General Election

[Kintyre Forum News]

Surprised by the lack of discussion on here about the candidates and their parties ahead of the General Election on Thursday.

Any thoughts on the candidates?

[D.H]

Isn't the silence deafening? I guess it is difficult to judge when you don't get to meet the candidates and when the first past the post limits the value of your vote.

I would recommend that people still vote. I already have. We are lucky in our country to be able to vote. Not everyone in this world can. A hundred years ago most of us wouldn't have been allowed to vote.

Vote with your heart not the spin. Vote for smaller parties if you are fed up with the mince parties on TV each night.

[Kevin Mc]

There's a thread in Current Affairs http://www.kintyreforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=9816

[mrn]

Still not sure who I will vote for!

[jamiemcivor]

Just to let you know that we're intending to provide live coverage of the Argyll and Bute declaration on BBC1 network tomorrow afternoon.

As you can imagine, the running order for the election programme is very fluid... so to some extent it will depend on what's happening elsewhere. But the provisional plan is that I'll do something to set the scene sometime after 12 then take the declaration live. Last time it was at about 12.45pm.

If it's dropped from network, we'll still have coverage in BBC Scotland's lunchtime opt.

In the event of a hung parliament, the Argyll and Bute result could be crucial - whichever way the seat goes. (I don't think Sky News are covering this count live while ITV1/STV are planning to run their normal programmes tomorrow morning.)

Anyway, nearly time to head off to Lochgilphead with the team!

[EMDEE]

Surprised by the lack of discussion on here about the candidates and their parties ahead of the General Election on Thursday.

Any thoughts on the candidates?

Probably everyone's been too busy working their way through their copies of the various party manifestoes so that they can come to an informed decision in the best interests of the country.

Aye, right.