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Clive55



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 8:33 pm    Post subject: Who For London Mayor? Reply with quote

Who would you pick for London Mayor?
Ken Livingston is causing massive congestion digging up Londons roads.
Apart from that, it has just emerged he has 3 "secret" children apart from the 2 non-secret children he has with his current partner.
Ken Livingston says that the 3- or it may be six, his maths isn't too good- secret children he has had by two or five other women are not secret, just no one knows about them.
He says he is a responsible father, he may even have paid maintenance. Once. He thinks he may have seen one of them in the last 5 years.
Meanwhile Boris Johnson admits to snorting coke & smoking grass, has had numerous affairs and made borderline racial remarks he now regrets
The Lib Dem guy when he was a police boss turned Brixton into a drug dealers paradise.
Which would you choose?
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Boris every time Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Boris for the entertainment value.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Prince Charles... he talks sense. Razz
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anyone but Boris, he's a buffoon.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Boris is funnier than Ken, but I'm not sure I would want him as mayor.
I certainly wouldn't want the "Everybody just get stoned" Lib Dem guy running things.
Or Ken.
I may not vote
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well I don't live in London so I won't be voting anyway, would not know who to vote for if I did live there, probably wouldn't bother.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well there are other candidates apart from the 3 mentioned!
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London Mayoral Election 2008 - Official list of candidates
Name Party
Richard Barnbrook BNP
Gerard Batten UKIP
Siān Berry Green
Alan Craig Christian Choice (an alliance between the Christian Party and the Christian People's Alliance)
Lindsey German Left List
Boris Johnson Conservative
Ken Livingstone Labour
Winston McKenzie Independent
Matt O'Connor English Democrats
Brian Paddick Lib Dem

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Don't fancy the others either!
Certainly wouldn't go for the Greens, who have some facist tendencies, the BNP are a defenite no no for me- I'd even vote for Boris or Ken if it was between BNP & one of them
As for the Left List. Never heard of them. They're no doubt bleeting on about Palestine!
Yesterday I walked past a CND stall. The CND are supposed to campaign against nuclear weapons.
But at this stall, all the posters were like "Demand that Israel Leaves Palestine!" and "Hands off Iran!"
They also seemed to be supporting Irans "right" to nuclear weapons. an odd stance for a "peace" group & an "anti-nuclear" group
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 5:29 pm    Post subject: News Flash! Reply with quote

Under cover of darkness over the weekend, Israel set off charges and dislodged itself from the Middle East. American warships then towed the new island to ninety miles off the coast of New York where it was anchored down. A spokesman said that this radical move would bring peace to the region, and promised US aid to Palestine. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 6:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Clive55 wrote:
Don't fancy the others either!


You are right. Boris is still the most sensible one on the list! Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:12 pm    Post subject: Re: News Flash! Reply with quote

Briant wrote:
Under cover of darkness over the weekend, Israel set off charges and dislodged itself from the Middle East. American warships then towed the new island to ninety miles off the coast of New York where it was anchored down. A spokesman said that this radical move would bring peace to the region, and promised US aid to Palestine. Rolling Eyes

Briant, I'm afraid that wouldn't bring peace to the region!
The Feud between Hamas & Fatah would continue & intensify & there would likely be a regional war between the Syrian-Iranian axis (& their proxies) on the one side, & Jordan, Egypt & most of the other arab countries on the other.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you were to sumarise in three words what each of the candidates represented, what would it be?
I'll try this
Brian Paddick- Drug dealers friend
Ken Livingston-Digging Up Roads
Boris Johnson-Funny rich Man
Any other offers?
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It is south of Sheffield and therefore has no bearing on the real world
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No loony candidate? I definately wouldn't vote then.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

tarahrah bomdiay wrote:
No loony candidate? I definately wouldn't vote then.


'Mad' Boris?
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-mayor/article-23475689-details/Boris%3A+I%27ll+be+the+Mayor+to+unite+all+Londoners/article.do
Take a look at that photo of Ken from tonights standard!
Amazing!!!!! Mad
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

tarahrah bomdiay wrote:
No loony candidate? I definately wouldn't vote then.


plenty of the loony left Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

gfloyd wrote:
tarahrah bomdiay wrote:
No loony candidate? I definately wouldn't vote then.

Take a look at that photo of Ken from the Standard in my previous post! What has happened to him?

plenty of the loony left Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 8:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oops. Sorry, I added to advise you all to follow the link in my earlier post from Tinights Standard
The photo of Ken there is UNBELEIVABLE!
That could loose him the election by its-self!!!!!
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 9:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

He's either going to be sick or he's got a gob full of chewin' tobacco "this 'uns my town Johnson - God dammit"
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm not sure why NewsNight needs to devote a full show to the mayoral election. Cant they do a local show for the London area only, as I'm sure nobody else is much interested.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

There's not much any of us who live outside the confines of the M25 can do about it, but, since we all pay a portion of our taxes to the Greater London council by way of government subsidy and since it could provide an indication of the way the wind is blowing for both main parties as thoughts inevitably wander towards the next general election, which could still be two years away, I suppose the Beeb thought it was of sufficient national interest. English national interest, anyway.

