Archive for the 'Ealing elections 2010' Category

One in sixteen votes lost

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

I have seen a lot of ballot papers over the last two days. When the Ealing ballot boxes were opened on Thursday night they were sorted and counted to confirm the number in each box. At this stage it was possible to see the papers and take a straw poll of the result. [...]

The people have spoken

Friday, May 7th, 2010

As I commiserated with ex-councillor Vlod Barczuk tonight he quoted American political fixer Dick Tuck who said:
The people have spoken, the bastards.
Vold has been a great councillor and Ealing has lost a good servant. Vlod is not the first person to use this quote. Ealing North MP, Stephen Pound used it himself on [...]

Four votes today

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

There are two elections in Ealing today.
Please vote for David Cameron and the Conservatives. We need a strong, capable leader to take us through the next few years. Gordon Brown and Labour have systematically wrecked our finances. Don’t let them blame it on the banks or the credit crunch or [...]

Don’t forget there are two elections

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

This piece from the BBC serves as a reminder that there are two elections on Thursday. As well as the general election there will be local elections in 164 councils involving something over 4,000 council seats. It is news to many on the doorstep that there will be two elections and two voting [...]

Three jobs Nigel

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

I don’t think that “Three jobs Nigel” is a phrase that will catch on not having any rhyme or alliteration. It is still worth asking though what is LibDem candidate for Ealing Southall, Nigel Bakhai, playing at?
It is not unusual for councillors who are standing as parliamentary candidates to stand for both [...]

BBC man stands in Ealing

Monday, April 19th, 2010

It may not be such a big shock that a BBC employee who lives in Ealing is standing as a Labour candidate but Chris Summers is a real twerp. He is standing as a Labour candidate in the Northolt Mandeville ward, see here.
The Guido Fawkes blog has unmasked Summers as a BBC [...]