Elections tomorrow

[VolvoT5]

Esseesse said:

It's a move towards regionalisation.

I figured..... I'm just not convinced it is a good idea.

[turbobloke]

VolvoT5 said:

PCC are a total waste of time in my view..... just another layer of political interference and bureaucracy.........basically just more jobs for the boys. Arguably the introduction of more and more city mayors is exactly the same too.

Agreed.

[crankedup]

VolvoT5 said:

Esseesse said:

It's a move towards regionalisation.

I figured..... I'm just not convinced it is a good idea.

It's a ste idea especially when we consider the public will not be involved in the decision making or electing process. It's an afront to democracy, elsewhere posters have stated Labour Party being control freaks, is George Osborne a Labour man?

[turbobloke]

Possibly mentioned already - in Scotland, Labour has been knocked down into 3rd place behind the Tories.

[Esseesse]

crankedup said:

VolvoT5 said:

Esseesse said:

It's a move towards regionalisation.

I figured..... I'm just not convinced it is a good idea.

It's a ste idea especially when we consider the public will not be involved in the decision making or electing process. It's an afront to democracy, elsewhere posters have stated Labour Party being control freaks, is George Osborne a Labour man?

I agree it's not a good idea. Related: http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2016/05/lon...

It may be that the best chance we have of getting rid of PCC's etc is to leave the EU.

[crankedup]

turbobloke said:

Possibly mentioned already - in Scotland, Labour has been knocked down into 3rd place behind the Tories.

Good!

Labour will be in the same political wilderness as the Tories were for some years. Forgetting Scotland for the moment, Labour are dead ducks, as are my own Lib Dems, UKIP are a blown flush and the remaining minor parties are, by and large, non runners. Leaves us with an infighting not very popular Tory Government.
No wonder the Government are trying to push ahead with their political ideology. And then we have the E.U. Not good is it.

[Eric Mc]

Not as simple as that. We are seeing how devolution has changed how the electorate view things differently in different parts of the UK i.e. who they see as credible government and who they see as credible opposition.

[XCP]

I worked as a poll clerk for our PCC elections. Less than 9% turnout at the polls, even if everyone who asked for a postal vote uses it, total votes cast will be well below 25%

Not much of a mandate. ( there were 7 candidates)

[jmorgan]

XCP said:

Not much of a mandate. ( there were 7 candidates)

I have heard newly elected MP's crow on for ages on how it is the people willing them to get on with whatever party they are in and that party now has a mandate etc. etc. It is cringing the levels of self belief that a small turnout result in so much bull eggs from politicos. It is time for compulsory with "none of the above" as an option and the pundits can then nail the buggers down when only 37% turned out and a fraction of that voted for them.

[funkyrobot]

Wahey, the conservatives won our local election.

I thought it was supposed to be about the person?

Anyhow, as mentioned above, I think this has been a total waste of time and money. I didn't vote.

[FunkyNige]

XCP said:

I worked as a poll clerk for our PCC elections. Less than 9% turnout at the polls, even if everyone who asked for a postal vote uses it, total votes cast will be well below 25%

Not much of a mandate. ( there were 7 candidates)

24% turnout here, which is much higher than I thought it would be after looking at the number of names crossed off the list when I went to vote.
I only voted out of habit really, not even sure what the PCC does all day.
Vote has gone to a second count, the current independent guy is out of the running, but he was claiming expenses for commuting to work which didn't help his cause...

[clarkey]

Just PCC in my area. I just drew a willy on mine, I thought that was more useful than the vote.

[jmorgan]

Well, we now have UKIP and in that package, the Hamiltons.


We've been done.

[XCP]

I see old 'brown envelope' himself got elected to the Welsh Assembly. Turkeys voting for Christmas??

[hidetheelephants]

clarkey said:

Just PCC in my area. I just drew a willy on mine, I thought that was more useful than the vote.

As long as you draw the cock and balls within the box it will probably be counted.

[clarkey]

hidetheelephants said:

As long as you draw the cock and balls within the box it will probably be counted.

Mine wouldn't fit.

[turbobloke]

Check out the results here, I couldn't detect much by way of DT spin on anything as I just looked at the outcomes which are factual.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/06/uk-elec...

[jmorgan]

Hey up.
Spoiled papers are noticed due to high number in the Welsh regions for police commissioners.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/wales...

Sure I just heard BBC Wales news mention 10's of thousands.


Edit. Mind you, one winner sees it as them not getting the chance to waste more loot in canvassing directly or something, not that no one wants them. Typical politico.

Edited by jmorgan on Monday 9th May 06:38

[crankedup]

PCC election turnout Suffolk 24.47% amounting to 133,506 votes. The winning candidate garnered 68,093 votes.

[PositronicRay]

clarkey said:

Just PCC in my area. I just drew a willy on mine, I thought that was more useful than the vote.

Didn't he mind?