Who should i vote for in Hackney?

[feerd]

I hate the war and Blair
but I hate Respect and Galloway
I am suspicious of Jules Pipe and the local Labour party and all the dodgy redevelopment scandals etc but I don't want any nutters messing things up further.

Nobody has asked for my vote and the only people i have seen on the streets are the Hettie for Hackney purple bus gang.

What should I do?

 

[aurora green]

Are there no Greens standing?

 

[tbaldwin]

I hate the war and Blair
but I hate Respect and Galloway
I am suspicious of Jules Pipe and the local Labour party and all the dodgy redevelopment scandals etc but I don't want any nutters messing things up further.

Nobody has asked for my vote and the only people i have seen on the streets are the Hettie for Hackney purple bus gang.

What should I do?

Throw a brick at the bus? or er vote green or for Hackney Independent if your in Haggerston.

 

[Nigel Irritable]

What ward are you in?

 

[TremulousTetra]

I hate the war and Blair
but I hate Respect and Galloway
I am suspicious of Jules Pipe and the local Labour party and all the dodgy redevelopment scandals etc but I don't want any nutters messing things up further.

Nobody has asked for my vote and the only people i have seen on the streets are the Hettie for Hackney purple bus gang.

What should I do?

well I will be voting Green, in the absence of a respect to candidate, so you could reciprocate, and salve your conscience.

Respect ResistanceMP3

 

[Fisher_Gate]

...vote ... Hackney Independent if your in Haggerston.

Didn't one nominate a Tory?

 

[socialistsuzy]

i voted for monty goldman (CPB) jus cos he's old and has been around so long and always comes to picket lines and stuff. then for the councillors i only had a choice of labour, tories, lib dems and one green (3votes) so i spoilt by ballot paper.

 

[socialistsuzy]

ps. i didn't vote for 'hettie for hackney' cos i read her election thing which came with my postal ballot papers and it was just completely insane.

 

[wiskey]

ffs DONT vote for whover it is that has the huge purple bus (is it hattie? or hettie or something?)

when i was at the funeral of my friend last week we were chatting with his uncle outside St James Church when that bus rolled past and the stupid ignorant fools inside got on the loud speaker (above the music) and demanded we all wave. it stayed there for AGES whilst we felt more and more uncomfortable

"c'mon, yes you in the black, wave! c'mon wave"

arsehole

 

[learydeary]

Isn't Hattie going for Mayor?

 

[Nigel Irritable]

i voted for monty goldman (CPB) jus cos he's old and has been around so long and always comes to picket lines and stuff. then for the councillors i only had a choice of labour, tories, lib dems and one green (3votes) so i spoilt by ballot paper.

I hope you wrote something suitably obscene.

 

[Onket]

Just found this- dunno if it'll be any use.

http://www.strategicvoter.org.uk/doku.php

 

[wrysmile]

Hey - make your own fucking mind up based on your conscience on the list available...

(K_S posting)

 

[audiotech]

I hate the war and Blair
but I hate Respect and Galloway

Hate and war - the only things we got today

An' if I close my eyes
They will not go away
You have to deal with it
It is the currency

Hate...hate...hate...

(Strummer/Jones)

 

[socialistsuzy]

I hope you wrote something suitably obscene.

lol, yep, i wrote 'socialist alternative' across the middle then did the socialist party, cwi, isr and socialist students logos in the four corners

 

[feerd]

What ward are you in?

good question-queensbridge i think.ta for all the replies. green is good but who can beat labour? time to check out strategic voter etc

 

[BarryB]

Throw a brick at the bus? or er vote green or for Hackney Independent if your in Haggerston.

Why vote for the Hackney Independent in Haggerston when you can vote for me? But seriously at least one of the HI candidates is in his own words "actively supporting" the Tories elsewhere in Hackney. He has also signed the nomination papers for Andrew Boff the Tory candidate for Mayor in Hackney. Hackney Independent used to be the Hackney IWCA. I might have my criticisms of the IWCA but im sure they would not stoop to supporting the Tories.

BarryB

 

[feerd]

vote green

Just found this- dunno if it'll be any use.

http://www.strategicvoter.org.uk/doku.php

very good- thankyou, greens are actually number 2 in my ward. if anti-war votes were combined they would equal labour vote. sorted..
zero growth and tofu. bring it on!

 

[Fisher_Gate]

i voted for monty goldman (CPB) jus cos he's old and has been around so long and always comes to picket lines and stuff. then for the councillors i only had a choice of labour, tories, lib dems and one green (3votes) so i spoilt by ballot paper.

Glad to see you are voting according to such strong political principles. I wouldn't want to see trivial issues affect your judgement.

 

[Tokyo]

If you live in Hackney Central, you could vote Socialist Unity.

 

[nino_savatte]

In Hackney, you at least have a choice of candidates and you can actually vote for a socialist. Here in Hammersmith and Fulham it's the same tired menu of Lab, Cons and Lib Dems.

 

[socialistsuzy]

Glad to see you are voting according to such strong political principles. I wouldn't want to see trivial issues affect your judgement.

i think that my reasoning for voting monty goldman is good, i don't want to vote for any of the others standing, although he's a stalinist a lot of what is in his little manifesto thingy i agree with, he does always show up on picket lines protests etc showing his support dispite the fact he's ancient.

 

[treelover]

Why do you keep repeating this on all the various LW sites Barry? whats your agenda?

Why vote for the Hackney Independent in Haggerston when you can vote for me? But seriously at least one of the HI candidates is in his own words "actively supporting" the Tories elsewhere in Hackney. He has also signed the nomination papers for Andrew Boff the Tory candidate for Mayor in Hackney. Hackney Independent used to be the Hackney IWCA. I might have my criticisms of the IWCA but im sure they would not stoop to supporting the Tories.

BarryB

 

[zenie]

balls!!

 

[treelover]

eh!

 

[lighterthief]

I'm in Queensbridge. I'm not completely certain who to vote for tbh: Mima Bone probably for mayor, um, Ralph Smyth for local councillor (both Green)...after that it is really a plethora of poor choices. I suspect Boff will get in as a councillor again - most of the shops on Broadway Market seem to be displaying his election posters. Jules Pipe will get in as Mayor again I suspect.

strategicvoter.org.uk is recommending I cast my two remaining votes for Respect, but I don't trust them at all. Lib Dems then maybe

 

[Nigel Irritable]

Why do you keep repeating this on all the various LW sites Barry? whats your agenda?

His agenda is fairly obvious: He's the New Labour candidate running against Hackney Independent and he would prefer that people with left or anti-establishment views were stupid enough to vote for him instead.

 

[Fisher_Gate]

His agenda is fairly obvious: He's the New Labour candidate running against Hackney Independent and he would prefer that people with left or anti-establishment views were stupid enough to vote for him instead.

And you'd rather they voted for the person who nominated a Tory? Or is this another ballot paper to be torn up?

 

[Nigel Irritable]

And you'd rather they voted for the person who nominated a Tory? Or is this another ballot paper to be torn up?

What a surprise to see you pimping for Blair.

 

[nightbreed]

i think that my reasoning for voting monty goldman is good, i don't want to vote for any of the others standing, although he's a stalinist a lot of what is in his little manifesto thingy i agree with, he does always show up on picket lines protests etc showing his support dispite the fact he's ancient.

You say Monty is a Stalinist.His manifesto seems really sound and progressive.

Does anyone in the CPB believe in Stalin anymore? Never seen anything on their website.
Come to think of it dont see much mention of Stalin in Morning Star either.
I think Monty seems honest and with far more integrity than those pseudo lefts in Respect.