The Election in Brixton

[CH1]

Friends of the Liberal Democrats

I have many East European friends and I now think we should be more part of Europe instead of slavishly supporting the US.

Perhaps I should set up a group for "Friends of the Liberal Democrats" like they have "Friends of the Tate Library" etc.

Is the pyschology similar to "men who have sex with men" but are not gay in places like Mexico?

 

[CH1]

MESMAC

Is the pyschology similar to "men who have sex with men" but are not gay in places like Mexico?

Or even on Clapham Common at 2.00 am?

 

[Gramsci]

Perhaps I should set up a group for "Friends of the Liberal Democrats" like they have "Friends of the Tate Library" etc.

Is the pyschology similar to "men who have sex with men" but are not gay in places like Mexico?

No I think there is a good chance the LibDems will go down the Neo Liberal road once in power. There are different factions in the LibDems. Like those who support the "Orange Book" which wants the LibDems to go for a more "Market" orientated policy.

 

[CH1]

No I think there is a good chance the LibDems will go down the Neo Liberal road once in power. There are different factions in the LibDems. Like those who support the "Orange Book" which wants the LibDems to go for a more "Market" orientated policy.

You may be right about that. I remember in 1972, notwithstanding Jeremy Thorpe's magical handshake, us Manchester students were refuse admission to the Reform Club for drinks afterwards because we weren't wearing ties!!!

 

[Gramsci]

Another poster from Vauxhall Cross. Bring back National Service

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Year-olds can do very little of use to the nation in any case, even 16 of them.

 

[CH1]

Maybe the LibDem candidate in Bethnal Green shares some of your views:
jonathanfryer (from Twitter)

#iloveimmigrants because before their arrival, British restaurant food was generally DIRE. Long live Brick Lane!
jonathanfryer

#iloveimmigrants because they helped lift Britain out of our post-War torpor

 

[CH1]

Another poster from Vauxhall Cross. Bring back National Service

And they are complaining about the Pope?

 

[CH1]

JUST ARRIVED Joke from a Ghanian immigrant - maybe cleverer than we think!

Three Pastors

Three pastors took a day off and decided to go fishing after a busy
Sunday. They agreed its so difficult preaching to people all the time
and no one preaches to them. Sitting by the river with little response
from the hooks one pastor thought of sharing his heart with others. He
said "guys its rare to get such an opportunity to be among ourselves
like this.
It would be good if we look into our lives and help each other with our
weaknesses".
They all agreed to this.
1. This pastor said "Gentlemen I need help! The people in my church give
a lot of money every week. I started taking little by little but now I
take a big chunk. I can't stop stealing from the church please pray for
me. The day they will find out I will be fired"!

2. Another pastor said "brothers your sins are better than mine! I have
slept with every woman in the church including married women. As I
preach my eyes hover over the congregation looking for the next prey. If
this is discovered people will not fire me, they will kill me!"

3. The last pastor's feet were shaking as they were talking. They
thought he had a big story to tell.
He stood up and said "My brothers my problem is gossip! I can't sit
anymore. I have to share your stories with other people! I will be back

The other pastors fainted.

 

[Amina Graham]

leaflet absence worries

Jonathan Mitchell put in an appearance at a country music gig I went to last night at The Grosvenor. A pity the LibDems can't be bothered to even leaflet our area (Herne Hill/Brixton borders). So far we've had three leaflets from Labour, a Green one, and a leaflet from Kemi Adegoke, who hasn't got a hope in hell of getting my vote.

Can you let me know your road/address cos i'm helping out with leafleting that area and we have been doing that area lots so i'm worried you haven't been receiving anything. You can catch up with the lib dem candidate in the mean time at his blog here: www.jonathanmitchellsblog.com and see the latest flyer in electronic version on the page 'my parliamentary campaign'.

 

[Amina Graham]

All I want to know is who to vote for to keep the Tories out.

I'm a member of the Green party, but on this occasion, I think we're heading for a potential Tory victory so I am not going to vote Green.

Polly Toynbee wrote a good article in the Guardian on Saturday about this:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/apr/24/clegg-electoral-reform-tactics-romance

All I care about is keeping the Tories out. If Lib Dems could get power, that'd be my ideal, as they didn't vote for the Iraq war and they'd bring in PR, but I think that's a pipe dream. Keeping the Tories out is far more important, to me, anyway. I am terrified of us going backwards as a society and that's where Conservatism would take us.

