Tommy Said:

Are there any information sites of the different parties for the 2010 UK election?

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For Conservatives.............
http://conservativehome.blogs.com - an independent Conservative blog with daily updates, aimed at the grassroots, isn't afraid to stick the boot into the leadership when it's deserved, updated several times a day, and good for debunking claims from rival parties.

http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/ - Written by John Redwood, the Conservative MP / Candidate for Wokingham.... pretty insightful for getting clear explainations on economic matters + what goes on behind the scenes. One of the UK's top political blogs, and essential reading.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/norman… - Lord Norman Tebbit's telegraph blog....... another of the UK's top political blogs, very insightful, essential reading.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/author… - Daniel Hannan's telegraph blog... another essential read.

For Labour........ reminders of how bloody awful they've been:
http://www.labour-watch.com/
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/henry.tsmit…
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/norman…
http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/researc…

For LibDems....... seems that they ain't all they appear:
http://www.nastylibdems.org/
http://blog.john-duck.co.uk/2010/04/17/u…

General Purpose, all parties......... The Daily Telegraph politics section: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopi…

For BNP...
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/daniel…
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/norman…

For UKIP...
http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2010/04…
http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/11…

Marie Said:

How long should a UK Election Campaign last for a new party?

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Ideally, about a hundred years ago.

If you have a genuinely new, solid platform and hundreds of thousands of supporters, then you will want to target one or two seats for your first election, and you will want to start now. You will want to start getting people to stand for local elections, gathering the money you'll need to print campaign leaflets and posters, and the media and volunteer support you'll need to deliver your message.

Otherwise, don't even bother - join one of the established political parties, do some work for them, stand in local elections if you can, and plan to bring your ideas to them from within. At the very least, you will get some experience in what it takes to be a political party.

Also, the next election is likely to be much sooner than 2015 - five years is the maximum term for a parliament, not the minimum, and it is likely the Conservatives will try to call a new election as soon as they can get away with it. Which just makes it more urgent to start now - but if you're asking for advice on Yahoo Answers, I suspect you will do no more than lose your deposit and the deposit of anyone else you convince to stand for your party.

Douglas Said:

Will middle class women vote for the most feminist political party in the UK election?

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I only hope that these middle class women see the truth for what it is, and shun these agenda-driven man-haters that you still have in power. I can't see why level-headed men/women who do not live in a state of perpetual victimhood, would want to vote for man-haters like Harman or Smith.

Tanya Said:

What party would you or are you going to vote for in the election (UK)?

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I'm with you on the confusion scale. I don't fully support any of the parties and while I find myself liking one part of a manifesto, I'll hate another part. It really feels like I'm voting for the lesser of a lot of evils.

Right now it looks like I'll be voting for the lib dems. I really like a lot of their ideologies but whether they can put them into action or not is a completely different matter.

Helen Said:

What will a vote in national election (uk) mean?

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There aren't 3 main parties in the UK - if you live in Scotland, then the parties winning seats are Lab, Con, Lib Dem, and SNP.

If you live in Wales, the parties winning seats are Lab, Con, Lib Dem and Plaid Cymru.

Not everyone (in the whole of the UK) has the chance to vote for the minor parties like UKIP, Greens, or the others. Most of these small parties will not contest every single seat. They can't afford it because polling less than 5% of the constituency vote means a lost deposit - an expensive exercise.

Voting for any losing candidate is a wasted exercise in our first past the post system. No matter who wins your constituency, any votes for all the ones who don't win, don't affect the local result or the national result. Any votes for the winner in excess of his required majority are also pointless, and thus some 70% of votes cast nationally did not affect the constituency result or the national result, and may as well be thrown in to the bin.

Let's face it, when all the votes are in, UKIP will have 0 seats, BNP will have 0 seats, Greens will have 0 seats, George Galloway will lose his seat. These parties may do okay in the Proportional European election - but a general election is NOT proportional. None of those parties can get anything like the number of votes needed to win a parliamentary constituency - you need 30% in a close poll to have an outside chance of winning the seat, 40%+ to stand a realistic chance, and 50% to be guaranteed it. With vote shares around 10 to 16% (but you can halve those numbers on a turnout of 65% or more), it just isn't going to happen.

Earl Said:

In this election (UK) What are the stances from the other party leaders for sexism - Male/Female equality?

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Who cares about Britain its going to break up this year anyway... Scotland is becoming independent.

Cheryl Said:

Who will you vote for in the next general election. (UK) and give one reason why?

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I really don't know at the moment, I think they are all bad.

The "first past the post" system doesn't help either.

Whatever party gets in we'll still be left with a legalised Mafia.