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Boris Wins

SE10
SE10 Posts: 2,169
edited May 2012 in General Charlton
Boris: 1,054,811, Ken: 992,273

Bye Bye Ken you odious man!
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  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,623
    Thank God for that
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,716
    edited May 2012
    I really hope this doesn't decend into a bun fight on here , but i somehow doubt it...
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,432
    Nice to see that he combed his hair for the occasion.
  • SE10
    SE10 Posts: 2,169
    edited May 2012
    https://p.twimg.com/AsFjvhcCEAA8Fg0.jpg:large
  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,136
    I really hope this doesn't decend into a bun fight on here , but i somehow doubt it...
    Don't worry,admin will soon nip it in the bud with their new zero tolerance policy.
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,692
    Shame.
  • ISawLeaburnScore
    ISawLeaburnScore Posts: 9,780
    The crying at his own campaign promo film when it was actually paid actors was just about the straw that broke the camel's back...
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,716
    I really hope this doesn't decend into a bun fight on here , but i somehow doubt it...
    Don't worry,admin will soon nip it in the bud with their new zero tolerance policy.
    Haha perhaps they should have been standing for mayor? :-0

  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    edited May 2012
    Candidates and result aside, what a bloody farce! The result of what was effectively a two horse race was at least 4 hours overdue. The ballot papers were supposed to be read and counted by machine but it still took twice as long as it does to get a General Election result. Boxes put in storage without being counted etc....Laughable! We go on and on about Goal Line Technology but in 2012 we still do elections with a bit of paper and a dodgy 12B pencil on a bit of string. Surely we can all be issued with a pin and do it on-line or even on a computer at a Polling Station.
    Turnout was ridiculously low, so low that on average every 3rd poster on this thread can have their conclusion of the result dismissed as they didn't even bother voting.*


    * This is a STATISTIC not a FACT!!
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 27,160
    My favourite link to come out of the election coverage:
    http://www.buzzfeed.com/greggdd69/15-orangutans-that-look-like-london-mayor-boris-jo-5v0w

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  • colthe3rd
    colthe3rd Posts: 8,486
    The crying at his own campaign promo film when it was actually paid actors was just about the straw that broke the camel's back...
    Definitely this.
  • falconwood_1
    falconwood_1 Posts: 7,369
    Just glad that the truly odious Livingstone won't be basking in glory at the Olympics.

    Any other Labour candidate would have won imo.
  • kinveachyaddick
    kinveachyaddick Posts: 3,972
    As Falconwood says it was close enough to suggest that anyone but Livingstone would have won it for Labour-only got themselves to blame for picking him though had they not he probably would have run as am independent
  • JohnnyH2
    JohnnyH2 Posts: 5,385
    Interesting to see the Lib Dems down in 4th place, they have always struggled at the London Mayoral race but this is the lowest
  • redcarter
    redcarter Posts: 1,020
    Tbh I'm not sure that the labour vote that swung behind boris would have stayed with labour if the candidate was oona king who was kens only challenger
  • BIG_ROB
    BIG_ROB Posts: 5,274
    The fact that Ken isn't going stand again is the best news to come out of yesterday's results. He's probably got a book or two in him and we'll have to endure him in a shit load of interviews, but after all that and with a bit of luck he'll retire to his 4 story, 5 bed roomed town house in Islington and we won't hear from him ever again!

    Bye Bye Ken! :-D
  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,875
    pair of clown shoes the both of them
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,823
    The funny thing is that privately Milliband won't be too upset and Cameron will be slightly concerned.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,207
    Can't believe that the greatest city on earth could only come up with these two jokers as realistic options. I'm fairly certain any politician with a bit of nous about him could defeat Boris - which says a lot about Ken !
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    The funny thing is that privately Milliband won't be too upset and Cameron will be slightly concerned.
    That's my reading too - the London mayor is a curious job, a lot of status, but not much actual power and the consensus is that Livingstone was a decent mayor in terms of actually doing the actual job. But he had a habit of opening his mouth and saying stupid things on matters unrelated to the day job which his supporters would have to scramble to either defend or find an apology for, and these comments would be seized on with glee by the Tory press and the usual suspects. This puts him out of the way on a shelf somewhere in a place where he can be ignored which I think will suit Ed Miliband very well.

    Good to see the BNP return to the damp, dark place they emanated from as well.


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  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    Tbh I'm not sure that the labour vote that swung behind boris would have stayed with labour if the candidate was oona king who was kens only challenger
    Who knows - personality seems to have been a bigger factor in this election but Johnson only won by 62,000 votes, and Labour overwhelmingly won the election for the London Assembly. I too am not so sure that Oona King would have been Johnson, but maybe if Labouur had run someone like Alan Johnson - a Londoner after all, then he might have won.

  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,985
    They were/are both a Joke. Having a clown like Boris as mayor makes a mockery of the whole thing.
  • kings hill addick
    kings hill addick Posts: 5,781
    They were/are both a Joke. Having a clown like Boris as mayor makes a mockery of the whole thing.
    I think he is cool. He comes across as a bumbling fool, but he makes me laugh. I'm not sure a Mayor is required, and I'm not sure the position has any realistic responsibility so why not have a comic in the job. At least it makes me laugh when he comes out with some of his sayings.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,284
    Thank-you God. If Livingstone had won I would have been majorly disappointed.
    Odious man. Excellent, I couldn't think of one word that describes him better. i can think of two though. Champagne socialist.
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    They were/are two flawed candidates, Livingstone couldn't keep his mouth shut and Boris has some form for making racist comments.
  • Chirpy Red
    Chirpy Red Posts: 7,587
    edited May 2012
    They were/are two flawed candidates, Livingstone couldn't keep his mouth shut and Boris has some form for making racist comments.
    ...wiping the tears of laughter from my eyes.

    You talk a lot of crap BFH but sometimes you come across quite intelligent, like you were on this thread until you had to go and spoil it all.....
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,360
    "...by saying something stupid, like I love you..."
  • richie8
    richie8 Posts: 1,205
    All I can say is thank God I dont live in London anymore. Is that pair of Muppets the best London can offer?
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    This is a disaster in my opinion. Transport is about to get even more ridiculously expensive!

    I can't stand Boris, but I seem to be in the minority here. Can you really relate to him? Do you think he gives a damn about ordinary working people? He called his £250,000 job writing a column for a Sunday paper "chicken feed".

    It seems the only thing that counted was celebrity and people thinking "he's a character"!
  • SE10
    SE10 Posts: 2,169
    When you've got him and Ken, I saw it as more of a 'best of a bad bunch'.

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