Hull resident probably won't get the London Mayor he wanted

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/03/london-mayor-and-local-elections-2012-live-polling-day-coverage#block-39

QUOTE:
In London, a YouGov poll showed Boris Johnson, the Tory candidate and current
mayor, on 53% to 47% for Ken Livingstone, his Labour rival and predecessor.
Livingstone has proved less popular than his party, while Johnson has proved
more popular...
ENDQUOTE

"...more popular...".

Yes, there's such a thing as counting your chickens, etc.

On 03/05/2012 23:35, JNugent wrote:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/03/london-mayor-and-local-elections-2012-live-polling-day-coverage#block-39

QUOTE:
In London, a YouGov poll showed Boris Johnson, the Tory candidate and current
mayor, on 53% to 47% for Ken Livingstone, his Labour rival and predecessor.
Livingstone has proved less popular than his party, while Johnson has proved
more popular...
ENDQUOTE

"...more popular...".

Yes, there's such a thing as counting your chickens, etc.

Sorry to be so crass as to reply my own post (I know that no-one else would
dream of doing the same), but there's now also:

http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/05/03/3094651/johnson-leads-livingstone-in-london-mayoral-election-exit-poll

Livingstone is, of course, commonly perceived as barking mad.

Oh, and there is:

http://www.londonthenews.com/news/World/20120503/31797281/Livingstone-trailing-in-London-mayoral-election-exit-poll.htm

On May 3, 11:46*pm, Squashme wrote:


With the Tories around, there's such a thing as counting your spoons.
They've trousered everything else.

David Davis is my MP which is fine by me as I live in a rabidly
Conservative area and have always voted Tory myself.
Kingston upon Hull City Council is Labour controlled and very anti car
and pro public transport and cycling.
Win - win as the late Matt B used to say.

--
Simon Mason

On Thu, 3 May 2012 21:59:00 -0700 (PDT), Simon Mason
wrote:

On May 3, 11:46*pm, Squashme wrote:


With the Tories around, there's such a thing as counting your spoons.
They've trousered everything else.

David Davis is my MP which is fine by me as I live in a rabidly
Conservative area and have always voted Tory myself.


ie A working class ****.

--
Simon Mason used to post from BP Chemicals where he works.
He repeatedly said that he was wasting BP's time; and not his own
time - like other posters were.
After the BP AGM in April 2012 Mason suddenly stopped posting from
a BP IP address. People have asked why - but he won't say :-)

On May 3, 11:53*pm, JNugent wrote:
On 03/05/2012 23:46, Squashme wrote:









On May 3, 11:35 pm, *wrote:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/03/london-mayor-and-local....

QUOTE:
In London, a YouGov poll showed Boris Johnson, the Tory candidate and current
mayor, on 53% to 47% for Ken Livingstone, his Labour rival and predecessor.
Livingstone has proved less popular than his party, while Johnson has proved
more popular...
ENDQUOTE

"...more popular...".

Yes, there's such a thing as counting your chickens, etc.

With the Tories around, there's such a thing as counting your spoons.
They've trousered everything else.

Only if "your" spoons were the ones you planned to buy with money lifted out
of someone else's pocket.

Where have you been?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...g-scandal.html

On 04/05/2012 08:58, Squashme wrote:
On May 3, 11:53 pm, wrote:
On 03/05/2012 23:46, Squashme wrote:









On May 3, 11:35 pm, wrote:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/03/london-mayor-and-local...

QUOTE:
In London, a YouGov poll showed Boris Johnson, the Tory candidate and current
mayor, on 53% to 47% for Ken Livingstone, his Labour rival and predecessor.
Livingstone has proved less popular than his party, while Johnson has proved
more popular...
ENDQUOTE

"...more popular...".

Yes, there's such a thing as counting your chickens, etc.

With the Tories around, there's such a thing as counting your spoons.
They've trousered everything else.

Only if "your" spoons were the ones you planned to buy with money lifted out
of someone else's pocket.

Where have you been?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...g-scandal.html

I reckon I was mis-sold unwanted PPI nearly twenty years ago, but I'm not one
to hold grudges and that one incident aside, my bank has been good to me.

