I live in Islington North constituency and I’ve no idea who to vote for in this election.
My politics are left wing and I’m gender critical.
Our current MP is Corbyn, who is standing as an independent in this election. I don’t want to vote for him (and even more so after seeing him out on the campaign trail with Owen Jones 🙄).
I’m pissed off with Labour re self ID/Rosie Duffield treatment etc etc and don’t really want to vote for them either. Don’t want to vote for Greens and Lib Dems because of their batshit gender policies. Other candidates are Tory, Reform (no thanks), and an independent who I can’t find any information about. Sadly no other parties or even novelty candidates to choose from this election.
Normally I might consider spoiling my ballot paper… BUT, wondering if that’s risky this time? Whilst I’m angry with Labour, I would be pissed off if Corbyn got back in… Is it a risk? Should I hold my nose and vote for Labour?
interested to hear from other mumsnetters who are in a similar predicament. Who the hell do you vote for if you're left wing and gender critical?
(regular mumsnetter, have name changed because I’ve given my location).
Islington North - who to vote for?
Election2024 · 24/06/2024 17:48
Hyperions · 24/06/2024 18:07
Tory I'm afraid, you've got to vote to defend your rights.
WhereAreWeNow · 24/06/2024 18:08
I genuinely don't know. If it was purely about self ID, I guess you'd be voting Tory or Reform. But if you're left wing you're stuck between a rock and a hard place. I feel Labour are moving in the right direction and rowing back from previous lunacy. But I'd be reluctant to vote for the candidate that was imposed on the CLP. Isn't he a private health entrepreneur who's called for privatisation of the NHS?
Sorry, that probably doesn't help. Everyone I know seems to be struggling with similar questions.
JandLandG · 24/06/2024 18:23
Cracking logic, here...
Never mind about Johnson, never mind about partygate, never mind about his defence of sex pests, never mind about all the fucking rest of it.
Never mind about Truss
Never mind about the ERG, never mind about Patel, never mind about Williamson and all the rest of those people who should have never been anywhere near the levers of power in this country.
Never mind about the chancellor who makes his own tax payments up, never mind about the non-dom PM's wife, never mind about the billions given to Tory mates of the VIP lane.
Never mind about any of that kind of stuff, eh...?
Hyperions · 24/06/2024 18:07
Tory I'm afraid, you've got to vote to defend your rights.
JandLandG · 24/06/2024 18:23
Cracking logic, here...
Never mind about Johnson, never mind about partygate, never mind about his defence of sex pests, never mind about all the fucking rest of it.
Never mind about Truss
Never mind about the ERG, never mind about Patel, never mind about Williamson and all the rest of those people who should have never been anywhere near the levers of power in this country.
Never mind about the chancellor who makes his own tax payments up, never mind about the non-dom PM's wife, never mind about the billions given to Tory mates of the VIP lane.
Never mind about any of that kind of stuff, eh...?
Hyperions · 24/06/2024 18:07
Tory I'm afraid, you've got to vote to defend your rights.
JandLandG · 24/06/2024 18:23
Cracking logic, here...
Never mind about Johnson, never mind about partygate, never mind about his defence of sex pests, never mind about all the fucking rest of it.
Never mind about Truss
Never mind about the ERG, never mind about Patel, never mind about Williamson and all the rest of those people who should have never been anywhere near the levers of power in this country.
Never mind about the chancellor who makes his own tax payments up, never mind about the non-dom PM's wife, never mind about the billions given to Tory mates of the VIP lane.
Never mind about any of that kind of stuff, eh...?
Hyperions · 24/06/2024 18:07
Tory I'm afraid, you've got to vote to defend your rights.
UtilitarianNameChange · 24/06/2024 18:50
Corbyn usually has a giant majority, presumably that’s going to split into two with
Corbyn mopping up some Green-inclined voters and Labour mopping up some Lib Dems?
Corbyn might do well with Labour voters who are pissed off with Sadiq Khan and the Labour candidate/Starmer’s Labour might gain some left leaning Jewish voters who had abandoned the party in the Corbyn era.
The not-very-big Tory vote is going to split smaller, losing some votes to Reform.
If I lived in Islington North I’d probably spoil my ballot (although a win for Corbyn might have the unintended effect of making the PLP more terfy, in order to better distance themselves from the fringier left).
What’s the Labour candidate like?
At least your election is exciting!
I live in a vote-for-an-inanimate-object-wearing-a-red-rosette area of the NW, where the only sign of Labour’s dwindling support is lower and lower turn out. Not many people here like or trust Labour these but they can’t quite bring themselves to vote for anyone else.
ProfessorPeppy · 24/06/2024 18:53
I think you need to stop Corbyn. I used to live in Islington North and he was my MP - I can’t believe I used to vote for him. He’s a disaster.
CorbynSchmorbyn · 24/06/2024 19:10
I am also in Islington North. I am still undecided as to whether to vote Reform (as a protest vote) or whether to deliberately spoil my ballot. None of the other parties deserves my vote at the moment (although also no idea about the Independent bloke who isn't Corbyn). I am doing a bit to help Lesley Woodburn of Party of Women who is standing in Islington South.
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Election2024 · 24/06/2024 19:18
I used to vote for him too. I was never a big fan (have a long memory), but he was a decent constituency MP who seemed to care. But I didn’t realise that he was a vain man - anyone with less ego would have realised the damage he was doing to the Labour Party as leader and stepped aside… and maybe the Tories wouldn’t have won in 2019?
ProfessorPeppy · 24/06/2024 18:53
I think you need to stop Corbyn. I used to live in Islington North and he was my MP - I can’t believe I used to vote for him. He’s a disaster.
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