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Post by capitalomnibus on May 8, 2021 23:42:06 GMT
I thought it was a joke, omg; laughing like mad now. |
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Post by richard on May 8, 2021 23:59:08 GMT
Sadiq Khan's speech 👇
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Post by MKAY315 on May 9, 2021 7:37:22 GMT
I have this question to ask. What are people's reasons for voting for Bailey? Is it because they can't stand Khan or the ULEZ situation or the crimes etc? I voted for Bailey, because I can no longer stand Khan, I was let down by his first term in office. He does not listen, is very arrogant. He comes across as fake and painting a fake image. I do not want to hear stupid soppy stories of his dad as a bus driver who did not even do a years service. I would rather he say, to the youth to aspire to be big, and how he came from the bottom and rose up. The crime situation which he has shunned, then the ULEZ etc. I was even prepared to possibly vote Count binface. Fair enough. With regards to the Ulez situation I still think that was going to happen regardless of who was going to be mayor. |
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Post by wirewiper on May 9, 2021 7:46:03 GMT
Sadiq Khan has officially won according to the BBC news. Of course with a reduced majority from 2016, which in my opinion was always expected when you’ve got such a wide field of candidates, if there were less of them it could have been a different story. Personally I think Shaun Bailey did incredibly well to defy the polls. Interestingly the BBC is only showing a 41% turnout, down on 2016 so that could also explain the reduction. The bright spark is that we still have the same level of opposition within city hall to hold the mayor to account which is what I always wanted in this election. Whether Kahn and central government are going to play nice is a story for another day, but I’m hoping both will see merit in working together. 41% turnout? That's shocking. It means that over half of Londoners don't even have an opinion on who should run their city. No wonder this city and country are in such a mess. |
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Post by rugbyref on May 9, 2021 8:27:46 GMT
Assuming there was no voting coercion in Tower Hamlets, then we have to accept Khan as a mayor. There should have been an option for ‘we don’t need or want a mayor!’ However, the map showing how the boroughs voted confirms that there is no support for that hairbrained proposal to tax residents of Kent or Surrey who have to travel into a London borough for work, to visit doctors or dentists.
How about a proposal to restrict the mayor to responsibility within the North and South Circular roads?
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Post by SILENCED on May 9, 2021 8:56:33 GMT
Assuming there was no voting coercion in Tower Hamlets, then we have to accept Khan as a mayor. There should have been an option for ‘we don’t need or want a mayor!’ However, the map showing how the boroughs voted confirms that there is no support for that hairbrained proposal to tax residents of Kent or Surrey who have to travel into a London borough for work, to visit doctors or dentists. How about a proposal to restrict the mayor to responsibility within the North and South Circular roads? Not sure how looking at the map proves or disproves that? |
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Post by galwhv69 on May 9, 2021 9:11:20 GMT
How about a proposal to restrict the mayor to responsibility within the North and South Circular roads? But that's like 50% or even less of the current area. Places like Streatham or Ealing, which are very much in London would apparently not be under the mayor's reponsinility? |
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 9, 2021 9:35:57 GMT
I voted for Bailey, because I can no longer stand Khan, I was let down by his first term in office. He does not listen, is very arrogant. He comes across as fake and painting a fake image. I do not want to hear stupid soppy stories of his dad as a bus driver who did not even do a years service. I would rather he say, to the youth to aspire to be big, and how he came from the bottom and rose up. The crime situation which he has shunned, then the ULEZ etc. I was even prepared to possibly vote Count binface. Fair enough. With regards to the Ulez situation I still think that was going to happen regardless of who was going to be mayor. I really doubt it. It was not needed. Others have said they would not do this. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 9, 2021 9:38:04 GMT
