Comments on: Labour can win Brighton Pavilion

By: anonyma

anonyma — Tue, 04 May 2010 20:19:53 +0000

I am 99% likely to vote labour on Thursday. The thought of the tories and Cameron getting into power is just too awful. Nancy Platts seems very genuine. Something about Caroline Lucas scares me.

By: anonyma

anonyma — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:20:35 +0000

I realised that I know nothing about Nancy Platts. I probably will vote for her, as she is the labour candidate, and I assume she is too young to have been a Blair’s babe. I suppose at a general election you have to keep one eye on who leads the party too, and there are a lot worse than Gordon Brown.

The Greens scare me more than the tories. Stalinists.

By: anonyma

anonyma — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:55:37 +0000

I live in the Brighton Pavilion area and the only certain thing for me with this coming May general election is that I won’t be voting Green. Even though I voted Green in two general elections because Bliar was unvotable, for me, even holding my nose, and because Keith Taylor was a very good candidate with a manifesto that balanced workable green policies that most people want and found sensible with far-reaching general politics.

So Caroline Lucas swings into Brighton and thinks she can do better than a candidate with a huge personal vote. With her Stalinist hard green lines about young people using cheap flights whilst politicians will always fly to places like the south pacific for lavish conferences on the environment.

I will probably vote labour, as I think Gordon Browne would be a (much) better Prime Minister than Cameron, who reminds me too much of Bliar, and also of the character in 1001 Dalmations who when asked what kind of sycophant he is replies, “what kind of sycophant would you like me to be”. I have no idea what the local labour candidate is like. I have never voted tory in my life, but Charlotte Vere seems like a very nice lady and she guns for Green hypocracy in a way that labour seem to fear to. If it wasn’t for Cameron, Charlotte Vere has a 50/50 chance of my vote.

By: Jezz

Jezz — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:37:48 +0000

I like the greens and when I bother to vote locally (increasingly rarely due to diminishing standards and lack of anything new materialising out of all the hype, soundbites, and promises) I vote green for the simple reason that I like their policies and they can make a difference in local government. However, when it comes to a national vote for the party of Government I will always vote Labour (wouldn’t rule out Lib Dems if it helped) to keep the conservatives out! I don’t want them locally and I sure as hell don’t want them nationally! So I, like many I suspect, will abandon their principals with that aim in mind! It’s fanciful to suggest most voters will do anything else because it simply makes sense!

By: Louis Wilkes

Louis Wilkes — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:13:55 +0000

Preston,

You’re absolutely right.

The Labour and Tory strategy in Brighton Pavilion is based around undermining the Green Party, they don’t like to admit it, but both Nancy and Charlotte know that Caroline is the candidate to beat.

Dan is right, Brighton Pavilion is still all to play for and no one is thinking it’s in the bag. The Greens are still fighting this seat from third place last time, but the weight of polls and elections since 2005 suggests that the Greens may just be in front of the other two.

Best wishes,

Luke

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By: Preston

Preston — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:41:19 +0000

If you really believe the Greens are third, why do you spend most of your time attacking Caroline Lucas and not Charlotte Vere?

Also a quick look at Charlotte Vere’s website shows, most of her party political attacks via blogs or tweets are directed at Caroline and/or the Green Party. Why might that be?

The answer is of course, you both know where your main threat is. Why else would you attack a party on 12%??

By: Cllr Jason Kitcat

Cllr Jason Kitcat — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:11:32 +0000

Love the clip, fantastic!

I agree, it’s still all to play for, but Greens are well placed based on past performance. Like it or not people do look at polls, because our unfair electoral system means that many choose to vote tactically. The Kindle poll isn’t credible, and that’s the view not just of partisan folk like me but many pollsters e.g. UK Polling Report http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/2461

Greens in no way think the outcome is a cert. That’s why we busy canvassing, leafleting and campaigning at every opportunity! We do want to reassure people that, due to our growing vote share, we’re in the running to win.

I do not agree that this general election is just about a Labour v Tory government. That narrative suits Labour of course, but I think it’s about the kind of policies we want to see in this country as well as who we think will best represent our local area.

The outcome is in the hands of voters and I can’t wait to see the results!