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From: bofh on 8 May 2010 16:07 On 8 May, 15:31, "Mentalguy2k8" <Mentalguy...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Agreed. that says it all I guess....have you ever been to Liverpool and read about the lib dem council that has doe so much to re generate the city ?
From: johnty on 9 May 2010 06:59
On 8 May, 15:14, Mozzer <mozzer.moz...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > People in Liverpool identify with a political party like they do with a > particular faith. > > They vote Labour because that is what they have always done. It's what > their parents and granparents always did, and political affiliation has > been handed down. > > Politics or policy is irrelevant, 70% of Liverpool Labour Party voters > could not explain the difference between Labour and Tory policies if > their life depended on it, just like they could not explain the > difference between catholic or protestant religions despite claiming > allegiance to one of them. > > I asked loads of my labour voting friends what policies they particulary > agreed with and got the same answer back: > > "errr. dunno,I just vote for them because I always have like" > Did anyone here read the manifestos? I spent a few nights going through them last week (including the BNP, fwiw). It was an interesting exercise, and gave a different overall picture from what we were being bombarded with on tv, causing me to changed my 'usual' vote |