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1 |
| After the Labour candidate for my region spoke out just before the lection saying he didn't think much to Gordon Brown, I felt my vote would be wasted, so I chose the party that I felt would deal with the immigration/asylum problem the best. (I don't like |
|
1 |
| Agreed some of UKIP's key policies (although not all) - but preferable to the other main parties who failed to be clear about their plans. |
|
1 |
| All of the above |
|
1 |
| All party manifesto's had some good points and some bad. I had to vote on a balance of good Vs bad which was not very satisfactory. |
|
1 |
| All the main three parties are shit and you wouldn't be able to make a good one out of all three. They are all liars and theives. the difference is they do it fairly legally. |
|
1 |
| Although I agreed with many conservative policies, the candidate in my constituency appeared to hold views that were more right-wing than David Cameron, so I didn't want to vote for him. I didn't agree with labour policies, so voted lib dem. |
|
1 |
| Although I'm Labour I think that New Labour is just a clone of the Conservatives and I never vote for them |
|
1 |
| Although there was a lot wrong with Labour, I definitely didn't want the Conservatives to win. I quite liked the look of the labour candidate, and none of the smaller parties stood a chance. |
|
1 |
| Always been a Labour voter |
|
1 |
| Always voted Labour |
|
1 |
| As my constituency is between Plaid & Liberal, voted Liberal as they would have larger say in Westminster than Plaid |
|
1 |
| Because at this moment in time I don't trust any of them |
|
1 |
| Because the candidate for here, has worked conistently for the area even while he was only a prospective candidate and I admire him for this. |
|
1 |
| Best local MP |
|
1 |
| Best of a bad bunch! |
|
1 |
| Best of a bad job |
|
1 |
| Best of a very poor choice and a lack of a " none of the above" option on the ballot paper |
|
1 |
| Better chance of getting a Government of All the Talents |
|
1 |
| Better policies on the things which mattered to me, housing & local goverment, also, the conservatives should have been able to perform better through the campaign. The fact that they didn't made me feel that they lack the skills to be leaders |
|
1 |
| Better the devil you know |
|
1 |
| Cameron broke his word over a referendum on th Lisbon Treaty(EU Constitution) |
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1 |
| Candidate |
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1 |
| Candidates lived locally |
|
1 |
| Change from the two usual parties |
|
1 |
| Combination of things. Why should Scots, Welsh, and Irish have a say on what the English do?, we're not allowed to vote on their national issues. They appear to want to tell the English what to do and expect us to pay for it, while demanding still more mo |
|
1 |
| Complicated. Local seat was between Labour and Lib Dem, with very little chance of Conservatives winning. If it had been a question of keeping Conservatives out, or there had been no Green candidate, I would have voted differently, but had become somewhat |
|
1 |
| Conservative candidate put a lot of effort in and the sitting Lib Dem MP has been there for ages and should give somebody else a turn. |
|
1 |
| Couldnt vote Labour [sick of the sight of them - esp. GB], THOUGHT i would vote Tory but just couldnt do it when got to the ballot box! |
|
1 |
| DK |
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1 |
| Did not think the Conservative candidate was the right person to represent my interests and concerns in parliment. |
|
1 |
| Did not want Conservatives - re Hunting Ban |
|
1 |
| Didn't like ANY of the parties and lib-dem were the most credible and least evil |
|
1 |
| Didn't like conservative candidate. Thought the Libdem candidate would be best for my area. |
|
1 |
| Didn't like other options |
|
1 |
| Didn't want Ed Balls to win, we we were not given a choice of who to vote for, just had him parachuted in to our ward without any consultation. |
|
1 |
| Disenfranchised in consituency |
|
1 |
| Do not trust the tories. |
|
1 |
| Dont like the way Gordon Brown got rid of the 10% tax bracket, then said he would help those that lost out. Well he didnt did he!!!!????? mostly pensioners |
|
1 |
| English Parliament, EU Referendum, Education, Immigration. Law and Order. No one party incorporates these issues in to my mind a satisfactory manifesto. |
|
1 |
| English democrats are self funding from candidates own pockets. We couldn't find a candidate to represent my constituency, so I had to vote for send best alternative |
