Polling Day

[emmie]

i hope that you have got your polling cards at the ready, unless like me you voted by
post. Big day for all concerned especially up in Hartlepool, where the seat is up for grabs.

[joeski53]

NeedToKnowPlease
//people say in london only white people are minority but that is when you compare it white to non white only if you split up the nonwhite into their actual cultures then you might find that its not the case//
Yes thats probably true as well, good point.

[youngmafbog]

Shaun Bailey looks good to me - a proper Tory.

However he has had a right campaign against him from the left MSM like the Mirror, Guardian and the Independent.

And I didnt hear much from Johnson campaigning for him, although if the MSM refused to pcik it up you dont here it.

[emmie]

he has been endorsed by Johnson YMB, watch the PPBs

[Ken4155]

It being polling day, i just couldn't resist this coincidence bet (mug's bet);

4.07 Wor; Butler's Brief @ 3/1
4.40 Wor; Nye Bevan @ 11/4

2 x £1.50 win, £2 double. Poss return of £41.63p :-))

[MattA777]

Just pray that my fellow Scots learn by the example of French fishermen’s actions- at least our UK Government can intervene with gunboats.! If Sturgeon gets her way, - what are we going to send if the Icelandic, French and whoever want to illegally fish in Scottish waters? - A few braveheart people on sail boards armed with toy water pistols?

[emmie]

Matt - not a supporter of Ms Sturgeon then?

[William51]

Yes, i took my polling card to my village hall here in Norfolk. We voted for a North Norfolk Council and the Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner. The Hartlepool result will be interesting.

[JimF]

"the mayor of London is little more than a figurehead"

The mayor of London is probably the second most powerful person in the country, after the prime minister.

It's the "lord" mayor of London who is little more than a figurehead.

[emmie]

im sure it will be interesting.

[emmie]

we already covered that Jim, way back in the thread...

[Ken4155]

Sod the politics! Butlers Brief wins, as does Nye Bevan. Kerrrrrrching :-))

[emmie]

well done.

[andy-hughes]

I believe that voting is important, but as the vote in my area was for the PCC, I did not vote.

I did not vote because none of the candidates thought my vote important enough to confirm who they are, and what they plan to do shoulld my vote assist them in being elected.

On that basis, my vote would be meaningless because I have no idea who the candidates are, or why they think I should vote for them.

Election apathy is not a good thing - but it cuts both ways.

[Mamyalynne]

Yes thank you, all done.

[237SJ]

I posted my vote last week. People fought hard for women to get the vote and I won't waste it.

[andy-hughes]

237SJ - // People fought hard for women to get the vote and I won't waste it. //

I remember my dad being absolutely furious with me as a teenager when one year I didn't vote.

He yelled at me that people died to give me the vote.

I argued back that actually, people died to give me the right to vote, and I believe that also includes the right not to vote, if you believe the situation merits that choice.

I think the distinction is really important - I did not vote to day for a reason, and that is every bit as much the right that people fought for, as the right to vote.

[237SJ]

^ your choice but personally, I would rather have a say in what goes on in the world than sit back and say "I don`t give a damn"

[Stickybottle]

NFI TBH

[andy-hughes]

237SJ - not voting because I have no information with which to make an informed choice does not equate with sitting back and not giving a damn.

[douglas9401]

Or it could be just another way of saying 'look at me'.

Maybe your old man was right and you're wrong.
The law of averages suggest it has to happen some time.