2024 London Mayoral Election Thread

2024 London Mayoral Election Thread

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Biker 1

7,764 posts

121 months

Monday 26th February
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Piers Corbyn? Really??
As above, I doubt he'll hold onto his deposit.

Killboy

7,548 posts

204 months

Monday 26th February
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Lol, I thought the London mayoral election was going to be fought on the ULEZ?

Dave200

4,095 posts

222 months

Tuesday 27th February
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julian987R said:
g4ry13 said:
julian987R said:
Sadiq might be on the ropes

Piers Corbyn is going to run for London mayor: here’s why that could be a problem for Sadiq Khan

https://www.cityam.com/piers-corbyn-is-going-to-ru...
Not a chance in hell!
I think one will be surprised how well he will do considering the election will be fought solely on the topic of Palestine.
I'm curious. Do you live in London?

Bo_apex

2,594 posts

220 months

Tuesday 27th February
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g4ry13 said:
julian987R said:
Sadiq might be on the ropes

Piers Corbyn is going to run for London mayor: here’s why that could be a problem for Sadiq Khan

https://www.cityam.com/piers-corbyn-is-going-to-ru...
Not a chance in hell!
That's a stretch !

Even Batra has a better chance

https://shyambatra4mayor.london/

trails

3,856 posts

151 months

Tuesday 27th February
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Bo_apex said:
That's a stretch !

Even Batra has a better chance

https://shyambatra4mayor.london/
He must be taking the Michael, that's just an old New Statesman promo poster that has been photoshopped surely; tie, suit, facial expression, pose and even the old City Hall building biglaugh

Killboy

7,548 posts

204 months

Tuesday 27th February
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Khan is racking up a bit of a right wing body count at the moment. Lets add some more hehe

Bo_apex

2,594 posts

220 months

Tuesday 27th February
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trails said:
Bo_apex said:
That's a stretch !

Even Batra has a better chance

https://shyambatra4mayor.london/
He must be taking the Michael, that's just an old New Statesman promo poster that has been photoshopped surely; tie, suit, facial expression, pose and even the old City Hall building biglaugh
Ahhh, but is it Boateng or Next ?

Makes a difference

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trails

3,856 posts

151 months

Tuesday 27th February
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Bo_apex said:
Ahhh, but is it Boateng or Next ?

Makes a difference

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hehe I'm not sure it really makes any difference biggrin

valiant

10,430 posts

162 months

Tuesday 27th February
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New poll just released.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/sadiq-kha...

Khan remains 25 points ahead of Hall with others trailing well behind (no sign of the ‘Piers’ effect thoughhehe). Khan still scores well ahead in both inner and outer London so it looks like the ULEZ effect is a dead duck with people more interested in crime, transport and housing.

Interesting thing is the ‘don’t knows’ with one in five Londoners yet to decide but even if they all went to Hall, she still wouldn’t win and they won’t all go to Hall in any case.


Edited by valiant on Tuesday 27th February 11:52

NomduJour

19,176 posts

261 months

Tuesday 27th February
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valiant said:
people more interested in crime, transport and housing
If only there was some way of knowing how successful Khan will be in those areas.

valiant

10,430 posts

162 months

Tuesday 27th February
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NomduJour said:
valiant said:
people more interested in crime, transport and housing
If only there was some way of knowing how successful Khan will be in those areas.
When your main opponent has made ulez a central plank of her campaign, Khan can get away with a lot unnoticed.

s1962a

Original Poster:

5,427 posts

164 months

Tuesday 27th February
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valiant said:
NomduJour said:
valiant said:
people more interested in crime, transport and housing
If only there was some way of knowing how successful Khan will be in those areas.
When your main opponent has made ulez a central plank of her campaign, Khan can get away with a lot unnoticed.
ULEZ is the single most important thing a mayoral candidate can deal with. Especially for those that live outside London and get caught by the ULEZ charge when they drive into the zone in their non ULEZ compliant vehicle. The polls will reflect the will of the people, you'll see.

hyperblue

2,803 posts

182 months

Tuesday 27th February
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julian987R said:
I think one will be surprised how well he will do considering the election will be fought solely on the topic of Palestine.
Gotta admire a parody account playing the long game.

s1962a

Original Poster:

5,427 posts

164 months

Tuesday 27th February
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https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/sadiq-kha...

