I know that most of you think anyone that voted for Boris is an idiot, and i'm sorry that the majority of Londoners can't be as intelligent as yourselves, but i'd like to say a few words.
Firstly, i'd like to thank myself for all the long hours I put in at work helping Boris win the Mayoralty. I'd also like to thank JacobJones; I know he was doing as hard a job at Labour HQ for Ken, even if it was, sadly, to no avail.
However, I would be doing myself a injustivce if I did not out smug the smug lefty brigade.
All through the campaign you took the moral high ground, proclaiming Boris to be an idiot and, by extention, anyone that anyone that voted for him to also be an idiot. I know you enjoyed climbing your ladder to get way way up there upon your high horse, to look down at the minions below, knowing that they could never be as clever, as understanding, and as tolerant as youselves.
Indeed, a vote for Boris, you said, was a vote for racism, for intolerance, for bumbling and for stupidity.
You are, dear lefties, the most intelligent of all the people on God's green earth, and you will remain forever 'right'. Unfortunately, it seems, you will only ever be right in your own minds. It is a shame that, for now, the rest of the world is yet to catch up with your brilliance.
We are left with no choice then, but to wallow in the decision of the ill-educated majority; the majority that voted BoJo as their leader.
What lies ahead over the next four years remains to be seen. I hope for your sake however, dear lefties, that it all goes wrong. For should it go well, and London becomes even greater than it already is, I fear you may not know what to do with yourselves. As the 'moral majority' grows smaller and smaller, you will be left to fight amongst yourselves until there is nothing left; and this will be most tragic, most tragic.
But for now, my friends, I raise a toast. A toast to all the Conservative councillors who seized victory today. A toast to all those lucky civilians who, by their own efforts, now live under the control of glorious Conservative councils. And of course, a toast to Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson; the man that the bed-wetting lefties said was too posh, too racist, too homophobic and too stupid. To you Boris my boy: may God shine brightly on you as you make a great city, even greater.
Do you ever talk about anything that isn't completely boring?
Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin
yep
it still works, the reading everything in the voice of the man from Saw thing.
.......
'As the 'moral majority' grows smaller and smaller, you will be left to fight amongst yourselves until there is nothing left; and this will be most tragic, most tragic.'
I feel better imagining this in the voice of Loyd Grossman.
I chose Elmer Fudd
'w'ascly w'efties'
WHAT. A. TWAT.
...
"you will only ever be right in your own minds" - didnt Ken have 8 years? (and managed to Win as an Independent the first time)
this this this ^
'BoJo'
seriously? what. the. fuck.
should be
Baw Jaws
who will get me drunk on the tube now :(
tee hee
congratulations to your lot, gg. i do hope cameron keeps boris in check and doesn't let him fuck everything up, which left to his own devices he inevitably will. time will tell i guess.
Im more of the
'let him fuck everything up' and see how much it damages the Tories persuasion
Thank you.
Your congratulations and good grace are appreciated.
I too hope Boris doesn't fuck it for us! As you say, only time will tell...
BORIS IS A LEGGEND
LOL
Happy days!
:D
not for you though.
in Bournemouth....
I think I'm allowed to share in the joys
that only crushing Labour defeat can bring.
No....
fun denied.
.
"BORIS JOHNSON... wht a elgend.. a politician i like.. at last (y)
what away to get in2 the hearts of the people.. HAHA"
"He is awesome lo true nutter he got my vote"
"Legend, he got my vote."
^
oh, for fuck sake
dear righty
I voted for Ken because of his policies, and voted against Johnson not because I think he's an idiot, which I don't think he is, but because I don't agree with him. high horses or ladders were not involved.
why the fuck are you replying to me!?
i'm not a righy! i've got nothing to do with this!
&
http://tinyurl.com/2sy7jq
sorry . . .
point taken, reply meant for top of thread
The fact that stupid people like him
means no one else can like him? With his personality, he's going to attract the same sort of person irrespective of his morals, his policies, his deeply held religious beliefs... anything.
