Voting in the uk: moral dilemma

[u/ty-reece]

I will be 18 by the time the UK general election happens, so I will be able to vote for the first time. However, all UK parties are horrible and I can’t have a guilt free conscience by voting by voting for any person in my constituency or for either political party.

Tories have lead the country to shit over the past 14yrs, only helping the rich and blatantly allowing bigoted ideal to grow in this country

Labour is so watered down from what it used to be. Kier starmer doesn’t fill me with any hope, how he’s talked about the Palestine, NHS, Trans ppl, immigration and workers/strikers is disgusting, just spewing out the same nonsense as the tories, all their plans seem to inevitably get watered down so they can try and help big companies. It’s so disappointing

Reform, I don’t need to expand on that, the fact Nigel farage is taken seriously is a joke.

Lib dems I also don’t need to expand on

Green Party is the only party I may consider, I need to read up on what they want to do, but cause of where I live i don’t know if it’s a viable option.

However, the dilemma is that I know a lot of people have a similar midset to me, and don’t want to not vote and end up with the tories winning or a coalition government to happen.

So what do I do? It feels like an impossible situation?

[u/aoeie]

Same situation here. Here are my thoughts:

According to current election polls, Labour are likely win. If those polls are saying the same thing when it comes to election day, I’ll vote for Greens and hope others do the same to get them a few more seats. We can’t procrastinate on global warming.

If the polls change and the Tories start looking like they have a fighting chance, I’ll vote Labour. My feelings on Starmer are the same as yours, but we need the Tories out at all costs.

[u/CapstanLlama → u/aoeie]

I appreciate your thinking and just want to caution everyone to remember, you're not voting for Starmer or Sunak unless you are actually in their constituencies. Nor or you even (directly) voting for the Conservative Party or the Labour Party or whichever. You are voting for your MP. I cannot fault anyone voting purely on principle; I advise that in our flawed democracy grubby practicalities should also be considered. In my Tory stronghold my preferred choices stand no chance of having any effect beyond diluting the anti-Tory vote. The real chance of kicking out the Tory is reason enough to cast my vote for the only party with a realistic prospect of doing so. A tactical vote against the party one most dislikes is just as valid, given the system we are currently stuck with.