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Boris is new mayor
UPDATE: Boris Johnson has been elected Mayor of London.
The Conservative candidate seized City Hall from Labour's two-term incumbent Ken Livingstone with Liberal Democrat Brian Paddick in third place.
Mr Johnson polled 1,168,738 votes to Mr Livingstone's 1,028,966. After second preferences were allocated, Mr Johnson achieved around 53% to Mr Livingstone's 47%.
The result heaped further pressure on Prime Minister Gordon Brown after his party plunged to its worst council election results in four decades.
Mr Johnson is the first Conservative mayor since the post was created and comes in on a wave of record voting numbers.
Conservative leader David Cameron was among the first to congratulate Mr Johnson.
Mr Cameron hailed a "serious and energetic" campaign and "remarkable" victory.
10:25am Saturday 3rd May 2008
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CommentPosted by: ivortheengine on 11:01am Sat 3 May 08
Lets hope the people of London don't regret this in a few days.As nice a guy as he is how can he possibly be taken seriously?
Lets hope the people of London don't regret this in a few days.As nice a guy as he is how can he possibly be taken seriously?
Posted by: Mr Ison, England on 11:10am Sat 3 May 08
London is like 10,000,000 people.
Mr 10%.
London is like 10,000,000 people.
Mr 10%.
Posted by: Mr Ison, England on 11:19am Sat 3 May 08
With second choice he drew less,3 to 5%.
What about the 97% who cannot abide the carpetbagger?
With second choice he drew less,3 to 5%.
What about the 97% who cannot abide the carpetbagger?
Posted by: conkertoes, deadcat on 4:12pm Sat 3 May 08
well done boris,its the best news in politics for years
well done boris,its the best news in politics for years
Posted by: Blue is future colour, Oxonian on 4:36pm Sat 3 May 08
Way,well done Boris, Conservative all the way, David Cameron for PM!!!
Way,well done Boris, Conservative all the way, David Cameron for PM!!!
Posted by: Politics Isn't Working, Oxford on 4:45pm Sat 3 May 08
Great. Another party-political person in charge. Independants are the real way forward - no party line to tow, and no whips either.
We'll see if Boris cares as much about London has he did about Henley.....whilst adding a few million more to his bank balance..
Great. Another party-political person in charge. Independants are the real way forward - no party line to tow, and no whips either.
We'll see if Boris cares as much about London has he did about Henley.....whilst adding a few million more to his bank balance..
Posted by: ricky, oxford on 7:58pm Sat 3 May 08
face facts labour is finished ,nannystate,war,stan
ce! what good for the uk has come from it all?oils extortionate,everyon
e day to day livings gone through the roof!been a nightmare for alot of people!especialy the armed forces !!
face facts labour is finished ,nannystate,war,stan
ce! what good for the uk has come from it all?oils extortionate,everyon
e day to day livings gone through the roof!been a nightmare for alot of people!especialy the armed forces !!
Posted by: alan page on 12:19am Sun 4 May 08
[quote][bold]ricky[/bold] wrote:
face facts labour is finished ,nannystate,war,stan ce! what good for the uk has come from it all?oils extortionate,everyon e day to day livings gone through the roof!been a nightmare for alot of people!especialy the armed forces !![/quote] Labour's great mistake was to woo the inbred degenerates of middle england by keeping lots of Tory policies and turning its back on its core voters.
Now we see the bourgeois reverting to type and going back to their traditional voting patterns.
Perhaps now labour will review its policies now the fair weather management consultants who thought they had discovered some new money making scheme have departed again.
Boris has won because of his promise to abolish congestion charges, that is the only reason.
I am glad he's got the job though, should be very entertaining to see him tour places like Brixton. Wasnt it he who referred to "Picanninnies" a while back?
Could be even better entertainment than the Duke of Edinburgh.
ricky wrote:
face facts labour is finished ,nannystate,war,stan ce! what good for the uk has come from it all?oils extortionate,everyon e day to day livings gone through the roof!been a nightmare for alot of people!especialy the armed forces !!
