Ken vs. Boris: It's So On

The whole "LOL, BORIS, LEGERND" voters thing is minor. You forget how many reactionary, tax-dodging, poor ppl hatin', 4x4 driving pillocks live in the capital. They just needed a figurehead.

I feel guilty now, i.e. what the pinefox was saying, that I haven't at the very least been stickering everything in sight with "TYPICAL RACIST - FUCK OFF BORIS - TORY TWAT"

Ken is gaining:

Racist bigot: 628,898
People's hero: 601,373
Nader: 141,338

Green have an unofficial pact with Labour - Sian Berry's been urging people to give their 2nd vote to Ken and vice versa. Polls suggest Lib Dems are giving their 2nd choice to Boris by a 4:3 margin. Scum.

FUCK

this map seems encouraging so far at least but no doubt it hides a nightmare somewhere:

http://extras.thelondonpaper.com/elections/images/map.jpg

But those folk would vote Tory anyway. I suppose that the Boris publicity machine drew them out when they might have otherwise not voted, but I can bet that there was a large youth vote that previously would, if voting at all, not have gone so right-wing.

xposts to Bodrick

Nine out of fourteen constituencies declared, according to Sky
FIRST PREFERENCE VOTES:
Boris: 628,896 42%
Ken: 601, 737 40%
Brian P: 141, 338 9%

when will people get it, the liberals are, well, Liberals, and therefore right of centre.

If what Michael Jones says about Lib Dem second prefs holds true, this could be down to literally only dozens of second preference votes.

when will people get it, the liberals are, well, Liberals, and therefore right of centre.

OTFM

(though so are most of Labour these days, gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah)

labour these days are mostly Liberal too

After ten declared:

Blonde: 718,959 (43%)
Bald: 659,311 (39%)
Centre parting: 166,347 (10%)

Hence my use of the word 'stance'...

COME ON KEN

FFS there have to be more 2nd-choicers for ken??? i.e. send a message to the incumbent but play a safety as well????

Are they even counting seconds yet?

when will people get it, the liberals are, well, Liberals, and therefore right of centre.

-- Ed, Friday, 2 May 2008 22:50

Depends what you mean by "liberal". There's free-market liberals, hippy liberals and everything inbetween.

capital 'L' is significant

Charles Kennedy was against the war in Iraq and wanted a 50p tax rate for the super-rich. It's not cut-and-dry though, sure.

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i fucking hate this, he's going to get it you know he will - big old dopey, sheepish, coddled man-child boris

80 per cent of first choice votes in, R4 say Boris leading.

The four left to declare all have Boris in the lead. If it's tight, we're going to a second preference count.

I managed to let go in the pub, I'm not going to look at this thread for as long as I can bear to. Paying attention will be the equivalent of watching England play a penalty shootout against Portugal or Germany that you know full well they are going to lose, but without the small consolation of knowing that it doesn't really matter.

Boris leads the 'London South West' constituency with 90,061 first preference votes.

Still doesn't take him to 50%.

He won't get 50% of first choice votes, only some moran at ES who forgot there were more than two candidates thought he would get more than 50%

After 11 constituencies decalred:

Have I Got News For You: 804,439 (42%)
Have I Got Newts For You: 709,929 (37%)
Have I Got Dead Brazilians For You: 187,158 (10%)

James, you are delivering the lols.

No, Boris is. HE IS A LEGERND!!!

John Biggs (Lab) 63,635 (34.69%, +5.59%)
Phil Briscoe (C) 32,082 (17.49%, -0.65%)
Hanif Abdulmuhit (Respect GG) 26,760 (14.59%)
Robert Bailey (BNP) 18,020 (9.82%)
Rajonuddin Jalal (LD) 13,724 (7.48%, -6.46%)
Heather Finlay (Green) 11,478 (6.26%, -0.38%)
Tom Conquest (CPA) 7,306 (3.98%, +0.57%)
Mick McGough (UKIP) 3,078 (1.68%, -12.07%)
Graham Kemp (NF) 2,350 (1.28%)
Michael Gavan (Left List) 2,274 (1.24%)
John Griffiths (Eng Dem) 2,048 (1.12%)
Julie Crawford (Ind) 701 (0.38%)
Lab maj 31,553 (17.20%)
3.12% swing C to Lab
Electorate 470,863; Turnout 183,456 (38.96%, +9.03%)

bold indicates cuntybollocks

where is that?

some pretty shameful shit.

city and east

Graham Kemp (NF) 2,350 (1.28%)

Not to mention the heart-warming 2,350 who thought that the BNP were too touchy-feely and decided that the NF were the ones for them. (xpost)

also this:

Bexley and Bromley

Conservative hold

James Cleverly (C) 105,162 (52.60%, +12.17%)
Alex Heslop (Lab) 29,925 (14.97%, -0.67%)
Tom Papworth (LD) 21,240 (10.62%, -8.25%)
Paul Winnett (NF) 11,288 (5.65%)
Ann Garrett (Green) 9,261 (4.63%, -0.45%)
Mike Greenhough (UKIP) 8,021 (4.01%, -12.79%)
John Hemming-Clark (ISQMH) 6,684 (3.34%)
Miranda Suit (CPA) 4,408 (2.20%, +0.07%)
Steven Uncles (Eng Dem) 2,907 (1.45%)
David Davis (Left List) 1,050 (0.53%)
C maj 75,237 (37.63%)
6.42% swing Lab to C
Electorate 407,003; Turnout 199,946 (49.13%, +9.10%)

Constituencies 12, 13 and 14 will be announced together, with the results of the second preference. So the next annoucement should be the final result. No idea when this is.

Bexley and Bromley = Most horribly right-wing part of London? Is this where Stephen Lawrence was killed?

Ed, where is Southall in these contests? S4t1nd3r's uncle is the Left List LA candidate.

I'm guessing ealing and hillingdon

Salvinder Dhillon (Left List) 2,390 (1.38%)

Beaten by NF and UKIP. BOOOOO.

Announcement shortly.

Con 8 Lab 6 in assembly constituencies

1 gain from Con to Lab

Gavron came second in Cam/Brent. Who the hell voted for Tories in our manor?

londonelects suggests all the results are in but doesn't have THEE RESULT

Its been ages since I lost an election.

Reminds me of being 18 again.

I'm going to have to start voting twice again, aren't I?

14 of 14:

Two affairs: 1,043,761 (43%)
Five kids: 893,877 (37%)
One partner: 236,255 (10%)

Second preferences?

Graun has those as the 13 of 14 results

The Guardian's blogger is crap at copy n paste.