I’ve been looking at the final results of the London elections on the London Elects website and I’m confused. Under Turnout and Technical Information, it state the following: Electorate: 5,419,913 Papers counted / turnout: 2,456,990 Turnout: 45.33% Good votes 1st choice: 2,415,958 2nd choice: 2,004,078 Rejected votes * 1st choice: 41,032 2nd choice: 412,054 Blank… Continue reading Just how many spoilt ballot papers were there?
Month: May 2008
Brian Coleman: Blinging Idiot and the new power behind the throne?
Julian H reports a rather bizarre Mandelson-style acceptance speech from the foul-mouthed, chain-obsessive excuse for Barnet and Camden’s GLA member. The most under-reported aspect of this election is the fact that as the Tories have more than a third of Assembly seats, the new Mayor will be accountable to the Tory Assembly Group not the… Continue reading Brian Coleman: Blinging Idiot and the new power behind the throne?
My verdict on the Paddick campaign
My piece on Comment is Free this morning is rather less “sunshine and buttercups” than my effort yesterday: Has the light at the end of the tunnel I was detecting yesterday turned out to be a freight train moving at speed in the wrong direction? Maybe not, but there is no disguising the fact that… Continue reading My verdict on the Paddick campaign