|
1 |
| Excellent local Lib Dem MP |
|
1 |
| Exceptional local candidate. |
|
1 |
| Good local candidate. The others were out of area & had other jobs |
|
1 |
| Green Party not represented in my Constituency |
|
1 |
| Habit |
|
1 |
| Had the best chance of getting rid of Gordon Brown, the worst Prime Minister ever |
|
1 |
| Hate what the other two parties stand for opposite extremes |
|
1 |
| Hated labour candidate and knew lib dem candidate |
|
1 |
| Have always voted conservative |
|
1 |
| He was a good constituency MP and claimed no expenses other than the London allowance |
|
1 |
| He was the only candidate who actually lives here |
|
1 |
| I LIVE IN THE LABOUR HEARTLANDS, MY VOTE WAS IRRELEVENT |
|
1 |
| I agreed with some of there policies but not all and they were the lesser of all evils |
|
1 |
| I always vote Lib Dem, but in my constituency they fielded a candidate who was pro-life. I am strongly pro-choice and felt I could not vote for this candidate. |
|
1 |
| I am a lifelong Labour supporter, but lately have found myself frustrated by their attitude to immigration within the EU. I voted UKIP for that point only. |
|
1 |
| I believe in independence for Scotland and will continue to vote for the SNP until we have it. |
|
1 |
| I believe that both Labour and the Conservative parties have had a chance in my lifetime to govern the country. It is about time that the third major party in the country - The Liberal Democrats, had a chance to take the reins. |
|
1 |
| I considered all the human rights being misinterpetd. How Christians do not seem to have the same 'rights' as other faiths. Christians being suspended or sacked for their right not to go against their concensious, even though they are good at their jobs. |
|
1 |
| I could never bring myself to vote Labour and there's not much choice other than Conservative |
|
1 |
| I could not bring myself to vote for any party complicit in the expenses scandals so I voted for the party which I thought could be a major irritant to the winning party. |
|
1 |
| I could not vote Labour now under any circumstances, and the Conservative party seemed the best of a disappointing lot |
|
1 |
| I could not vote for the Labour Party, the party of broken promises and untruths.I voted for them once and feel badly let down. On balance I prefer & trust more the MPs representing the Conservative Party . |
|
1 |
| I did not fully agree with most other leading partys policies |
|
1 |
| I did not like the policy by the Conservatives to bring forward the age for retiring to sixty six many people will die before they reach the age to retire and lose their pension why not clamp down on the bankers bonuses why punish working people the rich |
|
1 |
| I did not want the conservatives to get elected. |
|
1 |
| I did not want to vote Labour, equally didn't want to vote Tory. UKIP think we should get out of Europe - so do I |
|
1 |
| I didn't agree with Labour, Conservative of Lib Dem policys, so I voted for the party which I agreed with the policies of the most |
|
1 |
| I didn't support any one party outright on policies. I felt closer to the Lib Dems on many issues, but I thought their ideas for an amnesty for illegal immigrants was disastrous, and for that sole reason I couldn't vote for them. |
|
1 |
| I didn't trust any of them for a variety of reasons |
|
1 |
| I didn't want to vote for the 'mainstream' parties, I feel they have let the country down |
|
1 |
| I disliked the alternative more |
|
1 |
| I do not like either the leaders or policies of the only two parties which could win in my area (Lib dems and Conservatives) but believe that it is my duty to vote. I live in Cornwall, I support a party which would stand up for our neglected part of the S |
|
1 |
| I do not like the leader but I like the policies of the other parties less. |
|
1 |
| I do not think Cameron is good for the Tories |
|
1 |
| I felt strongly that trying to put a moderate independent Muslim woman into Parliament sent a strong message of tolerance and hope for religious integration in my constituency |
|
1 |
| I felt that an increase in SNP support would help Scotland in a hung parliament. |
|
1 |
| I generally agree more with their ideas |
|
1 |
| I hated the fact that the candidate was parachuted into a safe seat |
|
1 |
| I have always voted for labour from as long as i can remember and my family always vote for labour |
|
1 |
| I have voted Conservative for 40 years, but here in Coventry we had Conservative Councillors standing for Parliament and these same councillors had voted to build 11,500 house on the Green Belt which A) aren't needed and B) could be built on Brownfield si |
