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Post by southlondon413 on Apr 22, 2024 9:52:17 GMT
Heard Sadiq on a programme saying that he will improve buses easier if a Labour govt is in power. I do agree that seeking funding to complete the bus electrification by 2030 will come if we get a half decent govt. Anybody can stand up and say they will improve something if somebody else pays for it. Unless khan stands up and shows a promise to pay from Labour Government I wouldn't take the comments seriously . Any new Government is going to look after its marginal seats before throwing more money at London, they always do. Khan is now pledging things way beyond the scope of a mayor and into national policy like the Olympics in 2040 and a new Erasmus stye scheme for students. He seems to have gone entirely crazy pledging things way beyond his scope. |
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Apr 22, 2024 10:10:17 GMT
www.susan.london/planSusan Hall has finally posted a manifesto, with only 10 days to go, and as expected it is the usual stuff. Khan bad, ULEZ bad and little else. One mention of note is to introduce Superloop to Chingford and Romford - which of course Sadiq has already pledged. I remember when they wrote off Superloop as 'Superflop' - even they know that this was a good policy. Research has already shown this manifesto has a £515m black hole. While I despise sadiq khan like anything, I am seriously lamenting the fact that twice in a row, there are no other candidates who are credible. Like Shaun Bailey last time, Susan Hall is almost a candidate who no one wants to vote for. Like seriously, while the party is all over the place at this point, can they not find one serious candidate who will be credible? Would have made for a much closer race. Right now it’s almost a write-off in some ways I think it's because the party is all over the place that they are effectively wasting a candidate. It's pointless using a great candidate on an election that you'll almost certainly lose. |
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Post by southlondon413 on Apr 22, 2024 10:32:28 GMT
While I despise sadiq khan like anything, I am seriously lamenting the fact that twice in a row, there are no other candidates who are credible. Like Shaun Bailey last time, Susan Hall is almost a candidate who no one wants to vote for. Like seriously, while the party is all over the place at this point, can they not find one serious candidate who will be credible? Would have made for a much closer race. Right now it’s almost a write-off in some ways I think it's because the party is all over the place that they are effectively wasting a candidate. It's pointless using a great candidate on an election that you'll almost certainly lose. I still think Paul Scully or Emma Best would have been better candidates. Shaun Bailey was a good candidate, despite numerous stories that followed the election. I met him several times and he was very nice, very well liked on the doorsteps and had a good sense on how to solve problems areas like youth crime. Ultimately, in my opinion, it was CCHQ that let him down by not providing more funding which would have allowed more feet on the streets, proper campaign coordination and more leaflets delivered to marginal areas. |
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Apr 22, 2024 10:36:11 GMT
I think it's because the party is all over the place that they are effectively wasting a candidate. It's pointless using a great candidate on an election that you'll almost certainly lose. I still think Paul Scully or Emma Best would have been better candidates. Shaun Bailey was a good candidate, despite numerous stories that followed the election. I met him several times and he was very nice, very well liked on the doorsteps and had a good sense on how to solve problems areas like youth crime. Ultimately, in my opinion, it was CCHQ that let him down by not providing more funding which would have allowed more feet on the streets, proper campaign coordination and more leaflets delivered to marginal areas. I think they may have been burnt on that front by the Goldsmith campaign. There was a lot of active campaigning by his team but they scared people away instead. His team went around to houses in East Ham and Upton Park dropping in leaflets that the gold of Asian housewives will not be safe under Sadiq Khan. Easy way to completely sabotage yourself and I can see why CHQ aren't interested in wasting their money when they could use it to campaign elsewhere. |
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Post by vjaska on Apr 22, 2024 11:47:09 GMT
www.susan.london/planSusan Hall has finally posted a manifesto, with only 10 days to go, and as expected it is the usual stuff. Khan bad, ULEZ bad and little else. One mention of note is to introduce Superloop to Chingford and Romford - which of course Sadiq has already pledged. I remember when they wrote off Superloop as 'Superflop' - even they know that this was a good policy. Research has already shown this manifesto has a £515m black hole. I’ll give her some credit - she has at least correctly identified that LTN’s & 20mph are causing problems and should be removed but I still wouldn’t vote for her in a million years. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on Apr 23, 2024 22:33:40 GMT
www.susan.london/planSusan Hall has finally posted a manifesto, with only 10 days to go, and as expected it is the usual stuff. Khan bad, ULEZ bad and little else. One mention of note is to introduce Superloop to Chingford and Romford - which of course Sadiq has already pledged. I remember when they wrote off Superloop as 'Superflop' - even they know that this was a good policy. Research has already shown this manifesto has a £515m black hole. Labour research that is. Research has shown Khan's Manifesto has a £2billion black hole |
