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Oh no, say it ain't so... ;)

WRT voting Green, I have very mixed feelings. I have similar thoughts as you WRT their science position (though better theirs than UKIP's wanting to ban teaching global warming!), I'm even less happy with their Foreign/Defence policies which I see as actively dangerous (I've got a very weird mix of policy preferences, simultaneously anti-authoritarian and pro robust Foreign and Defence policies) and while I like their tolerance and support for people as a whole, I'm not really in a place where I would feel comfortable voting for them.

Historically I've voted Labour (often unhappily, I call my politics centrist but apparently everyone else would call me very left wing), with the Lib Dems as a fall back vote if Labour did something egregiously stupid. I can't remember ever actually doing that, but I've certainly considered it e.g. after Labour's introduction of the WCA. The problem this time around is that I'm really not happy with Labour's drift to the Right, so there could be a genuine case for invoking my fall-back vote, and there is no way I will consider voting Lib Dem given their demonstrated willingness to sell their votes to the first person who comes along, yet equally I'm not happy voting Green.

And of course there's the potential need to tactically vote, given a UKIP MP in the neighbouring constituency.

It shouldn't be this hard to find a party you approve of!