|
1 |
| I have voted labour for 48 years and inadequate as they are there was no compelling reason to vote differently this time |
|
1 |
| I knew that the Tories were going to win in my constituency, and wanted the LibDems to have a high a share of the vote as possible to reinforce the need for a change to the system of voting to PR. |
|
1 |
| I know the candidate personally |
|
1 |
| I like my MP he works really hard for us and has served us well so wanted him back as my MP |
|
1 |
| I like the candidate |
|
1 |
| I like the local candidate |
|
1 |
| I liked the Conservative candidate and agreed with the party. I also like David Cameron. |
|
1 |
| I liked the candidate |
|
1 |
| I liked the sound of lib dem's policies and told everyone who said "a vote for lib dem would be wasted" to vote and that way we would get a new change |
|
1 |
| I lost faith in Labour and was impressed by Cameron and felt the conservative party best represented my position |
|
1 |
| I seemed to be more in tune with their policies than with either of the other two main parties. In addition, Labour have made a bit of a hash of this Parliament, the Conservatives made an unholy mess of their last terms in office. It's about time someone |
|
1 |
| I simply could not bear the thought of another five years under a Labour government |
|
1 |
| I thought I would vote Liberal but felt I couldn't trust Clegg and would die before voting tory |
|
1 |
| I took three questionaires to find out which I should vote for the night before and they all said I should vote Labour |
|
1 |
| I trust them the most on the NHS |
|
1 |
| I used the 'stick a pin in' to vote! |
|
1 |
| I vote for the party that has always been the best in this part of the world, local people interested in our part of the world and willing to work hard for our causes. |
|
1 |
| I vote for who I believe will be the best person to represent me, not the party. |
|
1 |
| I voted Labour as I do want to see a positive change. Less of the talking, more of the actions. As I do trust any of their manifestos. |
|
1 |
| I voted UKIP as it is a very safe conservative seat in this constituency and I wanted to show my feelings towards our membership of the EU |
|
1 |
| I voted for my local MP |
|
1 |
| I voted for the existing MP because he had worked very hard for our constituency |
|
1 |
| I voted for the local candidate who was an Independent |
|
1 |
| I voted for the man, not the party. He works hard for his constituents. |
|
1 |
| I voted for the one I considered the best candidate for my area irrespective of party |
|
1 |
| I voted for the person not the party |
|
1 |
| I voted for the sitting Lib Dem as his performance is worthy of voting for, the Tory candidate has dodgy views on sexual preferences |
|
1 |
| I voted labour to keep the tories out |
|
1 |
| I voted to return our excellent mp |
|
1 |
| I want an Independent Scotland |
|
1 |
| I wanted a change |
|
1 |
| I wanted a change of government, but did not agree with all the policies of any one party |
|
1 |
| I wanted there to be change but I didn't want to vote conservatives as I didn't like the way they ran their election and then I didn't want to vote for a 'smaller' party. |
|
1 |
| I wanted to give the conservatives a chance to run the country, but in my constituency there was very little hope of them winning. |
|
1 |
| I wanted to help the candidate save his deposit and to encourage people to consider voting for the party in future elections. |
|
1 |
| I wanted to see the Labour candidate in my constituency elected and the sitting MP kicked out. |
|
1 |
| I wanted to vote for none of the above but did not have that option. British political parties are so terrified of upsetting certain lobbies that there little to no difference to them. Years ago politicians stood for what they believed in, both parties an |
|
1 |
| I was angry that Labour took us into an illegal war |
|
1 |
| I was brought up as Conservative, have little interest in politics and have seen or done nothing to change my upbringing |
|
1 |
| I would like to see an independent Scotland |
|
1 |
| Important to remove Labour government |
|
1 |
| It had the best policies of the parties standing, as the party I would have prefered did not field a candidate in my constituency. |
|
1 |
| It was a protest vote for a protest party which shouldn't have to exist. |
|
1 |
| It's about time the ENGLISH people ran England |
|
1 |
| Labour did a terrible job latterly but I don't trust the conservatives and in particular I do not trust David Cameron. I thought the Lib Dems should have a chance to see what they can do and also to show what I think of the other two parties. |
