Ken vs. Boris: It's So On

Funnily enough Boris' manifesto is as full of holes as some of BS's books

Yeah I was more referring to the fact that there can't be THAT many people out there who actively fancy Boris. Although given his reputation...

i wz gnna say earlier emil.y that i ph33l our asses have JUST BEEN (very extremely) CHRISTY MALRIED :(

Doc, it's partly policy, partly the fact of this person being indulged / given victory over KL / given the spotlight and status, and status of representing me / us, for the next 4 years (or who knows, 8, 12 years). No, things in a democracy like ours are not like things in a dictatorship. But what is happening is awful.

In other words

A NATION MOURNS

... well, I wish it did - unfortunately a nation rejoices.

Man, this week must be a rollercoaster of emotion for Frank Lampard.

Yeah, Domino's introduced the new "Meatball Mayhem".

bored with waiting now :(

Any pubs gonna be showing the result?

Hope it goes to penalties

But what is happening is awful

You need to use whatever tactics you used to survive the Christian Gross years, maybe.

What, sit back in the knowledge Boris will be sacked in six weeks?

Johnson Out

Oh Ok then, not the Christian Gross strategy.

Labour gain Slough from NOC.

Across the country, Tory vote was up about 8% to 39% - short of the 'magical' 40% needed to win a General Election - with Labour on 29%.

Whoa re the RA who have (had?) four seats in slough?

http://logo.cafepress.com/3/76562.856073.jpg

Resident's association, specifically 'The independent britwellian residents'

So no hunger strikes and dirty protests for them then?

Whoa re the RA who have (had?) four seats in slough?

This is really hard to parse. WHOA, re: the RA... I'm assuming you meant 'who are' but I can't get around it.

At 1:10pm the word on the BBC website was that "22% of votes counted, Boris ahead in 10 regions, Ken ahead in 4." An hour later it's 9 vs 5.

So, at this rate, it's gonna take 'em 18 hours to count the votes (4:30am Saturday?) and, if Ken claws back one region an hour, he'll win by a landslide. Hope springs, etc.

acc R4: turnout in liverpool central <10%. i'm speechless on that one.

-- grimly fiendish, Friday, 2 May 2008 08:34

This is what happens when they're all the same

DJ laxalt

*twiddles thumbs*

Facebook status updates update:

Chris B******* thinks Ken should do 'a Mugabe'.
13 minutes ago

Terry S******* will kidnap phil collins if boris gets in.
26 minutes ago

Andrew F****** would like to point out that most of the glum reports of the mayoral election pertain to first preferences, and suggest that 2nd prefs may yet see Ken through.
52 minutes ago

Matt D'**** would like to politely inform London that it can suck a big bag of dicks.
57 minutes ago

Haha.

turnout at 45%, so even though this this has been the one and only london stroy for the past few months, over half the population still don't give a shit.

Current London running score: 27% total votes counted, Boris ahead in nine, Ken in five.

sorry to be a dummy but how does the winner actually get decided, is it outright vote total or something else?

Outright vote total including second preference votes of anyone but the lead two candidates if no one gets more than 50% of first preference votes.

D*** G***** is going to make a voodoo doll of Boris Johnson and stab it repeately in the arse, face, chest and if there's any left arse again.

It looks like it might be possible that Boris gets over 50%, negating all second preference votes.

turnout at 45%, so even though this this has been the one and only london stroy for the past few months, over half the population still don't give a shit.

still better than last time, which was only 37.5% turnout.

It looks like it might be possible that Boris gets over 50%, negating all second preference votes.

It doesn't negate the second preference votes it just means that they cannot put anyone else over 50%

Nah. If any candidate gets more than 50% first preference they become mayor.

For Boris to get 50%+, what with Paddick, Berry et al getting a decent 15-18% between them, it would mean Ken is 15-20pts behind. Not even the YouGov polls suggested that.

That comment above re. counting time - I thought - this looks like Steady Mike. And it was.

I'm actually glad this is being drawn out. Make them wait! Why not? Delay BJ for a day: that's one better day of our lives.

There was something in a paper yesterday about Ken's people destroying documents in the very brief interim period.

It reminds me a bit of the USA in 2000.

Pinefox, what happened in the White House changeover was a complete myth.

I dreamt that Paddick won!

Suzy, if you mean that there is a myth about people destroying US documents in 2000, I have never heard it.

I was simply referring to the deferral of the result, which (perhaps unlike many) I am finding I prefer to simply getting a bad result straight away.

I am reminded now of how Steady Mike was finding grounds for hope at that election, emailing me and giving me evidence of how the Florida count could go Gore's way, etc.

I wrote a song about it too, not long after.

I also remember the less controversial time in 2004 when John Edwards came out and told Democrats 'it's not over, let's wait till every vote is counted' - it was virtually the only thing I'd seen him do all campaign (but I doubtless just missed the rest).

There's a story in Thelondonpaper about Ken Livingstone and his aides being escorted from City Hall by security guards if he loses - to prevent documents being removed from the building.

d'ya remember when they tried to stuff the ballots so laura roslin would win instead of baltar?

Ohmigod Boris is going to stick us all in Cylon concentration camps and sign our death warrants.

Would like to sign Ken lead the resistance, lose an eye and then turn out to be a baddie, though.

it'll be quiet for the first 12 months...

But if Roslin had won, everyone would be dead!

there are only 12 Tory models

mrs fiendish seems able to laugh about this/adopt a dr c-esque pragmatism.

i'm just getting crosser and fucking crosser. i feel tonight's meal out with my parents might be explosive.

i mean. i don't live in london, plan ever to live in london, or even particularly like it. but still. GRR.

No, the 2001 myth was that the Clinton staffers removed all the Ws from keyboards before vacating, as disinfoed in thelondonpaper. Never happened.

Better dead than Cylon.

I am seriously tempted to tell any Tory people I meet over the weekend that Boris is canceling the congestion charge ASAP and they should just drive in to work on Monday FOR FREE!

You know there's no C-Charge (nor a lot of work) on bank holidays, right?