I voted today

[Lex Diamonds]

It was pretty boring.

[Lyman Zerga]

wheres the planetary option?

[funk63]

i voted yesterday, for the first time. it was pretty easy.

[Lex Diamonds]

Boris, for a number of different reasons, not many of them to do with him or his policies.

[paul jones]

I voted too today.

I gave my sister a lift to the polling station and I took my card too.She has never voted before and the last time I did was fucking years ago.

There were 3 old ladies in there with coats on as it was a bit cold today,but it seemed allright in there to me.

yeah,it was fucking boring, you'd have thought the candidates would have been there trying to win votes by handing out free cigars or PS3's

[camo]

I did it once when I was 18 and I've never been arsed to again. They really need to 'jazz' it up with free alcohol or maybe Jugglers.

[trailerprincess]

I voted today too - just local councillors. My area has always been a Tory stronghold so to a certain extent voting for anyone else is a 'waste', but I still do. I've voted every time there's been an election and I really find it odd when people don't. So I had a go at my dad yesterday when he said he officially 'couldn't be arsed'

[na§tee]

scotland's local elections were a while back.

i bet half the people who vote for boris are doing so for the comedy value, not because they have any actual knowledge of his policies. i'm not saying you are, ms crafty, not at all, but i'm guessing that a lot of young people will vote for him because he is sort of a lovable bumbling buffoon. if tories can be lovable. ha. am i right, padster? why did you vote for him?

[camo]

Boris cycles to work each day (y)

Boris does so wearing bicycle clips (n)

[mikizee]

Is voting complusory in the UK?

[camo]

Nah

[mikizee]

is this a election for the prime ministership

[trailerprincess]

London Mayor, Assembly and some councils
All of the welsh councils
And about 4000 council seats in the rest of england

I think

[Guy Incognito]

I voted red in the hope that none of the other fuckers get in but it looks like my local council will be blue now:mad:
We only have a choice of red, blue, orange and Nazi (BNP) where i live. I didnt vote a coulpe of years ago and the BNP got a couple of seats on our council so now i always make sure i vote

[taquitos]

it's like a filthy european orgy in here

[roosta]

Boris is a twat

[venusvenus123]

i just didn't want ken to stay, tbh

agreed. 2 terms is enough for ken. labour need to pull their finger out. complacent bastards. i've had enough of ken wasting money on trips abroad, acting like he's some ambassador for london. also, in south london the oyster card thing isn't too hot as we can't use it on trains. everyone raves about it as his biggest success but for people not right next to a tube it's a right royal pain in the arse.

unfortunately the mayoral contest has been a two horse race and most people are pissed off at the lack of choice.

[paul jones]

Why Boris is the man!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iWIUp19bBoA

(y)

[paul jones]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=omMzPD1wjKU&feature=related

Arnie disses Boris(y)

[Lyman Zerga]

theres no point in voting, people only do it to feel all mature and think they could change shit


i hate yall!

[TAL]

Love me, I've never voted.

[Lyman Zerga]

Love me, I've never voted.

*softporns tal*

[TAL]

You're so mean :(

[Parkey]

Christ alive. Boris won.

THE GREAT SOPRENDO FOR PM!

[Adam]

For any1 leaving in London - I am sorry that you now have a racist dumb snob as your mayor. Northerns have been saying it for years that is better up north - I'd say give it a try. Its a sad day for politics when a idiot comic book character wins the 2nd most powerful job in politics in the UK.

Although I am genetically unable to vote tories, I think it would take a tory government for 5 years to get a half decent government in. But then I doubt any of the three parties could be up for stopping the rot. Greens ftw 1day

[russhie]

If I didn't have to vote, I wouldn't.

[Lex Diamonds]

scotland's local elections were a while back.

i bet half the people who vote for boris are doing so for the comedy value, not because they have any actual knowledge of his policies. i'm not saying you are, ms crafty, not at all, but i'm guessing that a lot of young people will vote for him because he is sort of a lovable bumbling buffoon. if tories can be lovable. ha. am i right, padster? why did you vote for him?
Umm, that's pretty patronising. 53% of voters can't all be misguided "young people" (as if age makes any difference). If anything his buffoonery toughens the decision to vote for him but I, as do clearly the majority of Londoners, feel a change is neccesary to offset the staid, stagnant feeling that is enveloping the capital's administration.

Livingstone has, in his 8 years, focused on long term aims to accomodate the Olympic Games, the increased pressure and responsibility of which much of this city (not me as my mother was actually in charge of our bid) resents to begin with. These are aims which bear no practical fruits and, as a result, for many Londoners are hard to view in a progressive light. Livingstone has done a lot in his two terms but, besides the congestion charge which has gradually become extortionate and impractical, little of it has had a visible positive effect. The time has come for a change and, unfortunate as it may be, Boris is the only viable alternative.

[venusvenus123]

Umm, that's pretty patronising. 53% of voters can't all be misguided "young people" (as if age makes any difference). If anything his buffoonery toughens the decision to vote for him but I, as do clearly the majority of Londoners, feel a change is neccesary to offset the staid, stagnant feeling that is enveloping the capital's administration.