I think it's going to be a close run thing but suspect that Ken will hold on, and, if they really wanted to beat him, the Conservatives may wish that they had chosen a candidate who was slightly more serious in the public's perception (don't ask me who - talent is thin on the ground). However I think their choice of Boris was made more than partly in the hope that he wouldn't win, because, with the Olympics on the horizon, the cost of them and everything else that Ken has splashed out on, and the mess that the traffic and transport system is in (not to mention the Congestion Charge, or whatever today's wacky, PC phrase for it is) the position could well be a poisoned chalice.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great photo! Laughing

Should the caption be: Ken "Oi Boris! For God's sake lay off the chicken vindaloos!"
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Number Six wrote:
Great photo! Laughing

Should the caption be: Ken "Oi Boris! For God's sake lay off the chicken vindaloos!"

Nice one!
I'm sure that pic will guarentee that Boris wins
He has a 9 point lead
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I read today that Young Liberal Democrats in Islington were giving away reefers to be used in hash joints outside a sixth form colledge to kids as young as 16.
They were supporting Brian Paddick, the "Drug Dealers Friend", in his bid to become london Mayor
Gawd help us
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 2:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm not sure why NewsNight needs to devote a full show to the mayoral election. Cant they do a local show for the London area only, as I'm sure nobody else is much interested.

Personally, I don't give a holy flying fornication as to who of the botox ridden scrubber and the black racist bigot wins the right to lose the US presidential election, but I'm still subjected to the primaries on all the TV news programmes. At least the London Mayoral elections give an indication of current political trends in the UK.
It seems the whole of England wishes to get their snouts into the Olympic cash trough but resents the fact that it will be the London Olympics, not the English Olympics - and Londoners didn't bitch about the huge funding that went to the Manchester and Edinburgh Commonwealth Games.
I now live in the provinces and am happy to have left the Metropolis behind, but I'm up to my tits with the little Englanders in their parochial paradises moaning about London. It's a city - a major city - what happens there reflects the world.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

childprufe wrote:

It seems the whole of England wishes to get their snouts into the Olympic cash trough but resents the fact that it will be the London Olympics, not the English Olympics


Are you having us on? Everyone I've spoken to was hoping France would win the Olympic bid (and I include myself in that). The 'Olympic cash trough' will take from a greater area than it will give back to.

If it's the 'London Olympics' then only London should pay. People will pay from a much greater area than London - or England (you may have left the City behind, but it seems you've taken a litle of the insular attitude along with you)
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-mayor/article-23478856-details/Anti-semitism+-+and+a+timely+question+for+Ken/article.do
Interesting article about Ken from tonights Evening Standard
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I can't see we will have a Tory Mayor? Boris would be a good fun Mayor? Brian Paddock could be good, but not many people know him.. I guess I would vote for Ken as he's at least got things moving in London. I would feel safe voting for him..
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mark occomore wrote:
I would vote for Ken as he's at least got things moving in London.


I would rather have a laxative.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 7:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

RockitRon wrote:
mark occomore wrote:
I would vote for Ken as he's at least got things moving in London.


I would rather have a laxative.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It all down too the London Ballot Box Now.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mark occomore wrote:
I would vote for Ken as he's at least got things moving in London. I would feel safe voting for him..


You must be the only person who feels safe in <London at the moment Rolling Eyes Ken's downfall has been the epidemic of urban crime in London.
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PostPosted: Thu May 01, 2008 9:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did anyone vote today?
I split y vote
Boris for Mayor
Labour for the Assembly!
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PostPosted: Fri May 02, 2008 10:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nope, I didn't vote.
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PostPosted: Fri May 02, 2008 8:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Last night whilst watching Question Time from Canary Wharf I was struck by the fact that whenever an achievement of Ken Livingstone's was mentioned it nearly brought the house down.

At that point I thought KL might be home and dry today. Now I'm not too sure.

Ian.
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PostPosted: Fri May 02, 2008 8:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

iwarburton wrote:
Last night whilst watching Question Time from Canary Wharf I was struck by the fact that whenever an achievement of Ken Livingstone's was mentioned it nearly brought the house down.

At that point I thought KL might be home and dry today. Now I'm not too sure.

Ian.


He is good at packing audiences but not much else. The same with Any Questions tonight. By the sound of them you would think it was 1997.

It says a lot about how the BBC hands out tickets.
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PostPosted: Fri May 02, 2008 8:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I particularly liked the part where Polly Toynbee was bleating on about how we must all be prepared to cut back, economise, face facts about global warming etc and an angry Richard Littlejohn interrupted her asking " do you think about global warming as you jet off to your villa in Italy?"
She was not amused... magic. Razz
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'An angry Richard Littlejohn' Laughing When is this populist hack ever anything else? He writes for the Daily Mail. 'Nuff said!
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