Labour's great mistake was to woo the inbred degenerates of middle england by keeping lots of Tory policies and turning its back on its core voters.
Now we see the bourgeois reverting to type and going back to their traditional voting patterns.
Perhaps now labour will review its policies now the fair weather management consultants who thought they had discovered some new money making scheme have departed again.
Boris has won because of his promise to abolish congestion charges, that is the only reason.
I am glad he's got the job though, should be very entertaining to see him tour places like Brixton. Wasnt it he who referred to "Picanninnies" a while back?
Could be even better entertainment than the Duke of Edinburgh.
Posted by: Mr Ison, England on 2:31pm Sun 4 May 08
I have some Verse.
Mohamed was a Moslem
Terrorism was his trade
Wherever he and Islam went the Jews were sure to be afraid
You see the Jews attacked the Moslem and the Moslems fought right back
All they have in common is their loathing of the Blacks.
Crypto Boris is revealed.
I have some Verse.
Mohamed was a Moslem
Terrorism was his trade
Wherever he and Islam went the Jews were sure to be afraid
You see the Jews attacked the Moslem and the Moslems fought right back
All they have in common is their loathing of the Blacks.
Crypto Boris is revealed.
Posted by: tory=corrupt on 3:05pm Sun 4 May 08
david cameron is a typical upper class bully. like all tories, he'll only be interested in his blue cronies. god help us if that bunch if twats get into power
david cameron is a typical upper class bully. like all tories, he'll only be interested in his blue cronies. god help us if that bunch if twats get into power
Posted by: Jane, Henley on 3:56pm Sun 4 May 08
[quote][bold]Politics Isn't Working[/bold] wrote:
Great. Another party-political person in charge. Independants are the real way forward - no party line to tow, and no whips either.
We'll see if Boris cares as much about London has he did about Henley.....whilst adding a few million more to his bank balance..[/quote] Yet another example of someone who doesn't have any experience of what he is talking about. Boris has been the best MP Henley has ever had. Just ask [bold]people who actually live there[/bold]
Politics Isn't Working wrote:
Great. Another party-political person in charge. Independants are the real way forward - no party line to tow, and no whips either.
We'll see if Boris cares as much about London has he did about Henley.....whilst adding a few million more to his bank balance..
Yet another example of someone who doesn't have any experience of what he is talking about. Boris has been the best MP Henley has ever had. Just ask
people who actually live there Posted by: Mr Ison, England on 4:29pm Sun 4 May 08
And yet 13 million Londoners do not want anything to do with your bloody Boris.
13 million,count 'em,said either no thanks or sod-off.
And yet 13 million Londoners do not want anything to do with your bloody Boris.
13 million,count 'em,said either no thanks or sod-off.
Posted by: Born english live english die english, OXFORD on 9:04pm Sun 4 May 08
I am blue with Pride, new generation here and labour has done nothing but ruin country sports and haven't given a monkeys about country life and farmers, put tax up so high on everything people can afford naff all, brought a smoking ban which stopped peoples rights, and let in so many people from abroad our own kids have no chance on the house market and done nothing their own people. Come one the Blues save this sorry sad country and give us English/British pride back and not be afraid to fly the flag
I am blue with Pride, new generation here and labour has done nothing but ruin country sports and haven't given a monkeys about country life and farmers, put tax up so high on everything people can afford naff all, brought a smoking ban which stopped peoples rights, and let in so many people from abroad our own kids have no chance on the house market and done nothing their own people. Come one the Blues save this sorry sad country and give us English/British pride back and not be afraid to fly the flag
Posted by: Sydney Vicious, E3/OX3/Sydney, Aus on 5:21am Mon 5 May 08
Yet another example of someone who doesn't have any experience of what he is talking about. Boris has been the best MP Henley has ever had. Just ask people who actually live there
no offence, but London E3/E9/SW2/N2/etc/etc have more in common with Mars than Henley (as does large parts of Oxford, to be fair).
This was a clever campaign that garnered votes from places barely within the Metropolitan area, largely without London postcodes, which were bolstered by the appalling turn-out in many inner boroughs.
