gk141054 wrote:

I voted. Also (semi) forced my girlfriend to vote too although she asked me who I was voting for and copied me.

fair play.  do you think she would have voted if you hadnt been proactive?

i hope you didnt forget to remind her that women died so she got the opportunity to put a cross on a piece of paper last night and to have it mean something! *feminist rant done and dusted*

i completely understand how people would be apathetic about the elections with the mantra of "theyre all as bad as each other" ringing so loudly in everyones ears....but i dont get how if you are that upset by the scandals that they wouldnt bother to voice their fury in anyway legally possible...and this is a fairly effective way!


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gk141054 wrote:

I voted for UKIP in the Europeans and Conservative in the Locals. Judge me if you wish

Consider yourself judged.   

I also voted but don't think I'll say who.  It wasn't UKIP or the Tories though.

I voted, and have at every opportunity since I was 18. A very painless experience as usual, and definitely worthwhile.

It's more the reaction some people seem to have - you'd think voting for a different party was a personal insult to them.  If you really care, yes I did after a great deal of indecision vote for our friend mr sofa when I got in the booth, although I'd intended to vote for the incumbent when I walked in on the basis that the more people who do the less likely the BNP are to get in.

Fully agree Wookie, it is no one else's business, but then neither is what I had for tea last night or the fact that I like football and wouldn't mind a piece of Cheryl Cole... but I still don't mind telling people. Its all part of who I am.

I can understand what you are saying Goldilox, I know people who would say "oh you don't want to vote for them long haired, stinky greens, trying to ban cars and eating beef" but then people like that are stupid anyway. I think people should be proud of who they vote for, TBH I can see a lot of sense in what the Greens are all about.

I like to think that if I told someone who I voted for and they disagreed then we could have a good discussion about it over a pint (and eventually decide I was right and the other person was wrong - joke).

I voted around 10 a.m. yesterday at the Rangers and was the only person in sight at the time. I voted Green, as we didn't seem to have a Lib Dem candidate available. I would have voted Labour, if there was still a Labour party to vote for, but I haven't seen one for thirty years.

I do intensely dislike the 'Party List' scenario for the European seats.

I am on record as stating that any woman who doesn't vote should be thrown in front of the King's horse!

I grew up in a Just William situation. Even at the time we knew how good it was - and that it would shortly end through lack of effort from the majority. I must have a read of one again soon and see if it all comes back. I am a little surprised that a school in this era would promote books containing low-level crime, mild violence and catapults.

Gramaisc wrote:

I am a little surprised that a school in this era would promote books containing low-level crime, mild violence and catapults.

Campaigners try to outlaw William. Guardian article from 1999.
If anyone has any William books printed since about 2001, I'd very much like a read of them to see if I can spot any alterations. (Not because I haven't owned copies for damn near fifteen years and now am missing them immensely, oh no...)

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Wormella wrote:

I voted Green on both accounts, I don't mind people knowing this - when do we get the results?

Radio 1 news earlier said that the Conservatives have taken control of Staffs CC from Labour for the first time since 1981...

Wookie wrote:

Campaigners try to outlaw William. Guardian article from 1999.
If anyone has any William books printed since about 2001, I'd very much like a read of them to see if I can spot any alterations. (Not because I haven't owned copies for damn near fifteen years and now am missing them immensely, oh no...)

Guardian wrote:

One story that has been omitted is William and the Nasties, a racist 1935 yarn in which the Outlaws emulate Hitler by persecuting Mr Isaacs, a stingy, hook-nosed Jewish sweet shop owner.

I remember this one, but I think that most of us knew that is was a parable.

I voted in a church...

The same one I voted in?

All church halls smell the same to me......