London Mayoral election.

[Vanden Saab]

Could not find a thread on this... Despite the polls suggesting an easy win for Khan, I am hearing whispers that it might be far closer than has been suggested. Is it possible that we could have a change of Mayor?

[vixen1700]

Hoping the Count Binface vote came together.

[Countdown]

https://metro.co.uk/2021/05/07/tory-candidate-shau...

[anonymous-user]

Countdown said:

https://metro.co.uk/2021/05/07/tory-candidate-shau...

That guy is a bell end of epic proportions, not Khans biggest fan but he's a million times better

[Pupp]

vixen1700 said:

Hoping the Count Binface vote came together.

Too much to hope for but would be very very funny

[Countdown]

MonkeyMatt said:

Countdown said:

https://metro.co.uk/2021/05/07/tory-candidate-shau...

That guy is a bell end of epic proportions, not Khans biggest fan but he's a million times better

I wonder what dent Laurence Fox made in the Tory vote

[paulrockliffe]

With 23% of the vote counted Khan and Bailey are both on 38%. This seems unlikely, but has at least piqued my interest.

[AC43]

paulrockliffe said:

With 23% of the vote counted Khan and Bailey are both on 38%. This seems unlikely, but has at least piqued my interest.

I think the first two wards were Tory strongholds so it's not surprising that Bailey took an early lead.

Still, it'll be good if can give Kahn a bit of run as he seems to me to be a very ineffective mayor. BoJo was good at branding London and promoting it globally. Much to my surprise he was really good at that.

I haven't got a clue what Kahn stands for or believes in. Or what he thinks London is or could be. A major disappointment.

[okgo]

AC43 said:

BoJo was good at branding London and promoting it globally. Much to my surprise he was really good at that.

I haven't got a clue what Kahn stands for or believes in. Or what he thinks London is or could be. A major disappointment.

What does that first bit even mean? And what noticeable difference does someone as irrelevant as London Mayor make to anything outside of London itself?

Re the latter, I imagine you'd find out if you looked.

[Countdown]

AC43 said:

I think the first two wards were Tory strongholds so it's not surprising that Bailey took an early lead.

Still, it'll be good if can give Kahn a bit of run as he seems to me to be a very ineffective mayor. BoJo was good at branding London and promoting it globally. Much to my surprise he was really good at that.

I haven't got a clue what Kahn stands for or believes in. Or what he thinks London is or could be. A major disappointment.

Bojo was (is) good at promoting one thing only; himself. The fact that he was LM at the time was incidental.

[mrporsche]

It seems that London will end up Labour again, and yet Labour continue to suffer elsewhere.

[whit3star]

I’m sure Khan will find some extra postal votes at the last minute

[JagLover]

whit3star said:

I’m sure Khan will find some extra postal votes at the last minute

Turnout in the Tower Hamlets postal vote will be 125%

[Dromedary66]

whit3star said:

I’m sure Khan will find some extra postal votes at the last minute

Agreed. I think the Ballot boxes from Burnley are being couriered down in the cash & carry vans.

[whit3star]

JagLover said:

whit3star said:

I’m sure Khan will find some extra postal votes at the last minute

Turnout in the Tower Hamlets postal vote will be 125%

That sounds a bit low

[anonymous-user]

brickwall said:

Countdown said:

I wonder what dent Laurence Fox made in the Tory vote

Surely no-one actually voted for Fox? He’s so obviously a massive throbber.

My hope is that's the surprise

Labour think it's in the bag and people quietly vote Khan out

I can dream

[Countdown]

brickwall said:

Countdown said:

I wonder what dent Laurence Fox made in the Tory vote

Surely no-one actually voted for Fox? He’s so obviously a massive throbber.

Plenty of people vote for throbbers.

[TriumphStag3.0V8]

Countdown said:

brickwall said:

Countdown said:

I wonder what dent Laurence Fox made in the Tory vote

Surely no-one actually voted for Fox? He’s so obviously a massive throbber.

Plenty of people vote for throbbers.

Todays election results must really hurt for the "Grrr Boris" brigade eh?

[AC43]

okgo said:

AC43 said:

BoJo was good at branding London and promoting it globally. Much to my surprise he was really good at that.

What does that first bit even mean?

Oooh let me think. Umm,,,inward investment....errr....jobs.....ummm.....income...and...errr....increased tax take.

okgo said:

And what noticeable difference does someone as irrelevant as London Mayor make to anything outside of London itself?

I don't give a st about what anyone outside London thinks abut who is or isn't mayor here but you are welcome to the vast tax surplus that gets spread across the rest of the country.

[MrBarry123]

I don’t live in London and don’t particularly like Bailey however, and I know it’s an overused cliche but, I think Twitter may finally explode if he wins.