Why should I vote tory? Ever?

Question

I am by inclination & background more of a whig than a tory (we don't hear 'h' word whig very much) and dislike the authoritarian conduct of every other conservative. Change my mind. Or don't, are they pathetic racists as I sometimes estimate them as.

Answer 1

I am unlucky enough to be old enough to remember when the Tories were in power before. Miners' strikes, Black Wednesday, serial adulterers, Jeffrey Archer, lies about the General Belgrano, the whole education policy (or lack of one), Dame Shirley Porter, the 'I'm alright, Jack, so screw you' attitude, negative equity, 15% mortgage rates, virtual removal of the right to strike, privatisation of the railways and public utilities......

Do you need any more reasons not to vote Conservative? Oh, yeah, Dave Holier Than Thou Cameron. He cycles to work whilst a chauffeur follows him carrying his briefcase. I'm just waiting for the day he hits a pot hole and goes over his handlebars smacking his smug face off the tarmac. One can only dream....

Answer 2

The word Whig (big H by the way) is still in common use in the New York City where it is often used instead of the trade name Liberal.

We all know what a Tory is, don't we? Well actually, we don't, or so it seems to me.

Next year, we're going to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the ending of the Slave Trade in the British Empire, following the safe passage through parliament in 1807, of William Wilberforce's anti-slave bill. Wm.Wilberforce was a Tory and a Methodist. The Rev. John Wesley MA was a Methodist but not a Tory, as far as I know.

I would not be seen dead voting Tory or Conservative or Whig(Lib-Dem).

Please try not to sound too much like the late Liberal MP, Mr Shawcross, who could not make up his mind whether he was a Tory or a Liberal. Winston Churchill called him, Shortly Floor Cross because of it.

VOTE LABOUR FOR A BETTER BRITAIN.

Answer 3

As a lifelong Labour Party supporter I would never say that all Tories are pathetic racists, they would be members of the British National Party. There are some right-wing Tories who may sympathise with BNP policies but the main damage conflicted upon the Party was inflicted by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980's and it will take some time to overcome this. To win a General Election the Conservatives need to move to the centre ground but with an Old Etonian as leader and a number of extreme right-wingers in the Party they may have some difficulty in reaching this position.

Answer 4

I voted Labour in 1997. interior of 6 months I knew I had made a significant mistake. I voted Tory in the subsequent 2 elections and could gain this back in the 2010 elections. this is properly customary the Torys at the instant are not the acquaintances of the working classification. a minimum of they have in no way tried to disguise that actuality. Labour despises the working classification, yet nevertheless pretends to be on their area. All that the labour occasion sees in the working classification is a in no way ending money bypass. Tax, Tax and much extra Tax.

Answer 5

At 57 I did not vote in the last election, the first abstention in my life but I will not support an undemocratic system of voting any longer. I can quite understand why the young are not interested in voting.

Why pick on the Conservatives? All three parties are the same and they all impose the 'whip' to ensure obedience to the leader for autocratic rule upon us.

If we had a better and representative voting system then things could be vastly different and we may notice differences.

Answer 6

If you want to vote take some time to look past the big three. If enough people did this then maybe it would start to make them think about what people really want.

I don't expect any of the smaller parties to win but it may give the big three the wake up call they need.

Answer 7

New Labour or Blue Labour, what's the difference?

Vote for a minor libertarian party such as UKIP, which is much more Whiggish.

In response to the person who said 'if you don't, Labour may get in again', how exactly would you tell the difference?

Out would go privatisation of the NHS, ID cards, EU membership and anti-civil liberties legislation from a party lead by a media friendly idiot, and in would come privatisation of the NHS, ID cards, EU membership and anti-civil liberties legislation from a party lead by a media friendly idiot. Ain't democracy grand?

Answer 8

I ask myself the same question. My inclination is to vote UKIP but see no other reason than my total distrust of European policies and politicians. It is going to be difficult for floating voters. You have a New Labour movement that has increased crime, increased illegal immigration, pushed tax to a point of robbing us all, given fortunes to fund illegal wars, given most of our power to Europe, made honesty in politics a dirty word, lined their pockets and dismantled the NHS. There are other things but I do not have that much time. Liberal !?!. New Green/Blue Conservative. Well dave the boy puts me off. He is like the little rich boy who wants to be your friend before he gets you to do his dirty work. He has had a chance in my book to go back to old Tory values before Thatcher. Stand up against crime bring back the deterents, hanging and borstal. I know the lefty PC mob will now be reaching for their smelling salts but deep down we all know this Blair government has let the country slide to near anachy. Dave could be honest say what he wants to do. No he is playing politics. We do not need it. we want a party to state its aims. stick to them. To tell the future adults of this country its yours, you continue the way you are what will be left. Stop immigration. Be honest. So thats the three main ones. BNP well how un palatable they are in many ways they stick up for the UK unlike Labour. Green, great idea and we shoulod all support their goal. Vote for them no. Why not form your own party vote for yourself then its only you to blame if your not satisfied.

Answer 9

What is the difference? It seems you've resolved to never vote Tory anyway. How will anything we say change your mind?

Answer 10

Never ever vote Conservative, your estimation of the whole bunch of them is correct, they all think they are managing directors, (In fact most of them are)
This new feller they have selected is beyond description, whats the betting he will be swapped again very soon? That should put the final lid on the coffin!
Yipeeeeeee !!! (excuse me)