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Ive just heard that a parking machine in Blackheath is spewing out cash!

Put in £1 and £6 comes out!
 
Darren Johnson (Green candidate) twittered yesterday about this article on the BBC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8612456.stm
Immigration explored by candidates in Lewisham

...The constituency of Lewisham Deptford also has severe housing problems and widespread poverty.

Conservative candidate Gemma Townsend said areas like Lewisham could not sustain high rises of immigration because standards in services like schools, housing and hospital had fallen "well below par"...

..."I'm still surprised every time I knock on someone's door and find that despite living here most of their life, they can hardly speak English."

Ms Townsend said she believed the current government was not doing enough to integrate immigrant communities and teach them about British culture - an idea that the Conservatives are keen to promote.
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Funnily enough Gemma Townsend was canvassing at Hither Green the other morning. She seemed keen enough to chat to ethnic folk then :rolleyes:

God, even if she had a point about the woeful schools in this borough, how the fuck is any person of colour going to vote for someone so wholly inappropriate to represent Lewisham?




E2a - I was so incensed Ive just emailed Gemma Townsend my response, and sent the article to just about everyone I know in Lewisham. :D
Lewisham Conservative emails: gemma@gemmatownsend.com, robert@ldconservatives.com, mikebaker@ldconservatives.com, mikehoskin@ldconservatives.com, hugh@ldconservatives.com

God, why cant candidates do more to manage their contempt for folk during an election campaign!
 
Brainaddict said:
After watching Fordham Park in New Cross being dug up for a while I had a look at the new plans - not bad at all - should convert it into something more like a park and less like a flat bit of ground that someone forgot. The tunnel to New Cross station is also going to get a makeover.
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Liking the way they have restored Margaret Mcmillian Pk to it's former glory:cool:
 
FWIW, I'm going to vote for the Lewisham People Before Profit candidate for mayor, cos his platform is "Having an elected mayor is shit, but only the elected mayor can order a referendum on abolishing the post of elected mayor, so vote for me and you can have a referendum and I will campaign strongly to abolish my own job." :):cool:
 
the button said:
FWIW, I'm going to vote for the Lewisham People Before Profit candidate for mayor, cos his platform is "Having an elected mayor is shit, but only the elected mayor can order a referendum on abolishing the post of elected mayor, so vote for me and you can have a referendum and I will campaign strongly to abolish my own job." :):cool:
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I'm also voting for John Hamilton! :D
 
dynamicbaddog said:
It's going well, there has been a lot of support across the borough and I think there's a very good chance we may win in New Cross - lots of positive feedback there!:)
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It must be SO much work! :D Have you got friends and family out canvassing too?

Ooh Has Madeliene Long turned up yet?

What is her excuse for not attending any Safer Communities cttee meetings?

bromley said:
I'm also voting for John Hamilton! :D
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He has a very entertaining cloud of hair.
 
bromley said:
He looks like an older Ned Flanders. :)
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:D - he sounds a bit like a vicar when he speaks in public too:eek:
I didn't go attend the rally on Friday, apparently there wasn't a very good turnout (which isn't surprising really - not a good plan, holding a political rally on Friday evening ) but am seeing a fair few of our posters in windows when I'm out and about, so I'm hoping we're gonna do well.
May 6th -FTW:)
 
How did your day/ night go yesterday DBD? Blow by blow account!!


Were the Lewisham counts due to start this morning?
 
Not one vote annouced in the borough, deary dear!

When do we hear the mayoral results? At the same time as the election?
 
<Rumoured bollocks snipped>

Bugger the mayoral result- what is the damn point? An expensive pet project from which we've gained nothing.

But yeah, we should have the result today.


Have you seen Cesare's post on the Election thread about how Lewisham's retuning officer managed the late voters?
Something akin to pride stirred in me.
 
BBC freelancer says Lewisham Council has explained how it was able to allow latecomers to vote, while staying within the law, which states that no ballots can be cast after 10pm. Spokesman for Lewisham Council said "In our preparations, we had anticipated a large number of people might arrive late in the evening to vote. Presiding officers had been advised to make sure that all people queueing were brought into the polling station and issued with ballot papers prior to 10pm. This meant we were able to comply with legal provisions and make sure people were not disenfranchised. Two of our polling stations experienced late queues but we were able to find a pragmatic solution to allow people to vote while remaining within the law."
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Reproduced for the chitter chatter thread :D
 
Melinda said:
How did your day/ night go yesterday DBD? Blow by blow account!!
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lol! I stayed in New Cross putting leaflets round on my estate in the morning. Then took the rest of the day off and went to the cinema in the evening:D - kept in touch with everything via twitter when I got in.
The result for Crofton Pk won't be announced till this afternoon at the very earliest - according to my sources there were 300 still queuing to vote at 10pm last night! I doubt I'll actually get many votes , standing paper candidates in all parts of the borough was a tactic to get the LPBP name known as widely as poss. It's New Cross and Deptford where there is a realistic chance and I can't wait for the result!
When LPBP started knocking on doors 6 weeks ago almost half the people spoken to weren't even registered to vote and I think the way that has been turned around is amazing!
 
Not really a surprise, something like People Before Profit is going to have its votes much more concentrated in the north and west of the borough. They did a good job, with some well-written leaflets that avoided the usual lefty cliches, and what looked like a decent level of organisation from their Tea Factory base. Plenty of purple posters and boards along my road.
 
Eagerly awaiting the council results. Looks like the Greens have done badly in Lewisham which is a) a shame - they seemed to have good, connected councillors and b) quite surprising (to me, anyway!).

Labour seem to be the success story here.

My local polling station was the one which overran and where the cops had to be called last night!
 
I came last in Crofton Park with 282:D - oh well.
Elsewhere in the People Before Profit target areas we didn't do as well as expected due to the massive Labour vote - the highest vote achieved was 13% for one of our candidates in New Cross.
and in Telegraph Hill the two Socialist councillors have now lost their seats to Labour :(
 
I live the near the Tory candidate for my ward. Their house is a fucking mess. Once put a note through the letterbox purporting to be from Lewisham Conservatives, telling them how dirty the house looked and could they please stop putting up Conservative posters in their windows.
 
IMR said:
I live the near the Tory candidate for my ward. Their house is a fucking mess. Once put a note through the letterbox purporting to be from Lewisham Conservatives, telling them how dirty the house looked and could they please stop putting up Conservative posters in their windows.
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:D :D Did you get a result?
 
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