Tories are in Third in the Dulwich and West Norwood constituency which covers Brixton and coldharbour ward so a lib dem vote is the best one if you want Labour out. FYI this is the latest poll in one of the wards:

See your lib dem candidate here www.jonathanmitchellsblog.com

 

[Orang Utan]

i can't seem to find a full list of candidates for all constituencies. anyone?

 

[Amina Graham]

If you go via the party websites you can put in your postcodes. But that will take ages...

http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/guide/seats-a-d

This website has an a-z list of constituencies and lists the candidates at the bottom of the constituencies - ie.search by constituency

 

[Orang Utan]

yeah, and i'm not that interested in the main candidates.
i've already had their stuff through the door.
only this pidgeon woman has written to me and i haven't read her letter.

 

[malice]

If you look on the bbc, or any of the main papers' websites, there'll be a full list - or ukpollingreport.co.uk is quite good.

Or indeed, lambeth's official stuff:

http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/...taryElection2010StatementPersonsNominated.htm

 

[Gramsci]

I just missed seeing Tessa Jowell. Bumped into one of my friendly ward Cllrs who was leafleting Brixton with Tessa and had stopped in Ritzy bar for coffee. It appears Ritzy bar is unofficial Lambeth Labour party HQ for election. If anyone wants a chat with Labour party. I got free sticker.

Tessas campaign literature is at least better than some ive seen. No parsonalised attacks on LibDems.

I had thrust into my hand Labour Vassal ward election literature. It had a drawing of someone wearing a top with the L/D logo. He was wearing a balaclava , carrying a torch and a bag of swag. Apperently the LDs are so soft on crime they belong to the criminal classes. Shock horror they want to spend public money sending young thugs on holiday. Im outraged

 

[Orang Utan]

Maybe the LibDem candidate in Bethnal Green shares some of your views:
jonathanfryer (from Twitter)

#iloveimmigrants because before their arrival, British restaurant food was generally DIRE. Long live Brick Lane!
jonathanfryer

#iloveimmigrants because they helped lift Britain out of our post-War torpor

food in brick lane is generally dire.
that's just him saying 'i love curry me' to demonstrate his right on credentials. slippery.

 

[co-op]

Tories are in Third in the Dulwich and West Norwood constituency which covers Brixton and coldharbour ward so a lib dem vote is the best one if you want Labour out.

Er read the post - it's the TORIES he's worried about, not Labour.

One of the Lib-Dems great historic sins is splitting the liberal-left vote in this country to the benefit of the blue scum - when are you going to learn this? I know you and labour hate each other with a passion, but the overwhelming majority of voters I know in places like London (I know it's different out there in middle-bloody-England) prefer either to the tories and you should act accordingly. That means backing off a bit where Labour are passably safe, and attacking where Labour are weak and the tories strong. Labour should reciprocate.

If you want to be sure of keeping the tories out in D & WN your best option is clearly to hold your nose and vote Labour - and the local liberals should basically shut up.

 

[colacubes]

Popped out briefly earlier to meet a friend for a drink and came home to find a shiteload of letters and leaflets in my shared letterbox. Odd on a bank holiday but I had a nose. They were all personalised letters from the Labour party for people. Unfortunately they had been delivered to the wrong address about 100m up the road. I've done leafletting and basic rules are deliver to the right address ffs Plus what makes it worse there wasn't a single one for me or my neighbours amongst it.

And the worst thing is I've just been chatting to my mate who lives at the other end of the constituency and we've both realised that pretty much all the postal campaign literature is addressed to the man of the household. What the fuck is that about

 

[Ol Nick]

the overwhelming majority of voters I know in places like London prefer either to the tories

That says so much about you and your friends and so little about reality it's actually sweet.

 

[co-op]

That says so much about you and your friends and so little about reality it's actually sweet.

Ah, a patronising tory prick. I always forget how you assume you are a majority everywhere.

I saw a tory canvassing down Poplar Rd in Herne Hill yesterday - I only noticed because I thought it was a domestic going off at first; I heard a shouted "FUCK OFF!" at a doorstep and sort of watched a bit out of the corner of my eye and saw a door slam and a sheepish looking twat of a psb in glasses carrying some Cameron leaflets (perhaps it was you?) leaving the garden trying not to look embarrassed. He muttered "afternoon" at me so I told him to fuck off too.

Sorry, if it was you btw, they just seemed les mots justes. But a bit rude I guess.

 

[Ol Nick]

prick

Dear oh dear. Let it go! Don't post while drunk. Do read the FAQ. Don't jump to conclusions.

