Re: Local elections

<rosenstiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:tqqdnVxCtt2FzTTSnZ2dnUVZ8gOdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In article <6kVbNRQXVUqPFwzB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, pah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Paul
Hyett) wrote:

On Tue, 8 May 2012 at 02:24:51, rosenstiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote
in uk.politics.electoral :
>>
>> Or vote for UKIP, etc...
>
>No different. Another way of wasting their votes and letting the Tory >in.
>
As opposed to voting for *you* and getting the Tories anyway??

The Tories are in Government because they got more votes and more seats than
any other party and no other party was prepared to lead a government in
2010.

That's a bit harsh, since no other party was in a realistic position to do so.

--
David North

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