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Post by capitalomnibus on Apr 23, 2024 22:38:21 GMT
Anybody can stand up and say they will improve something if somebody else pays for it. Unless khan stands up and shows a promise to pay from Labour Government I wouldn't take the comments seriously . Any new Government is going to look after its marginal seats before throwing more money at London, they always do. Khan is now pledging things way beyond the scope of a mayor and into national policy like the Olympics in 2040 and a new Erasmus stye scheme for students. He seems to have gone entirely crazy pledging things way beyond his scope. Olympics can go to hell. I would NEVER support that poo again. It did hardly anything for the local man and made things worst. The games lanes, changing of traffic lights, parking restrictions which became PERMANENT in places like Waltham Forest etc, high rent prices, high house prices, tickets for games difficult to get. It was a game mainly for corporate greed and big businesses. The only decent thing was Westfield. The rest of the area around Carpenters Rd etc was ethnic cleansed, many of the businesses forced out or eventually closed down. |
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Post by capitalomnibus on Apr 23, 2024 22:43:10 GMT
Isn’t Brian B Rose a con man?  |
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Post by capitalomnibus on Apr 23, 2024 22:46:52 GMT
London mayor elections: Conservative Susan Hall pledges to scrap expanded UlezThe Conservative Party will scrap the Ulez (Ultra Low Emissions Zone) expansion and halt pay-per-mile plans, according to its mayoral candidate.www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68874105Susan Hall pledges to expand Night Tube serviceTory mayoral candidate Susan Hall has pledged to expand London's weekend Night Tube service to the Hammersmith and City line if she is elected.www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c25r3xywl78oLabour reports Tory election leaflet to prosecutorsLabour has called for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to investigate whether a leaflet by the Tories' London mayoral candidate breached electoral law.www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyxe8vr580no
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Post by capitalomnibus on Apr 26, 2024 10:58:01 GMT
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Post by yunus on Apr 28, 2024 19:35:44 GMT
Is it a done deal, will Khan 100% win next week?
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Apr 28, 2024 19:55:29 GMT
Is it a done deal, will Khan 100% win next week? Politics will never be a done deal until the final vote is cast on polling day. The 1992 General election pointed towards a Labour win but that didn't happen despite all polls suggesting that they will. Obviously polling since then has got a lot better and we've not had many that have been wrong since, but to break a rule you only need one exception. I'm sure in 2019 nobody knew Boris would be as successful as he was. We're certainly down the home straight now of campaigning but there's many variables this year that can sway things. We've moved to first past the post, meaning people only get one vote instead of two votes, I believe in all elections the candidate with the most first preference votes still did win but regardless it's a change to keep an eye on. I still think Khan will see a relatively comfortable win but we won't know for sure until the results are officially announced. Even looking at the poll on this thread, Khan seems to be having a runaway lead. |
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Post by vjaska on Apr 28, 2024 20:42:28 GMT
Is it a done deal, will Khan 100% win next week? Not a done deal by any means but it's highly likely he'll win - similar to if a general election was called now where it's highly likely Labour would win. |
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Post by rif153 on Apr 28, 2024 21:28:50 GMT
I suspect its almost certain Sadiq Khan will win, it won't quite be as comfortable as some polls suggest (Tories always tend to do a little bit better than polls suggest). I'm more interested to see the margin of victory though, if he wins by more than 10% (which I don't think he will) then that really is a commanding victory for him. I think at best Khan's percentage of the vote will be in the low 40s, but I wouldn't be surprised if he won with even less thanks to the switch to FPTP for mayoral elections. Will also be interested to see how much the new voting system squeezes the Greens and Lib Dems - I'm sure the Greens will still do well on the Assembly list and the Lib Dems have a good shot of winning the SW London Assembly constituency. The unpopularity of the Tories means I don't think Reform's vote will suffer from as much of a squeeze as say the Greens.
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Post by capitalomnibus on Apr 28, 2024 22:19:21 GMT
Is it a done deal, will Khan 100% win next week? No, anything can happen. I never trust pollsters, they are full of S##t to be honest. They get everything to the wrong people. When the coalition came in, many said it was a Labour win. They were showing at the last election it was neck and neck or conservative may just ease past because of Brexit, in the end it was a record landslide. |
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