Local Elections

[birdie]

Andy Burnham gets more votes than everyone else combined.

65% of the votes. Pity is that only 26.6% of voters bothered. Still he's popular with 17% of the electorate most of whom are totally apathetic.

And his mate, the mayor of Salford did the same. His mate Dennett [the one who still lives in a counci flat, got 61.5% of the same tu
The council seats are yet to be counted but the same will apply with the usual suapects getting in.

Indeed, a little over a quarter of those eligible, hardly a rousing endorsement, whatever Labour ass lickers like to paint it.
The London turnout was 40.3% down from 42.2% in 2016 and 45.3% in 2021, although it may surprise some that in 2012 Johnson was elected on a 38.1% in 2012 and 45/3% in 2008

[Vespa]

I feel sorry for Andy Street.
I'm still a little stunned how Khan won by his biggest margin over the Tories.

[The Tick]

I'm still a little stunned how Khan won by his biggest margin over the Tories.

Me too. Susan Hall really looked the part for someone who could make london great again.

[Vespa]

The best thing about locals is the loony fridge. Suella who is shit at politics leads the bunch.

[lambrini]

It's all coming out now. The people know revenge is sweet, Suella.

[Vespa]

It's all coming out now. The people know revenge is sweet, Suella.

What I find odd about the Tories that want to move more to the right is it goes against all the data. Starmer has parked on the center ground and has a good margin, the LibDems have done the same, the Greens are more to the left. Reform is nowhere near any of these people in terms of electoral performance. But Suella and her gang want to go further right and lose votes because Reform are in a place even loony Tories won't go.

For all the 'stop the boats' stuff people care more about law & order, education, the NHS, housing and their personal wealth. They should really focus on this more than the ECHR which has no meaningful impact on most people here - but they seem annoyed they can't stop people appealing to it.

[black_guardian]

It's all coming out now. The people know revenge is sweet, Suella.

They say the sign of a true narcissist is to accuse others of behaviour they exhibit themselves... Suella is trying too hard, like she's done all her life, to find validation. It might be having a rich partner, it might be adopting Jewish culture via marriage, it might be pivoting yourself as a "darling" of the right. Yet, nothing sticks, nothing convinces with her. Except her mental state remains fragile and her body language betrays this massively.

A shit poker player.

[black_guardian]

This 2024 general election will be the ultimate hate-along!!!

[The Tick]

Suella Braverman is just trying to consolidate her position as Queen of the gammons.

[henrycrs]

Suella Braverman is just trying to consolidate her position as Queen of the gammons.

She’s the wrong colour to be gammon.

But she’s bob on.

[Sunbeam Alpine]

I would like to salute Braverman in her mission to move the Tories into unelectable purgatory

[The Ghost of Alex Higgins]

Salutes are very inflammatory