May Day Elections

[Pastis]

It was the Labour wannabe wasn't it?  

This is turning out to be a rather enjoyable day  

[Pastis]

Pathetic that to count that we have taken since 10pm last night but that is Denbighshire ~ they don't start until the morning after. Also pathetic that only 709 voted out of an electoral roll of 1898

True. Your 37% turnout was a lot better than our last however. We replaced a deceased Labour bod with a Lib Dem on a turn out of 25% 

[Barman]

has Gordo been on the news yet? 

Perhaps he will keep his head down til the Mayor is announced and he knows just how bad it is... 

[Pastis]

Link:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7372860.stm

Gordon's listening...
 

[TG]

Thankfully the BNP ****ers didnt make any headway. 

[Bar Wench]

Thankfully the BNP ****ers didnt make any headway. 

Interestingly when I did an online survery a while ago they were the party my views were most closely allied to. 

[Snoopy]

Thankfully the BNP ****ers didnt make any headway. 

Interestingly when I did an online survery a while ago they were the party my views were most closely allied to. 

That applies to most of us ~ the problem is that their printed aims and policies do look reasonable and in line with popular thinking... their agenda is, however, very different. That is what makes them so dangerous.

[Bar Wench]

I was tempted I must say. Not because I actually want them to gain power but because I wondered if the idea of them actually gaining support might lead to the proper parties actually taking notice of the issues that the BNP seem to be the only ones taking seriously. (Too seriously admitedly.)

[TG]

Thankfully the BNP ****ers didnt make any headway. 

Interestingly when I did an online survery a while ago they were the party my views were most closely allied to. 

That applies to most of us ~ the problem is that their printed aims and policies do look reasonable and in line with popular thinking... their agenda is, however, very different. That is what makes them so dangerous.

Well put.

[TG]

I despise the bastards.

If I had my way I'd have thier front doos down at 4am, round the lot up and put them in a big camp with loads of barbed w....er....hang on.... 

[Darwins Selection]

Thankfully the BNP ****ers didnt make any headway. 

Interestingly when I did an online survery a while ago they were the party my views were most closely allied to. 

That applies to most of us ~ the problem is that their printed aims and policies do look reasonable and in line with popular thinking... their agenda is, however, very different. That is what makes them so dangerous.

So why is there not a party which offers said aims and policies, but without the crystalnacht undercurrent?

Partly to answer my own question, "reasonable" policies that we would support, such as real punishment in prisons, reduced benefits for scroungers and the workshy and so on, would be vote losers with the bulk of the electorate.

The small success seen by the BNP is mostly down to their appeal to the base instincts of some traditional English "working class", who would rather see the country rid of Pakis, Coons and Polacks at any price.

[TG]

Thankfully the BNP ****ers didnt make any headway. 

Interestingly when I did an online survery a while ago they were the party my views were most closely allied to. 

That applies to most of us ~ the problem is that their printed aims and policies do look reasonable and in line with popular thinking... their agenda is, however, very different. That is what makes them so dangerous.

So why is there not a party which offers said aims and policies, but without the crystalnacht undercurrent?

Partly to answer my own question, "reasonable" policies that we would support, such as real punishment in prisons, reduced benefits for scroungers and the workshy and so on, would be vote losers with the bulk of the electorate.

The small success seen by the BNP is mostly down to their appeal to the base instincts of some traditional English "working class", who would rather see the country rid of Pakis, Coons and Polacks at any price.

Good question.

For a start i beleive the 'crystalnacht undercurrent' is not confined to the 'working class'. Far from it. Racism knows no social boundaries. And racism is what it's all about. Everything else they spout on about is window dressing behind which are thugs, idiots, bullies and behind them the really dangerous power hungry ones.

[Pastis]

Seems like Boris is edging forward...

With 22% of votes counted in each of the 14 electoral areas - Mr Johnson has the lead in 9 while Labour's Ken Livingstone is ahead in five.
London Elects, which organises the elections, says it expects the results at 2030 BST, but that could change.
Turnout is estimated at 45% - up from 36.95% in 2004.

 

[Snoopy]

So ~ not the 60% turnout the BBC claimed this morning then.

[Pastis]

All I can say is that I turned out 100%. So did a neighbour of mine, I saw him!

Where did they claim 60%? Was it Humphries?