# What Party Do You Support in the 2010 UK Parliamentary Electrion **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 17, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-party-do-you-support-in-the-2010-uk-parliamentary-electrion/536429 "2010-04-17T04:16:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-party-do-you-support-in-the-2010-uk-parliamentary-electrion/536429/61 "2010-04-24T16:10:10Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > See, this is the attitude that I can’t (under)stand - IMNSHO, you should be voting for the party that is most likely to be best for the country in future (assuming the local candidate is reasonable, and you are not violently opposed to the party’s general outlook). While this is all but impossible to predict, your metric is probably the worst of all possible ways to decide. If I had a vote I would have put more thought into my decision. I still think that Labour probably have more experience at governing and therefore have probably made the better of a bad situation than the other two might have. And also I think they would be more likely to keep the country afloat. I just think the other two parties are not up to the job. The Conservatives are almost a joke party these days. One cannot use the things the politicians actually _say_ as a measure of how good they’ll be in power. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-party-do-you-support-in-the-2010-uk-parliamentary-electrion/536429/62 "2010-04-30T08:55:59Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > They are by definition _not_ moderate. They’re conservative- hence the name. US politics are unrecognizable to most of the rest of the world. Begging your pardon, but by their very definition, they are moderate. And the Tories are definitely moderate compared to UKIP and the BNP. Isn’t politics wonderful? > [@](#): > > they’d be to the left of the Democrats on most issues. Agreed. We do need to fight Mr Lemay’s ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![martu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@martu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/martu)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-party-do-you-support-in-the-2010-uk-parliamentary-electrion/536429/63 "2010-04-30T14:10:19Z")
Lib Dem for me. There is only one of their policies that I stongly disagree with and that’s their opposition to nuclear power. For the other two I disgree with more than I agree with. Warning Torygraph but this poll type thing I found interesting, I came out 65% LibDem: [How should I vote in the General Election 2010](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7541285/How-should-I-vote-in-the-General-Election-2010.html) ---
**Author:** ![vitalle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f05b48/32.png) [@vitalle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vitalle)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-party-do-you-support-in-the-2010-uk-parliamentary-electrion/536429/64 "2010-04-30T15:12:38Z")
The Lib Dems are winning the internet :D. I’m going to vote for them, the Greens or Labour. Anyone but the Tories, basically. ---
**Author:** ![vitalle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f05b48/32.png) [@vitalle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vitalle)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-party-do-you-support-in-the-2010-uk-parliamentary-electrion/536429/65 "2010-04-30T15:18:10Z")
> [@JoseArcadio](#): > > I’m voting SNP. It’s a selfish vote and I don’t particularly agree with their core issue of independence. \*\*However, the SNP has several highly intelligent, articulate individuals who I’d be happy to have representing me. \*\*They’re also the only party with a decent chance of overcoming the corrupt Labour bastards in Glasgow. All of this I agree with. I’d be tempted to except I don’t want the Tories to get in so I’m voting strategically. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-party-do-you-support-in-the-2010-uk-parliamentary-electrion/536429/66 "2010-04-30T15:31:59Z")
> [@martu](#): > > Lib Dem for me. There is only one of their policies that I stongly disagree with and that’s their opposition to nuclear power. For the other two I disgree with more than I agree with. > > Warning Torygraph but this poll type thing I found interesting, I came out 65% LibDem: [How should I vote in the General Election 2010](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7541285/How-should-I-vote-in-the-General-Election-2010.html) Very Interesting, that. I thought I was Tory, but I had the same Lib Dem score as you. ---
**Author:** ![martu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@martu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/martu)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-party-do-you-support-in-the-2010-uk-parliamentary-electrion/536429/67 "2010-04-30T16:21:23Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > Very Interesting, that. I thought I was Tory, but I had the same Lib Dem score as you. **Curtis** should give it a go, he may be surprised. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-party-do-you-support-in-the-2010-uk-parliamentary-electrion/536429/68 "2010-04-30T16:32:35Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Begging your pardon, but by their very definition, they are moderate. And the Tories are definitely moderate compared to UKIP and the BNP. Isn’t politics wonderful? What definition is that? Conservatism may be a _moderate philosophy_ in a non-political sense, but it’s not a moderate philosophy in a strict sense, and the Tories are the UK’s mainstream right-wing party, and hence not moderate. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-party-do-you-support-in-the-2010-uk-parliamentary-electrion/536429/69 "2010-04-30T16:41:52Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > What definition is that? Conservatism may be a _moderate philosophy_ in a non-political sense, but it’s not a moderate philosophy in a strict sense, and the Tories are the UK’s mainstream right-wing party, and hence not moderate. Just out of interest which parties are moderate? And what actually makes them moderate? I think that most people would accept that the BNP are extreme, but what makes the Conservatives more extreme than the the Lib Dems or Labour? From the Maggie years backwards, all the main parties were much more polarised, but since then, they’ve all become more ‘central’. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-party-do-you-support-in-the-2010-uk-parliamentary-electrion/536429/70 "2010-04-30T16:45:14Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > What definition is that? Conservatism may be a _moderate philosophy_ in a non-political sense, but it’s not a moderate philosophy in a strict sense, I really don’t follow you. > [@](#): > > and the Tories are the UK’s mainstream right-wing party, and hence not moderate. That doesn’t follow. I don’t think you realise quite how far Cameron & co have dragged the Tories to the Left. Anyway, they’ve left the hard-right stuff to UKIP. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-party-do-you-support-in-the-2010-uk-parliamentary-electrion/536429/71 "2010-04-30T16:49:26Z")
I didn’t say hard right. I said right. What issues do you see the Tories being left of Labour or the Lib Dems on? I think you may also be confusing cause and effect, to some degree- New Labour moved to the right, at least fiscally, so Cameron and company may not have had that far to go to be “on the left”. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-party-do-you-support-in-the-2010-uk-parliamentary-electrion/536429/72 "2010-05-07T22:56:39Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > If I could vote in UK elections in NI, I’d go with the Alliance Party or the SDLP, in Scotland, the SNP, in Wales, Plaid Cymru, in England it would probably be the Lib Dems. I haven’t seen those latest debates but most Lib Dems I’ve seen have presented themselves very well, Cable et al. > It is purely academic though of course. Yay, well at least Alliance got a seat. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-party-do-you-support-in-the-2010-uk-parliamentary-electrion/536429/73 "2010-05-08T01:36:50Z")
How would Parliament be composed going by these results? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-party-do-you-support-in-the-2010-uk-parliamentary-electrion/536429/74 "2010-05-08T03:21:12Z")
From all reports, the Conservatives will form a coalition with the Liberal Democrats. The result will be a sort of grab bag of policies mostly based around disliking what Labour has been up to. I would guess that the general gist of the deal will be that the Conservatives get to do most of the governing, and the Lib Dems will get their electoral reform (though probably not proportional representation). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-party-do-you-support-in-the-2010-uk-parliamentary-electrion/536429.md?page=3)