|
1 |
| Labour is the party I have always voted for and i think that they will over time again be the party that they used to be. |
|
1 |
| Labour or Conservative didn't deserve my vote. |
|
1 |
| Least worst |
|
1 |
| Least worst policies |
|
1 |
| Liked the candidate's name |
|
1 |
| Local MP is amazing |
|
1 |
| Local candidate of known track record. |
|
1 |
| Local candidate was good |
|
1 |
| My MP refused to vote against a motion exempting MPs from freedom of information |
|
1 |
| My conservative candidate supported a return to hunting; the Lib Dem one was against it, which swung my vote |
|
1 |
| My late husband was a strong labour supporter and I simply continue the tradition |
|
1 |
| My local MP is a Labour MP - however, on local issues, he is the best man for the job. Additonally, he was the only candidate to live in the constituency and also being an MP is his only job. |
|
1 |
| My local MP is an excellent constituency MP. I would vote for her whatever party she stood for |
|
1 |
| My standing Lib Dem MP is very good and deserves supporting |
|
1 |
| NO |
|
1 |
| NO CANDIDATE FOR MY CHOSEN PARTY |
|
1 |
| NO GREEN CANDIDATE |
|
1 |
| No Conservative candidate in my constituency |
|
1 |
| No Green Party candidate |
|
1 |
| No particular reason Conservative would get in anyway and i did not wish to vote Labour |
|
1 |
| No party fitted what I thought needed to be done, and as we were voting for local MP's aswell it would've been nice to see at least one of them or have heard of them before. |
|
1 |
| No party was doing anything that I have issues with except BNP, and they only had a couple of issues going for them |
|
1 |
| None of the parties can be trusted. The Lib-Dems seem to be slightly less untrustworthy than the rest. In my book that's as good as it gets in the UK today. |
|
1 |
| Normally vote Labour but due to performance changed Vote |
|
1 |
| Not prepared to say |
|
1 |
| Oh, so you want to know now do you? You didn't give a stuff during the campaign when you were taking money from Rupert Murdoch to produce slanted polls day after day. You didn't poll me once. There were several reasons I voted the way I did. First, primar |
|
1 |
| On this occasion I voted for the person rather than the party |
|
1 |
| One reason- Europe and the extravagant cost to us all for no benefits except for euro mp's to have non jobs abroad. |
|
1 |
| Our local Labour MP is very supportive of his contituants |
|
1 |
| Protest against incumbent Conservative |
|
1 |
| Protest vote |
|
1 |
| Proud of my county |
|
1 |
| STRONG LOCAL CANDIDATE |
|
1 |
| So miffed GD called that womwn a biggot. |
|
1 |
| Spoilt paper |
|
1 |
| Sure start centres |
|
1 |
| THE CANDIDATE WAS STRONGER |
|
1 |
| THEY WERE THE BEST OF A BAD BUNCH |
|
1 |
| THe Lib Dem MP in my constituancy has done more for us all than any previous MP so I voted for him despite the fact that I do approve of all tneir policies. I voted the best way for my constituancy. |
|
1 |
| The Conservative party has the same values as I do |
|
1 |
| The Conservatives were the only possibility of avoiding a hung parliament |
|
1 |
| The MP for the area is one I respect |
|
1 |
| The Tories were the "least bad" party on offer. Labour and LibDems were past praying for and nobody else would do anything but prolong the political life of Brown and his wrecking Labour Party |
|
1 |
| The best candidate to represent this constituency |
|
1 |
| The candidate I voted for lived locally |
|
1 |
| The candidate has worked hard and effectively for the constituency over the last 5 years and I want to keep him in situ. |
|
1 |
| The labour government has bee a disaster for the country, we need change a huge change of direction to get things back on track. |
|
1 |
| The least worse option |
|
1 |
| The mess the country is in financially,the terrible treatment of our armed forces i.e.lack of equipment and equipment when supplied which was incapable of protecting our troops and was too little and too late, poor pay, terrible housing. The Nazi style co |
|
1 |
| The performance of the local MP |
|
1 |
| The sitting MP has done a good job for my area, the UKIP candidate is a complete idiot and known to be in my area, there is no way I would ever vote Conservative or Liberal Democrat. |
|
1 |
| The sitting |MP was excellent: no reason to change him for someone likely to be inferior. |
|
1 |
| There was no BNP candidate in my constituency so the English Democrats were the next best. Under no cerumstances could I bring myself to vote Conservative, Labour or Lib-Dem |
|
1 |
