markjazzbassist Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Just wanted to see if any Londoners (not sure if that's what they're called) are on here and wanted to talk about the new Mayor as Boris Johnson is outgoing. You voting for the conservative Goldsmith or Labour Khan? Any chance Boris makes a run for Prime Minister? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Just wanted to see if any Londoners (not sure if that's what they're called) are on here and wanted to talk about the new Mayor as Boris Johnson is outgoing. You voting for the conservative Goldsmith or Labour Khan? Any chance Boris makes a run for Prime Minister? Every chance, Cameron is standing down before the next election and Boris is hot favourite to take over. I wouldn't totally write off Labour yet but Jeremy Corbyn is incredibly unpopular within the party elite while being very popular with the grass roots members. I like him, don't necessarily always agree with him and I've never voted Labour in my life but he's a breath of fresh air for me; real honest conviction politician in it for the right reasons and totally different from the manufactured clones we've had for the last couple of decades. Khan will win London mayor I'm sure, Goldsmith is a typical Tory toff twat. If I still lived in London I'd be voting Khan. Romey 1878 and markjazzbassist 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 I am glad I don't live in London as I think they are all nasty b'stards. No idea who will win and really don't care. Boris will run for Tory leadership, whether he gets it is anybodies guess. markjazzbassist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted May 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Every chance, Cameron is standing down before the next election and Boris is hot favourite to take over. I wouldn't totally write off Labour yet but Jeremy Corbyn is incredibly unpopular within the party elite while being very popular with the grass roots members. I like him, don't necessarily always agree with him and I've never voted Labour in my life but he's a breath of fresh air for me; real honest conviction politician in it for the right reasons and totally different from the manufactured clones we've had for the last couple of decades. Khan will win London mayor I'm sure, Goldsmith is a typical Tory toff twat. If I still lived in London I'd be voting Khan. mike what party do you usually vote? yeah when i read goldsmith's father is Sir Goldsmith a super rich guy i already drew a conclusion about the guy lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 mike what party do you usually vote? yeah when i read goldsmith's father is Sir Goldsmith a super rich guy i already drew a conclusion about the guy lol Minorities, never voted for either of the big two ever. Having said that I've always lived in safe Tory areas so maybe I might have voted Labour if they had a chance in hell of winning, Liberal, Green, Independent over the years have had my "X", but it's always been pointless because nobody I ever voted for got in, even at a local level . markjazzbassist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formby Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 but it's always been pointless because nobody I ever voted for got in, even at a local level . Which is why we need PR, the only fair voting system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Which is why we need PR, the only fair voting system. With you 100%, but it ain't going to happen sadly (though perversely I was grateful we didn't have it after the amount of votes UKIP got last time out). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted May 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Which is why we need PR, the only fair voting system. had to look that one up but seems interesting. so the officials are elected but the party's share of the parliament is split up based on votes for the parties. interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnsy Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 I'm a bit of a tree hugger so I voted Green. They have no chance of getting in though, so I had Khan as my second choice and hope he gets in over Goldsmith (I think he will). Thank Christ it's Johnson's last day - I can't believe people actually voted for him to have a second term!! If he becomes Prime Minister I might have to seriously consider leaving the country. Can you imagine that AND Trump as president?! MikeO and Matt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 I'm a bit of a tree hugger so I voted Green. They have no chance of getting in though, so I had Khan as my second choice and hope he gets in over Goldsmith (I think he will). Thank Christ it's Johnson's last day - I can't believe people actually voted for him to have a second term!! If he becomes Prime Minister I might have to seriously consider leaving the country. Can you imagine that AND Trump as president?! Only in my worst nightmare. Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted May 5, 2016 Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 Johnson as PM would be a disaster. I know he's not as big a buffoon as he likes to make out but he's not far off. If it ever happened then I'd hope someone would wait until he was in a meeting with the new President and drop a bomb on the building. It'd do the world a favour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 Granny's peach tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 Every chance, Cameron is standing down before the next election and Boris is hot favourite to take over. I wouldn't totally write off Labour yet but Jeremy Corbyn is incredibly unpopular within the party elite while being very popular with the grass roots members. I like him, don't necessarily always agree with him and I've never voted Labour in my life but he's a breath of fresh air for me; real honest conviction politician in it for the right reasons and totally different from the manufactured clones we've had for the last couple of decades. Khan will win London mayor I'm sure, Goldsmith is a typical Tory toff twat. If I still lived in London I'd be voting Khan. I live 30 miles from London but am not involved. Goldsmith has had a very low-key campaign, most of it has been done by his team as he comes across as a 'typical Tory toff twat' (to quote MikeO). I think Khan will win but some of his manifesto policies are very left wing. A knock-on problem is that a Khan victory will be seen as a shot in the arm for Corbyn, who is a joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 A knock-on problem is that a Khan victory will be seen as a shot in the arm for Corbyn, who is a joke. That's where we'll have to agree to disagree John . Romey 1878 and Matt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 (edited) Can't wait to see Khan elected Mayor of London. Edited May 6, 2016 by Cornish Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 Just reading up about Khan and two things stood out; first he was born in the same hospital (St George's, Tooting) that I spent a month in in 1993....most likely a different ward though: I wasn't being born, just trying not to die (bloke in the bed opposite me did though, then had visitors come in an hour later, awkward!) . Second he's a Liverpool fan :shaking fist:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted May 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 Can't wait to see Khan elected Mayor of London. that guy is the british ted cruz. "we have too many immigrants". ted you're a canadian/cuban. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Will he be banned from visiting America if Trump wins? Presumably he will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Will he be banned from visiting America if Trump wins? Presumably he will. Excellent point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjazzbassist Posted May 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Lol mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36256087 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Steve Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36256087 Good for him, and just the right response. This is how you stand up to bullies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 Good for him, and just the right response. This is how you stand up to bullies. My thoughts exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 Goldsmith was always going to be an also ran, can't believe the Tories didn't get a better candidate. I think it was the 'who you know' brigade overruled the 'let's win this' brigade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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