voting for one of the dafter parties.
We've got a 'militant Elvis' (Lord knows what his policies are!) but I decided to be sensible.

Its just that I recall how we suffered under the last Labour government and the legacy thereafter, having to pick up the piece of their profligacy. So perhaps I'm still stinging!
Have you even seen Diane Abbott during this contest... she whose son had a private education but now wants rid of the public schools! They're all hypocrites when it suits them.
I'm voting for those that I perceive will do the least damage to our economy, so we can hope to make life better for all of us.

The 2008 crash was entirely predictable Northern Rock were giving 125% mortgages and Independent Financial Advisors were certifying mortgages for those that couldn’t afford them, just to get the commission. RBS were taking shares in developments without collateral.
The FSA were there to ensure stability but they sat on their fat backsides enjoying expense account lunches and watched it happen, the BoE were not blameless either.
The US was even worse but we did not have to follow suit, most other nations did not.

Worryingly, Diane Abbott went out to vote this morning wearing 2 odd mis-matched shoes, and both for the left foot, without seeming to notice!!!! Photos online and in various newspapers.

It doesn’t matter how I vote it’s a very safe Tory seat, however I would be very surprised and pleased if it’s a hung parliament

Diane Abbott who would be in charge of our security, you couldn't make it up could you she can't even pick out a pair of shoes that match. God help us if Labour get in.

I went out to vote at 11am. There was a long queue. I've never known such a thing here! The lady sitting taking the numbers said they'd been extremely busy.
I wonder what the outcome will be.

Eloethan.....I’m biased too, not many people aren’t!
However some of us are trying to answer the OP without instructing them to vote for the Party we choose, but giving them a reason to go and vote.

Who cares what shoes people are wearing? Just good that people vote

Jura2 and GagaJo, financially I am in a similar situation as you, and I fully agree with your sentiments. If I am taxed more, I can afford it, and am happy that some will fund the welfare state, however, from a selfish point of view, that extra tax will also help to fund the NHS, eduction, police, fire service etc - all of which will benefit me. Not all the extra tax will be spent on the welfare state! Also, the percentage of tax spent on benefit scroungers will be a drop in the ocean, compared to the billions in tax not paid by companies who use a loophole to avoid paying it.

I’m so glad that someone has seen a long queue, at least it’s not fake news

Just so Curlywhirly

Exactly, indeed.

Curlywhirly- may I share your post about procedure re postal votes, please, saying 'a friend from another site' or similar (or your choice of words) re postal votes procedure. Will not of course, if you'd rather not. Thanks.

Jura2 that's fine, if you check the flow-chart supplied by the Electoral Commission, the procedure is there for all to see. As I said in a later post, the procdure for voting by post has slightly changed since I did it (I have been retired now a few years) but the flow-chart is uptodate.

Thanks.

I have voted for a candidate I dont like as the alternative was DUP!

We done, kircubbin The DUP do not and never have represented the majority of NI voters, who want to Remain in the EU.

Thanks to the DUP propping up the Tories, we are now threatened with a hard brexit and a border in the Irish Sea. So much for Unionism!

I am not virtual signalling but I think it is a normal human trait to be altruistic towards those less fortunate than ourselves. I try to consider how policies may affect the less fortunate in society when I vote. We could not have survived as a species by being completely self serving.

I know that if we end up with an ultra right wing government poorer people will not be enabled to live better lives.

That is the danger we are in right now Green

The young are the future

Love that- and I did exactly as I was asked- for once

Johnson hasn’t voted in Uxbridge??

Even he doesn’t want himself to get in

How utterly bizarre