Its another General Election on May 5th. I took an online test to see who I should be voting for. I usually vote for the Liberal Democrats, and this test said that who I should vote for!
Labour -30  | |
| Conservative -25 | |
 Liberal Democrat 30 | |
| UK Independence Party 5 | |
| Green 22 |
You should vote: Liberal Democrat
The LibDems take a strong stand against tax cuts and a strong one in favour of public services: they would make long-term residential care for the elderly free across the UK, and scrap university tuition fees. They are in favour of a ban on smoking in public places, but would relax laws on cannabis. They propose to change vehicle taxation to be based on usage rather than ownership.
Who should you vote for? Take the test at Who Should You Vote For
The biggest problem tho with the general election is our voting system, it is so unfair, as bascially all you gotta do is get the most votes to win, regardless of the percentage share you get. This means that should you get say 20% of the vote at the election, you wont get 20% of the seats in Parliament, only those seats where you polled the most votes. There was after the 1997 election an agreement between the Labour party and the Liberal Democrats that if Labour won the election they would look at a fairer system of voting. This never happened.
I read an interesting advert in the Daily Mail today, which said that 39% of people would vote for the Liberal Democrats if they thought they would win, and the advert showed a map of the UK with loads of it in yellow to indicate the seats they would win in. So if you like the Liberal Democrats, vote for them, don't think that just because they cant win you shouldn't vote for them!!
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