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Originally Posted by VanNistelrater
Have Londoners all gone mental, though? Why do they hate Ken? Genuine question, I haven't really followed mayoral politics extensively tbh!
Do you think London will go Tory overall at the next election btw?
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Granted i am only one Londoner of an estimated 5 million who couldl vote in these election.
However, i do feel that there is genuine anti-Ken sentiment out there, it goes beyond the fact that he has served two terms already.
From my PoV i have my doubts as to if he truly cares for this city.
Whether it be his handling of The Tube, his attempts to dominate the boroughs, bendy buses, crime, planning orders, rumours of waste and corruption linked to city hall, he has quite the carge sheet.
And for a city so reliant on tourism, the disadvantagous price rises on public transport if you dont 'have an Oyster card are insane.
I can respect him for soem of his green initiatives and his indepence but there is more than enough bad there believe you me. Borris has none of the abvoe to his name, and sounds like he ahs some fresh ideas to bring to the table.
Here's one for you, did you know that a recent study said that London streets are now mreo congested than they were before the CC, not with cars but with endless buses that are forever stuck in jams at that.
Then there is jsut some of his underlying national politics and the man himself, something spooky. lol
And as to your last point and the General Election, well London and the South East in general is traditionally more blue than red, my constituency returned a Tory MP in place of a Labour one at the last election. The government lost a faire few of its earlier Blair year gains inside the M25 a couple of years abck.
Some telling figures from tonight were released not long ago, and they were the projected national share of the vote.
Conservatives 44%
Labour 24%
Not too shabby IMO, it could slip a point or two but accurate enough. The resutls look like being Labour's worst on a local level for more than 25 years.