The gap With Susan Hall is even greater than it was with Sean Bailey in 2021.

article said:
Two thirds, 66 per cent, of Londoners aged 18-24 say they back Mr Khan, compared to just eight per cent for Mrs Hall, according to the poll.

For the 25 to 49 age group the respective split is 55 per cent to 16 per cent, 50 to 64-year-olds it is 43 per cent to 26 per cent, while rs Hall is ahead by 48 per cent to 31 per cent among Londoners aged 65 and over.

s1962a

Original Poster:

5,427 posts

164 months

Thursday 14th March
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Finally, we might have a worthy contender.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/count-binfa...

article said:
Count Binface will stand the London Mayoral elections, pledging to “take the trash out”.
hehe

Randy Winkman

16,389 posts

191 months

Thursday 14th March
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s1962a said:
valiant said:
NomduJour said:
valiant said:
people more interested in crime, transport and housing
If only there was some way of knowing how successful Khan will be in those areas.
When your main opponent has made ulez a central plank of her campaign, Khan can get away with a lot unnoticed.
ULEZ is the single most important thing a mayoral candidate can deal with. Especially for those that live outside London and get caught by the ULEZ charge when they drive into the zone in their non ULEZ compliant vehicle. The polls will reflect the will of the people, you'll see.
But as far as I'm aware, people who live outside the zone dont get a vote. And most of those in the zone already have compliant cars so dont pay.



s1962a

Original Poster:

5,427 posts

164 months

Thursday 14th March
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Randy Winkman said:
But as far as I'm aware, people who live outside the zone dont get a vote. And most of those in the zone already have compliant cars so dont pay.
Yes, this is true. The ULEZ debate seems to be more about a dislike of Kahn than anything tangible.

fido

16,874 posts

257 months

Thursday 14th March
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s1962a said:
The ULEZ debate seems to be more about a dislike of Kahn than anything tangible.
The dislike of ULEZ is about the dislike the of ULEZ. People aren't lopping down cameras because they don't like Kahn.

Ian Geary

4,534 posts

194 months

Saturday 16th March
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Randy Winkman said:
s1962a said:
valiant said:
NomduJour said:
valiant said:
people more interested in crime, transport and housing
If only there was some way of knowing how successful Khan will be in those areas.
When your main opponent has made ulez a central plank of her campaign, Khan can get away with a lot unnoticed.
ULEZ is the single most important thing a mayoral candidate can deal with. Especially for those that live outside London and get caught by the ULEZ charge when they drive into the zone in their non ULEZ compliant vehicle. The polls will reflect the will of the people, you'll see.
But as far as I'm aware, people who live outside the zone dont get a vote. And most of those in the zone already have compliant cars so dont pay.
Exactly. The other group is of course voters in London who can't afford cars in the first place.

The sub population of car owning Londoners affected by ulez will be too small to have any material impact on the GLA election I feel.

TwigtheWonderkid

43,640 posts

152 months

Saturday 16th March
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fido said:
s1962a said:
The ULEZ debate seems to be more about a dislike of Kahn than anything tangible.
The dislike of ULEZ is about the dislike the of ULEZ. People aren't lopping down cameras because they don't like Kahn.
They actually are. Most of the people screaming and shouting about ULEZ don't even understand it. It's all about hating Khan.

For the record, I don't like Khan, he's been a very poor mayor. But......he's been miles better than Johnson, and Susan Hall comes across as a blithering idiot. As for ULEZ, although I'm in an outer London Borough that's now within ULEZ, it doesn't effect me, or any of my neighbours, or anyone I know, so not bothered. It only actually impacts a very small number of people.