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Probability Bojo Senior wins Henley 0.9
rashbre | Homepage | 03.05.08 - 1:07 p.m. | #
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Time yet again for me to take another random trip to one of London's 33 boroughs. As I write I have no idea which one of the remaining borough names will be revealed when I unfold the slip of paper I'm about to pick from my "special jamjar". I could pick any of London's other boroughs - inner or outer, urban or suburban, small or large, fascinating or dull. It might be full of idiots who voted for Boris.
Kirk | 03.05.08 - 6:08 p.m. | #
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Why not write to George asking him to explain his figures?
And ask him to do something for you - like sort out recycling collections from your flats.
You could make a great series of blogposts out of it...
Blue Witch | Homepage | 03.05.08 - 7:56 p.m. | #
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I'm not really into politics but I will now watch London's development with your new Mayor with interest. Anyone want to take bets on the amount faux pas he can manage in the next 6 months??!!
Louise | Homepage | 03.05.08 - 8:49 p.m. | #
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Jeremy Hardy, on the News Quiz, directly linked the fact that London has BJ as its new mayor to Angus Deayton's sex-life.
If Angus's life hadn't been worthy of the tabloids, we wouldn't have had him on 'Have I Got News For You' and he'd still be just that posh toff MP from Henley.
Mark | Homepage | 03.05.08 - 11:04 p.m. | #
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Kirk,
Why do you assume someone who has a different opinion to you is an idiot? Thats pretty ignorant.
Get over yourself.
Jason | 03.05.08 - 11:04 p.m. | #
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No prizes for guessing who you voted for then, Jason?
SSS | Homepage | 04.05.08 - 1:01 a.m. | #
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Jason,
Because Boris Johnson is a celebrity with no policies of his own who didn't really expect to get in. If Labour weren't so busy destroying themselves at the moment, it's likely Ken would have got back in.
The people who voted for him were not idiots because they have a different opinion to me, but because they seemingly didn't realise that Boris is useless, incompetent, a fool and a joke. Yes, they way be pissed off with Ken and his Old Labour views, but at least he's competent and capable of doing the job. He's not perfect, but he's done pretty damn well.
Lets face it, there were people who voted for Boris because they thought "Ha ha, bit of fun, he'll never get in". Oops.
Hope that helps you understand the situation.
Kirk | 04.05.08 - 1:42 a.m. | #
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IMO Boris is a puppet - it’s whose pulling his strings that scares me!!!
Let’s just take a few issues:
New Routemaster - a ploy to raise Boris's profile maybe.... methinks it won't happen...
Crossrail - will Ken's plan actually come to fruition or hit the buffers!!??
LU - will Boris try to crush the unions using the same method as Thatcher...? PRIVITISATION!
Congestion Charge - will this be scrapped/reduced as insinuated, or in time expanded to include London Boroughs/roads inside the M25 as London slowly grinds to a halt!
Ken was in no way perfect (just as philandering as Boris, with some suspicious friends), however in my opinion he is a rare animal, a sincere politician, believing his actions to be right and the best for London - as regards Boris, IMO he's a loose cannon and all I can say is SPOT THE STRINGS!!!
ChrisW | Homepage | 04.05.08 - 8:48 a.m. | #
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Kirk,
That is your opinion (and the opinion of many others), however at the end of the day it is just your opinion! You can't call someone an idiot for not agreeing with you when you don't know anything about them.
SSS you're wrong I didn't vote for Boris.
Jason | 04.05.08 - 10:19 a.m. | #
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Bored now.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 04.05.08 - 10:28 a.m. | #
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I'm trying to visualise a loose cannon with strings on it.
Great Aunt Annie | 04.05.08 - 10:50 a.m. | #
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I think your Gallowatch metrics are significantly more distressing than Bojowatch - and I look forward to both standing down as MPs sooner rather than later (albeit for different reasons). But does your second comment on Bojowatch imply that being elected by the outer boroughs is somehow less important than the inner boroughs?
Novaelius | 04.05.08 - 11:04 a.m. | #
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So what do you want, guys?
Democracy, flawed as it is, or... well, what? A dictatorship?
Or Ken pulling a Mugabe?
London voted Boris. Accept reality. More poeople voted Boris as first and second choice than voted Ken. The people have spoken.
soubriquet | Homepage | 04.05.08 - 1:43 p.m. | #
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I'd have included a BNPwatch in that post.
Far more worth keeping our eyes on.
James | 04.05.08 - 2:32 p.m. | #
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It's just one of those things, isn't it? We all want democracy, of course, but the voting systems we use in the UK are not always perfect. Plus the fact that any cockup means we'll vote for someone else even if, really, they'd be no better or even worse.
David Cameron - should he be the next PM? Is he capable? Or is he just better because we're fed up of Gordon? That's what worries me. He changes policy every week, usually to what the papers say. I know that's what the opposition does, but they could stick in one place for a bit longer.
Kirk | 04.05.08 - 4:12 p.m. | #
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I wrote to George Galloway ( My member of Parliment) last November with a request for his help with a local issue that needs sorting out, he never even bothered to reply, as far as I am concerned he is just a joke and the sooner he gets kicked out the better.
fishislandskin | 04.05.08 - 4:18 p.m. | #
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I don't mind Boris. Galloway worries me though...
Andrewh | 05.05.08 - 1:54 p.m. | #
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Poor old Kirk.
Senator Bloor | 05.05.08 - 3:01 p.m. | #
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