London Mayoral Election

Just a thought, but if Sadiq Khan won his election on an inclusivity ticket, wouldn't it seem a bit strange if the first person he excluded was a Londoner who just happens to be the leader of his party?

Zac thanked his team. Did that include Crosby?

Sadiq has won.

Do you think if the Tories are found to have fixed last year's election that Sir Lynton Crosby will have to have his knighthood taken away from him?
That will probably make him the first person to have his knighthood awarded and removed in the same year.
Perhaps Cameron should have waited.

Just a smear, Jalima. Lots of those around.

Haven't a clue. Maybe Khan has ideas to be the next leader of the party. Who knows?

I must admit I don't really care. I'm delighted for Khan, because he does seem to have reached out to a diverse range of people and has done it on his own terms. Not only has he had to remain calm in face of the Tory smears, but he's had a fatwa issued against him for supporting same-sex marriage.

ITV said that Khan had been avoiding Corbyn as much as possible on the campaign trail.
or is that just a smear?

Just listening to Newsnight. It seems that Sadiq winning in London is down to Sadiq, but anything else is down to Corbyn. Typical.
Isn't Corbyn a London MP?

Sorry," in his old seat". Anybody would think I came from Hull.

Jalima!!! There's no way I would pay to read the Daily Mail by buying a print copy!

The by election was an excellent result, with Huw Irranca-Davies going for the Welsh assembly, and Christopher Elmore winning 52% of the vote in is old seat.
That required a lot of faith in the voters.

Just read the whole Daily Mail article. I see it's managed to include all the smears while allegedly congratulating Khan. :-(

I was thinking that the papers have come out early (you mean online, of course, keep up Jalima)

What a bunch of hypocrites writing in the Daily Mail!

I suppose the Conservatives have now realised how much damage was done and Goldsmith will be the scapegoat.

Meanwhile in London....

The Daily Mail has a surprisingly gushing article on our new Mayor - even describing him as 'handsome'!

Pictured with his wife and teenaged, mini-skirted daughters.

Khan

I think it is an indicator of how a lot of Welsh people are going to vote in the referendum.

I was just very surprised that Plaid did not do better and gain more seats (now 12).
I am not sure that the Tories did badly - they lost three seats and now have 11 seats; the Lib Dems did much worse - lost four and only have one seat now.
UKIP have 7 - which is quite a high proportion considering they got a big share of the vote in the UK election and only one seat.

Well, that is partial proportional representation for you (one block). Rather an odd system.

who'd have him - typo (sorry)

Hamilton won in the .mid and West Wales seat, he hasn't been seen in .mid Wales , thank God.

Daphne certainly many Welsh voters have taken leave of their senses!

UKIP?

Neil Hamilton?

Something to be said for first past the post

Neil Hamilton??? The mind boggles - I can't get over it!

Hamilton and the rest of the UKIP lot were voted in under the PR block . UKIP got it's votes from the farming areas . I was cross when the Beed said .leanne had taken the Welsh valleys for Plaid - no, she took one valley and she was born and bred in the Rhondda. I have canvassed for weeks, hardly anyone mentioned Corbyn , it was all what affects Wales , the farmers and getting out of Europe , the valleys and the loss of the steel works . I was pleased with the results in Wales - not with UKIP though - labour has been the government for seventeen years and lost just one seat to Plaid . The Tories did badly , talk of the Wales Tory leader standing down. The Libs won one seat, Kirsty Williams, she has stood down as Wales lib leader . There was one bi election, labour held Ogmore . So apart from UKIP who did gain Tory voters , Wales is still labour

Thanks for the explanation Welshwife. That's the system which is used in Germany.

I don't think Hamilton has another job (who's have him? lol), but will he still get paid if he doesn't attend? That's what UKIP MEPs do in the European Parliament.

Well, at least he is Welsh
He was born in Fleur-de-Lis, near Blackwood - the South Wales town which is home to the Manic Street Preachers - and grew up in the Carmarthenshire town of Ammanford.

Mark Reckless was born in London and I don't know about the five other new AMs

Absolutely right Jen --- fancy having Neil Hamilton as an Assembly member - he said in his interview today that he has never been inside the building yet!!! He and Christine were drinking champagne for breakfast!!

In Wales, I mean.

All UKIP were elected through the PR system. It sort of puts me off.

Interestingly as I live in France now I can still vote in local elections and also parliamentary ones but not Assembly ones. Although in fact at this election there was a by-election in my constituency as the MP resigned his seat in Westminster to stand for the Senydd - he has been a very good MP and was elected to the Assembly.