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Old 2nd May 2008   #1
jonaent (Jon)
 
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A Sad Day For London

Eton Schoolboys will be marching in and taking over. Boris cnuting Johnson and all his friends in their 4x4s and mercedes will be driving around as the congestion zone expansion gets the slash and the £25 Congestion charge on big cars is scrapped.

A Sad Day.... I hope those of you that voted for Boris are happy when you get crushed by a 4x4 in Chelsea!
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Old 2nd May 2008   #2
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I didn't, but that's democracy for you.
I might still get crushed by a 4x4, but I suppose it's probably the "will of the people".
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Old 2nd May 2008   #3
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I'm emmigrating
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Old 2nd May 2008   #4
chris crash
 
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i still don't think it matters
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Old 2nd May 2008   #5
fixedfreak (max)
 
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well were all fucked
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Old 2nd May 2008   #6
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Crucifixion's not so bad.
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Old 2nd May 2008   #7
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how can you say that?!!
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Old 2nd May 2008   #8
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Could be worse.



You could be stabbed.
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Old 2nd May 2008   #9
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Crucifixion is a slow and painful death

(i can play)
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Old 2nd May 2008   #10
fixedfreak (max)
 
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could be decapitated by a helicopter
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Old 2nd May 2008   #11
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"Some things in life are bad, they can really make you mad, other things just make youswear and curse.
When you're chewing on life's gristle, don't grumble, give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best..."
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Old 2nd May 2008   #12
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i whistled nothing happened
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Old 3rd May 2008   #13
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we'll need a 'Boris Johnson: Cyclewatch' now of course...
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Old 3rd May 2008   #14
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maybe we should get him a really nice brakeless fixie.
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Old 3rd May 2008   #15
eeehhhh
I can't believe this has happened.

:(

For the rest of my degree, Boris is here. Hopefully the Etonion-Oxford prick will have fucked off, i.e. been run over, by the time I graduate.

This ain't going to be good, for sure.....

Edit: I really can't believe this. How can people seriously have voted for him? :S
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Old 3rd May 2008   #16
jonaent (Jon)
 
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I have the sinking feeling that it's the start of a downward spiral :-(
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Old 3rd May 2008   #17
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Sadly I was there witnessing it first person. The pain. Oh, and the BNP are a bunch of cunts. Unfortunately I had to listen to their speech.
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Old 3rd May 2008   #18
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Last time I listened to a BNP speech, I got arrested and spent the rest of the day in a cell.
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Old 3rd May 2008   #19
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Old 3rd May 2008   #20
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Aroogah, wot wot!
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Old 3rd May 2008   #21
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I'm saddened by the selfishness of people who voted ken out because of the 4x4 tax and congestion charge. I believe people have (wrongly) used the mayoral election as a vote against the Labour government as a whole and not what's in the best interests for London.

we haven't lost any green seats in the assembly AFAIK, and the CG already in place is unlikely to be changed, so it's not all bad. as for scrapping bendy buses and other big statements? well it's unlikely given the budget.

I think, at best, boris will be a comedy puppet and easily controlled by the assembly. At worst? fuck knows, I really don't want to think about that.

I guess the old torys must have felt similar to this when blair's new labour got in.

Whether you liked him or not, Ken could run London, Boris appears to have trouble running a bath.
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Old 3rd May 2008   #22
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I going to look at it as an interesting experiment. In the same way I view the U.S's current leadership. If Boris is as inept as we all seem to believe hopefully it will make people more receptive to significant change at the next election, in the same way Bush has made it possible for a Woman and non-white candidates to be serious propositions for president.
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Old 3rd May 2008   #23
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you cannot seriously believe that either of them have any chance for 3 reasons, 1 they are not white men, 2 they are democrats, 3 they are either another Clinton, or they don't wear a flag pin.

welcome to middle America, we go to church, we vote, we don't think.
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Old 3rd May 2008   #24
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Boris' speech was the ususal bumbling inaccuracies; and then I went to bed.
I'm scared more by the BNP taking an assembly seat with an equal share of votes as the greens etc. not that they can actually manage to attend councils where they've won places before.

As to what boris will do? Well, I've had 10 text messages this morning from voluntary sector people panicking over whether funding cuts will suddenly begin. And its only 8 am.

Last edited by snowy_again; 3rd May 2008 at 07:05.. Reason: spelling like crish crash
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Old 3rd May 2008   #25
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you cannot seriously believe that either of them have any chance for 3 reasons, 1 they are not white men, 2 they are democrats, 3 they are either another Clinton, or they don't wear a flag pin.

welcome to middle America, we go to church, we vote, we don't think.
Isn't it us Brits who are meant to be cynical? :)
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Old 3rd May 2008   #26
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Isn't it us Brits who are meant to be cynical? :)
i'm not cynical, I'm a realist. reality is not a nice place.
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Old 3rd May 2008   #27
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i'm not cynical, I'm a realist. reality is not a nice place.
“I reject your reality and substitute it for my own.”

Last edited by Vinz; 3rd May 2008 at 07:47..
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Old 3rd May 2008   #28
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you cannot seriously believe that either of them have any chance for 3 reasons, 1 they are not white men, 2 they are democrats, 3 they are either another Clinton, or they don't wear a flag pin.

welcome to middle America, we go to church, we vote, we don't think.
4 neither of them served in the military.
we are so fucked.
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Old 3rd May 2008   #29
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I find this really odd... I have heard lot of bad things about boris .. and many people clearly don't like him... How the Fxxk did he win the election??
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Old 3rd May 2008   #30
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In the words of Charlie Brooker

"Fast-forward to now. On May 1 London chooses its mayor, and I've got a horrible feeling it might pick Boris Johnson for similar reasons. Johnson - or to give him his full name, Boris LOL!!!! what a legernd!! Johnson!!! - is a TV character loved by millions for his cheeky, bumbling persona. Unlike the cartoon MP, he's magnetically prone to scandal, but this somehow only makes him more adorable each time. Tee hee! Boris has had an affair! Arf! Now he's offended the whole of Liverpool! Crumbs! He used the word "picaninnies"! Yuk yuk! He's been caught on tape agreeing to give the address of a reporter to a friend who wants him beaten up! Ho ho! Look at his funny blond hair! HA HA BORIS LOL!!!! WHAT A LEGERND!!!!!! LOL OMFG!!!! BORIS DONE A GUFF!!!! ROFL!!!!!!! THE MAN IS A LEGERND I TELL YOU LOL!!!!! I CARNT WAIT 2 SEE HIM RUNNING THE INTIRE CITTY!!! BORRIS 4 KING!!! LOL!!! LOL!!! LOLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 3rd May 2008   #31
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Old 3rd May 2008   #32
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whats the deal with the congestion charge (4x4's)?
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Old 3rd May 2008   #33
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I think he's going to fuck up pretty badly. He just doesn't strike me as a man who has any focus, application or indeed competence. And if he does fuck up, then that is going to be seriously bad news for Cameron.
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Old 3rd May 2008   #34
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yep, and cameron knows it too. he'll be all over johnson like stink on doo-doo.
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Old 3rd May 2008   #35
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The only possible benefit i can foresee is a vote of no confidence in Broon.
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