Police and Crime Commissioner elections

[susie123]

Originally Posted by Less

Same here, I wonder, was it planned? Surely there should be more of an outcry claiming we just aren't responsible?

Or is this the introduction of the way all elections shall be conducted in future?

Tell 'em nowt then when they complain, it's their own fault?

Good point Less, for once a conspiracy theory I can go along with!

[Less]

Originally Posted by susie123

Good point Less, for once a conspiracy theory I can go along with!

I must admit, it felt like that when I posted. Perhaps I owe Mags a big apology?

Maybe it's too late, OMG we're all DOOMED.

[accyman]

Originally Posted by cashman

So theres only 5 idiots in Donny then.

wishfull thinking ..

it was because only 5 of them could spell "X"

[steve2qec]

I didn't vote.....but I would've done if it had been a referendum on whether we should have Police and Crime Commissioners.

[Margaret Pilkington]

I didn't vote. I didn't know enough about the candidates, well other than they want to be paid and they were all members of political parties...and most held some political position.
Why would we believe that they would do anything to improve policing.? Or that they would listen to the concerns of local people?(and anyway how local is local?)

The money that they are going to be paid would have been better spent in 'putting feet on the streets'.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Anyway Lord Prescott...of two jags fame, failed in his bid to be elected to the role.

[Guinness]

Hmm..our guy, who, incidentally, couldn't even be bothered to give an acceptance/thank you speech to the mugs who put him there, polled 39% of the vote, even when they used their own bastardised version of proportional representation he only polled 52% of the vote.

Given that Parliament decided that you need 55% in the house to be considered a majority, shouldn't there be a second round of voting, or is that only for the political elite and not us plebs?

By their own criteria there should be another vote.

Won't hold my breath though.

Especially for you Margaret..a nice picture of prezzer

BREAKING: Prezza Knocked Out - Guy Fawkes' blog

[Wynonie Harris]

Lovely, I always enjoy seeing that fat, useless slob hacked off.

Elsewhere, quite a good turn out for UKIP in the Corby bye-election. Around 5000 votes, pushing the totally discredited LibDems into 4th place. Hopefully more people are waking up and refusing to be Con/Lab stooges anymore.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Lovely, I always enjoy seeing that fat, useless slob hacked off.

Elsewhere, quite a good turn out for UKIP in the Corby bye-election. Around 5000 votes, pushing the totally discredited LibDems into 4th place. Hopefully more people are waking up and refusing to be Con/Lab stooges anymore.

UKIPs best ever result it said on 6-00 news,

[Margaret Pilkington]

Thanks Guinness......that will keep the children away from the fire...and the cats off the 'petty' wall.

[Eric]

Seems like the big story is the low turn out. One polling station reports having not one voter show up.

[Margaret Pilkington]

So Clive Grunshaw...a resident of Fleetwood is going to be our new Police and Crime Commissioner at a salary of £85,000 per annum.

Fleetwood...is that local? Will he understand the policing needs of Hyndburn?
More to the point will he be interested in the policing needs of anywhere other than his local (wyre borough) area. Call me cynical, but I don't think he will.

[MargaretR]

We are serfs in a feudal system.

When you don't vote, you withold your consent to be governed.

The illusion of democracy can't be maintained when no votes are cast.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

We are serfs in a feudal system.

Speak fer yerself, i aint no serf.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

We are serfs in a feudal system.

When you don't vote, you withold your consent to be governed.

The illusion of democracy can't be maintained when no votes are cast.

Don't know if I could go along with the first two ... But the last one. I think I can handle that. The low, the abysmal voter turnouts speak of something more significant than apathy. It's kind of revolutionary.