will i vote labour again?

Question

im 54 and been a labour party supporter all my life but because of Tony Blairs stance on Iraq i dont feel able to continue my support and will therefore abstain from voting at the next election , any one else in agreemwnt??

Answer 1

I really hope not

Please dont do it - I agree with you - Labour are awful

Answer 2

I am a life long Tory, but after the brilliant Brown has made us
the most powerful country in Europe, I will change my vote for the first time since 1964 and vote Labour

Answer 3

I am not a regular Labour voter , have at different times voted for all 3 main parties, even voted Goren as a protest vote, and often vote for independent candidates at local elections. However, I must say I am considering whether abstention is a choice as I feel the gimmicks being tried and the proved postal voting fraud have undermined the integrity of our voting system and I don't want to support a corrupt voting system.
If we get outside overview of our electoral process(like they do in new democracies) I will consider it, but I don't trust the officials to run the system with all these unproven and easily defrauded new voting options.

Answer 4

Andrew, I am afraid I have and will never vote labour and not just because of the Iraq war! Have you not seen crime rise, in particular stabbings, The judges becoming soft on criminals, the Prisons at the point of bursting with no programme of renewal, stealth tax, NHS, immigration, the loss of freedom, errant labour ministers, the governments inability to be a capable, effective unit..... etc, etc, etc......

thanks to you and all the other naive voters we were stiched up in 1997

Answer 5

Is it just iraq that grate on you?
What about :
Cash for questions
Cash for peerages
Billions wasted on the NHS
Mass uncontrolled immigration
Students leaving with Mickey Mouse degrees and thousands in debt
Sleaze
Lies
Tax by Stealth, tax and more tax
Dumbing down of Education
Following Bush like a lab dog
Pandering to the EU
The human rights mess which looks after the criminal more than the victim
Compensation culture
Crime
Stealing our pensions
Breaking upo the family unit

Yes the Thatcher years were tough - what a prat, give me Thatcher a million times over this curropt, lying bunch of useless wankers

Answer 6

Abstaining from voting is not the answer.

Polling day is the one time when you are equal to everyone else in society. If people stopped voting, that right could be taken away. Don't take it for granted.

If you don't want to vote Labour, fine, register your disapproval by a protest vote, for a minority party instead.

Answer 7

I don't blame you for ending your support for this gov't.
I believe that in years to come history will regard Blair as a War Criminal.The current media precludes this from happening at present.
In my view anybody who supports the invasion of Iraq, irrespective of what party they vote for serves to, at best condone or at worst be complicit in ensuring that many lives are lost.
There are many facets to Blair's character and motives for going to war.
One area of insurpassable tagedy to me is that Blair regards himself as a ' holy man', Some might say 'devout'.
In being 'devout' i believe Blair can only see good or evil with little in between, and thus he is incapable of seeing both sides of the story. As his boss in the White House would say, "you're either with us or against us" .
I think the war is chiefly about oil,and spreading the mainly US/Western sphere of influence and way of life.By doing this we show our disrespect to other cultures. (I'm sure many Americans/Brits have absolutely no insight into the fact that many people in this world do not feel the need to have a McDonalds in every town! and are quite happy with their own culture).
Democracy often takes centuries to evolve and must surely be started from within the various countries and not enforced. (By the way, i'm no pacifist eg. The Second World War could be described as a ' just war' in my view).
The UK has had 500 yrs of democracy and we still manage to elect a Gov't with only 20% of the population voting for New Labour,and despite polls indicating that the majority of us were against theInvasion of Iraq, Blair still took us to war. Some democracy!
I believe Saddam's regime would have imploded from within,given time. (eg How did such a 'strong' leader like Saddam end up on the run, down a hole with no evident protection).
There is a second super power in the world and that is the people who live in our world. All empires come to an end when the people en mass have had enough. (eg Mugabe in Zimbabwe will probably be toppled fromn within soon).
Anybody who thinks the US/UK are acting in an altruistic way in Iraq are at best deluded.
Then again, self delusion does tend to ease conscience.

Answer 8

I feel the same disappointment (and anger) that Tony Blair led us into the wholly unjustifiable war in Iraq. Nevertheless Labour has done a lot of good things such as the minimum wage, reducing unemployment and an improved NHS and schools. Let's see what Gordon Brown does as leader and then decide whether we can support Labour again. If I cannot I will spoil the ballot paper - that is a more positive act than abstention.

Answer 9

my god man at last youve started to think for yourself
the problem with political parties is they no longer reflect what the people want anymore
they only have their own cronies around them like sheep who follow no matter what because they have always done so.
They dont listen to what britain as a whole want they are all caught up in their old ways and old ideas always slagging each other off
we need a fresh new approach with no affiliation to corporate or union views .
broaden your horizons and look what others can offer regretably thou there is not much choice thats why voters cant be bothered any more
i can vote for conservative or labour or any other party if they are prepared to look after me and our country its up to them but im afraid none are in my sights now
like many out there im looking for someone to vote for
who /where is the question?

Answer 10

I kind of do but, I believe that you should think long and hard before doing that and think whether if you're certain of not voting for Labour, who should you vote for. Conservatives? Liberal Democrats or Green. Which 1 has policies and will power to suite you.

Answer 11

I agree partly, you say you wont vote labour again but the present government are New labour a slightly different breed from the Labour of old.