Would the up coming local elections in May be a good time to give labour a good kick in the pants..?
Although Blair wont care as he will soon leave the destruction of the UK in the hands of Gordon 'incapability' Brown.
2007-01-12 04:12:33 · 8 answers · asked by knowitall 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
I used to vote, and indeed belong to, Labour, but I was disgusted that the cynical backbench Labour MPs did not kick Blair out because they thought a leadership election would affect their chances in May. As you imply, the result is we have a lame duck Prime Minster who appears not to care what the electorate thinks. The answer is to vote to make sure that Labour actually gets the bad result its MPs feared.
Are you punishing Blair if you vote Tory given that many people think Brown versus Cameron is New Labour versus "Blue Labour" (yes, Tory members will object to this description)?
One point, if the BNP are standing most democrats will vote for whichever candidate has the most chance of beating the BNP, even if that is Labour. In most cases this will be the sitting councillor(s). It is not a good time for a protest vote if the BNP bandwagon is rolling, as some recent answers in Yahoo hint.
2007-01-12 06:07:15 · answer #1 · answered by Philosophical Fred 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Lib Dums (pun intended) who run my local council will not be getting my vote, and my current Labour councillor is pretty good at getting things done, so I will be voting Labour this time round.
The problem is that people seem to confuse local with national (including the political parties) and some end up voting on national issues. Go for the people who can run your council well! If you use your vote in the locals to "punish the Government" then there's every chance you'll end up regretting it as you'll get a bunch of incompetents leading your council. Would punishing Blair and co be worth the cost of making local services worse?
2007-01-12 05:45:09 · answer #2 · answered by Don't Panic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Indeed, the local elections in England and Scotland would be a wonderful time to really kick Labour whilst it is down.
The councils up for election in 2007, were last elected on the same day as President Bush landed on that aircraft carrier and announced "Mission Acclompished".
There are 33 councils up for election in May that Labour currently control, and in 73 councils there is every chance that Labour could lose all of their councillors.
2007-01-12 12:10:29 · answer #3 · answered by Harry Hayfield 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Local elections are always a good time to show UK-Gov what the people really think. Forget the Polls, they're hog-wash - let the people vote.
The American people showed their dislike of Bush in their recent Primaries and kicked the Republicans right out of the House of Reps. Good for them.
2007-01-12 18:54:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Locals' usually bear little relation to the 'generals', so it won't really matter anyway. It's more important to chuck out any of the time wasting councillors, just to give them a kick up the council tax.
2007-01-12 04:35:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i use to vote labour.but voting for liberals now.simon hughes is a great local mp. and has been a great help with my problems.and when i went to see local labours councillors thei were to busy help the new arrivals in this country.so fu*k labour
2007-01-12 04:36:30 · answer #6 · answered by peter o 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree frisky...some people will continue to vote labour (familiy traditions etc)....
2007-01-12 04:28:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't bother, Labour will still get in.
2007-01-12 04:17:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