| There was no Green candidate so I spoilt my paper |
|
1 |
| They are a strong party locally |
|
1 |
| They are all equally shit but we need some new fresh ideas to get things rolling again |
|
1 |
| They have the experience and the knowledge to deal with these problems. |
|
1 |
| They seemed the best of a bad bunch. |
|
1 |
| They, and UKIP, are the only parties that recognise the uncontrolled immigration in this country. |
|
1 |
| Thought it was time to give someone else a try at running the country |
|
1 |
| To be honest I've always been a Labour person, but I think they have lost the plot, and I don't trust any of them in the light of the expenses scandal |
|
1 |
| To eject local incumbent MP and to get a hung parliament |
|
1 |
| To force a change of leadership |
|
1 |
| To get rid of the existing MP |
|
1 |
| To keep the Conservatives out. |
|
1 |
| To make major parties aware of my dissatisfaction with their policies/performance on immigration |
|
1 |
| To remove Labour from power. |
|
1 |
| UKIP promises a vote on Europe |
|
1 |
| UKIP were not standing in my area, and these were the closest to UKIP |
|
1 |
| UKIP'S stance on EU membership |
|
1 |
| Vince Cable is the only man capable of handling both the economic crisis as well as everyday Treasury work, which cannot be ignored. He is the 1 politician to talk fairly about his ideas and to carry them through. |
|
1 |
| Vince Cable would have made the best chancellor of the exchequer |
|
1 |
| Voted for the candidate I trusted |
|
1 |
| Wanted to vote for no other party |
|
1 |
| We were promised a referendum on Europe and didn't get it. |
|
1 |
| While not agreeing with all Conservative policies, I agreed with none or very few of Labour or Lib Dem policies. I believe that Conservatives will look after me and my family better than the other two. I am someone who would come under the banner "Middle |
|
1 |
| __NA__ |
|
2466 |
| a protest vote, I felt the 3 main parties were unable to sort themselves out but preferred voting for a party that stands for united kingdom to not voting |
|
1 |
| a socialist alternative |
|
1 |
| a vote for electoral reform |
|
1 |
| always voted labour |
|
1 |
| anti tory vote |
|
1 |
| as a protest vote to the other parties |
|
1 |
| bEST PARTY FOR SCOTLAND |
|
1 |
| because I have always voted labour , but i dont think gordon brown to be the best leader |
|
1 |
| because someone advised me who to vote for |
|
1 |
| best candidate in the local area |
|
1 |
| best of a bad bunch |
|
1 |
| best of a bad lot, left with very little choice |
|
1 |
| better local candidate |
|
1 |
| better policies on OAP Pensions, Immigration and Crime |
|
1 |
| better the devil you know |
|
1 |
| conservatives don't win in our town |
|
1 |
| conservatives withdrew the candidate because of something he said so he went independant. |
|
1 |
| couldnt really decide between Conservatives or LibDem. Couldnt see any real differences between the people or their general policies and didnt believe any of their promises. More or less tossed a coin in the polling station. Eventuallly went for Tories as |
|
1 |
| did not fancy any of the other parties |
|
1 |
| did not like other candidates |
|
1 |
| did not vote for brown and thought it was wrong they did not go to the voters |
|
1 |
| did not want to vote for any of the other parties |
|
1 |
| did not want to vote for the big 3 |
|
1 |
| didn't agree with all policies but better than other parties, needed a change, |
|
1 |
| didn't want labour or conservative in win |
|
1 |
| didnt really know till 5 mins before |
|
1 |
| didnt trust the big three |
|
1 |
| didnt want labour in |
|
1 |
| dislike of tories |
|
1 |
| dk |
|
3 |
| do not trust the main parties |
|
1 |
| don't like David Cameron & didn't like Lib dem policies |
|
1 |
| dont fully agree with all policies from one party, but this was the most closly aligned party |
|
1 |
| ethos of the party |
|
1 |
| fed up with labour and the tories lies |
|
1 |
| for a change |
|
1 |
| forgetting global policies they appeared to have the policies that were appropriate for me personally |
|
1 |
| great local m p |
|
1 |
| green peace wasnt on the main election paper |
|
1 |
| have always voted conservative |
|
1 |
| hunting wih dogs act |
|
1 |
| i always vote labour |
|
1 |
| i didn't agree with all their polices but i agreed with more of theirs than the other parties |
|
1 |
| i didnt like some policies from all parties but lib dems had more i liked |
|
1 |
| i do not want the uk in the European union |
|
1 |
| i felt that the labour party were the best party to deal witht the state of the country. They are the only ones who really know the full picture |
