London Fixed-gear and Single-speed

Final forum results are in--Jenny Jones is the LFGSS Mayor of London, hanging on to her absolute majority in the first round.

I think as far as London Assembly seats are concerned, the Greens would get six, Labour three, and the Conservatives and Lib Dems 1 each (11 total). Added to this would be the fourteen constituency seats, for which we didn't hold a mock vote.

This reminds me of my high school doing a mock general election thing with students representing each of the parties, including hustings..

If I remember correctly, the monster raving loony party swept to power in a landslide.

I thought about including the Monster Raving Loony Party in my summing-up, but I realised that hippy wasn't a serious politician.

I take the bottom four votes as spoilt ballots..

*raises Oliver's tax*

This talk of intimidation at polling stations in TH reminds me, 'Respect' activists were at it when I lived there a while at the last GLA/mayoral ballot and the GE. I had abuse from doorsteppers at home and a group of people at the station when I openly responded my intentions not to vote for them. This was at Columbia School E2.

Today I voted Livingstone > Jones, Green on other papers. I did not 'vote' here - skydancer's comment holds true for me.

somebody's account made me laugh. I have been taking my bike into places where cycle provsion isn't provided elsewhere, museums and suchlike, and I have made it a policy to bring my bike into places where lockups aren't obvious. Goodonyer phil.

On walking out of the polling station today, a little old lady asked me for my registration number. I said I didn't have it to hand but she asked for my address and surname instead. I willingly gave it but afterwards wondered why she had asked. She had a big red rosette pinned to her lapel so assumed she was a something to do with Labour.

I now know she was probably a teller. Why would she ask me for my registration number, with the parting shot 'don't worry I wont sell you anything' ?

Oh Jesus Christ, there's more of them

We had one of those too, with a red rosette and all, she said it was to check our names off the list so that we wouldn't be rung up later in the day to be hassled to go and vote

Ah, well there you go. Good work little old lady.

Er wut? From the Guardian blog.

Bit late, but this did go up before polling, I've not been able to post it here as I've been busy, but here's the interview with Brian Paddick

Sounds like it's bad news for Ken already.

http://londonersonbikes.tumblr.com/ - any of you guys here? :)

to(m^6) - ?

From guardian blog

Interesting contrast, start of the rise of the non mainstream parties.

I was parked across the road from mine, wouldn't have made a good photo!

I was wondering what the bad news for Ken was...

Ah right.

On Question Time, they were discussing it as if it were a foregone conclusion that he had lost.

On the live election show that followed it and is on BBC1 now, they mentioned the result being much the same as it was four years ago, and were asking Sadiq Khan where it had gone wrong.

All based on exit polls I suppose, but still disappointing.

love it!

missmouse - there are more on facebook, and on twitter I think, not sure, I've been busy all day

The Ken vote has increased probably since 2008, as it did then from the 2004 levels. The Tory campaigns for 2008 in particular persuaded Tory suburbanites to come out which eclipsed the central london voting pattern.

That Tory vote would need to shift for the result to change, which it never will.

Wooooaaaaah!

Now I wont sleep tonight.

The brunette look's like the hired help. She has to wake up at 4am to shoe and muck them out each morning.

And obviously put their blinkers on.

'muck'

thanks

what are you on about?

Er?

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Too late.

yeah you win.

As someone on my facebook feed said:
"The only thing worse than the sense of self-loathing you get from voting for Ken Livingstone is the sense of self-loathing you get from voting for Ken Livingstone, coupled with the stomach churning certainty that you're going to get Boris Johnson regardless."
:(

It hurts, but the only real possibility of getting a genuine green presence near the mayors office was to vote tactically.
Voted green on everything but the mayoral first choice... Here's hoping the dismally low turnout works against boris.

Had read up on boris' attitude to dealing with London air quality last night - seething I didn't try to get active during the run up to the election.

It makes no difference to the Boris percentage which way round you vote so I went Green 1st, Ken 2nd.

http://www.londonersonbikes.org.uk/i..._a_wasted_vote
and a bit more detail
http://www.londonersonbikes.org.uk/how_to_vote

I'll just leave those there

Hmm, the london wide assembly is far more complicated than that, you need the constituency seat numbers to work it out sadly.

see http://www.londonelects.org.uk for more details (can't find exact link, site is effectievly being DDOS'd by everyone looking at it!)

You probably had low energy levels due to the asthma

It makes a difference if Boris gets a majority on the first round, but that is unlikely.

but even if Boris got a majority on the first round, a vote for Ken 1st choice wouldn't stop Boris getting in..

Yea, but I meant if you don't vote 1st Ken then Boris gets the majority of 1st votes, but of course whoever you vote for is cutting away his majority so yea, you're right it doesn't matter.

Getting the most votes in the first round means nothing if it's under 50% of the total votes.

Rod Munch, eat your heart out:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/greggdd69/15...-boris-jo-5v0w

HAH

+1

I am hoping that the reports that boris will win are only based on the 1st pref then when we enter the second round I think Ken will get all of the greens and all of the libs votes and that could swing it for him.
Unless of course boris got a majority.

Boris is on 45%, Ken 40% so far.

how many of these are johnsons ?

^ They're all dicks if that's what you mean.

Anyone going to the Londoners On Bikes results party tonight? I have a feeling I may be crying into my beer.

Paddick getting a kicking; fifth behind the independant candidate in Merton and Wands