We'll see how this works, but if you actually believe transport got worse not better under Ken, you don't live in London, and the abandonment of 50% affordable housing quotas is moronic at a time when cities like Sydney and Paris are despeately trying to catch up with London's affordable housing policies.
As for that chap above going on about country life - WFT mate? How is that relevant to the London Mayoral election? I also wouldnt be so sure the Tories give a stuff about their own people - they look after their own, as do New Labour.
The English - Lions led by total Donkeys
Yet another example of someone who doesn't have any experience of what he is talking about. Boris has been the best MP Henley has ever had. Just ask people who actually live there
no offence, but London E3/E9/SW2/N2/etc/etc have more in common with Mars than Henley (as does large parts of Oxford, to be fair).
This was a clever campaign that garnered votes from places barely within the Metropolitan area, largely without London postcodes, which were bolstered by the appalling turn-out in many inner boroughs.
We'll see how this works, but if you actually believe transport got worse not better under Ken, you don't live in London, and the abandonment of 50% affordable housing quotas is moronic at a time when cities like Sydney and Paris are despeately trying to catch up with London's affordable housing policies.
As for that chap above going on about country life - WFT mate? How is that relevant to the London Mayoral election? I also wouldnt be so sure the Tories give a stuff about their own people - they look after their own, as do New Labour.
The English - Lions led by total Donkeys
Posted by: alan page on 11:44am Mon 5 May 08
[quote][bold]alan page[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]ricky[/bold] wrote: face facts labour is finished ,nannystate,war,stan ce! what good for the uk has come from it all?oils extortionate,everyon e day to day livings gone through the roof!been a nightmare for alot of people!especialy the armed forces !![/quote] Labour's great mistake was to woo the inbred degenerates of middle england by keeping lots of Tory policies and turning its back on its core voters. Now we see the bourgeois reverting to type and going back to their traditional voting patterns. Perhaps now labour will review its policies now the fair weather management consultants who thought they had discovered some new money making scheme have departed again. Boris has won because of his promise to abolish congestion charges, that is the only reason. I am glad he's got the job though, should be very entertaining to see him tour places like Brixton. Wasnt it he who referred to "Picanninnies" a while back? Could be even better entertainment than the Duke of Edinburgh. [/quote] All those "lovely watermelon smiles" awaiting him in Brixton.
I can hardly control my mirth already.
alan page wrote:
ricky wrote: face facts labour is finished ,nannystate,war,stan ce! what good for the uk has come from it all?oils extortionate,everyon e day to day livings gone through the roof!been a nightmare for alot of people!especialy the armed forces !!
Labour's great mistake was to woo the inbred degenerates of middle england by keeping lots of Tory policies and turning its back on its core voters. Now we see the bourgeois reverting to type and going back to their traditional voting patterns. Perhaps now labour will review its policies now the fair weather management consultants who thought they had discovered some new money making scheme have departed again. Boris has won because of his promise to abolish congestion charges, that is the only reason. I am glad he's got the job though, should be very entertaining to see him tour places like Brixton. Wasnt it he who referred to "Picanninnies" a while back? Could be even better entertainment than the Duke of Edinburgh.
All those "lovely watermelon smiles" awaiting him in Brixton.
I can hardly control my mirth already.
Posted by: Boris Johnson on 12:03pm Mon 5 May 08
What a relief it must be for Blair to get out of England. It is said the Queen has come to love the Commonwealth, partly because it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of flag waving piccaninnies; and one can imagine that Blair, twice victor abroad but enmired at home, is similarly seduced by foreign politeness.
They say he is going to the Congo. No doubt the AK47s will fall silent,and the pangas will stop the hacking of human flesh, and the tribal warriors will all break out in watermelon smiles to see the big white chief touch down in his big white taxpayer-funded bird.
What a relief it must be for Blair to get out of England. It is said the Queen has come to love the Commonwealth, partly because it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of flag waving piccaninnies; and one can imagine that Blair, twice victor abroad but enmired at home, is similarly seduced by foreign politeness.
