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Old 1st May 2008   #1
Superprecise
 
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Local elections

so... who's voting for who?
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Old 1st May 2008   #2
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like a muppet i forgot this morning, and am going out tonight so can't vote..was gonna vote for the morlock though...I just can't do Ken
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Old 1st May 2008   #3
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^^ thank god you're going out then Clefty ;-)
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Old 1st May 2008   #4
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Boris is a very intelligent man, pretending to be an idiot..whereas Ken...
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Old 1st May 2008   #5
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Boris is a vehement right wing, pro war, anti Kyoto tory with no experience of managing a budget beyond that of the Spectator, let alone the £11 billion annual London budget. Ken likes newts and drunken fisticuffs. Paddick has the eyes of a deadman. The green candidate is the blind leading the blind. Ho hum.
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Old 1st May 2008   #6
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This helped me decide: www.votematch.com. It's really good, a blind test to see who your opinions are most aligned to.
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Old 1st May 2008   #7
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English democrats.
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Old 1st May 2008   #8
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is boris really pro-war?
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Old 1st May 2008   #9
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He vehemently supported both iraqi invasions and "stood behind" Bush, but then so did most of the House. Anyway, I'm not going to carry on.

This is a message board about uni geared bi wheeled transportation devices.
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Old 1st May 2008   #10
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This is a message board about uni geared bi wheeled transportation devices.
...in london?
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Old 1st May 2008   #11
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Well sort of, but we do allow the occasional immigrant. As long as they act servile and know their place. ;-)
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Old 1st May 2008   #12
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who's talking about immigrants? i'm saying that the local elections are highly relevant to us on the forum.
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Old 1st May 2008   #13
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You're right. I was just thinking that voting is a personal issue. The main three manifestos have similar cycle friendly implementation plans, which aren't really a vote decider in my opinion.
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Old 1st May 2008   #14
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i think it's http://www.votematch.co.uk
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Old 1st May 2008   #15
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that vote match thing has really thrown me - the results were not what I expected
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Old 1st May 2008   #16
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that votematch thing was a bit odd. it is based on specific issues and so comes up with funny results, but if you look at the break down after you can see broadly who thinks what and why your opinion coincided with whomever's it happened to.

vote bozza. haha
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Old 1st May 2008   #17
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It told me to vote for Lenin.
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Old 1st May 2008   #18
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that's quite cool - the votey thingy told me to vote what i already intend to. score
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Old 1st May 2008   #19
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thats interesting, it told me to vote for bloody Ken! - maybe its better that I missed out then :-)
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Old 1st May 2008   #20
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it told me green, and then boris second... confusing.
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Old 1st May 2008   #21
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i can't see the poll ;)
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Old 1st May 2008   #22
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left list then green.
What does that mean?
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Old 1st May 2008   #23
snowy_again
 
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That Chug It won't sit next to you?!
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Old 1st May 2008   #24
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this is interesting as well, I'm in the Ghandi section!
http://www.politicalcompass.org/
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Old 1st May 2008   #25
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let's see if this works:
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Old 1st May 2008   #26
clefty
 
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Yeh i was slightly to the right of you
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Old 1st May 2008   #27
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shame there are only five different variants in terms of character: Hitler, Stalin, Thatcher, Friedman and Gandhi. I'd hope we're all closest to the latter
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Old 1st May 2008   #28
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I'm also in the left/libertarian quadrant. Is it a fixed thing?
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Old 1st May 2008   #29
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more likely that people who ride bikes and hang out online talking about them have more than just that in common.
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Old 1st May 2008   #30
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Thank F**K for that, the bnp came in last for me on the votematch thing...
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Old 1st May 2008   #31
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this is interesting as well, I'm in the Ghandi section!
http://www.politicalcompass.org/
I was almost exactly the same as Gandhi.
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Old 1st May 2008   #32
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I've always thought you displayed buddha like qualities..
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Old 1st May 2008   #33
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Ghandi founded the UCL vegetarian society
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Old 1st May 2008   #34
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So does anyone have any compelling arguments for voting for any particular candidate/party?
I'd really like to hear them.
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Old 1st May 2008   #35
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I've always thought you displayed buddha like qualities..
hehe, nice.
I reckon that if I took that test after a trying journey into work, of another month on the tube, my results would be a lot different.
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Old 1st May 2008   #36
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I've done the votematch thing again, as I didnt see the 'neither' button before, this time it came out with Green first and Ken second, and Boris third. I feel slightly better now.
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Old 1st May 2008   #37