Who would you vote for in a snap election?

[toquark]

Possibly, but I think Scotland and NI are less unionist now than they were 10 years ago.

The SNP are putting people off independence for Scotland.
The Conservatives are doing the opposite.

The SNP's independence dream was over the minute they got into bed with the Greens. It's a lot less likely now than a year ago.

A lot of chickens coming home to roost post election up here and a lot of people are finally beginning to question competence of the SNP after 14 years in government. By just about every measure Scotland is performing worse than it was in 2007 and Nicola's MO of blaming Westminster for everything is starting to wear thin.

 

[Muck Spreader]

I would vote SNP as they are the only party who seem capable of holding the Conservatives to account atm. They should become a national UK party

 

[M-J-G]

There are such things as a multifaceted identity.

Of course there is, I'm not talking about how you identify yourself.

I'm referring how others identify those from NI, and the reality is that the majority from GB class anyone from across the Irish sea as being Irish.

 

[nivilla1982]

Of course there is, I'm not talking about how you identify yourself.

I'm referring how others identify those from NI, and the reality is that the majority from GB class anyone from across the Irish sea as being Irish.

and?

 

[M-J-G]

and?

And, what do you mean and, have you forgotten what your query was?

You seemed to be a bit confused/perplexed as to why someone from the mainland didn't think to include the NI parties, so I explained why that may have happened.

Come on sir, keep up.

 

[Oldmacdonald]

Why have none of the NI parties been included in the poll?

My apologies. I wrote the post quickly in between filling the sprayer. I'm admittedly ignorant over who the top two parties in NI are and planned to go back and add them in!

 

[Oldmacdonald]

Those that said Conservative. Why?

Is it their competence you admire? Their respect for our industry?

 

[Ashtree]

My apologies. I wrote the post quickly in between filling the sprayer. I'm admittedly ignorant over who the top two parties in NI are and planned to go back and add them in!

You prove the salient point. NI, isn’t anything which the average mainlander thinks of or cares about.

 

[Oldmacdonald]

You prove the salient point. NI, isn’t anything which the average mainlander thinks of or cares about.

Well that's not true, but you think what you like.

 

[M-J-G]

You prove the salient point. NI, isn’t anything which the average mainlander thinks of or cares about.

That's about it, the relationship is fairly one way.

 

[Wuffler]

Probably non of the above.

I didn't vote for Cameron and I certainly didn't vote for Johnson!
This is a new breed of 'Conservatism', one I don't recognise or particularly like to be honest...

 

[br jones]

Those that said Conservative. Why?

Is it their competence you admire? Their respect for our industry?

the best of a very bad bunch

 

[delilah]

Green. The party of the environment, the party of agriculture.

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

Those that said Conservative. Why?

Is it their competence you admire? Their respect for our industry?

Give a bloke a box full of broken bits to mend and then give him a hard time because it can't be fixed or its taking too long
Boris and the conservatives are far from good but ain't nothing better to replace them imo

 

[Oldmacdonald]

the best of a very bad bunch

Thanks for your opinion.

Any chance of a run down why you think the other major parties are worse?

 

[Henarar]

I would vote SNP as they are the only party who seem capable of holding the Conservatives to account atm. They should become a national UK party

Absolutely

 

[Hindsight]

Give a bloke a box full of broken bits to mend and then give him a hard time because it can't be fixed or its taking too long
Boris and the conservatives are far from good but ain't nothing better to replace them imo

Indeed.

The Conservative Party has been in power since 2010. Appreciate this was in coalition with Lib Dems until 2015. The Conservative Party offered and drove for the referendum to leave EU. The Leave part of the Conservative Party are in power. Yes, you may say the Remain contingent had some say during the period Mrs May tried to hold the two factions within the Conservative Party together. But overall sinc 2010 we have had a Conservative Government. And since 2016 a Conservative government that knew it had to move forward with UK outside the EU and deal with the consequences as laid out by the proponents of Leave - ie a Mr Johnson, Mr Gove et al. So Sir it is hardly as though Johnson has been handed a poison chalice. It is of his making and he I am sure had all the answers written in the Leave letter he wrote to himself in 2016 and the opposites in the Remain letter he wrote to himself at same time. So had all the bases covered.

Interesting times.

 

[Hindsight]

Who would you vote for in a snap election?

Where is the following options:

Abstain - do not vote.
Spoil ballot paper.

 

[M-J-G]

Give a bloke a box full of broken bits to mend and then give him a hard time because it can't be fixed or its taking too long
Boris and the conservatives are far from good but ain't nothing better to replace them imo

It's not like he was landed with it with no choice, he wanted it.

 

[JLLM]

Probably should vote Green, but realistically would vote Labour as they were a close second here last time round.