Guardian ditches newLabore.

[convert]

The Guardian has now dropped it's support for Winky and is championing the cause of compo & co.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/apr/3...

However they are stil urging voters in marginals to vote for Gordon Clown's team to keep CMD out.

Guardian said:

Citizens have votes. Newspapers do not. However, if the Guardian had a vote in the 2010 general election it would be cast enthusiastically for the Liberal Democrats. It would be cast in the knowledge that not all the consequences are predictable, and that some in particular should be avoided. The vote would be cast with some important reservations and frustrations. Yet it would be cast for one great reason of principle above all.

After the campaign that the Liberal Democrats have waged over this past month, for which considerable personal credit goes to Nick Clegg, the election presents the British people with a huge opportunity: the reform of the electoral system itself.

[The real Apache]

Doing all they can to focus the electorate on the big 3, nothing else is to be contemplated

[Pesty]

The real Apache said:

Doing all they can to focus the electorate on the big 3, nothing else is to be contemplated

yep as are many on here.

I will not vote to perpetuate the 3/2 party system.
Its broken and needs changing.

fk tactical voting. Ok we might get short term pain but Im thinking for the future.

Face it whoever gets in we are going to be fked. Income/VAT/Fule will all be going up anybody working will be thousands of £ worse off.

[cazzer]

convert said:

The Guardian has now dropped it's support for Winky and is championing the cause of compo & co.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/apr/3...

However they are stil urging voters in marginals to vote for Gordon Clown's team to keep CMD out.

Guardian said:

Citizens have votes. Newspapers do not. However, if the Guardian had a vote in the 2010 general election it would be cast enthusiastically for the Liberal Democrats. It would be cast in the knowledge that not all the consequences are predictable, and that some in particular should be avoided. The vote would be cast with some important reservations and frustrations. Yet it would be cast for one great reason of principle above all.

After the campaign that the Liberal Democrats have waged over this past month, for which considerable personal credit goes to Nick Clegg, the election presents the British people with a huge opportunity: the reform of the electoral system itself.

Rats and sinking ships comes to mind.

[Puggit]

Very late repost:

http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f...

[Ed Fender]

It's not all bad news for socialism though: a poll at Mumsnet (this via Sky News) says:

"A poll for mumsnet, the website for mums, showed that 43% of users were planning to vote Liberal Democrat with Labour on 26% and the Tories on 22%."

Did someone say "mental"?

[hairykrishna]

Pesty said:

The real Apache said:

Doing all they can to focus the electorate on the big 3, nothing else is to be contemplated

yep as are many on here.

I will not vote to perpetuate the 3/2 party system.
Its broken and needs changing.

fk tactical voting. Ok we might get short term pain but Im thinking for the future.

Face it whoever gets in we are going to be fked. Income/VAT/Fule will all be going up anybody working will be thousands of £ worse off.

I think this is the first election for a very long time where a lot of the population aren't restricting themselves to just two parties. Last time there was still a real sense of any vote apart from Tory or Labour is wasted. This time, not so much. I think it's a very good thing.