|
1 |
| i liked our local candidate |
|
1 |
| i preferred to vote for sitting MP |
|
1 |
| i refuse to ever vote for Gordon Brown, David Cameron Just says what he thinks we want to hear , so i voted Nick Clegg as i think we could do with some new blood in polotics |
|
1 |
| i think labour party good for helping family with yong children |
|
1 |
| i thought it was safer to let gordon brown carry on his work sorting out the ecomomy. i think it is safer in his hands to get us through and completely out of resession |
|
1 |
| i thought the independent Sitting MP represented my views the closest |
|
1 |
| i thought they had better arguement re immigration and situations around |
|
1 |
| i trust them |
|
1 |
| i voted for jim dobbin because he`s a really good politician and he`s done good work for the towns he represents |
|
1 |
| i want to see us out of the E.U. |
|
1 |
| i wanted to vote but could not support any of the main parties |
|
1 |
| i wanted to vote for change and think the lib dems represent this |
|
1 |
| immigration |
|
1 |
| immigration and the EU |
|
1 |
| immigration policy. ban the burka policy. |
|
1 |
| independant scotland. |
|
1 |
| it was a message to any party that we are fed up with lies, lies & more lies, next to banks robbing us & politicians. The immigration problem is horrendous & o one is doing anything about it, everything has changed because of this and not for the better. |
|
1 |
| it was the least-worst |
|
1 |
| just closed my eyes an picked one |
|
1 |
| just had enough of the bickering and postering of the main parties |
|
1 |
| just picked a minor party |
|
1 |
| knew the candidate |
|
1 |
| labours destruction of civle libertyslack of decisive action on globle warming |
|
1 |
| listening to them all I felt most confortable with the conservatives to address our major issues, and felt that they would be best to address the major issues and be most suitable not to inflict unnecessary problem on my self through their election manife |
|
1 |
| local candidate |
|
2 |
| local issues |
|
1 |
| locil issues |
|
1 |
| most appropriate of a bad bunch, even though they still have some retarded policies like their stance on nuclear energy |
|
1 |
| my partner said to do it |
|
1 |
| my personal reason |
|
1 |
| n/a |
|
1 |
| no party was helpful therefore just picked an independant |
|
1 |
| not applicable |
|
1 |
| not happy with current main leaders |
|
1 |
| not one party can do everything but i dont trust conservaties |
|
1 |
| our mp |
|
1 |
| oxford east mp andrew smith is the best |
|
1 |
| personal |
|
1 |
| private |
|
1 |
| protest at labours policy on the war in Afghanistan |
|
1 |
| protest vote against labour in a safe labour seat |
|
1 |
| quality of local candidate |
|
1 |
| sitting mp had expenses issues |
|
1 |
| supported local Lib Dem candidate to do good job in this area |
|
1 |
| the best of a bad lot |
|
1 |
| the bnp want britain back |
|
1 |
| the candidate was a good local politician |
|
1 |
| the country needed a change |
|
1 |
| the devil you know is better than the unknown |
|
1 |
| the only party to stop immigration for a period and leave the eu |
|
1 |
| the party i wanted didnt stand in my ward |
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| the person who would do best for the area |
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| their manifesto suggested they may deal with the economic black hole. |
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| their policy on immigration |
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| there stance on europe and immigration |
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| there was no loony and this was the best option. |
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| they meet my aspirations |
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| they stand for the working class |
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| thought they were the best party for ordinary working class people |
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| ticked the wrong box meant to vote labour |
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| to "send a message" to the main parties |
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| unfortuantly mr brown should have not made those comments about the lady by calling her a bigot |
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| voted SNP because Wstminster rule does not "fit" Scotland |
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| wanted to avoid the big three |
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