Tooting

[Merseymike]

Jun 3, 2016 19:31:12 GMT joe said:

Which? !

A lot of the rhetoric referred to the London left and their cultural and equality agenda such as gay rights. Those things are now largely accepted.

[John Chanin]

Jun 4, 2016 10:32:49 GMT Merseymike said:

Jun 3, 2016 19:31:12 GMT joe said:

Which? !

A lot of the rhetoric referred to the London left and their cultural and equality agenda such as gay rights. Those things are now largely accepted.

Also public consultation and police accountability to name but two.  We also argued for one member one vote in internal party elections, and for direct election of the party leader, both since adopted by the Conservatives.  Valuing and promoting community organizations was another.  I'm sure I could elaborate and come up with more if I could be bothered.  It's 30 years ago now.

[Sibboleth]

Though there's the added irony that a lot of those demands in terms of governance issues etc. have not actually had the desired effect of moving policy making closer to the people.

[eratis]

There is not much point of the other parties putting up candidates, Tooting has enough liberals and immigrants to secure Labour a 30% majority.

[Sibboleth]

where do these people come from

[The Bishop]

Jun 4, 2016 13:25:18 GMT eratis said:

There is not much point of the other parties putting up candidates, Tooting has enough liberals and immigrants to secure Labour a 30% majority.

Their majority was considerably less than 30% just a year ago (though I'm not entirely sure why I'm bothering)

[finsobruce]

Jun 4, 2016 13:33:29 GMT The Bishop said:

Jun 4, 2016 13:25:18 GMT eratis said:

There is not much point of the other parties putting up candidates, Tooting has enough liberals and immigrants to secure Labour a 30% majority.

Their majority was considerably less than 30% just a year ago (though I'm not entirely sure why I'm bothering)

Perhaps he needs to start reading the Daily Telegraph:

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/07/after-sadiq-khans-victory-the-tooting-by-election-gives-tories-a/

[maxque]

Jun 4, 2016 13:25:55 GMT Sibboleth said:

where do these people come from

pjones's pals.

[Dan]

Jun 4, 2016 13:25:55 GMT Sibboleth said:

where do these people come from

carlton's estranged son, who walked out of the family on his 18th birthday and vowed never to speak to his dad again until he modified his sneering metropolitan trendy outlook on life?

[Deleted]

I would suggest at least a spark of interest has been put into the Tooting By election thanks to the GREEN Surge in the Lambeth by election. Although it would need a leicester style miracle for the GREENS to win. I would suggest that the weekend before the by election Labour supporters will not be as happy as the GREEN ones and that could spill over into the last week of campaigning.

Could turn a dull formality into a who knows what is that I see in the distance, it is farmer giles' prized Gloustershire Old Spot about to circle the count over head with a banner tied to its tail, "GREENS WINNING HERE"

[The Bishop]

Though that result was undoubtedly down to internal issues (Lambeth council and local LP) to a large extent.

Even if it wasn't, people here are simply not going to vote Green in large numbers and risk letting the Tories in surely?

[Merseymike]

Exactly. Weren't the issues specifically local? I think Labour got a deserved shock in the by election but this isn't even in the same borough

[Deleted]

The issues were very local, down to ward level.

[Richard Allen]

Jun 10, 2016 7:56:44 GMT justlooking said:

I would suggest at least a spark of interest has been put into the Tooting By election thanks to the GREEN Surge in the Lambeth by election. Although it would need a leicester style miracle for the GREENS to win. I would suggest that the weekend before the by election Labour supporters will not be as happy as the GREEN ones and that could spill over into the last week of campaigning.

Could turn a dull formality into a who knows what is that I see in the distance, it is farmer giles' prized Gloustershire Old Spot about to circle the count over head with a banner tied to its tail, "GREENS WINNING HERE"

This kind of pitiful ramping has no place on this forum.

[Davıd Boothroyd]

Jun 10, 2016 12:00:49 GMT Richard Allen said:

This kind of pitiful ramping has no place on this forum.

I don't know, it's always good for a laugh.

And even more if some enthusiastic Greenie goes down to Tooting on the strength of it, then discovers to their surprise that it's not actually very similar to the trendy bits of Lambeth even though it's quite close to it on the map.

[timrollpickering]

Oh dear, have we got a Wolfie Smith style result coming?

[finsobruce]

Jun 10, 2016 12:23:48 GMT timrollpickering said:

Oh dear, have we got a Wolfie Smith style result coming?

6 votes at the Tooting North by election? Won by the Conservative candidate David West.

"Flaming yeti!"

[Andrew_S]

Tories are roughly 10 to 1 with Betfair Exchange:

www.betfair.com/exchange/plus/#/politics/market/1.124734265

[Pete Whitehead]

Tooting

	Mayor 1st Prefs				Mayor 2PP				List				Constituency
Lab	22705	55.0%		Lab	25155	63.5%		Lab	18147	43.8%		Lab	20187	48.8%
Con	13113	31.8%		Con	14449	36.5%		Con	13151	31.8%		Con	14350	34.7%
Grn	1928	4.7%						Grn	3520	8.5%		Grn	3532	8.5%
LD	1210	2.9%						LD	1960	4.7%		LD	1907	4.6%
WEP	761	1.8%						WEP	1875	4.5%		UKIP	1195	2.9%
UKIP	534	1.3%						UKIP	1093	2.6%		Ind	204	0.5%
Resp	310	0.8%						Resp	449	1.1%
Can	219	0.5%						AWP	345	0.8%
Ind	187	0.5%						CPA	314	0.8%
BF	175	0.4%						BF	245	0.6%
BNP	85	0.2%						HPHL	177	0.4%
OLP	39	0.1%						BNP	122	0.3%

[carlton43]

What a low profile campaign even here. No comment, no news, no polls and no reason to believe this will be other than a simple and easy Labour victory. Why has this not assumed a higher profile as it was quite marginal last year? Is it just because it was surrounded by the Mayoralty and Referendum?