|
|
Post by enviroPB on May 4, 2024 16:15:46 GMT
At 14.05, the BBC News is reporting live that Labour are 'claiming' victory in London - even though not all the results are in yet. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-68609732Meanwhile, West Midlands is expected around 14.30 and it is said to be "on a knfe-edge". Terrible turn of phrase considering that the West Midlands person head of population has the most stabbings in the UK. |
|
|
|
Post by greenboy on May 4, 2024 17:04:45 GMT
What a fantastic result. London put two fingers up to an extreme right-wing candidate - too right. And about 83% of the electorate put two fingers up to Khan. |
|
|
|
Post by Eastlondoner62 on May 4, 2024 17:10:29 GMT
What a fantastic result. London put two fingers up to an extreme right-wing candidate - too right. And about 83% of the electorate put two fingers up to Khan. How do you know that any abstention is two fingers to Khan? |
|
|
|
Post by greenboy on May 4, 2024 17:23:31 GMT
And about 83% of the electorate put two fingers up to Khan. How do you know that any abstention is two fingers to Khan? It's two fingers to all the candidates. |
|
|
|
Post by wirewiper on May 4, 2024 17:30:29 GMT
Seems Londoners have used the vote to send a message to the government instead of focusing on is that affect the capital. I do understand the reason people have done this but still disappointing we will have 4 more years of Khan. It's not just Londoners, this is being repeated up and down the country. Indeed the scale of the rout is far greater outside London; Ben Houchen may have retained the Tees Valley Mayoralty but the swing against him (17%) would turn every constituency in his area Labour. This is not a mid-term by-election fluke or a one-off protest vote, this is a clear message to the Conservative Government that their time is up. Time to throw the contract back. |
|
|
|
Post by WH241 on May 4, 2024 17:33:02 GMT
You have to laugh but now Khan has won he turns his X / Twitter comments back on!
|
|
|
|
Post by wirewiper on May 4, 2024 17:42:23 GMT
At 14.05, the BBC News is reporting live that Labour are 'claiming' victory in London - even though not all the results are in yet. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-68609732Meanwhile, West Midlands is expected around 14.30 and it is said to be "on a knfe-edge". Terrible turn of phrase considering that the West Midlands person head of population has the most stabbings in the UK. It's the exact phrase the BBC are using ... and still not declared yet (at 18.40), Coventry has gone to a recount. |
|
|
|
Post by southlondon413 on May 4, 2024 17:42:37 GMT
You have to laugh but now Khan has won he turns his X / Twitter comments back in! It’s still restricted to select people. |
|
|
|
Post by capitalomnibus on May 4, 2024 18:19:28 GMT
Seems Londoners have used the vote to send a message to the government instead of focusing on is that affect the capital. I do understand the reason people have done this but still disappointing we will have 4 more years of Khan. Londoners have voted, much like the rest of the country with their own mayors as to who they want running the city as opposed to government. Even if there's personal disagreement the fact as of now is that people want Khan to continue running the city with the policies that he set out. If these results continue throughout the rest of the day there'll be a huge mandate for Khan. I doubt so, most of it is against central government. There is a lot of talk saying that a lot of the green and Lib Dems also voted for Khan purposely to keep Hall out and a lot of people who would have voted Conservative refuse to vote or vote for other parties on purpose. |
|
|
|
Post by southlondonbus on May 4, 2024 18:20:49 GMT
Khan’s third win is off the back of voter apathy and a lack of a good alternate candidate. I don’t see things improving much with Khan’s third term, it’ll be much the same as the first two terms With likely less finding money for things to help with and election. The £25m for the central London routes, £25 superloop, peak fare freeze on Fridays etc. |
|
|
|
Post by capitalomnibus on May 4, 2024 18:32:28 GMT
Khan officially declared the winner, 3.2% swing to Labour. I’m disappointed in Khans win. I think people voted with a better the devil attitude and when combined with the lack of a credible challenger to his candidacy across all parties it felt like an inevitably. He, for me, doesn’t represent what this city needs but rather the division that has been building in politics the last few years. With that said good luck to him for a third term. I don’t see any real improvements coming and I just hope things don’t get worse. The only bright spot is that he has committed the next government to billions of pounds of spending in London which could prove divisive in the near future but honestly we don’t need another Olympics or Wrestlemania. The real credible alternative imo was Rob Blackie, trouble is, people are just two track minded when it comes to voting either Labour or Conservative. |
|
|
|
Post by capitalomnibus on May 4, 2024 18:36:00 GMT
Khan’s third win is off the back of voter apathy and a lack of a good alternate candidate. I don’t see things improving much with Khan’s third term, it’ll be much the same as the first two terms I blame the other parties, also been mentioned elsewhere that Conservative party HQ did little to support Hall, in effect the same that they did for Bailey. When it was Boris, Goldsmith etc they went all out behind them. |
|
|
|
Post by capitalomnibus on May 4, 2024 18:36:53 GMT
You have to laugh but now Khan has won he turns his X / Twitter comments back on! Nothing short of a straight up pu###, ego tastic twit |
|
|
|
Post by Eastlondoner62 on May 4, 2024 18:39:56 GMT
Khan’s third win is off the back of voter apathy and a lack of a good alternate candidate. I don’t see things improving much with Khan’s third term, it’ll be much the same as the first two terms I blame the other parties, also been mentioned elsewhere that Conservative party HQ did little to support Hall, in effect the same that they did for Bailey. When it was Boris, Goldsmith etc they went all out behind them. Hall was a far right candidate that won the vote by process of elimination. The Tories are now heading into an election where they are going to need all the help that they potentially get, so it makes sense for them to keep their money to spend on national campaigning where they might have the opportunity to gain some votes as opposed to burning it on a city that will never have an intention to vote for the far right. |
|
|
|
Post by route53 on May 4, 2024 18:40:43 GMT
Khan’s third win is off the back of voter apathy and a lack of a good alternate candidate. I don’t see things improving much with Khan’s third term, it’ll be much the same as the first two terms I blame the other parties, also been mentioned elsewhere that Conservative party HQ did little to support Hall, in effect the same that they did for Bailey. When it was Boris, Goldsmith etc they went all out behind them. Agreed, let’s Sunak made little to no effort in backing Hall, which left her floundering somewhat. Expect new Overground lines to be called “Stephen Lawrence line” or “Nelson Mandela line” or “Emma Thomson line” or whatever nonsense Khan can come up with in the next four years. |
|
