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The 20 blackspots for toxic air in London
On 2016\05\03 02:00, Recliner wrote:
Basil Jet wrote: On 2016\05\02 22:55, Recliner wrote: The mayoral election is this week, and the UKIP candidate will be lucky to get 10% of the first preference votes. There probably won't be a UKIP by the time of the next mayoral election. After the June referendum, regardless of the result, what will be its point? We polled 20% the other day. The Cons were on 30%, and Labour were on 33%. I don't see how you can write off a party that's so close to being first in the polls. The current polls show UKIP getting 7% first preference votes in the London mayoral election. It may, just, manage to come third, depending on how the Greens do. https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.ne...alPoll_W_2.pdf I'm not sure how coming a very distant third counts as "so close to being first". Is there any UK region where UKIP will come higher than third or fourth? After the 23rd of June, what will be the role of UKIP, assume it doesn't splinter into two or more fragments? Will the current parliamentary party and the current leader even be in the same party? Are they even on speaking terms? Even Farage is reported to want to wind it up as a political party, and turn it into a "movement". http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/663...ion-membership So Orville the Duck is running a political party now. http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/...ppe-520361.jpg |
The 20 blackspots for toxic air in London
On Tue, 3 May 2016 11:57:36 +0100
Basil Jet wrote: On 2016\05\03 02:00, Recliner wrote: http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/663...-online-moveme t-people-unhappy-EU-European-union-membership So Orville the Duck is running a political party now. http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/...ppe-520361.jpg Well, we've got 60 year old student running Labour and Tim Nice but Dim running the Tories. -- Spud |
The 20 blackspots for toxic air in London
On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 09:55:18PM -0000, Recliner wrote:
Robin9 wrote: Sooner or later, Ukip are going to wake up and realise that they can win the Mayoral election if they come out and state boldly that the current policies are idiotic. I'm surprised it hasn't yet dawned on them that they ought to campaign on behalf of motorists. The mayoral election is this week, and the UKIP candidate will be lucky to get 10% of the first preference votes. Because whoever it is hasn't bothered to do any campaigning, let alone tell anyone about any policies he has that differentiate himself from the other serious candidates and which lie within the mayor's powers. -- David Cantrell | semi-evolved ape-thing Safety tip: never strap firearms to a hamster |
The 20 blackspots for toxic air in London
On Tue, 03 May 2016 13:17:37 +0100, David Cantrell
wrote: On Mon, May 02, 2016 at 09:55:18PM -0000, Recliner wrote: Robin9 wrote: Sooner or later, Ukip are going to wake up and realise that they can win the Mayoral election if they come out and state boldly that the current policies are idiotic. I'm surprised it hasn't yet dawned on them that they ought to campaign on behalf of motorists. The mayoral election is this week, and the UKIP candidate will be lucky to get 10% of the first preference votes. Because whoever it is hasn't bothered to do any campaigning, let alone tell anyone about any policies he has that differentiate himself from the other serious candidates and which lie within the mayor's powers. Yup. His 'manifesto' looks like it was put together in five minutes when he belatedly realised he had an opportunity for some free publicity. It looks like UKIP knew it had no chance in that election, and basically ignored it. In doing so, it's lost the chance to come a decent third, and will be among three minor (UKIP, LD, Green) parties each getting around five to ten percent of the vote |
The 20 blackspots for toxic air in London
On Tue, 03 May 2016 12:43:08 +0100
Recliner wrote: On Tue, 3 May 2016 11:10:43 +0000 (UTC), d wrote: On Tue, 3 May 2016 11:57:36 +0100 Basil Jet wrote: On 2016\05\03 02:00, Recliner wrote: http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/663...nd-online-move e t-people-unhappy-EU-European-union-membership So Orville the Duck is running a political party now. http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/...ppe-520361.jpg Well, we've got 60 year old student running Labour and Tim Nice but Dim running the Tories. If only -- Corbyn is actually 66, but still fighting for student lefty causes. Yup, and thats fine by me tbh. The longer he's at the helm the longer labour remains unelectable. Unfortunately the Tories are a bloody shambles at the moment and need a decent opposition the kick them into back line. -- Spud |
The 20 blackspots for toxic air in London
"Recliner" wrote Sooner or later, Ukip are going to wake up and realise that they can win the Mayoral election if they come out and state boldly that the current policies are idiotic. I'm surprised it hasn't yet dawned on them that they ought to campaign on behalf of motorists. The mayoral election is this week, and the UKIP candidate will be lucky to get 10% of the first preference votes. There probably won't be a UKIP by the time of the next mayoral election. After the June referendum, regardless of the result, what will be its point? If Leave wins, since Leave haven't defined what Leave means there will be a two+ year row about whether (say) the "Like Switzerland" option is satisfactory followed by maybe another referendum with a split UKIP and resulting in no majority for any /one/ of the options offered. (Compare the poster here who voted to keep First Past the Post because he wanted something beyond the Alternate Vote). If Remain wins, the UKIP, henceforth the **** party, will carry on, collecting MEP expenses and telling supporters they were robbed. -- -- Mike D |
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The 20 blackspots for toxic air in London
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(Recliner) wrote: On Tue, 3 May 2016 11:10:43 +0000 (UTC), d wrote: On Tue, 3 May 2016 11:57:36 +0100 Basil Jet wrote: On 2016\05\03 02:00, Recliner wrote: http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/663...rand-online-mo vemet-people-unhappy-EU-European-union-membership So Orville the Duck is running a political party now. http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/...Beppe-520361.j pg Well, we've got 60 year old student running Labour and Tim Nice but Dim running the Tories. If only -- Corbyn is actually 66, but still fighting for student lefty causes. Here's a picture of him taken just this week, at a May Day rally (it was so convenient that he felt that the Labour Party was running smoothly enough at the moment that he could take time out to attend a rally with the Communist Party): http://cdn.timesofisrael.com/uploads.../000_A48CL.jpg Not just any old Communist Party but the CPGB - Marxist-Leninist. -- Colin Rosenstiel |
The 20 blackspots for toxic air in London
"Michael R N Dolbear" wrote in message ... "Recliner" wrote Sooner or later, Ukip are going to wake up and realise that they can win the Mayoral election if they come out and state boldly that the current policies are idiotic. I'm surprised it hasn't yet dawned on them that they ought to campaign on behalf of motorists. The mayoral election is this week, and the UKIP candidate will be lucky to get 10% of the first preference votes. There probably won't be a UKIP by the time of the next mayoral election. After the June referendum, regardless of the result, what will be its point? If Leave wins, since Leave haven't defined what Leave means there will be a two+ year row about whether (say) the "Like Switzerland" option is satisfactory followed by maybe another referendum with a split UKIP and resulting in no majority for any /one/ of the options offered. (Compare the poster here who voted to keep First Past the Post because he wanted something beyond the Alternate Vote). and the Australians who voted to keep the (British) Monarchy because they wanted complete separation. If Remain wins, the UKIP, henceforth the **** party, will carry on, collecting MEP expenses and telling supporters they were robbed. -- -- Mike D |
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