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05-05-2011, 17:46
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Re: Hyndburn Local Elections - 5th May
No councillors standing in our ward ( Peel ) as we still Bernard in, though have braved the rain and voted yes to a change!
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05-05-2011, 17:59
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Re: Hyndburn Local Elections - 5th May
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Originally Posted by lindsay ormerod
No councillors standing in our ward ( Peel ) as we still Bernard in, though have braved the rain and voted yes to a change!
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Is this "change" the proportional voting thing?
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05-05-2011, 18:02
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Re: Hyndburn Local Elections - 5th May
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come on folks .. get out and vote .. then you can all complain as much as you want ... as ive always said .. if you dont vote then dont complain when things get bad ....
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Tell ya what Jen its usually them as don't vote who do all the moaning
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05-05-2011, 18:03
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Re: Hyndburn Local Elections - 5th May
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Is this "change" the proportional voting thing?
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Got it in one Eric
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05-05-2011, 18:22
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Re: Hyndburn Local Elections - 5th May
No to AV.
Have not voted Blue or Red .. just our local Independent. Ok, he's a bit of a divvy, but know he cares about our little community.
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05-05-2011, 18:25
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Re: Hyndburn Local Elections - 5th May
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Got it in one Eric
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Hey, not all colonials is dumb ... and I got Ossy blood in me too Any Websters left in town?
Proportional voting is a great idea, one whose time has not yet arrived.
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05-05-2011, 18:25
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Re: Hyndburn Local Elections - 5th May
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Has the next mayor been fingered yet?
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No, he always walks that way
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05-05-2011, 18:31
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Re: Hyndburn Local Elections - 5th May
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Hey, not all colonials is dumb ... and I got Ossy blood in me too Any Websters left in town?
Proportional voting is a great idea, one whose time has not yet arrived.
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Don't think so Eric new Mr. Webster the plumber (can remember his first name for the life in me) and his lovely wife Gladys, two sons one was called Ronnie and the other david (I think) My Webster died a long long time ago, nearly sure Gladys is too, she was in a nursing home in Rishton but that was a few years ago, one of the sons live down the Ribble Valley not sure where the other one is though
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05-05-2011, 18:38
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Re: Hyndburn Local Elections - 5th May
Well I voted this morning No, I agree with Jen if you dont vote you cant really winge.
Lets see what happens eh?
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05-05-2011, 18:42
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Re: Hyndburn Local Elections - 5th May
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Don't think so Eric new Mr. Webster the plumber (can remember his first name for the life in me) and his lovely wife Gladys, two sons one was called Ronnie and the other david (I think) My Webster died a long long time ago, nearly sure Gladys is too, she was in a nursing home in Rishton but that was a few years ago, one of the sons live down the Ribble Valley not sure where the other one is though
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Went to school with a Ronnie Webster ... think I was vaguely related to him ....
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05-05-2011, 18:43
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Re: Hyndburn Local Elections - 5th May
By the way, when will the results start coming in?
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05-05-2011, 18:47
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Re: Hyndburn Local Elections - 5th May
Polling stations open until 2200 hrs, so some time after that, with possibly early guesstimates around the witching hour.
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05-05-2011, 18:56
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Re: Hyndburn Local Elections - 5th May
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Polling stations open until 2200 hrs, so some time after that, with possibly early guesstimates around the witching hour.
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Mmmm ... that would be 5 more minutes.
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05-05-2011, 18:57
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Re: Hyndburn Local Elections - 5th May
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Went to school with a Ronnie Webster ... think I was vaguely related to him ....
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Ya Ronnie was my age Eric, remembered his dads name now it was Dick Webster ran his own plumbing business in Ossy for years lived on Ward Avenue for years
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05-05-2011, 19:01
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Re: Hyndburn Local Elections - 5th May
Well I did make the effort to get there but found It rather intimidating so I left, place was full of people talking in a strange language and not a PC in sight.
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