I know, calm down
I just detest this mauling of the word legend. For some reason Ken never gets called one. What do you have to do to be an "elgend"? Be a WACKY! man?
What did I say that implied I wasn't calm?
blerrggghhghgheifhiuoajfasijgvlo
GG, A-I-C etc -stop being so fucking sarky and constructing ridiculous straw men. You've been quite unbelievably obnoxious in these mayoral threads
DNVC - Go fuck youself. You're a worthless piece of shit
Other hardocre anti-Borisians - Give him a fucking chance. I didn't want him in either, but lets see how he handles things first, shall we? You can pretty much guarantee Cameron won't let him fuck things up too heinously
you're a nice person
I'm surprisingly affable in real life
but, y'know, internet etc
I'm also relatively virtuous, but I'd just look obnoxious explaining why.
go on tell me
or tell me by PM
I'm actually less tedious and simplistic in real life
Reasonable request
but for those of us who weren't massively invested in the whole london mayoral vote drama (the more I learn about how manchester and AGMA works the more i like it) can i just point out that:
A man with no experience of organising a city has just been elected to run London.
How is this a good thing? I thought londoners were happier that their mayor was a real figure of power, arguing on behalf of the city, rather than a stooge for labour or conservatives, going along with populist politics in the hope of building the "big mo" for the next elections.
Comparison of how American presidents have been ranked
in polls of politicians with how much experience they'd had in government prior to election showed virtually no correlation between the two variables. I don't see why this should be different.
A much more relavent factor is Boris's habit of fucking up his prior roles.
I rescind the middle bit
I SHOULD ALSO ADD,
that apart from this great victory, we spanked Labour all over the country. Hell, even the Liberal Deomocrats spanked them!
The results are:
Conservatives: 44% of the national vote, Lib Dems 25%, Labout 24%.
Labour LOSE 331 (!) council seats, Tories GAIN 256.
Tories make serious gains in the north, Labour get decimated in the south!
HUZZAH!
Tories win NORTH TYNESIDE!
Yes, that's NORTH TYNESIDE, oh Labour, where did it all go wrong?
:D
answer: gordon brown
And Bury!
i hope the conservatives win the general election
and then get trounced in next time round by milliband
Question
Why do you like Miliband so much?
he's capable. he's a blairite but without the messianic qualities of blair
he's teh man to turn around the labour party and to eventually he'll be a good prime minister
Hmmm
I really like his commitment to the enviroment, he's just never really struck me as sufficiently charismatic to take the main role. Deffo worth watching though.
Millibland?
Tainted by association with the discredited Labour regime.
New Labour?
I'd say New Labour has lived on quite strongly, much to the demise of Brown's particular strand of Labourism, which doesn't really know what it is.
plus that whole miming scandal
He was in Milli Vanilli?!
The reaction in Labour quarters........
not just tonight, but over the past week or so as the prospect of defeat gradually sunk in reminds me of the time that my brother burst into tears having failed to win the National Lottery jackpot.
It was the very first draw in the history of the National lottery and he was overcome with emotion when he discovered that he hadn't won. There were tears and tantrums galore.
He was only 5 though.
Oh, srsly?
Drop it now. It's getting tiresome, whatever anyone's political affiliation.
And by that I don't really mean celebrating
but come on, comparing people to five year olds? You can do better than that.
Again I'll make this point:
How? How can he "make a great city, even greater"?
His policies are either weaker and ineffectual versions of what Ken was already doing, or financially unrealistic. There are exceptions, but these are minor and mostly cosmetic (like banning drinking on the tube).
The Conservatives have managed to spin an incompetent charlatan who's really offering no change at all into some kind of saviour from Livingstonian socialism (whatever the fuck that is). This is just a change of management from the experienced to the inexperienced, and taking away the strength of policies that Livingstone would have put in.
I honestly can't see how you can like Boris as anything more than the man who managed to get rid of Ken. As an actual mayor he may surprise us, but his track record in less demanding jobs isn't promising.
'I honestly can't see how you can like Boris
as anything more than the man who managed to get rid of Ken.'
