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Monday, 4 June, 2001, 10:14 GMT 11:14 UK
The voice of the people
A fierce battle for votes is on in the marginal Conservative constituencies of Dorset West and Dorset South.
Will you vote? "I'll be voting Conservative, as I always have - and I want Oliver Letwin to stay in."
Will you vote? "Yes, I suppose so... I don't know much about it, to be honest."
Would you consider tactical voting? "Oh yes, that's how I would actually vote. If you're here, that [the Lib-Dem candidate] is who you've got to vote for, because it's a waste if you vote for Labour."
Will you vote? "I'm not registered, because I've been living at different places for the last two years, but I've got the forms to fill out."
What issues are important to you? "In Bridport, the shops have all shut down and I think they should do something about it all, because you get squatters, underage drinking and things like that."
Will you vote? "I may - I'm undecided as of yet. I'm not very keen on any of them."
Issues: "Pensions, mainly, and the National Health Service. The things everyone wants improvements in, I think."
Tactical voting? "I will, if it means voting Lib-Dem instead of Labour - because I want the Conservatives out."
Issues: "It's local issues that sway it for me this time. The services are rubbish. I pay £1,600 a year and I don't have street lighting. I usually vote Greens but I thought maybe that's a wasted vote. Dorchester has got to change."
Will you vote? "I shall, and I shall be voting as my heart tells me to. I'm a natural Labour voter."
Issues: "Certainly the economy, and the health service. I think those are the main issues, really."
Will you vote? "I will - the Tories need all the votes they can get."
Issues: "British sovereignty. I don't want the country to be run from Brussels."
Will you vote? "I'm going to vote Labour."
Tactical voting? "I've done that in the past, as areas that I've lived in before have also been strong Conservative areas. But I'd rather vote for who I feel I want to get in."
Issues: "Health and education - especially health. It doesn't ever seem to get any better, but I think more's been done in the last four years than in previous years."
Will you vote? "Yeah, probably. I guess I'll vote Labour, because my parents vote Labour."
Issues: "We're slightly better off than under the Conservatives. The minimum wage has certainly helped me, but the petrol price rises could also swing it."
Will you vote?"Yes indeed. I always vote for the party with the best policy and to be on the safe side it's got to be Labour, to give them a chance to continue with their manifesto."
Issues: "Health is an issue, but that's interrelated with housing and education. But whoever wins is going to have to have a number of years to get the economy on track."
Will you vote? "I usually vote, but at the moment I am undecided."
Issues: "I'm quite happy with everything but what really upset me was the 75p pension increase. That was really a kick in the backside."
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