What motivates people to vote Labour?

Although a RL Tory, I believe that the party needs to look at how it plans to represent the people of the UK when half of them have never even been to a council estate

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Original post by EffieFlowers

Because labour care about the individual, the Tories only care about the demographics, the nation as a whole.

Wrong.

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Original post by Like a BAWS

Why did you only mention the women in Africa ?

There's some sort of myth that if you're rich it's because you work hard and if you're not you're a slacker. It's incredibly stupid. My mum's a teacher, she works hard. She's not rich no but we get by. Does the fact she's not rich mean she's a slacker? Of course not.

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Original post by badbabysitter

Exactly! I don't understand how people who want lower taxes can complain about the public services we receive!!

He can't even see his own hypocracy as you say. In the same post he criticizes the standard of public services and then advocates for lower taxes.

Well what does he think funds public services?
What an idiot.

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Original post by Bornblue

There's some sort of myth that if you're rich it's because you work hard and if you're not you're a slacker. It's incredibly stupid. My mum's a teacher, she works hard. She's not rich no but we get by. Does the fact she's not rich mean she's a slacker? Of course not.

Some rich people work in incredibly stressful jobs.

I agree with you that some poor people do work hard though.

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C_G

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Because Labour is the lesser of the two evils.

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muddywaters51

Original post by Radradrad

What I hate about Labour is that they swan about with all these ideas about how they want a small state and think the state shouldn't intervene in the lives of subjects and then once they get a tiny bit of power decide that they want to stop certain groups getting married and have the right to arbitrarily read email's and social media. Thank god we don't live in a nanny state like that anymore!

Seriously though, I vote Labour because I believe in what I see as some of their core values; non-profit and non marketised front-line services, social justice and equality and the need for progressive taxation. Although these ideas are different from the modern Labour Party so I will just moan about them whilst voting for them anyway.

ok

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Original post by Alofleicester

Wait - do you have an issue with my opinion that people should actually have a say on how the country they live in is run? :lolwut:

Yes, yes I do.

They must meet that requirement first.

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Stiff Little Fingers

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Original post by billydisco

I do, people who do not contribute to it but they have the physical/mental ability to should be stopped from voting.

Why?
Everyone who lives in the country will be affected by what the government does, obviously children will be sheltered somewhat by being under the care of an adult, but all those of working age will be affected by what the government does and should be able to have their say on what sort of government should be running the country (which is also why I advocate lowering the voting age to 16).

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Original post by Iron Lady

Some rich people work in incredibly stressful jobs.

I agree with you that some poor people do work hard though.

I'm sure they do.
You get hard working rich people, hardworking poor people, lazy rich people and lazy poor people.

It's a stupid argument to suggest as some do that the rich are rich because they work hard.

Plenty of people are born with a silver spoon in their mouth.

To suggest someone isn't rich because they don't work hard is frankly offensive.

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Original post by Bornblue

To suggest someone isn't rich because they don't work hard is frankly offensive.

As long as they survive, why does it matter if they're not 'rich'?

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