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The England local elections are on today; a great chance to send a message to the Labour govt (be it positive or negative).
I'm usually a Labour voter, but until Blair leaves I'm voting green (as he got us into Iraq under false and dubious pretences).
Are you gonna vote? If not, why not?
I often thought, there would be a better turnout if the polling booths were in pubs. Least u lot can vote for real parties.
by the way Craig, thats a crap avatar. Graham Dott was on the radio this morning and I was thinking is he a weasel-faced arse, or an arse-faced weasel?
apologies to Ricky Gervais
Barney Army wrote: by the way Craig, thats a crap avatar. Graham Dott was on the radio this morning and I was thinking is he a weasel-faced arse, or an arse-faced weasel?
More of an anorexic chipmunk I was thinking... Just very glad that he beat psycho face Ebdon...
Worry not thou' the weaselly one will be disappearing from your screen soon!
P.S.: Back on topic before bum slapping commences; I can see I've been going about this voting malarky all wrong... I was actually taking it seriously...
Barney Army wrote: My local Labour MP is a City fan.
fuck that
Proves my point!
Just voted- Labour for me, shame on this government, but i'd never vote in protest and risk letting the others through the backdoor!
Even though where i live, Labour have never got in!
My polling station is right next door to the roughest boozer for miles around, so no chance of me getting distracted from voting... Will certainly be using my voice, and, as usual, doing do about 5 minutes before polling closes...
SHEDi xxx
Completely slipped my mind on the way to work. What time are the polls open till tonight? Is it 10pm? Be pushing it to get home for then but the polling station is a happy clappy church along the road from me, so it's not like I have to venture any distance.
Al Jarvis wrote: Completely slipped my mind on the way to work. What time are the polls open till tonight? Is it 10pm? Be pushing it to get home for then but the polling station is a happy clappy church along the road from me, so it's not like I have to venture any distance.
Spot on; they're open until 10pm.
Yes, especially if you have tossers like the BNP standing - all votes are worthwhile...
Luckily, they're not standing in this ward, but you can't honestly complain about Council taxes/services if you don't bother to vote, can you?
Nick King wrote: Yes, especially if you have tossers like the BNP standing - all votes are worthwhile...
Luckily, they're not standing in this ward, but you can't honestly complain about Council taxes/services if you don't bother to vote, can you?
Absolutely, local politics can seem a bit Mickey-Mouse at times, but... Use it or lose it... 
SHEDi xxx
Barney Army wrote: My local Labour MP is a City fan.
fuck that
hooray
i worked for a candidate who was a united supporter and wouldn't shut up about it
J.A.K wrote: its Lib Dems where i live.
(and still will be tomorrow)
Might not be if you vote (might not be if you don't vote)...
Would never vote for Blair and his merry tossers,the other partys are nearly as bad,but not quite.
I also don't like the sound of this Green Party,sounds evil
Local Elections are, for me, a complete waste of time. The big story of this year are the BNP (will they win 20 seats? like it makes much difference if they will) or how much Labour will collapse. What, with a meagre three years before the next election. Local government does nothing of any importance, and these election are nothing more than a glorified opinion poll.
For the record, I spoiled my ballot paper.
Nick King wrote: but you can't honestly complain about Council taxes/services if you don't bother to vote, can you?
Thanks for reminding me Nick. Next time a council tenant rings me screaming about something, i'm going to ask them if they've voted first.
[magenta]Missy Jem[/magenta] wrote:
Nick King wrote: but you can't honestly complain about Council taxes/services if you don't bother to vote, can you?
Thanks for reminding me Nick. Next time a council tenant rings me screaming about something, i'm going to ask them if they've voted first.
Uncle Liam wrote: Local Elections are, for me, a complete waste of time. The big story of this year are the BNP (will they win 20 seats? like it makes much difference if they will) or how much Labour will collapse. What, with a meagre three years before the next election. Local government does nothing of any importance, and these election are nothing more than a glorified opinion poll.
For the record, I spoiled my ballot paper.
Local Politics is much more significant to our everday being than national.
Look around you where you live? Parks, rubbish, schools, roads,sports,localcommunitites,education,training,environment,housing, etc..........Erm, local politcs is a glorified opinion poll? Don't think so mate.
Of course it matters if BNP win only 1 seat. It's still enough to know that they are growing in strength as a political force, be it small, 1 seat is always going to be 1 seat too many!
Craig W wrote:
J.A.K wrote: its Lib Dems where i live.
