Comments on: UK local elections today

By: yucca

yucca — Fri, 04 May 2007 09:56:16 +0000

@nosemonkey: no, it came too late ;-)
i had already voted labour+green

By: Armin

Armin — Thu, 03 May 2007 20:07:37 +0000

Even non-Brits can vote, provided they are EU citizens and live in the UK.

I voted. A few days ago already. Unfortunately not combined with a nice walk over a beach like John, but instead I just stayed at my computer. Call me lazy if you want.

I might have had a Laphroaig afterwards though.

By: Epi

Epi — Thu, 03 May 2007 19:59:14 +0000

As a northern Irish Catholic living in London, most people in England yucca can be found to agree with nose monkey, including myself.

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 03 May 2007 18:20:41 +0000

The national/local split is a bit spurious. I'm not fed up with Tony Blair as an individual – or even as a Prime Minister – so much as I'm fed up with Labour, including Labour in local government. Our local councillor is probably a very nice person and a conscientious representative, but I doubt she's either able or willing to go against the party line.

By: Devil's Kitchen

Devil's Kitchen — Thu, 03 May 2007 15:53:38 +0000

Colquhouns, eh? We're probably (relatively closely) related then…

By: John Kirriemuir

John Kirriemuir — Thu, 03 May 2007 15:50:40 +0000

Hello from Berneray (population 128) in the Outer Hebrides. Have voted, and blogged, and taken pictures. A fine day for it all: http://www.silversprite.com/?p=292 Hope the weather is as good for you there.

By: nosemonkey

nosemonkey — Thu, 03 May 2007 11:20:27 +0000

North of the border you're never very impressed with anything us lot to the south do – FACT…

(Has the cultural stereotyping and lack of appreciation for the contributions Scotland has made to Britain in the final paragraph convinced you to vote SNP, then – or do I need to throw in a few references to men in skirts, Irn Bru, deep-fried Mars bars, incoherent drunkards and smack addicts to really do the job? Heh…)

By: yucca

yucca — Thu, 03 May 2007 11:11:04 +0000

north of the border we weren't very impressed by your last paragraph, nosemonkey