The Cake Stop

ballysmate said:

Whoa there Shortfall, you cheeky censored . I'm a Tory

Shush 😄

ballysmate said:

Whoa there Shortfall, you cheeky censored . I'm a Tory

About time you came off the fence.

More people have professed to vote Tory on here than any other party.
The only other clear vote intention shared regularly has been Rick and Lib Dem’s.
Personally I am very centrist.
I agree in both free markets and an active state and am probably one of the more left posters on here. I work in free markets driving efficiency and believe passionately in competition where it is appropriate.

I actually align to many Tory economic policies but having the ability to separate self interest from national needs, I can never bring myself to vote for them.
I have to hold my nose come elections but am thankful that at least our constituency MP is a very proactive local champion and not at an extreme end of any bodies policies.

FPTP enforced a two party dominance which brings safe seats. Safe seats rewards incompetence. I couldn’t imagine being represented by someone like JRM.
If I’m a wokey dokey lefty, some of you lot need to get out a bit more.

shortfall said:

ddraver said:

It could be worse....

That our local lib dem member is painted as the living embodiment of the marxist red scare suggests that the forum skews rather right, but I occasionally dip into a US based ski forum and that is a whole box of....

Cakestop skews right? Really? I think there's only Stevo who admits to voting Tory and have you seen the hate the Conservatives get across a number of threads? Not to mention the bile aimed at GB News before it's even launched. Where are all the right wing posters? There's me I suppose, but I'm one of the few to be concerned with liberty and the increasing authoritarian actions of the government, and I also support nationalised railways, I'm not a free markets hawk and I've been against most of the foreign wars and interventions in recent memory from Iraq, to Afghanistan, to Lybia.

There are quite a few who at least used to vote Tory before the party lost its mind.

rjsterry said:

shortfall said:

ddraver said:

It could be worse....

That our local lib dem member is painted as the living embodiment of the marxist red scare suggests that the forum skews rather right, but I occasionally dip into a US based ski forum and that is a whole box of....

Cakestop skews right? Really? I think there's only Stevo who admits to voting Tory and have you seen the hate the Conservatives get across a number of threads? Not to mention the bile aimed at GB News before it's even launched. Where are all the right wing posters? There's me I suppose, but I'm one of the few to be concerned with liberty and the increasing authoritarian actions of the government, and I also support nationalised railways, I'm not a free markets hawk and I've been against most of the foreign wars and interventions in recent memory from Iraq, to Afghanistan, to Lybia.

There are quite a few who at least used to vote Tory before the party lost its mind.

This. I voted Tory in every GE from 1992 to 2015 but it then became apparent that they were becoming controlled from the fringes.

More odd is someone who is concerned about authoritarianism and civil liberties voting for a right of centre party and the very party introducing the laws they are so opposed to then complaining about liberals.

briantrumpet said:

Stevo_666 said:

If you're far enough to the left, everything looks right wing

Whilst being true, the converse is also true.

True.

I think the main problem with Cake Stop is that it's a bit too serious for its own good. Not enough banter, too much politics and too many threads disappearing up their own backsides with philosophical discussions.

Stevo_666 said:

I think the main problem with Cake Stop is that it's a bit too serious for its own good. Not enough banter, too much politics and too many threads disappearing up their own backsides with philosophical discussions.

I do actually appreciate the fact that there are lots of honest discussions about a wide range of topics, nearly all respectful, and, on the whole, less compartmentalised than you get in the press. The fact that not everyone adorns their comments with emoticons doesn't mean that there's not a good dose of humour lurking and ready to pounce.

I do appreciate too that a lot of you obviously have really proper jobs and families, and yet still take the time to write (sometimes lengthy) properly considered replies.

I'd say i'm pretty centrist.

I am not tied to any particular party, in GE's i have voted for candidates from 3 different parties over the years, depending on a) the current polices of each party at the time of the election, b) who the candidate was and whether i liked them or not

briantrumpet said:

It doesn't skew right, but equally, I suspect a majority of us have voted Tory at some point, and this isn't the leftie stronghold it's sometimes made out to be.

We don't have a single open Labour voter. Not a one! Not even a reluctant Keir Starmer voter...

Not to mention that the very youngest of us are mid-thirties, (?)married, (?)home owners with kids.

Of course it's skewed right!

I have never voted Tory in my life however I have spent the last 35 years always living in Conservative strong holds. It’s similar to reading Cake stop

kingstongraham said:

ddraver said:

briantrumpet said:

It doesn't skew right, but equally, I suspect a majority of us have voted Tory at some point, and this isn't the leftie stronghold it's sometimes made out to be.

We don't have a single open Labour voter. Not a one! Not even a reluctant Keir Starmer voter...

Of course it's skewed right!

There's one registered Labour supporter though.

You sure about that?

I think most people on here would vote for almost anything to keep a proper leftist party out. Too much to lose.

Doesn't mean it skews right though. Definitely left of centre, but quite central because there are views from left and right of centre (plus agreeing with whatever the Tories are doing at any time which can be left or right).

But then very few people think of themselves as anything other than reasonable. and centrist, regardless of where others see them.

kingstongraham said:

l because there are views from left and right of centre

No...there aren't...

That's the point

Neither Brown nor Miliband were tories...

surrey_commuter said:

the middle middle right (May, Hammond)

Are you talking Teresa and Phil or James and Richard?