Of course with a reduced majority from 2016, which in my opinion was always expected when you’ve got such a wide field of candidates, if there were less of them it could have been a different story. Personally I think Shaun Bailey did incredibly well to defy the polls. Interestingly the BBC is only showing a 41% turnout, down on 2016 so that could also explain the reduction. The bright spark is that we still have the same level of opposition within city hall to hold the mayor to account which is what I always wanted in this election. Whether Kahn and central government are going to play nice is a story for another day, but I’m hoping both will see merit in working together. 41% turnout? That's shocking. It means that over half of Londoners don't even have an opinion on who should run their city. No wonder this city and country are in such a mess. I did say it would be a low turn out. As many would not bother with Khan and due to the media writing of Sean Bailey, in effect people would not turn out. These candidates are weak, many people I know said they could not be bothered to go out and vote. Especially if pollsters were saying Khan would win a landslide, it has the affect of why bother. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 9, 2021 9:42:23 GMT
Assuming there was no voting coercion in Tower Hamlets, then we have to accept Khan as a mayor. There should have been an option for ‘we don’t need or want a mayor!’ However, the map showing how the boroughs voted confirms that there is no support for that hairbrained proposal to tax residents of Kent or Surrey who have to travel into a London borough for work, to visit doctors or dentists. How about a proposal to restrict the mayor to responsibility within the North and South Circular roads? Well Lutfur Rahman has gone, so I cannot see that much fraud there, lol. He was encouraging people to go out and vote though. There was one candidate saying that he would have an option to abandon the London assembly and mayoral system if he got elected. I cannot remember who it was though. Restricting the mayoral responsibility is a bit extreme don't you think. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on May 9, 2021 9:55:45 GMT
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Post by wirewiper on May 9, 2021 10:30:54 GMT
Hmm - Burnham's "rare victory"? (quote from the Standard article). Of the twelve directly elected Mayors in England outside London, only three have not gone to Labour and one of those (West Yorkshire) is still to be declared and is a likely Labour victory. Four - Liverpool City Region, Greater Manchester, North Tyneside and Salford - didn't even need to go to second preference votes. In Liverpool and Bristol the main opposition candidate was not even Conservative (independent and Green respectively) and Labour even managed to do enough to take a "blue wall" seat, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough - for good measure, they also held onto Cambridge City Council. |
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Post by greenboy on May 9, 2021 10:36:43 GMT
Assuming there was no voting coercion in Tower Hamlets, then we have to accept Khan as a mayor. There should have been an option for ‘we don’t need or want a mayor!’ However, the map showing how the boroughs voted confirms that there is no support for that hairbrained proposal to tax residents of Kent or Surrey who have to travel into a London borough for work, to visit doctors or dentists. How about a proposal to restrict the mayor to responsibility within the North and South Circular roads? I certainly agree about having a 'we don't need or want a mayor' option, the low turnout speaks for itself. |
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Post by SILENCED on May 9, 2021 10:37:29 GMT
Assuming there was no voting coercion in Tower Hamlets, then we have to accept Khan as a mayor. There should have been an option for ‘we don’t need or want a mayor!’ However, the map showing how the boroughs voted confirms that there is no support for that hairbrained proposal to tax residents of Kent or Surrey who have to travel into a London borough for work, to visit doctors or dentists. How about a proposal to restrict the mayor to responsibility within the North and South Circular roads? Well Lutfur Rahman has gone, so I cannot see that much fraud there, lol. He was encouraging people to go out and vote though. There was one candidate saying that he would have an option to abandon the London assembly and mayoral system if he got elected. I cannot remember who it was though. Restricting the mayoral responsibility is a bit extreme don't you think. Can't see how it could be bordered by the north/south circular. Only way it could happen is if whole boroughs were moved outside of London, and the border would move accordingly ... but can't see that happening in all honesty. |
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Post by wirewiper on May 9, 2021 10:45:07 GMT
Assuming there was no voting coercion in Tower Hamlets, then we have to accept Khan as a mayor. There should have been an option for ‘we don’t need or want a mayor!’ However, the map showing how the boroughs voted confirms that there is no support for that hairbrained proposal to tax residents of Kent or Surrey who have to travel into a London borough for work, to visit doctors or dentists. How about a proposal to restrict the mayor to responsibility within the North and South Circular roads? If that happened (it won't) it would almost guarantee permanent Labour domination of the Mayoralty and London Assembly. The bulk of Conservative votes come from outside these roads. |
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bahahahaha 