They say he is going to the Congo. No doubt the AK47s will fall silent,and the pangas will stop the hacking of human flesh, and the tribal warriors will all break out in watermelon smiles to see the big white chief touch down in his big white taxpayer-funded bird.
Posted by: alan page on 12:06pm Mon 5 May 08
[quote][bold]Jane[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]Politics Isn't Working[/bold] wrote: Great. Another party-political person in charge. Independants are the real way forward - no party line to tow, and no whips either. We'll see if Boris cares as much about London has he did about Henley.....whilst adding a few million more to his bank balance..[/quote] Yet another example of someone who doesn't have any experience of what he is talking about. Boris has been the best MP Henley has ever had. Just ask [bold]people who actually live there[/bold] [/quote] Does Boris live in Henley then?
I thought London was where he spent much of his time.
Learn something new everyday.
Jane wrote:
Politics Isn't Working wrote: Great. Another party-political person in charge. Independants are the real way forward - no party line to tow, and no whips either. We'll see if Boris cares as much about London has he did about Henley.....whilst adding a few million more to his bank balance..
Yet another example of someone who doesn't have any experience of what he is talking about. Boris has been the best MP Henley has ever had. Just ask people who actually live there
Does Boris live in Henley then?
I thought London was where he spent much of his time.
Learn something new everyday.
Posted by: Baron Samedy, Pickin' Loofah on 6:52pm Mon 5 May 08
Bwahahahaaah!
Posted by: Jane, henley on 12:38am Tue 6 May 08
[quote][bold]alan page[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]Jane[/bold] wrote:
[quote][bold]Politics Isn't Working[/bold] wrote: Great. Another party-political person in charge. Independants are the real way forward - no party line to tow, and no whips either. We'll see if Boris cares as much about London has he did about Henley.....whilst adding a few million more to his bank balance..[/quote] Yet another example of someone who doesn't have any experience of what he is talking about. Boris has been the best MP Henley has ever had. Just ask [bold]people who actually live there[/bold] [/quote] Does Boris live in Henley then?
I thought London was where he spent much of his time.
Learn something new everyday. [/quote] Yes he does live part of the time in Henley and is often seen in the town. Also a very approachable man unlike some politicians.
alan page wrote:
Jane wrote:
Politics Isn't Working wrote: Great. Another party-political person in charge. Independants are the real way forward - no party line to tow, and no whips either. We'll see if Boris cares as much about London has he did about Henley.....whilst adding a few million more to his bank balance..
Yet another example of someone who doesn't have any experience of what he is talking about. Boris has been the best MP Henley has ever had. Just ask people who actually live there
Does Boris live in Henley then?
I thought London was where he spent much of his time.
Learn something new everyday.
Yes he does live part of the time in Henley and is often seen in the town. Also a very approachable man unlike some politicians.
Posted by: Casual Observer, Oxofrd on 8:53am Tue 6 May 08
[quote][bold]Mr Ison[/bold] wrote:
And yet 13 million Londoners do not want anything to do with your bloody Boris. 13 million,count 'em,said either no thanks or sod-off.[/quote] That's the way the system works Mr Ison. No use complaining about it once it's done and dusted, just because you didn't like the outcome.
Over 50% of Londoners couldn't be bothered to vote and so they got what they deserve. They didn't say "no thanks" or even "sod off", as a matter of fact their apathy meant that they said nothing at all.
Mr Ison wrote:
And yet 13 million Londoners do not want anything to do with your bloody Boris. 13 million,count 'em,said either no thanks or sod-off.
That's the way the system works Mr Ison. No use complaining about it once it's done and dusted, just because you didn't like the outcome.
Over 50% of Londoners couldn't be bothered to vote and so they got what they deserve. They didn't say "no thanks" or even "sod off", as a matter of fact their apathy meant that they said nothing at all.
Posted by: Mr Ison, England on 6:48pm Tue 6 May 08
You failed logical analysis.
Whatever it is they are doing it's not the London way.
Can be extrapolated nationally perhaps?
You failed logical analysis.
Whatever it is they are doing it's not the London way.
Can be extrapolated nationally perhaps?
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