Where do you stand on David Cameron?

[Gandalf]

He's a Tory, so I don't rate him too highly. The two main parties are both different sides of the same coin to me. Only the Lib Dems are suggesting anything remotely interesting to me and that is a wasted vote as they have no chance of becoming elected. Labour do not deserve to get reelected, but what alternative is there? Labour became well and truly bastardised and it's a shame John Smith died when he did. But maybe Labours transformation into Conservative-lite was inevitable. Who knows? I won't cry if the Tories under Cameron get in, but it isn't ideal.

There is no such thing as a wasted vote IMO, though sometimes you have to be strategic. If you believe in something you should vote for it. At worst, it will at least encourage those you vote for to keep trying to further their agenda.

If I was back home I would no doubt vote. The last party I voted for was Lib Dem and it would probably be the same again. I'm a Labour man at heart though, a traditional Labour man, so it's frustrating that the party simply doesn't represent nor talk to me. I'm sure there are others like me who are alienated Labour people who will have gone for the Lib Dem option. But to vote Lib Dem means that the Tories are more likely to get in as those votes are not going to Labour. I could continue my current fascist streak and support the BNP, but that would be a bit evil and I am really not all that evil. Though I do think that thieving Romanian gypsy children should be executed.

[CFH]

He's a Tory, so I don't rate him too highly. The two main parties are both different sides of the same coin to me. Only the Lib Dems are suggesting anything remotely interesting to me and that is a wasted vote as they have no chance of becoming elected. Labour do not deserve to get reelected, but what alternative is there? Labour became well and truly bastardised and it's a shame John Smith died when he did. But maybe Labours transformation into Conservative-lite was inevitable. Who knows? I won't cry if the Tories under Cameron get in, but it isn't ideal.

There is no such thing as a wasted vote IMO, though sometimes you have to be strategic. If you believe in something you should vote for it. At worst, it will at least encourage those you vote for to keep trying to further their agenda.

If I was back home I would no doubt vote. The last party I voted for was Lib Dem and it would probably be the same again. I'm a Labour man at heart though, a traditional Labour man, so it's frustrating that the party simply doesn't represent nor talk to me. I'm sure there are others like me who are alienated Labour people who will have gone for the Lib Dem option. But to vote Lib Dem means that the Tories are more likely to get in as those votes are not going to Labour. I could continue my current fascist streak and support the BNP, but that would be a bit evil and I am really not all that evil. Though I do think that thieving Romanian gypsy children should be executed.

I don't know anything about British politics, are the Liberal Democrats to the left of Labour?

[Gandalf]

There is no such thing as a wasted vote IMO, though sometimes you have to be strategic. If you believe in something you should vote for it. At worst, it will at least encourage those you vote for to keep trying to further their agenda.

If I was back home I would no doubt vote. The last party I voted for was Lib Dem and it would probably be the same again. I'm a Labour man at heart though, a traditional Labour man, so it's frustrating that the party simply doesn't represent nor talk to me. I'm sure there are others like me who are alienated Labour people who will have gone for the Lib Dem option. But to vote Lib Dem means that the Tories are more likely to get in as those votes are not going to Labour. I could continue my current fascist streak and support the BNP, but that would be a bit evil and I am really not all that evil. Though I do think that thieving Romanian gypsy children should be executed.

I don't know anything about British politics, are the Liberal Democrats to the left of Labour?

That's an interesting question. Traditionally Labour has always been much more to the left than the Lib Dems, but I'm not sure that can be said for today nor in recent years. The Lib Dems were the only party opposed to the war and they are the only party suggesting a real harder line with the banking sector. So, if anything it just seems to me the party of common sense; especially compared to the other two dinosaurs. I found this on wikipedia, and you can go to the ideology and internal factions section and it says a bit about where the party stands.

Liberal Democrats - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia