General election 2015

[Selby White]

Just had our first leaflet through the post, Labour quick off the mark.

The Mrs says we have to vote for who does the most for animal rights, and/or who doesn't intend to do away with the hunting ban.

Must depend where in this area you live as not seen labour leaflet yet, had Conservative and UKIP so far. Was in town this morning and noticed that the Conservative van and a big group of followers were outside the Abbey (in front of Lonesborough), must have been chatting to Shoppers.

[Barlow Boy]

No doubt we will be getting the Conservative and UKIP leaflets shortly then SW, cannot wait

[Deleted User 728]

The Mrs says we have to vote for who does the most for animal rights, and/or who doesn't intend to do away with the hunting ban.

I don't understand that, mate

I'll ignore the fact your wife tells you how to vote

What I don't get is that she wants to vote for a pro-animal rights party but she's also pro-hunting ??
I'm not saying fox hunting is cruel - I actually don't think it is and I live close enough to the countryside to understand the traditions and the impact the ban has on people's livelihoods - but most people DO think it is and are anti-hunting almost automatically without finding anything out about it ...
Don't really know where I'm going with this now I've started it
I think I've answered my own question, haven't I ?

[Mr Russell]

Does the Monster Raving Looney Party still exist?

I'll vote for.......................................

[Barlow Boy]

The Mrs says we have to vote for who does the most for animal rights, and/or who doesn't intend to do away with the hunting ban.

I don't understand that, mate

I'll ignore the fact your wife tells you how to vote

Sorry Rigger, perhaps my original post was a tad unclear

We have to vote for anyone who supports the ban on hunting (i.e will not let it happen again in the future). Personally, I agree with her so happy to be told what to do on this one . In my opinion, hunting with dogs is cruel and barbaric.

[Deleted User 728]

Oh .. okay, I'm with you now

I'm neither pro- nor anti-hunting, personally. I can see both sides of the argument and I think there's bigger fish to fry, such as taking on the government with regard to their stance on animal testing for household products: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015 ... ampaigners

[Selby White]

Does the Monster Raving Looney Party still exist?

I'll vote for.......................................

They sure do still exist

Here is a list of the candidates and seats they are contesting so far :-
■Howling Laud – Uxbridge and South Ruislip
■Johnny Disco – Wythenshaw and Sale East
■Peter E. Hill – Louth and Horncastle
■Flying Brick – Doncaster North
■Nicholas Robert Blunderbuss Green – Kenilworth and Southam
■The Dame Dixon – Hove and Portslade
■Colin Dale – Aylesbury
■Mark Beech – Aldridge and Brownhills
■Cardinal Point – Hampshire North East
■Iam Fooligan – Kingswood
■Ann Kelly – The Mid Bed Minx – Mid Bedfordshire
■Baron Barnes Von Claptrap – The Gower, South Wales.
■Monkey the Drummer – Kingston & Surbiton
■Alistaire De Voil – The Mad Hatter – Oxford
■Mad Mike Young – The Isle of Sheppey
■George Ridgeon – Gloucester
■Hairy Knorm – Faversham and Mid Kent
■Baron Von Magpie Bum – Islwyn, South Wales
■Albert ‘Mad Professor’ Ironstyne – Boswell, Leicester

[NottinghamWhite]

We've been getting loads of literature already particularly from the Labour Party & UKIP.

[Deleted User 728]

We've been getting loads of literature already particularly from the Labour Party & UKIP.

I haven't had a single leaflet yet ..

[Deleted User 728]

Having said that, I did see a bunch of formal looking adults wandering around where I live yesterday: four men and a woman, all in their 30s and 40s, dressed soberly in greys and blacks. At first I thought "bloody Jehovahs !!" as we've got one of their meeting halls on our doorstep, but now you come to mention it they were probably from Labour.
I can't imagine the tories even bothering in my neighbourhood and I doubt there's that many liberals to spare ...