I'm still undecided, and not because of tactical voting. It comes down to whether I decide to vote for the party I most want to be in power, or the candidate I most want as my MP. Both are valid reasons for voting, but they both lead to different choices.
For parties, I mostly side with the Lib Dems, and would love to see them gain power. However, our local Lib Dem candidate is the biggest knob ever, he leads the local council and is responsible for some of the worst decisions, basically ruining the city. Not a man you really want as your representative. The Green candidate on the other hand is by all accounts a great person, she's been campaigning for the city tirelessly, and instituting some great policies. She has a lot of support and apparently stands a good chance of being the first Green MP. And the Greens aren't all bad by any means, I'd support them getting more say in things, although their non-environmental policies are often a bit crazy and I wouldn't want to see them run the country.
So, it's a difficult decision. It's also a non-safe seat due to changing boundaries (Lancaster's been lumped in with Fleetwood which we have nothing in common with, several of the candidates are from there and have no plans to do anything for Lancaster if they get in) so you'd think we'd have had a lot of electioneering. We've had a couple of leaflets from some of the candidates, not all of them, and no-one's come to the door. Basically just have to accept that no politicians really care about the North West, even those that live there :-(
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Date: 2010-05-03 12:12 pm (UTC)For parties, I mostly side with the Lib Dems, and would love to see them gain power. However, our local Lib Dem candidate is the biggest knob ever, he leads the local council and is responsible for some of the worst decisions, basically ruining the city. Not a man you really want as your representative. The Green candidate on the other hand is by all accounts a great person, she's been campaigning for the city tirelessly, and instituting some great policies. She has a lot of support and apparently stands a good chance of being the first Green MP. And the Greens aren't all bad by any means, I'd support them getting more say in things, although their non-environmental policies are often a bit crazy and I wouldn't want to see them run the country.
So, it's a difficult decision. It's also a non-safe seat due to changing boundaries (Lancaster's been lumped in with Fleetwood which we have nothing in common with, several of the candidates are from there and have no plans to do anything for Lancaster if they get in) so you'd think we'd have had a lot of electioneering. We've had a couple of leaflets from some of the candidates, not all of them, and no-one's come to the door. Basically just have to accept that no politicians really care about the North West, even those that live there :-(