(and still will be tomorrow)
Might not be if you vote (might not be if you don't vote)...
doubt it Craig.
last year:-
Liberal Democrat 59 seats
Labour 27
Liberal 3
Green 1
no sign of the Tories. been Lib Dem since 1998.
excuse my ignorance, coz I aint well up on political systems..
What difference does a local election make when all my services are delivered by the Metropolitan Borough Council, which is voted in at a general election (I think) ?
Bonzette wrote:
Uncle Liam wrote: Local Elections are, for me, a complete waste of time. The big story of this year are the BNP (will they win 20 seats? like it makes much difference if they will) or how much Labour will collapse. What, with a meagre three years before the next election. Local government does nothing of any importance, and these election are nothing more than a glorified opinion poll.
For the record, I spoiled my ballot paper.
Local Politics is much more significant to our everday being than national.
Look around you where you live? Parks, rubbish, schools, roads,sports,localcommunitites,education,training,environment,housing, etc..........Erm, local politcs is a glorified opinion poll? Don't think so mate.
Of course it matters if BNP win only 1 seat. It's still enough to know that they are growing in strength as a political force, be it small, 1 seat is always going to be 1 seat too many!
Parks, Rubbish, Schools, Local Communities, Training, Envirmonment, Housing etc will all still be there next week, and there will be no noticeable change.
And if the BNP win 1 seat it will actually be a drop in support for them. 
Uncle Liam wrote: For the record, I spoiled my ballot paper.
How did you spoil it?! Took it for a day out at the fun-fair and bought it some nice new clothes?!
I've not been spoiled like that in years. 
Oh, sorry, or did you mean soiled?! 
Bonzette wrote:
Of course it matters if BNP win only 1 seat. It's still enough to know that they are growing in strength as a political force, be it small, 1 seat is always going to be 1 seat too many!
The BNP aren't a threat politically never have never will be, what they gonna do if they get in?? kick all asylum seekers and ethnics cum terrorists out? hardly they haven't got the clout or the brains behind them to mount ayhting signifiacant.
only people who seem to vote for the BNP who i know are people with racist leanings and people who aren't bothered enough to get involved with politics and just go for an easy vote because they promise to do something about asylum seekers etc.
but this is just my opinion.
Hope zero BNPers get in; I think it does matter as racists think they've got mainstream support when the BNP win.
Uncle Liam wrote:
Bonzette wrote:
Uncle Liam wrote: Local Elections are, for me, a complete waste of time. The big story of this year are the BNP (will they win 20 seats? like it makes much difference if they will) or how much Labour will collapse. What, with a meagre three years before the next election. Local government does nothing of any importance, and these election are nothing more than a glorified opinion poll.
For the record, I spoiled my ballot paper.
Local Politics is much more significant to our everday being than national.
Look around you where you live? Parks, rubbish, schools, roads,sports,localcommunitites,education,training,environment,housing, etc..........Erm, local politcs is a glorified opinion poll? Don't think so mate.
Of course it matters if BNP win only 1 seat. It's still enough to know that they are growing in strength as a political force, be it small, 1 seat is always going to be 1 seat too many!
Parks, Rubbish, Schools, Local Communities, Training, Envirmonment, Housing etc will all still be there next week, and there will be no noticeable change.
And if the BNP win 1 seat it will actually be a drop in support for them.
Will still be there because it's being run by Local Government!
I've worked in Local Government (ha Missy 6 years prison sentence) where massive changes took place in the borough!
Must be a London thing!
Craig W wrote: Hope zero BNPers get in; I think it does matter as racists think they've got mainstream support when the BNP win.
Agreed- and they are growing with every election, not losing support!
No one standing here who I would vote for, so I really don't see the point. This ward is always a foregone conclusion, and it would just a be a protest vote.
Used my ballot paper to light the barbecue............
Barney Army wrote: excuse my ignorance, coz I aint well up on political systems..
What difference does a local election make when all my services are delivered by the Metropolitan Borough Council, which is voted in at a general election (I think) ?
C'mon, all the politics degrees on this site and no one can answer? 
tut!
You dont vote for your metropolitan council at a general election! Thats where you vote for yer MP who does fuck all for you for the next 4 or 5 years (unless he dies, or quits, or gets caught with his trousers down) but gets a substantial expenses budget and a fair enough wage.
Today is when most of the country votes for its councils.
Everyone should vote for me. A real bastard. 
Uncle Liam wrote: tut!
You dont vote for your metropolitan council at a general election! Thats where you vote for yer MP who does fuck all for you for the next 4 or 5 years (unless he dies, or quits, or gets caught with his trousers down) but gets a substantial expenses budget and a fair enough wage.
