Greater London Authority Elections

[HermioneMakepeace]

Hello, I am new to London and this is the first time I will be voting in the GLA elections. Does anybody know if there are any GC candidates? I suspect not, but want to vote for someone who represents my views if possible.

I think the WEP are putting forward candidates - but then they aren't GC!

I saw this yesterday and couldn’t believe my ears! David Kurton

That old beardy guy at the end! I do love a bit of mansplaining. He's out of touch. The blimmin House of Lords had to put the word mother back in a maternity policy, but yeah, we all halucinated that happening.

I actually felt sorry for Sadiq Khan in that video. He obviously thinks it’s a load of shit but has to toe the line.

Here are the candidates for Mayor of London. Some interesting characters. Although I laughed when I saw that Sian Berry was running on behalf of The Greens. She’s more than ruined her chances with all this Amie Challoner business.

I just came to see if there was a thread about this. I'm baffled by the intellectual dishonesty after watching that video.

Sadiq Khan has said that he believes that "trans women are women" and "trans men are men". Right. Fine. He has a right to hold that belief.

But given that, the clear and simple answer to David Kurten's question of do you think some women have male reproductive organs? was just...

Yes.

So say that, Sadiq!

I just came to see if there was a thread about this. I'm baffled by the intellectual dishonesty after watching that video

Yes, quite something, isn't it?

I've never yearned for Jeremy Paxman more.

This is a refresher of the candidates standing.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-55748037

Surely the only option is Count Binface?

Shame we can’t bin the lot of them.

What about Farah London? Does anyone know her policies?

What is the Heritage Party when it's at home?

@Mumofgirlswholiketoplaywithmud

What about Farah London? Does anyone know her policies?

Ex-Conservative, with some progressive policies (no council tax for under-25s, I think).

Seems more centrist and less crackers than some of the other candidates from what I can tell.

I'm not sure where she stands on women's rights or the twaw/GC debate.

@PotholeHellhole

What is the Heritage Party when it's at home?

Very socially conservative.

Anti TTIP, ECHR and Paris Climate Agreement.

Pro Green Belt.

Anti COVID passports.

I don't feel sorry for Sadiq Khan at all he's an adult who is choosing to spout lies because it's better for his career. Not a thought for the children being damaged by this ideology or the women who are expected to just put up with it

And when he says (very patronisingly) that the interviewer is in danger of conflating sex and gender - yes that's because the ideology he espouses insists that having a female gender identity makes you the female biological sex and gives you access to spaces and things which are only for the female sex.

So he can fuck right off

@PotholeHellhole Heritage Party want to stop immigration and bus lanes.

Well, that's not the goer I was hoping for.

I suppose the right-wing candidates are quite used to being jeered at in the Guardian et al, so adding "the empress has no clothes and has a penis! That's an emperor" to the portfolio isn't the same sacrifice it would be for the Labour, Lib-Dem and Green Party candidates.

No, exactly.

@SmallPug

Surely the only option is Count Binface?

Count Binface allllllllll the way

Although, if you were going to vote for Fox as a GC protest vote, Kurten is actually a current politician and London Assembly member.

There's always the risk one's protest vote might win, so I do think you have to consider whether they've got any idea of what the job involves.

Screw it, vote for the Count. Usher in a renaissance of government by the aristocracy.

It would be Binface for me. Khan, Berry and Reid can absolutely fuck off.

What questions should we be asking them?

I am tempted to vote for Binface at least as first preference.