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May 1st Elections
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Who do you reckon you're gonna vote for?
And just a quick question. How come in the same election last year, only 1 seat was up for grabs in my area, and now it's 3 seats? What's the difference between the two elections?
And just a quick question. How come in the same election last year, only 1 seat was up for grabs in my area, and now it's 3 seats? What's the difference between the two elections?
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Was there a bi-election in between?
Seriously, dunno. I'll see who is running etc. It'll all be shit though.
Either Ken or the Lib Dems will do a moderate job, if Ken could just learn to shut up he'd be a decent mayor I'm concerned the Torries will bugger everything up.
If it was Singe Transferable Vote (instead of Supplementary Vote) I think Brian Paddick would have a better chance.
With SV - what will be used, if any candidate gets over half the vote outright in first preference votes, they win. If no candidate gets that, the two with the most first preference votes go through to a second round. At the second round the second pref votes of those eliminated candidates are carried over. So if you vote LibDem/Green/independent/etc first and Ken second, your second pref most likely will be carried over as it'll be Ken/Boris in the second round.
i'm going paddick 1st, and ken 2nd myself
and assembly i'll vote so someone new gets the job in my area since they don't do anything anyway in the assembly since they need a 2/3 majority to override the mayor
I *have* to be rid of that nasty little man Ken, though.
Hard choice - two anti-semites or voting Labour or Tory
(PS- Lib dems not running?)
Nope. Probably the party most likely to get my vote too.
I think Labour will have it in the bag, and the Conservatives will be a close second (though when each party has more than one candidate, I don't get who you're supposed to pick). I also expect the Socialist candidate to do well though, because he's pretty vocal about local issues and gets more media coverage than anyone else. But I think keeping the BNP out is more important than who gets in, so I think I'll probably vote for whoever I think will come 3rd.
This from the person who was whinging about our voter turnout? Shame on you.
No - but I am accusing the Socialist People's Party of being so
Based on what? Their website has some stuff about our local reservoir, and some houses being demolished in town. It's not a national party, if you're thinking it's part of the Socialist Party.
What?
Ah, so I am
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Ditto... With red Ken as second.
Don't want no conservatives in, or an ex RESPECT party member, or UKIP or BNP lol
I feel the same way about Boris as I do about George Bush. I don't want him to win, but at least there'll be a silver lining of entertaining TV news for a while. Plus I don't live there, so he can't fuck my life up too much.
If he gets rid of bendy buses, that will be a good thing for me.
I want him in more because I want Ken out. Having started out so well, recent events with his campaign people siphoning off our hard-earned left right and centre to line their own pockets combined with the Tube strike planned for 8 days time (which is really going to fuck up my plans) means that Boris gets my vote.
I don't drive (though I can) so I don't really give a stuff about congestion charge/car policies but I do like old BJ's policies on London's green spaces, keeping those toerag chavs on buses quiet and (fingers crossed) air-conditioned tubes, which, as I have to travel them every day, would be a godsend.
What is peoples problem with bendy buses, I ride them all the time, they are really no different to normal ones.
As for Boris waving a magic wand and getting kids to be quiet or an air conditioned Tube - he has exactly the same level of ability to do that as Ken - none.
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I agree, I dont see what the fuss is with bendy buses. They have got to be better than those clapped out double deckers.
To be honest I reckon it'd be better to simply increase the free water programme during very hot days.
EDIT: And I think one caught fire in Germany and Crawley.... at least that's what I remember.
There are quite often spot checks, if they happened more often then people would pay. Phasing them out and replacing them with new Routemasters like Boris wants would cost a fortune.