Today is when most of the country votes for its councils.
Everyone should vote for me. A real bastard.
so an MBC is party independent? And if trafford MBC provides my services, what friggin council am I voting for today? and what does it do?
The Polling station is literally 30 secs walk from my front door but i can't be arsed this year for the first time since the 80s.Usually vote Labour but i'm sick of it all.Tossers
Barney Army wrote:
Uncle Liam wrote: tut!
You dont vote for your metropolitan council at a general election! Thats where you vote for yer MP who does fuck all for you for the next 4 or 5 years (unless he dies, or quits, or gets caught with his trousers down) but gets a substantial expenses budget and a fair enough wage.
Today is when most of the country votes for its councils.
Everyone should vote for me. A real bastard.
so an MBC is party independent? And if trafford MBC provides my services, what friggin council am I voting for today? and what does it do?
Now now, calm down, calm down.
You are asking far too many questions. Just pay up and ask later...........like the rest of us!
The BBC have a cool map zoomy thing of the results at;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2006/locals/map/html/map.stm
My council now has 6 green seats; up from 1- very surprised myself, but goes to show that voting does make a difference!
I continued my pattern of always backing losers. Having voted labour in every election they lost over the last 20 years, I now always vote against them and find they win. Even this time, my area being almost the only one in the country where they had a suprise victory.
As an aside, I note that 'Barking' appears to be quite an appropriately named region, as many of its residents appear to be so.
Red or SHED wrote:
Now now, calm down, calm down.
You are asking far too many questions. Just pay up and ask later...........like the rest of us!
had to bloody find out about it myself.
Right, now I understand I think i should vote. Only 364 days to wait.
Although no bloody point, Tories walked away with Trafford. That must be why we have such good schools I guess, labour never got chance to destroy them with chav breeding Comps
Barney Army wrote:
Red or SHED wrote:
Now now, calm down, calm down.
You are asking far too many questions. Just pay up and ask later...........like the rest of us!
had to bloody find out about it myself.
Right, now I understand I think i should vote. Only 364 days to wait.
Although no bloody point, Tories walked away with Trafford. That must be why we have such good schools I guess, labour never got chance to destroy them with chav breeding Comps
Torries won trafford for the first time in aaaaaaages in 04. It was saddenz :( Interesting to see that it's not changed this time around.
Our local council was one of the ones with no elections this year. I would have voted were there any elections, and shall be voting Bliar out in any general election later this year/next year hopefully.
Uncle Liam wrote: "Local Elections are, for me, a complete waste of time... Local government does nothing of any importance, and these election are nothing more than a glorified opinion poll.
For the record, I spoiled my ballot paper."
Uncle Liam 
I find the quote "Skullcrusher" to be rather inappropriate, as you seem to have figured out how to legally, morally, peacefully AND democratically bring the world to a stop. Thank you very much!
This, of course, is necessary when the developing world cannot afford to feed the hungry and thirsty, whilst the developed world has still not beaten cancer, AIDS and other terminal illnesses. At the same time, regions of the world are populated by supposed human beings who have worked so hard - unlike the rest of us - in their lives that they are morally allowed to escape paying tax.
Just about all of the problems in the world are rooted in a global context. No individual political party will ever put that right.
For instance, tobacco bought over the counter without prescription and smoked is the biggest known cause of cancers, and as a result many of the most talented scientists are drawn away from other areas of research. We've known this for at least two (sorry, four) decades. Yet how nearer are we, the world's electorate, to being able to vote someone with the power to rid us of the company directors and the 'pressure groups' who spread lies with lies, than we were then?
I'll be making sure that the number of spoiled ballots in my area newspapers are disctinctly recorded and published - not just parked under the "Other" column.
Bloody ell the past few weeks have taken their toll on Blair ,eh? does he look old and knackered here or what?
The Shedkeeper wrote: Bloody ell the past few weeks have taken their toll on Blair ,eh? does he look old and knackered here or what?
shit, he seems to have aged 15 years overnight.
Talking in the pub yesterday nobody could actually think of one good reason not to vote for the BNP. Shocking really...
[orange]steve[/orange][black]one[/black] wrote: Talking in the pub yesterday nobody could actually think of one good reason not to vote for the BNP. Shocking really...
The fact that they are racists? That their leader thinks Anne Frank is a suitable topic to joke about? The fact that so many of them have criminal records (hardly the law and order party)? The fact that they have no economic policies that make any sense?
