Comments on: Will Londoners Send Their Mayor Packing?

By: mylai

mylai — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:29:56 +0000

Cheers to the Londoners!

By: USpace

USpace — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:38:00 +0000

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YEY BORIS! Boris may be a buffoon, but at least he’s not a communist one.

Bloody good news! Praise the Lord! Thank God! There is hope for Londonistan. What will Red Ken do next?

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absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
elect a communist

someone who will work full-time
to destroy your country

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By: Dave Barnes

Dave Barnes — Sat, 03 May 2008 15:37:51 +0000

Final score is Boris 53% and Red Ken 47%. Good bye Ken.

By: Laughs, Labour’s lost « A South Park Republican

Laughs, Labour’s lost « A South Park Republican — Sat, 03 May 2008 15:06:22 +0000

[...] Politiker darf sich erster Tory-Bürgermeister von London nennen. Die Zeit von Livingstone, dem roten Ken, sind vorbei. Auch in fast allen anderen Teilen des Landes musste Labor die größten Verlust seit [...]

By: Javelin

Javelin — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:33:04 +0000

Teh reason I initially dislike this man went back to 2003 just before the Wonderful Liberation(for sharia’h) Iraq. There was that Miss Universe Contest in Nigeria that the Islamo killers used as an excuse to lot riot and kill. Mr. Livingstone then refused the contest’s bid to relocate to safer London, blaming these utterly innocent people for the brutality of the Nigerian Muslims. I realize that contests like that are dumb and PC, but they are harmless too. Meanhwile, he sucks up to every Islamo-dirtbag he can find.

By: Britmex

Britmex — Thu, 01 May 2008 01:08:27 +0000

Well, I don’t feel any need to support Ken Livingstone because the aim of my first comment was to point out young Gimlet’s error.

If I lived in London – which I don’t – then I would probably vote for Lindsay German on the first preference and then switch to Ken for my second. I say probably because there are a lot of things that Ken has done that I don’t like, such as cuddling up to the City.

That aside, my original point still stands – all council groups elect or re-elect their leader after every election, so what happened 30+ years ago in London was quite normal.

Gimlet, not for the first, was simply repeating an old Tory line that didn’t work then and won’t now.

By: Robert L. Mayo

Robert L. Mayo — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:06:51 +0000

Hey, don’t feel bad, it could be worse. We in Washington, DC had Marion Barry as mayor. Livingstone may be a one fry short of a happy meal, but at least he’s never been videotaped smoking crack.

(Reference for our non-American speaking friends:)
A couple of fries short of a happy meal
The lights are on but nobody’s home
Not the sharpest knife in the drawer
As sharp as a bowling ball
Couldn’t pour water out of a boot with instructions on the heel
Donated his brain to science before he was done using it
Elevator doesn’t go to the top floor
Has delusions of adequacy
Fell out of the Stupid tree and hit every branch on the way down
The lights are flashing, the gate’s down, but the train ain’t coming
Was left on the tilt-a-whirl too long as a baby
If you stand close enough to him you can hear the ocean

By: commenter

commenter — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:25:52 +0000

Kamm really manages to get under the skin of the Saddam/Milosevic (and apparently Livingstone) fans doesn’t he?

By: triviaqueen

triviaqueen — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:52:20 +0000

triviaqueen
“ad hominem” – do Oxfords best still use this rather tired old slipper.

If the tired old slipper fits, wear it!

And no, I am not our author, or “Gimlet” as you so wittily call him. I observe Red Ken and his Merry Men from the quieter though admittedly slightly shallower waters of southern California, USA.

By: Pru

Pru — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:00:22 +0000

Andrew Dodge (D being for desperate, Gimlet?) seriosuly, after this I have to go.
Is Donald Rumsfeld or Tricky-Dicky Cheney or naughty Condi Rice Jewish? Think not! They all bought in Oliver and the list exposes lots of non Jewish neo Cons, like Tony Blair for instance – Nu Labour, Nu catholic for which I don’t blame the Pope. So lets leave religion out of this shall we Gimlet. We know that Neo Cons/ Neo Liberals (whatever tag sells it to Joe public)use sectarianism. There are laws against inciting racial hatred, I’d becareful if I was you.