2021 Local and Mayoral Elections

[profk]

could you imagine having an accident or something and the paramedics go through your wallet and they’re like ‘oh shit, he’s a labour party member’.

[heihachimishima]

• still angry about things happening in the labour party
• Dr Manhatten sitting on Mars giggling about how shit everything is

[pervo]

…wtf

What happens now? Is there an election for deputy or does Keith get to do what he wants?

[heihachimishima]

I think she’s still deputy.

that’ll be fun for everyone in meetings

[anon76851889]

@Epimer

To be fair I heard almost nothing else on the doorstep but “ooh I’d love to vote Labour but I’m not sure about that Angela Rayner”. Almost nothing else. Incessant. Deafening, almost.

Dr Ms Epimer’s not a fan?

@Pervo - she’s been sacked from other roles, she remains on the NEC and Deputy Leader.

[wikihock]

I’m lucky enough to have some good Momentum types local to me to go and campaign for, so I’m just absolutely laughing at this binfire while occasionally helping good people try and do good politics locally.

[hip_young_gunslinger]

Apparently they want to replace Rayner with Steve “Richard Desmond is a puppet master whoops I didn’t mean to do an antisemitism” Reed.

Solid work all round.

[marckee]

The other name being touted for promotion is Streeting, in effect to join Reeves as the ‘minister for broadcast interviews’

[Konichiwa_Bitches]

I could only feel grim upset at the defeats yesterday, working class northern communities having no good respresentation and going right for the Tories will only ever make me feel hollowed out and sad.

But today we have the Starm Spangled Man Without A Plan going down in spectacular fashion and THAT I can enjoy quite a lot.

[anon34135029]

Where is this London mayoral result then eh

[the_ravens]

Bristol mayor gone to 2nd round Labour v Green

Martin Booth (beardedjourno)

[the_ravens]

Khan takes London

[hip_young_gunslinger]

The Centrist Brain

James O'Brien (mrjamesob)

[iamwiggy]

Lib Dems losing their deposit is very funny

if you’re wondering who Niko Omilana is, here’s his manifesto

really good stuff, wish I’d heard about him earlier than when I got sent this image half an hour ago

[profk]

the UKIP candidate was literally called ‘Peter Gammons’

[Zygotic]

Lib Dems haven’t kept their deposit since 2008 when Brian paddick got 9.8% of the vote.

On average only 3 candidates out of a field of a dozen or so keep their deposits in London mayoral elections.

[chuff]

Have I misunderstood something or have these comedy candidates actually thrown away a £10k deposit just for a laugh? I sort of understand people chucking £500 away to run as local MP so they can get on TV but £10k seems bananas.

[paulo13]

Maybe they were crowdfunded in some way? You’d have to hope so!
I know Count Binface didn’t pay the additional £10k to have their statement/policies listed in the pamphlet that was sent out to everyone. Must have been a £10k too far!

[aboynamedgoo]

@chuff

have these comedy candidates actually thrown away a £10k deposit just for a laugh?

Niko Omilana is a YouTube personality and prankster.

Brian Rose is a YouTube personality who sells business management courses.

Count Binface is Jon Harvey, a YouTube personality and comedy writer/performer.

They all see this £10k as an investment in their career, with the aim of breaking through into the mainstream, and being invited onto Question Time, Strictly Come Dancing, Celebrity Bake Off or a comedy panel show.

[LilWoodyToodelly]

kicking off in my home town council. lib dems being weird and independents telling people the lib dems are corrupt. might be something about a car park but it’s all too boring to work out and their posts go on forever