general election on june 8th

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  1. Brush

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    Quite, only 3 significant (based on % of vote last time) parties are openly pro-Europe; Lib-Dems, SNP and The Green Party. It's not beyond the bounds of possibility that these could sweep up a decent chunk of that 48% AND the people who voted out and now regret it.
     
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    I do expect the Lib Dems to see an upturn in the number of seats returned on the basis of their clear stance on the EU, something Labour are lacking (amongst many things). But these will be evenly split between gains from Tories and gains from Labour.

    Labour will do appallingly because they don't have the compelling clear message on anything.

    Vote Tory if your primary tactical motive is to ensure Brexit happens in its current planned format.

    Vote Lib Dem if you want to take a stance againgst Brexit.

    Vote Green if you want to waste your vote.

    Vote UKIP if you don't really know what you are doing because all it can achieve is to take votes from the Tories who are the party to deliver the brexit you must want to be thinking of voting UKIP.

    Vote Labour if.....don't know. Half the Labour vote want Brexit. No idea what Labour would deliver on that. Many others are not as hard left as Labour currently is and feel disenfranchised. Not sure who's left.
     
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    NO. Vote Green if you genuinely believe that the human race is hell-bent on destroying the planet and want to stop it before it's too late.

    Vote for any of the others if you couldn't care less about it.
     
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    The Lib Dems are fighting the election on the basis of remaining in the EU. Tim Farron confirmed that yesterday.
     
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    A vote for UKIP is a vote for the Tories.
     
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    The Ten Commandments according to Theresa May and her Government.

    I am your greedy, grasping god who brought you into eternal slavery.
    An opportunistic Chancer of a god.
    You shall have no other gods before me.

    You shall not make false, fake images of me to display on social media, for I am your monetary god. I am a jealous, spying god, punishing your children for your sins in future generations for those who hate and despise me, but giving innumerable BIG tax cuts to those who love me and follow my Conservative ideology.

    You shall not misuse my name. Under my orders, GCHQ are watching you at all times. The ' British Bill of Rights' will ensure that my name will be revered and you will be punished forcibly and without constraint.

    There is no Sabbath day. We have abolished it. Seven days shall you labour and toil and graft in return for very low pay , zero hour contract jobs, no pensions, no paid leave or holidays and no future.

    Honour your father and your mother only if they vote Conservative and understand our ideology of ' Profit before People 'at every opportunity.

    You shall not murder unless it's authorised by the 'Department for Work and Pensions' who are permitted to ask the all important question " Haven't you killed yourself yet?"

    You shall not commit adultery unless you are 'one of us' then it's allowable.

    You shall not steal unless it's from the poor, the disadvantaged, the weak, the needy, the vulnerable, the disabled, the so called 'Benefits Scroungers ' or immigrants, then it is perfectly acceptable.

    You can give false witness against your neighbour. You may lie through your back teeth if it keeps you in power or it provides an opportunity to gain financially at the misery of others.

    You shall not cover your neighbour's house unless you buy it at a knockdown price, then rent it out at an extortionate rent or pretend to live in it using 'flipping' to milk the taxpayer out of more funds.

    There is no god. Only the god of money. One of profit greed and monetary gain
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    Here endeth the Ten Commandments as followed by Theresa May and her Conservative Government.
     
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    48percent voted stay 4i in a ge would. Be a landslide
    Sorry to be pedantic here but a vote for ukip is a vote for the extreme right wing of the tory party
     
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    Thing is i wouldnt be suprised if the fishfinger won.
     
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    Having given it some thought, could do with UKIP doing surprisingly well in the Tory heartlands. Be really good of them to split the vote between them as there isn't that much difference in terms of policy.
     
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    Thing is, it'll almost certainly be Labour that will lose out to UKIP.
     
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    Ukip should do well in the tory heartlands. Their policies represent the aspirations of the wealthiest. Percentiles of our communities. Normal people the other 75 percent don't want to see the NHS privatised for example. Farage. Has openly said he want an American style. He's Waltham care schema

    I'm afraid. Ukip are all out for themselves
     
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    I can't for one min understand why a traditional labour supporter would choose ukip a party whose policies are so optuse to the policies that they have historical been opposed to
     
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    That was my point. UKIP are what the extreme version of the Tory party would be like, so if they split the Tory vote, then the other parties could benefit. The question is how many traditional Labour supporters would abandon their roots and vote against everything they previously believed in. Is being in or out of Europe (and Labour have said they will honour Brexit) more important to people than the NHS, education, benefits, etc?

    However, with the mainstream news already starting with their propaganda its doubtful that the readers would know until it was too late.
     
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    Because Labour areas overwhelmingly voted for Brexit and UKIP are known as the ones wanting the hardest version. I don't think a lot of people will look more closely at their policies than that.
     
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    Actually, the version that Farage himself wanted was like the Norway model - less extreme than the one the Tories are currently pursuing. Although to be fair Boris did say we'd be staying in the single market in the referendum campaign, then forgot all about it afterwards (like the bus).
     
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    Exactly
     
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    UKIP stand for hammering the working man eroding. Rights privatising the NHS front line
     

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