Elections on Thursday - who's voting?

[VW BUSH]

Wow, UKIP done well.....how long before the main parties flip flop and emulate UKIP policy......

[Egbutt Wash]

Not just me then.
Any party that wants to stop plonking giant propellers on top of hills gets my vote.

[Gavv8]

I have a doctorate from Manchester University and a measured IQ over 140.
Don't believe all you read in the Express/Mirror/Guardian...

And apparently a poor grip on reality/no common sense.

Frightening.

Now now Mr hell, he is entitled to his opinions and to vote according to whatever issues and policies he feels affect him and his family.
Surely you would at least agree with that?

[VW BUSH]

Sooner will a camel pass through a needle's eye than a great man be 'discovered' by an election.

[Diamond Hell]

Now now Mr hell, he is entitled to his opinions and to vote according to whatever issues and policies he feels affect him and his family.
Surely you would at least agree with that?

I'll agree with that when UKIP policies consist of some actual policies, rather than knee-jerk jingoism on a few hot cakes with no substance whatsoever behind it.

They're low-IQ rabble-rousers and Farage (a political leader who isn't an elected politician no less) is a very sinister figure in today's political landscape.

Few parties will positively promote wind turbines these days - they are contentious and unpopular.  That people see UKIP as 'anti-wind-turbine' is nonsense - they're just pro-whatever-might-get-us-votes.

Their policies are also based around fear and assuming people are bad unless you can prove otherwise.  This is a repulsive viewpoint to adopt and one which makes people far easier to manipulate and control, rather than assuming people are in general good and it is the exceptions that are bad.

The proving ground of their candidates will be how they conduct themselves in the coming term and how they serve their electorate and help people day to day.

[Gavv8]

I think we all know that local election protest votes rarely translate in to anything meaningful come general election time, the trouble is that whatever UKIP are saying they are saying it loud and clear and i myself am struggling to understand the direction that the labour party policies are promising to take us.
The ones who must be worried and have most to lose are the conservatives as they have a lot of members and indeed mp's who are veering so far to the right that they could end pushing conservative voters in to the hands of UKIP and even back Farage's party at a general election, they feel quite alienated by Cameron's more liberal policies and veiled attack on the traditional conservative middle classes.
If i was to name the one policy that would take my vote at the moment it would be a clear cut energy policy, this affects us all in every part of our lives and the message is very confusing from all the major parties.