Voters Apathy

[alluvial]

Ah, went and did it.
Only Labour and a few independants on the card so as I can't bring myself to vote Labour put my three Xs next to the Independants.
Then got a gobfull from the missus as apparently it's the fault of the independants that the local education system is in special measures and they're all a bunch of useless twunts.
I was disappointed at the lack of choice though, not even a Tory candidate standing. This is of course a very Labour area (it was us that caused TB to start swearing about the Welsh) but I would have thought some other party would have had a go.

Hmm, plan B maybe to join a political party that has popular support and stand as a councillor, think of the expenses.

[Scoobos]

I called my local council yesterday (Maidenhead + Windsor) , went blue in the face asking where my ballot paper was ....

"We haven't got any elections until november"

I think thats the opposite to Apathy, but its certainly very bloody embarrasing...

[MarillionFan]

I called my local council yesterday (Maidenhead + Windsor) , went blue in the face asking where my ballot paper was ....

"We haven't got any elections until november"

I think thats the opposite to Apathy, but its certainly very bloody embarrasing...

The Indian delivery guy just asked me if I voted today. Nah, I said I don't vote in London. But there were local elections he said. Oh says I. Did you vote? No, I'm not a allowed.

Even the bobs are paying more attention.

[alluvial]

I called my local council yesterday (Maidenhead + Windsor) , went blue in the face asking where my ballot paper was ....

"We haven't got any elections until november"

I think thats the opposite to Apathy, but its certainly very bloody embarrasing...

Nice one.
Beats all the voters turning up to vote yesterday and complaining about kids running around in the playground.

[minestrone]

I'm just about to go down and vote.

The conservative bloke was pretty decent when I raised an issue that the council continually ignored so I owe him 5 minutes of my time to run down to the polling booth.

Result

1126: GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL: Ward 6 Pollokshields; result 1 SNP, 1 Con, 1 Lab. Glasgow's one Conservative councillor survives.

[Scrag Meister]

Went and put a couple of Xs in boxes last night, only a 15 min trip to walk, vote and come home.

Go Boris!!

[OwlHoot]

From the BBC News live update:

12:38pm: The UK Independence Party have unseated the Conservative leader of Tunbridge Wells borough council in Kent. Piers Wauchope - a barrister and a former Conservative councillor in London - defeated Robert Atwood in his Rusthall ward by just 46 votes. The Tories are defending a fifteen-seat majority on the council.

UKIP definitely seem to be making ground now.