Now... that article... do you know? I had no idea that the Conservative Party
owned all those banks. I had thought that the final Labour government
nationalised some of them...

On May 4, 9:08*am, JNugent wrote:
On 04/05/2012 08:58, Squashme wrote:









On May 3, 11:53 pm, *wrote:
On 03/05/2012 23:46, Squashme wrote:

On May 3, 11:35 pm, * *wrote:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/03/london-mayor-and-local...

QUOTE:
In London, a YouGov poll showed Boris Johnson, the Tory candidate and current
mayor, on 53% to 47% for Ken Livingstone, his Labour rival and predecessor.
Livingstone has proved less popular than his party, while Johnson has proved
more popular...
ENDQUOTE

"...more popular...".

Yes, there's such a thing as counting your chickens, etc.

With the Tories around, there's such a thing as counting your spoons.
They've trousered everything else.

Only if "your" spoons were the ones you planned to buy with money lifted out
of someone else's pocket.

Where have you been?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...dfinance/91371...

I reckon I was mis-sold unwanted PPI nearly twenty years ago, but I'm not one
to hold grudges and that one incident aside, my bank has been good to me.

Now... that article... do you know? I had no idea that the Conservative Party
owned all those banks. I had thought that the final Labour government
nationalised some of them...

Just like they nationalised all the other failing industries the time
before. It takes a few years of Tory rule to sort out the mess each
time we let labour have ago.

MBQ

On May 4, 9:08*am, JNugent wrote:
On 04/05/2012 08:58, Squashme wrote:









On May 3, 11:53 pm, *wrote:
On 03/05/2012 23:46, Squashme wrote:

On May 3, 11:35 pm, * *wrote:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/03/london-mayor-and-local...

QUOTE:
In London, a YouGov poll showed Boris Johnson, the Tory candidate and current
mayor, on 53% to 47% for Ken Livingstone, his Labour rival and predecessor.
Livingstone has proved less popular than his party, while Johnson has proved
more popular...
ENDQUOTE

"...more popular...".

Yes, there's such a thing as counting your chickens, etc.

With the Tories around, there's such a thing as counting your spoons.
They've trousered everything else.

Only if "your" spoons were the ones you planned to buy with money lifted out
of someone else's pocket.

Where have you been?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...dfinance/91371...

I reckon I was mis-sold unwanted PPI nearly twenty years ago, but I'm not one
to hold grudges and that one incident aside, my bank has been good to me.

Now... that article... do you know? I had no idea that the Conservative Party
owned all those banks. I had thought that the final Labour government
nationalised some of them...

Yes, that was a radical redistribution of wealth, wasn't it?

On May 4, 9:28*am, "Man at B&Q" wrote:
On May 4, 9:08*am, JNugent wrote:









On 04/05/2012 08:58, Squashme wrote:

On May 3, 11:53 pm, *wrote:
On 03/05/2012 23:46, Squashme wrote:

On May 3, 11:35 pm, * *wrote:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/03/london-mayor-and-local...

QUOTE:
In London, a YouGov poll showed Boris Johnson, the Tory candidate and current
mayor, on 53% to 47% for Ken Livingstone, his Labour rival and predecessor.
Livingstone has proved less popular than his party, while Johnson has proved
more popular...
ENDQUOTE

"...more popular...".

Yes, there's such a thing as counting your chickens, etc.

With the Tories around, there's such a thing as counting your spoons.
They've trousered everything else.

Only if "your" spoons were the ones you planned to buy with money lifted out
of someone else's pocket.

Where have you been?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...dfinance/91371....

I reckon I was mis-sold unwanted PPI nearly twenty years ago, but I'm not one
to hold grudges and that one incident aside, my bank has been good to me.

Now... that article... do you know? I had no idea that the Conservative Party
owned all those banks. I had thought that the final Labour government
nationalised some of them...

Just like they nationalised all the other failing industries the time
before. It takes a few years of Tory rule to sort out the mess each
time we let labour have ago.

MBQ

Oh yes, and they were left such a good hand in 1945, weren't they?