Ken vs. Boris: It's So On

What does that mean?

I predict Ken will scrape it. I also predict that whatever the outcome is, it won't make a vast ammount of difference to the average Londoner's life.

if boris does what he promises, it will, in the negative. but he won't.

actulaly it's "supplementary vote"

if you don't vote boris or ken (and assuming they'll end up as top two), you can put one of them as a "second preference" and your vote will go to that.

God, English politics is more confusing than cricket. Sorry for being a dummy, this is the first election I've ever been legally allowed to vote in, in my life.

It's peculiar to council/mayoral elections - you only get one main vote in the generals.

So I can actually vote for the Nigel Havers Alliance or the Monster Raving Loony Party or whatever, but if whoever I choose doesn't get close, my vote can default to Ken rather than Boris?

Yes.

Be interesting to see how the LibDem second votes break down.

OK, that's awesome. Who on earth shall I vote for?

but kate i thought you <3 boris

It makes the whole process rather more tactical. The Greens, for example, are advising their supporters to put Ken as second choice.

we all heart boris in a way. but at the same time think he's a vile, moronic tory cunt.

Be interesting to see how the LibDem second votes break down.

-- Matt DC, Thursday, April 3, 2008 11:25 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

43% to Boris, 30% to Ken, according to Yougov.

I don't even like his personal, I hate affable toffs.

(xpost lol LibDems outed)

Persona, even.

(xpost lol LibDems outed)

Too right

I want to make the sexing with Boris. I do NOT want to have him responsible for decisions that affect me or the city I live in, in any way, shape or form. I mean, I wouldn't elect Sonic Boom mayor of London, either! (Despite the "drugs and analogue synths for all" platform being a clear winner.)

Hott or not, I think my hand would physically cramp up and start twitching if I even tried to force it to vote for an Tory.

I guess it's Sian Berry, then. That was easy.

(xpost lol LibDems outed)

Too right

Indeed they are.

'Right as opposed to left' as opposed to 'right as opposed to wrong' iykwim

I heart Boris in the sense that I would like it if he died

Be interesting to see how the LibDem second votes break down.
-- Matt DC, Thursday, April 3, 2008 11:25 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
43% to Boris, 30% to Ken, according to Yougov.

so that makes it what? 24 extra votes to Boris and 18 to Ken amirite lololoolololol etc

I heart Boris in the sense that I would like it if he died

on the same day as Thatcher and the Queen preferably

Thatcher and the Queen dying on the same day would be beyond awesome, Thatch would be totally eclipsed!

In a bendy bus crash caused by Jim Davidson's reckless driving.

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Thatcher and the Queen dying on the same day would be beyond awesome, Thatch would be totally eclipsed!

Bit like how Mother Teresa dying was eclipsed by Diana dying in the same week - well here in Godless Protestant Britain at least

"she was the people's parasite..."

Then again Thatcher's resignation defeat in 1990 bumped Khomeini's death off the front page so there'll be a few wanting revenge...

So many wicked people revelling in the prospect of a fellow human being's death. I am uncertain as to what she did that was so morally repugnant anyway, or in what sense decent folk would have been better off had she failed to be elected.

Wicked, wicked people, that's us.

1,2,3,4, get with the wicked

We started off as Decent Folk but ended up as Wicked People, thanks to Thatcher

http://www.fastfloors.com/media/catalog/Wood_Floors/Pioneered_Wood/Concord_Knotty_Pine/Concord_Knotty_Pine.jpg http://www.stalking-pages.co.uk/images/drfox.jpg

wood doctor? unlucky

So many wicked people revelling in the prospect of a fellow human being's death.

Like Thatcher did in the Falklands "war."

It's getting so hard to spot satire in here

I met Boris once.

I was supposed to have dinner with him (and 300 other people, but he was supposed to be sat at my table) but the rude bastard turned up late, did his flustered toff act for a few minutes and left. Ian Hislop was quite annoyed by his rudeness.

i saw him at highbury fields once. he was talking on his phone to someone.

he was quite fat

Yeah, I know it's silly but the fact is that the bastard uses this buffoon bollocks to hide the fact that he's an old school arrogant tory twat who pretty much thinks he can do what he likes and people will love him. And they do.

I've saw him lots of times. On his bike. Jogging. Wandering about aimlessly.

This blog probably best sums up my problems with Johnson, although admittedly I do wish for a more appealing vote than Ken, but what are you gonna do?

He's one of the few Tories with actual face/name recognition power in the general public, so on that count, his schtick has clearly worked.

I'm actually kind of glad, in a weird way, that he did run for Mayor because, well - I used to think "oh, he's not really a proper Tory, ha ha, he's so cute and loveable and rides a bike and all!" but the moment he started actually opening his mouth and publicising his views, well, there they were. Cured me of that idea post haste.

Still fancy him, though.

Well THAT certainly got my office's attention. s-post

A friend and I heckled Boris from the public gallery of the commons once. We were there on an economics trip and chose to call "Booooooooooooris. Booooooooooris." at him. Not imaginiative but did get his attention. And us thrown out.

i'm going to become really fat in 4 years' time and run for mayor and win.

red ken vs fat ken

Fat Ken gets my vote!

If you maintain your message board presence would that make you the Fat Ken Troller?

http://davehill.typepad.com/london3ms/

dave hill keeping a very good mayor blog here.

http://torytroll.blogspot.com/2008/04/bnp-say-back-boris.html