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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2013 0:07:05 GMT
yes but even then tory and all UKIP would not have won it and by some distance in what was a tory seat and a safish one.
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Post by The Bishop on Feb 22, 2013 0:08:14 GMT
I assume that ColinJ is correct and Harrow is not counting until the morning, then??
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Feb 22, 2013 0:13:00 GMT
A very poor show if true
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Post by Andrew_S on Feb 22, 2013 0:14:46 GMT
Slightly weird tweet from someone in West Harrow which makes it difficult to work out whether the count is tonight or tomorrow:
"West Harrow election is over. Turnover is expected to be in the region of 25 pc. Thanks every one for running a clean campaign":
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Post by greatkingrat on Feb 22, 2013 0:22:36 GMT
Well the vacancy was caused by the previous councillor murdering his wife before committing suicide, so that probably didn't exactly help the Conservatives here. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 22, 2013 0:26:46 GMT
Slightly weird tweet from someone in West Harrow which makes it difficult to work out whether the count is tonight or tomorrow:
"West Harrow election is over. Turnover is expected to be in the region of 25 pc. Thanks every one for running a clean campaign":
twitter.com/ThayaIdaikkadarThat 'someone' would be the Leader of the Council. |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Feb 22, 2013 0:26:50 GMT
Slightly weird tweet from someone in West Harrow which makes it difficult to work out whether the count is tonight or tomorrow:
"West Harrow election is over. Turnover is expected to be in the region of 25 pc. Thanks every one for running a clean campaign":
twitter.com/ThayaIdaikkadarTurnover? Lol. Turns out this clown is leader of Harrow council now and he's barely more fluent in English than our own ian |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2013 0:30:52 GMT
At least he's giving it a go and committing himself to public service, more than most people do. But no, his English really is quite poor.
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Post by Andrew_S on Feb 22, 2013 0:31:49 GMT
Actually I didn't notice the "turnover" error. I was using the word "weird" because the tweet failed to make it clear when the count was going to take place. "Weird" probably wasn't the best choice of word.
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Post by Robert Waller on Feb 22, 2013 0:36:59 GMT
On the leadership of the council. he says this in a tweet lower down that page:
"Harrow council leader is facing jail according to reliable sources"
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Feb 22, 2013 0:37:08 GMT
Not so much a good result for Labour as a terrible one for the C. Like Chelmsford, it might be an omen for Eastleigh ... I wonder if the LD victor was one of the 'nutters' referred to in a post above, by EAL I think! He certainly seems a character. I think bracketing him as a nutter might be harsh. He certainly comes across as unusual, and his campaign materials were some of the most stunningly vacuous I've ever seen, but by comparison with other candidates this week he's not too many standard deviations away from normality. |
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Post by Philip Davies on Feb 22, 2013 0:37:12 GMT
It could've been one of those text auto correct failures!
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Post by Khunanup on Feb 22, 2013 0:38:53 GMT
Cromer Town result said to be: L Dem 558 Lab 240 UKIP 218 C 181 This is starting to become a trend. If next weeks result goes the way people are expecting I think the Tories chances of being the largest party after the next GE are over because our vote against them in two horse races just will not collapse. As I mentioned at the time, 2011 was our local election nadir (especially against the Tories) because it was the first chance for people to give us a kicking post coalition. Now general governing party mid term blues is kicking in for the Tories and even unpopular old us are making gains in places we haven't held for a long time, if ever. |
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Post by johnloony on Feb 22, 2013 0:55:22 GMT
Why doesn't she give us the numbers instead of crowing about coming second Because she's an evil insane alien hippopotamus who has come to Earth specifically for the purpose of destroying civilization, and deliberately and consciously causing the most intense amount of annoyance among ordinary normal decent anoraks and psephologists is one of the most effective ways of doing that. |
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Post by ColinJ on Feb 22, 2013 8:09:30 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2013 8:37:34 GMT
Cromer Town result said to be: L Dem 558 Lab 240 UKIP 218 C 181 This is starting to become a trend. If next weeks result goes the way people are expecting I think the Tories chances of being the largest party after the next GE are over because our vote against them in two horse races just will not collapse. As I mentioned at the time, 2011 was our local election nadir (especially against the Tories) because it was the first chance for people to give us a kicking post coalition. Now general governing party mid term blues is kicking in for the Tories and even unpopular old us are making gains in places we haven't held for a long time, if ever. at this stage it does appear you are also benefiting from some of the softer Tory vote in these areas going to you still. Certainly if you are at Tory HQ, these council by election results recently must worry you. Some may dismiss as 'mid term' blues but is the situation really going to get any better ? For example the stupidity of back loading the cuts (if you believe the extent of cuts were needed may be a factor in the next two years. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 22, 2013 10:50:20 GMT
Turnout in West Harrow is reported to be 28%. However the same reporter then asserts () that this means 7,706 votes, which I think is a misreading of 1,106.
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Post by ColinJ on Feb 22, 2013 10:56:38 GMT
Turnout in West Harrow is reported to be 28%. However the same reporter then asserts () that this means 7,706 votes, which I think is a misreading of 1,106. Possible that the electorate is 7,706. Meaning on 28% t'out about 2,150 votes. P.S. Counting started at 10 am |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 22, 2013 11:16:23 GMT
Yes, confirmed that 7,706 was the electorate.
Christine Robson (Lab) has just won. No figures as yet.
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Post by The Bishop on Feb 22, 2013 11:20:42 GMT
Happy with that, given the less than ideal circumstances of the vacancy  |
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