 

[OpalFruit]

Chukka Ummana or Chris Nicholson?
I cannot decide.....I am a lifelong Labout voter....but the LibDems are actually saying the things I agree with. No I.D cards. No 3rd runway. And they voted against the war. But can Clegg do it or is he just a good TV presenter? Help. I cannot spend tonight and tomorrow night awake and fretting about this any more.

 

[co-op]

Dear oh dear. Let it go! Don't post while drunk. Do read the FAQ. Don't jump to conclusions.

You're a bit of a one trick pony aren't you?

The trouble with the whole "being patronising" thing is that it's either the real deal (in which case you're just un-self-aware, tory, whatever) - and that's fine in your own circles I guess - or it's a really laboured, unoriginal internet wind-up, in which case you're just another internet prick.

TBF to you I'm not 100% sure which you are, but I think your tones getting a little screechy so I guess the latter - which is probably good as you have a chance of growing out of it. It may hurt a little though.

 

[Amina Graham]

Has anyone else wondered why Labour and the Tories are both going after the Lib Dems in the Dulwich and West Norwood constituency? This is a first! I think it's clear it's being done because they're worried about the ground swell of support for the Lib Dems. They are clearly worried that after coming second in the last election with one of the biggest swings in the country from Labour to Lib Dem that the Lib Dems just may be the ones to beat in this election in this area bbc 2005 election result. So if anyone is undecided then check this out and see what you think. Vote for change after 18 years of the same person.

 

[co-op]

Has anyone else wondered why Labour and the Tories are both going after the Lib Dems in the Dulwich and West Norwood constituency? This is a first! I think it's clear it's being done because they're worried about the ground swell of support for the Lib Dems. They are clearly worried that after coming second in the last election with one of the biggest swings in the country from Labour to Lib Dem that the Lib Dems just may be the ones to beat in this election in this area bbc 2005 election result. So if anyone is undecided then check this out and see what you think. Vote for change after 18 years of the same person.

Huzzah!

 

[quimcunx]

Chukka Ummana or Chris Nicholson?
I cannot decide.....I am a lifelong Labout voter....but the LibDems are actually saying the things I agree with. No I.D cards. No 3rd runway. And they voted against the war. But can Clegg do it or is he just a good TV presenter? Help. I cannot spend tonight and tomorrow night awake and fretting about this any more.

http://voteforpolicies.org.uk/survey/select

 

[buscador]

Has anyone else wondered why Labour and the Tories are both going after the Lib Dems in the Dulwich and West Norwood constituency? This is a first! I think it's clear it's being done because they're worried about the ground swell of support for the Lib Dems. They are clearly worried that after coming second in the last election with one of the biggest swings in the country from Labour to Lib Dem that the Lib Dems just may be the ones to beat in this election in this area bbc 2005 election result. So if anyone is undecided then check this out and see what you think. Vote for change after 18 years of the same person.

Yes, judging by the hysterical tone in today's personalised offering from the Herne Hill Labour Action Team, it's all getting a bit messy in SE24 and environs. St Tessa is clearly feeling the pressure.

 

[Ms T]

Can you let me know your road/address cos i'm helping out with leafleting that area and we have been doing that area lots so i'm worried you haven't been receiving anything. You can catch up with the lib dem candidate in the mean time at his blog here: www.jonathanmitchellsblog.com and see the latest flyer in electronic version on the page 'my parliamentary campaign'.

We finally got a leaflet the other day, and I got a personalised one in the post yesterday. Had at least half a dozen from Tessa.

 

[co-op]

Yes, judging by the hysterical tone in today's personalised offering from the Herne Hill Labour Action Team, it's all getting a bit messy in SE24 and environs. St Tessa is clearly feeling the pressure.

Is that the one claiming the Green Party are baby-eating spliffheads who want to increase car speeds and put Lambeth's school children on the streets?

The school stuff is especially cute coming from the great bearer of the socialist standard, Cllr "Jim Dickson", (that's James Rowan Chatterton-Dickson, when he's at home) whose Labour Party chums closed Effra Primary school just as he was going to move out of Herne Hill to a nice Tory ward (Thurlow Park) and send his children to Rosendale. I've not managed to find out whether "Jim" actually voted for that, but that's what I've been told. I guess a lot of people would do it if they could afford it, and I guess a lot more of us could afford it if we awarded ourselves double-digit pay rises for being a lambeth council committee chairman.

The fact that he did that while voting against giving the London Living Wage to the lowest-paid workers in Lambeth, (those employed on privatised council contracts) makes him a real scumbag imo - and before voting for Sian Berry (second choice) in the London Mayoral elections in 2008, I had only ever voted Labour my entire life.

Haw, haw! Doubles all round, eh what, Chatters?