Len Cnut Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 On 06/05/2016 at 5:54 AM, DieselDaisy said: Brits like Len and Dazey can be witnessed in the US politics thread, however, where is America's reciprocation: where are mygnr's Americans in our electoral thread? I would have thought Americans would be keenly interested in the make up of Reigate & Banstead's local council, or whether or not Plaid Cymru can hold onto Dwyfor Meirionnydd, the SNP Clydebank and Milngavie - in the interests and spirit of friendship, surely? I just go where the conversation is, quite frankly i couldn't give a shit about any politics, British, American or otherwise. Did you see Paul Golding from Britain First turn his back on Sadiq Khan onstage? Someone on twitter went 'i see Paul Golding has turned to face Mecca for prayer, here begins Londonistan' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris1989 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Born in Bristol, live in Bristol, work in Bristol, can't vote for Mayor of Bristol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 4 minutes ago, Chris1989 said: Born in Bristol, live in Bristol, work in Bristol, can't vote for Mayor of Bristol. Why not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 The Paki Dick Whittington. That SNP woman looks like she belongs to one of the Elvin races on Lord of the Rings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted May 7, 2016 Author Share Posted May 7, 2016 Finally, a result I thought I'd never see; Thank you Wiki Mayor of London election 5 May 2016 [183] Party Candidate 1st Round % 2nd Round Total First Round Votes Transfer Votes Labour Sadiq Khan 1,148,716 44.2% 161,427 1,310,143 Conservative Zac Goldsmith 909,755 35.0% 84,859 994,614 Green Siân Berry 150,673 5.8% Liberal Democrat Caroline Pidgeon 120,005 4.6% UKIP Peter Whittle 94,373 3.6% Women's Equality Sophie Walker 53,055 2.0% Respect George Galloway 37,007 1.4% Britain First Paul Golding 31,372 1.2% CISTA Lee Harris 20,537 0.8% BNP David Furness 13,325 0.5% Independent Prince Zylinski 13,202 0.5% One Love Ankit Love 4,941 0.2% Labour gain from Conservative Something telling me how many votes every candidate got, and not just the main ones. CISTA for my 1st vote, Labour for my 2nd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris1989 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 (edited) 7 hours ago, Len B'stard said: Why not? 'cuz Democracy. Bristol has more than a single governing council, and only the centre of Bristol gets to vote for the Mayor, despite the fact that most people who live in Bristol and work in central Bristol are outside. It's mainly a business area and wealthy landowners who get to vote, or yuppies with high rents. Some scumbags in shitty areas get to vote, but they're too focused on the dole queue. Edited May 7, 2016 by Chris1989 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Cameron called Afghanistan and Nigeria ''fantastically corrupt''. This is fair enough in itself however can a British person positively state this post expenses-gate without a tinge of hypocrisy, not to mention dodgy dossiers, a ''good day to bury bad news'' and a police cover-up (Hillsborough) which would shame 1920s Chicago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 I'm trying to win this erection here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 On 07/05/2016 at 4:06 PM, Snake-Pit said: Finally, a result I thought I'd never see; Thank you Wiki Mayor of London election 5 May 2016 [183] Party Candidate 1st Round % 2nd Round Total First Round Votes Transfer Votes Labour Sadiq Khan 1,148,716 44.2% 161,427 1,310,143 Conservative Zac Goldsmith 909,755 35.0% 84,859 994,614 Green Siân Berry 150,673 5.8% Liberal Democrat Caroline Pidgeon 120,005 4.6% UKIP Peter Whittle 94,373 3.6% Women's Equality Sophie Walker 53,055 2.0% Respect George Galloway 37,007 1.4% Britain First Paul Golding 31,372 1.2% CISTA Lee Harris 20,537 0.8% BNP David Furness 13,325 0.5% Independent Prince Zylinski 13,202 0.5% One Love Ankit Love 4,941 0.2% Labour gain from Conservative Something telling me how many votes every candidate got, and not just the main ones. CISTA for my 1st vote, Labour for my 2nd. Christ, Britain First got over 31,000 votes... Bad times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 I would have said that is quite meagre for a population approaching 65 million, 31, 372. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 3 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: I would have said that is quite meagre for a population approaching 7 million, 31, 372. ftfy and out of that 7, 000, 000, lets say 3, 000, 000 actually voted so, less than half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Just now, Snake-Pit said: ftfy and out of that 7, 000, 000, lets say 3, 000, 000 actually voted so, less than half. What the hell have you done to my post? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 so let's say 31, 000 votes out of 3, 000, 000 to round things off. Just now, DieselDaisy said: What the hell have you done to my post? I corrected your population figures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 But there are nearly 65 million people in Britain! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 1 minute ago, DieselDaisy said: But there are nearly 65 million people in Britain! But 31, 000 or so voters voted for Britain first for Mayor of London. Which out of whatever population London has got; Only 3, 000, 000 (if that) voted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Oh I understand you. My fault - I thought it was the council results. 8 million in Greater London. So 31,000 is still paltry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 Pobody's nerfect... Still more than legalise weed/CISTA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 (edited) 9 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: 8 million in Greater London. So 31,000 is still paltry. What's greater than Great Britain? Greater London... Baby. Edited May 11, 2016 by Snake-Pit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 44,000/8,000,000 Londoners voted far-right (Britain First and BNP). That is barely anything really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted May 11, 2016 Author Share Posted May 11, 2016 (edited) 5 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: 44,000/8,000,000 Londoners voted far-right (Britain First and BNP). That is barely anything really. I'd count UKIP too, and they came 5th?! IDK what's more alarming, that or Lib Dems not coming 3rd. Again, you're assuming 8, 000, 000 voted, it's all out of the voter turnout for this election, not the population of the city. Edited May 11, 2016 by Snake-Pit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 1.7% of the voters voted a far right candidate. This is hardly 1930s Germany here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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