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Post by WH241 on May 4, 2024 19:09:17 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. The tweet which could be commented on seems to have been deleted. |
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Post by COBO on May 4, 2024 19:19:54 GMT
I wonder how Khan’s election promises regarding buses will come into play like Superloop 2, putting London buses into public ownership and this new route that’s going to run from Golders Green to Stamford Brook will go into consultation stage.
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Post by southlondonbus on May 4, 2024 19:32:28 GMT
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. That is what I think biggest shame is is that bar Ken Livingstone, this race is always a 2 horse one with Little hope for anyone else. |
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Post by WH241 on May 4, 2024 19:35:00 GMT
I wonder how Khan’s election promises regarding buses will come into play like Superloop 2, putting London buses into public ownership and this new route that’s going to run from Golders Green to Stamford Brook will go into consultation stage. I suspect these changes will all go ahead in the next year (Except the buses back into public ownership). Then there will be a long dry spell as he forgets about transport now he is safe for another 4 years.
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Post by southlondonbus on May 4, 2024 19:46:38 GMT
I wonder how Khan’s election promises regarding buses will come into play like Superloop 2, putting London buses into public ownership and this new route that’s going to run from Golders Green to Stamford Brook will go into consultation stage. I suspect these changes will all go ahead in the next year (Except the buses back into public ownership). Then there will be a long dry spell as he forgets about transport now he is safe for another 4 years.
I'm not totally convinced SL2 will be go ahead so soon. I wouldn't be surprised for a consultation, then a wait for the results, then a slow introduction like the Sutton changes with a couple of routes dropped like with the 407/443. |
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Post by PGAT on May 4, 2024 19:55:44 GMT
I suspect these changes will all go ahead in the next year (Except the buses back into public ownership). Then there will be a long dry spell as he forgets about transport now he is safe for another 4 years.
I'm not totally convinced SL2 will be go ahead so soon. I wouldn't be surprised for a consultation, then a wait for the results, then a slow introduction like the Sutton changes with a couple of routes dropped like with the 407/443. I disagree. Different consultations get treated differently and Superloop 2 will definitely be on the agenda as it's more high profile and affects most of the city. The first Superloop was delivered in good time after it was dreamt up and nothing got dropped or significantly altered |
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Post by southlondonbus on May 4, 2024 20:03:25 GMT
I'm not totally convinced SL2 will be go ahead so soon. I wouldn't be surprised for a consultation, then a wait for the results, then a slow introduction like the Sutton changes with a couple of routes dropped like with the 407/443. I disagree. Different consultations get treated differently and Superloop 2 will definitely be on the agenda as it's more high profile and affects most of the city. The first Superloop was delivered in good time after it was dreamt up and nothing got dropped or significantly altered Yes but that had a deadline of an election. Or am I just being synical. |
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Post by jacques on May 4, 2024 20:06:40 GMT
I think Susan Hall could have won if the turnout was around 80-90%, its obvious who the 40% that did turnout to vote were, they are the diehard Khan fans, no matter how bad he runs the capital, they will still vote for him.
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Post by vjaska on May 4, 2024 20:19:48 GMT
I think Susan Hall could have won if the turnout was around 80-90%, its obvious who the 40% that did turnout to vote were, they are the diehard Khan fans, no matter how bad he runs the capital, they will still vote for him. Susan Hall could only have a hope of winning if Labour didn’t field a candidate full stop - no amount of turnout was getting her in given her whole campaign was just Outer London based - she didn’t even bother to try and make inroads in Inner London where there are plenty of people tired of him. Thank goodness she flopped as expected anyway, I’m not in the business of having far right candidates running London and it was excellent to see Count Binface beat the racists are Britain First |
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Post by SILENCED on May 4, 2024 20:29:34 GMT
I think Susan Hall could have won if the turnout was around 80-90%, its obvious who the 40% that did turnout to vote were, they are the diehard Khan fans, no matter how bad he runs the capital, they will still vote for him. Susan Hall could only have a hope of winning if Labour didn’t field a candidate full stop - no amount of turnout was getting her in given her whole campaign was just Outer London based - she didn’t even bother to try and make inroads in Inner London where there are plenty of people tired of him. Thank goodness she flopped as expected anyway, I’m not in the business of having far right candidates running London and it was excellent to see Count Binface beat the racists are Britain First Think it is about time Outer London boroughs seek devolution from Inner London. Inner London can have pay per mile, Outer London does not want it. Count Binface would have been more preferable than Count Khanage! |
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Post by southlondonbus on May 4, 2024 20:42:07 GMT
I think Susan Hall could have won if the turnout was around 80-90%, its obvious who the 40% that did turnout to vote were, they are the diehard Khan fans, no matter how bad he runs the capital, they will still vote for him. I don't know, I think it was thought this morning that low turnout would benefit her more with a feeling on complationcy in Inner London. Also turnoutwas was slightly higher in outer London which was perceived to be her main base which wasn't untrue with the high support in Bromley and Bexley and fairly high in Sutton and Croydon. |
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Post by matthieu1221 on May 4, 2024 21:01:24 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. They only have themselves to blame. It's as if they didn't want to win. Their shortlist was terrible, her, and two nobodies. Anyone better suited for this centre-left city didn't make the shortlist or either stayed away like it was the plague. They could have won had they wanted to win and that starts with selecting a suitable candidate who doesn't make up stories about the 'theft' of her wallet, knows what the bus fare is or knows who owns Hammersmith Bridge. They much prefer London to stay Labour to keep using it as an example of Labour's 'failings'. |
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Post by ibus246 on May 4, 2024 21:01:57 GMT
Susan Hall could only have a hope of winning if Labour didn’t field a candidate full stop - no amount of turnout was getting her in given her whole campaign was just Outer London based - she didn’t even bother to try and make inroads in Inner London where there are plenty of people tired of him. Thank goodness she flopped as expected anyway, I’m not in the business of having far right candidates running London and it was excellent to see Count Binface beat the racists are Britain First Think it is about time Outer London boroughs seek devolution from Inner London. Inner London can have pay per mile, Outer London does not want it. Count Binface would have been more preferable than Count Khanage! Silly comment🥱 - Please remain SILENCED. |
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Post by matthieu1221 on May 4, 2024 21:02:26 GMT
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. That is what I think biggest shame is is that bar Ken Livingstone, this race is always a 2 horse one with Little hope for anyone else. Unless the supplementary vote system comes back, I don't think it'll happen under FPTP. |
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Post by matthieu1221 on May 4, 2024 21:04:48 GMT
I think Susan Hall could have won if the turnout was around 80-90%, its obvious who the 40% that did turnout to vote were, they are the diehard Khan fans, no matter how bad he runs the capital, they will still vote for him. Susan Hall could only have a hope of winning if Labour didn’t field a candidate full stop - no amount of turnout was getting her in given her whole campaign was just Outer London based - she didn’t even bother to try and make inroads in Inner London where there are plenty of people tired of him. Thank goodness she flopped as expected anyway, I’m not in the business of having far right candidates running London and it was excellent to see Count Binface beat the racists are Britain First I got only a single leaflet from her which really shows her dedication to inner London. Lab, Lib and Greens bothered with the first two even sending with door knockers. You wouldn't think that she was from the party governing the country based on this. |
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