Livingstone has, in his 8 years, focused on long term aims to accomodate the Olympic Games, the increased pressure and responsibility of which much of this city (not me as my mother was actually in charge of our bid) resents to begin with. These are aims which bear no practical fruits and, as a result, for many Londoners are hard to view in a progressive light. Livingstone has done a lot in his two terms but, besides the congestion charge which has gradually become extortionate and impractical, little of it has had a visible positive effect. The time has come for a change and, unfortunate as it may be, Boris is the only viable alternative.
i love it when padster gets all articulate.

it's easy for outsiders to look on and say "how could you vote for such a buffoon?" yada yada yawn. first, he ain't no buffoon, being that he won scholarships to both eton and oxford. i resent being told that i am an idiot for voting for him. if you wanted to get rid of ken, which is a fairly reasonable desire, boris was the only other viable option.

in the meantime, perhaps labour can come up with a better candidate for the next election, but let's see what happens under boris.

[Dorothy Wood]

yay! Boris is the new emperor of Londinium!


I read this whole thread, didn't understand a word of it.

[na§tee]

Umm, that's pretty patronising. 53% of voters can't all be misguided "young people" (as if age makes any difference). If anything his buffoonery toughens the decision to vote for him but I, as do clearly the majority of Londoners, feel a change is neccesary to offset the staid, stagnant feeling that is enveloping the capital's administration.
hey - i didn't say it was only young people voting for him. i was just saying there are a LOT of younger people who are voting for him for the comedy factor. you cannot deny that. yes, he has attributes that would make him a good mayor, but there are a higher percentage of people voting for him because they view him more of a "clown" than as a good political leader. people are having a laugh. it's out there in student groups, on stupid facebook groups, street teams, other methods used to reach the "youth" populous.

it was always going to be a two-horse race. i know that. i seriously wasn't patronising you or any other people who have voted him in because of his policies. but you came out and said you categorically did not vote for him because of his policies. of course 53% of londoners aren't voting because they think he is a buffoon. i didn't say that. i just wanted to ask you why you voted for him. thanks for answering.

you can still win scholarships to all the most prestigious schools in the world and be a buffoon. bush went to yale and harvard.

he will always have to struggle against this image of him. i wasn't belittling you in any way for voting for him, so don't accuse me of that. i was not calling you or anyone else an idiot for voting for him. i was purely observing a struggle he will have to face now.

but some people say that he has won a victory for his struggle against self-parody (http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/02/boris_blog.html) - yesterday, by winning the election. we'll see now if he can overcome it.

just look at the comments. third person down already. it remains to be seen if he can deliver, so i guess we'll all just watch and wait now.

[venusvenus123]

i doubt very much that bush won scholarships to yale and harvard. comparing boris to bush is really ridiculous, not least because the education system in the US is vastly different from that in the UK, but mostly because boris had/s a reputation for being brilliant at school, university and beyond. the same is not said of george bush jnr.

...but whether or not he is capable of handling a budget of £11 billion and running the city efficiently remains to be seen. he can't make a worse job of it than ken and his cronies. we hope...

[na§tee]

are you saying that people who attended prestigious schools and benefited from a privileged background/education are better suited to run the country? i'm just saying attendance at these schools doesn't necessarily equal political brilliance. you can get brilliantly educated people who are poor politicians and 'poorly' educated people who are brilliant politicians. let's not call john major, who didn't even go to university, a great politician though ; )

[Lex Diamonds]

hey - i didn't say it was only young people voting for him. i was just saying there are a LOT of younger people who are voting for him for the comedy factor. you cannot deny that. yes, he has attributes that would make him a good mayor, but there are a higher percentage of people voting for him because they view him more of a "clown" than as a good political leader. people are having a laugh. it's out there in student groups, on stupid facebook groups, street teams, other methods used to reach the "youth" populous.

it was always going to be a two-horse race. i know that. i seriously wasn't patronising you or any other people who have voted him in because of his policies. but you came out and said you categorically did not vote for him because of his policies. of course 53% of londoners aren't voting because they think he is a buffoon. i didn't say that. i just wanted to ask you why you voted for him. thanks for answering.

you can still win scholarships to all the most prestigious schools in the world and be a buffoon. bush went to yale and harvard.

he will always have to struggle against this image of him. i wasn't belittling you in any way for voting for him, so don't accuse me of that. i was not calling you or anyone else an idiot for voting for him. i was purely observing a struggle he will have to face now.

but some people say that he has won a victory for his struggle against self-parody (http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/02/boris_blog.html) - yesterday, by winning the election. we'll see now if he can overcome it.

just look at the comments. third person down already. it remains to be seen if he can deliver, so i guess we'll all just watch and wait now.
I apologise if you thought I was attacking you but as you may know by now I hate media circuses (and the assumption and prejudice that comes with them). I was just being reactionary (as always). The amount of presumptuous and pompous articles about Boris Johnson in the media recently has really pissed me off. Sure a lot of it is true but it has nothing to do with the election and is a facetious waste of the public's attention. I am in no way a conservative and would probably place myself quite far to the left politically but the liberal media's treatment of Boris has been a joke, and not in the funny way. My mum has always been a Guardian reader and the transparency of its bias in the last few years is really starting to annoy me.

Sorry if it seemed like I was hatin' on you. I love you really <3.