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 UK Local Elections 2024, 2nd May (England & Wales) |
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 16th April 2024, 02:09 PM
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Today is the deadline to register to vote if you have an election in your area this year at the locals - so a good time to start this topic about the next big step on the road to the general, and of course electing representatives for the nitty-gritty of local politics.
Not all areas have an election, this year it is largely councils in England that had their last local elections scheduled for 2020 but were in actual fact delayed to 2021. You can find out if there is an election in your area here for a start. Several mayors are also up for election including London, Manchester and West Midlands, the first of which is going to be the biggest individual race of the night. It also includes Police & Crime Commissioner elections across England and Wales, which will give most places in E&W an election they can vote in even if it is not the usual council election. As with last year, you have to show a valid photographic ID to vote at the polling station. Last time the Conservatives won a lot of these seats, so you might expect they have a lot to lose. |
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16th April 2024, 03:07 PM
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Disgusting that they copied the far right's voter suppression from the usa
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16th April 2024, 05:54 PM
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I'll definitely be voting Sadiq Khan over Susan Hall in London and despite all the horrific abuse he gets, don't think he's got anything to worry about in terms or the result.
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16th April 2024, 07:40 PM
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QUOTE(Smint @ Apr 16 2024, 06:54 PM)  I'll definitely be voting Sadiq Khan over Susan Hall in London and despite all the horrific abuse he gets, don't think he's got anything to worry about in terms or the result. Looking forward to seeing Susan lose spectacularly. Also a lot of the abuse Sadiq gets is from white people who live outside London. I'll let you put the rest together on a big reason why he gets so much of it. It makes me angry to see so many abusive and dismissive comments of him on social media only to see the people critisising are not even London residents. Of course that's not to say he is perfect or exempt from criticism. Also a lot of what people moan about being "his fault" is actually the fault of the government  Particularly about TFL and the terms and conditions they imposed on the bailout of TFL during the pandemic. All those "bring Boris back" people - Boris is the reason TFL no longer gets government funding I cannot wait for the Tory government to be decimated in the next election.
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16th April 2024, 08:46 PM
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It’ll be interesting to see the votes in the London suburbs as it’ll show how the GE might go in the less obviously Labour areas albeit it might be affected by local issues like last year!
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16th April 2024, 09:18 PM
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I can see him struggling a bit more in the outer areas (including where I am, quite vocal anti-ULEZ/Khan in general here), but that shouldn't cost him it overall. Last time, the government were riding the vaccine boost pre-partygate and actually seemed fairly popular, with how badly they've done in every election recently, I can't see this being any different.
I'm undecided myself, Khan is way overhated and I do think he is quite powerless with the government we have, but at the same time, I'd struggle to name a big positive outside of free school meals. I'd take him in a heartbeat over Susan Hall though (Her 'mugging' story is utterly hilarious) if that's the way the wind's blowing. |
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17th April 2024, 07:39 PM
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BuzzJack Platinum Member
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QUOTE(Chez Wombat @ Apr 16 2024, 10:18 PM) I can see him struggling a bit more in the outer areas (including where I am, quite vocal anti-ULEZ/Khan in general here), but that shouldn't cost him it overall. Last time, the government were riding the vaccine boost pre-partygate and actually seemed fairly popular, with how badly they've done in every election recently, I can't see this being any different. I'm undecided myself, Khan is way overhated and I do think he is quite powerless with the government we have, but at the same time, I'd struggle to name a big positive outside of free school meals. I'd take him in a heartbeat over Susan Hall though (Her 'mugging' story is utterly hilarious) if that's the way the wind's blowing. I would say as much as people moan about the ULEZ I am glad he has been so stern in its implementation and expansion. Since his time in office, Khan has done really well in regards to air pollution. Latest report into air pollution in London shows big decreases from 2016-2023 and air pollution is decreasing in London faster than the rest of the UK. https://www.london.gov.uk/new-report-reveal...ir-quality-2016 Still plenty of work to be done, but as a London resident I am very happy about that. This post has been edited by Envoirment: 17th April 2024, 07:41 PM |
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Sunday, 11:28 AM
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One of the most (out of many, many) depressing themes in modern politics is when even the most minimal attempts to reverse the undisputedly scientifically proven damage of climate heating is met with the most well funded aggressive, mendacious, non compliant reaction. What hope have we - the science and environment doesn't care about people's reaction. What kind of future are we providing for the next generation?
Re: the London mayoral election, I note the Evening standard (owned by a Russian Tory donor) had on its cover the other day picture of Khan and Hall's profile with a headline saying that Susan Hall was closing the gap in Mayoral opinion polls. You would have assumed from the cover that it was neck and neck but it turned out that Khan was still NINETEEN points ahead and she had only reduced the gap by 7 points. So misleading like so much of our toxic, biased rubbish media. |
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