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Chris 03-05-2012 10:03

London Mayor election 2012
 
Seeing as this election is so much more to do with the personalities involved rather than the parties they represent, I thought it deserved a separate thread. So, if you lived in London, who would you be voting for today?

Chris 03-05-2012 13:17

Re: London Mayor election 2012
 
:bump: Funny, I thought Boris and Ken were such towering figures they might have prompted a discussion despite this being a London-only contest. Perhaps not. :D

dilli-theclaw 03-05-2012 13:21

Re: London Mayor election 2012
 
Personally I couldn't give a crap but I just asked Natalie and she thinks Boris because he's a clown.... Apparently.

Mick Fisher 03-05-2012 14:17

Re: London Mayor election 2012
 
I gave up voting years ago.

denphone 03-05-2012 14:26

Re: London Mayor election 2012
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Mick Fisher (Post 35422738)
I gave up voting years ago.

Why?

Arthurgray50@blu 03-05-2012 15:07

Re: London Mayor election 2012
 
I voted for Ken, he has said that he will put more police officers on the streets, instead of cutting them.

He has also said that if some of his policies have not been brought in by a certain date, then he will resign, All Boris is doing is following the Tory line, he has done nothing about public transport, fares are on the increase and people have to stand in poor conditions.

He said that he plans to increase the trains on the tube, how can he, you can only run so many on the same track. He also wants driver less trains, the same as Tokyo, but you cannot do that on the underground, some of the tunnels are more than 100 years old and are not very good - proves Boris is behind the times.

In Tokyo, they have new tunnels, and better technology than us and are not scared to spend money.

Ramrod 03-05-2012 15:23

Re: London Mayor election 2012
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu (Post 35422765)
I voted for Ken,

Says it all really.......:dozey:

denphone 03-05-2012 15:39

Re: London Mayor election 2012
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Ramrod (Post 35422772)
Says it all really.......:dozey:

Maybe it does but everybody is entitled to vote for whom they see fit and Arthur obviously sees fit in voting for Ken.

Chris 03-05-2012 16:25

Re: London Mayor election 2012
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu (Post 35422765)
I voted for Ken, he has said that he will put more police officers on the streets, instead of cutting them.

He has also said that if some of his policies have not been brought in by a certain date, then he will resign, All Boris is doing is following the Tory line, he has done nothing about public transport, fares are on the increase and people have to stand in poor conditions.

He said that he plans to increase the trains on the tube, how can he, you can only run so many on the same track. He also wants driver less trains, the same as Tokyo, but you cannot do that on the underground, some of the tunnels are more than 100 years old and are not very good - proves Boris is behind the times.

In Tokyo, they have new tunnels, and better technology than us and are not scared to spend money.

Ken Livingstone told 85 different lies during this campaign. If you voted for him based on his promises, quite frankly you're a mug and I suspect you believed what you wanted to believe, simply because the other guy is a Tory.

Ramrod 03-05-2012 16:49

Re: London Mayor election 2012
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35422780)
Maybe it does but everybody is entitled to vote for whom they see fit and Arthur obviously sees fit in voting for Ken.

Indeed. My reason for saying what I said has been neatly explained in Chris's post above.......

denphone 03-05-2012 16:59

Re: London Mayor election 2012
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Ramrod (Post 35422815)
Indeed. My reason for saying what I said has been neatly explained in Chris's post above.......

To be perfectly honest l cannot say any of the above named candidates take my fancy as surely there are people around who could do a better job then the last two incumbents we have had in the job.

Peter_ 03-05-2012 17:10

Re: London Mayor election 2012
 
Boris a buffoon and to be honest I am amazed that tory voters put up with him.

Chris 03-05-2012 18:19

Re: London Mayor election 2012
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter_ (Post 35422826)
Boris a buffoon and to be honest I am amazed that tory voters put up with him.

Boris is personally very popular in London - a fact that may be hard for your Tory-loathing scouse brain to compute, but it is the reason why the polls say he is going to win the vote today despite his party's major ongoing popularity issues. ;)

He is well-liked enough that a lot of dyed-in-the-wool Labour supporters are voting for him rather than holding their noses and voting for Ken 'tax avoidance' Livingstone.

tweetiepooh 03-05-2012 18:25

Re: London Mayor election 2012
 
Methinks Boris is not the buffoon he appears. Well not always.

Ramrod 03-05-2012 18:26

Re: London Mayor election 2012
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter_ (Post 35422826)
Boris a buffoon and to be honest I am amazed that tory voters put up with him.

He may sometimes act the buffoon but he is quite intelligent....


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