This is all I wanted from him, and he delivered.
But in terms of actually running the city
He must be considered detrimental in the long term, surely?
I can't see him managing not to hand the mayor's office either back to Labour or the Lib Dems next election except, again, it's by a slick campaign. Or if he doesn't actually act as mayor and lets the Conservative headquarters do the hard work.
do you work with a girl called
Claire???
she is/was working in the event's team and is girlfriend to a friend.
Did she used to be Boris's parliamentary researcher?
i don't think so
she'd just finished her tory party training and this was her first (tory) job.
'tory party training' sounds so fucking sinister
Like, how does this differ from labour party training?
god knows
but damn tory's. She was a nice girl before, now she drowns kittens for fun.
Safety wink.
Better quality suits, dinner is served later in the evening
and whippet grooming isn't a module.
I thought Tories called it supper?
No, supper is an early evening meal
it's been replaced by
fag beating?
...
It is if you live in Norfolk....
and own a wippet.
Boris bollocks
Christ knows why anyone would allow that fopp-haired gimmick a platform to shape the London putty at his will.
Assasination?
Nah, it'd only serve to make a martyr of him.
Jism expelled from his little pecking pecker
Maybe if we untie the knotch in his little trouser's during his next public address.
We'll show the world his cum stained knick-knicks.
You know what
I've dabbled with this thread but so long as Sale's pack drive the 'Quinns into the london dirt tomorrow I can leave it until monday.
SeaBassssssssssssssssss.
I'm going to give the dude a chance
because, as has been said, nobody thought that Ken would show any aptitude for the job, and he certainly did.
But, hell, if this isn't one of the most apt quotes that can be applied to the population of this, our 'great city:'
"too posh, too racist, too homophobic and too stupid."
I'm moving to London
What does this mean for me?
you're fucked
I reckon give the guy a chance
At least he's not The Terminator.
No, he does seem to be a bit
of a cunt however.
At least The Terminator
had some clear, well budgeted policies (12m on housing and welfare, 3m on killing of Sarah Conner)
hmmmm
i didnt think tories were allowed to listen to records. therefore there wouldnt be any tories on a music based messageboard.
or perhaps that was a sweet dream i had.
fuck you you fascist scum.
also, johnny rat, i think more should have gone into killing sarah connor.
y'know, when you look at the figures.
Yeah maaaaaaan!
TEH TORIEZ R DA FASCISTZZZ!!!11
OMGZ!
You are a laughable prick.
Boris is more
12m on housing and welfare, 3m on lunch with Des O'Connor.
Congratulations GG (and by extension Boris)
I can't pretend for a second that I like the result but Boris has won fair and square and I wish him all the best in the job.
Sadly I don't believe London will "become greater than it already is". I'm of the view that Ken Livingstone was a fantastic Mayor whose contribution sadly may only be recognised retrospectively (through things not going as one might hope with the new Mayor)
But my genuine hope is that this is not the case. I've excercised my democratic vote to show where my prefrences lie and whose policies I've agreed with but now the majority has spoken I genuinely hope they are proved correct.
sigh
We're all going to hell by being so affable.
Quite.
How do the French have free education, state nannies and vast amounts of tax credits for less well off parents? They riot over everything!
Now that I'm
past my drunken despair at finding out this result last night, I'd also like to give out some congrats and props to GG (for, in some instances, arguing Boris's case better than he was able to himself).
TEAM AFFABLE
TEAM AFFABLE
have no chance against TEAM VITRIOLIC. Okay?!
Give up now.
I'm going to carry on being offended even if it gives me angina.
Team Affable have no chance?!
Urgh, but you already lost.
he'll lose the next one
by doing something utterly stupid or just basically proving completely ineffective.
Boris, the one-term mayor. Well done!
But as I said in my frst post,
what if, just what if, he actualky does a god job?
Your arrogance leads to believe he won't, but it was this same arrogance that deemed Boris to be an idiot and underestimated his abilities. And look where that got you...
My goodness, i've just reread this post.
*first
*actually
*good
^ no good crowing over a phyric victory
London