tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316904890367789805.post1867255529856545073..comments2023-11-05T07:18:30.231+00:00Comments on Hug A Hoodie: Paddick has flipped his lidJonny Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07414994559548890103noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316904890367789805.post-67949895611023942122008-05-08T11:48:00.000+01:002008-05-08T11:48:00.000+01:00Is it just possible that he decide that it hardly ...Is it just possible that he decide that it hardly matters who else he voted for becasue its a wasted vote. He was quite open about saying that he didnt want either Ken OR Boris in so how could he chose between two people he equally didnt want in. I did almost the same thing and wasted my second vote on the basis that I didnt want Ken OR Boris and everyone else stood such a small chance of getting in i might as well use it as a protest vote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316904890367789805.post-2931503468515133392008-05-06T22:33:00.000+01:002008-05-06T22:33:00.000+01:00Right, so he's more of a dummy than a commieRight, so he's more of a dummy than a commieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316904890367789805.post-23285783097633587762008-05-06T00:10:00.000+01:002008-05-06T00:10:00.000+01:00I'm not entirely sure I'd agree with that analysis...I'm not entirely sure I'd agree with that analysis Sam; I don't think Paddick was masquerading as anything. I think it's more down to shocking political stupidity/naïvety, rather than some sort of far-left conspiracy.Jonny Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07414994559548890103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316904890367789805.post-90142568037746421722008-05-05T13:37:00.000+01:002008-05-05T13:37:00.000+01:00I didn't expect anything different, to be frank. I...I didn't expect anything different, to be frank. I always suspected Paddick to be firmly planted on the far-left, masquerading as a centrist to get into office.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316904890367789805.post-44752079598440251012008-05-03T14:15:00.000+01:002008-05-03T14:15:00.000+01:00For what it's worth, if you did the Vote Match tes...For what it's worth, if you did the Vote Match test and answered with Lib Dem policies, the Left List came out 2nd to Brian as the best match.... strange times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316904890367789805.post-45149255092332286682008-05-03T13:07:00.000+01:002008-05-03T13:07:00.000+01:00Good post. I too was shocked and am still disappoi...Good post. I too was shocked and am still disappointed.<BR/><BR/>I had a few visits to my blog linked to from the Urban 75 place the other day - wasn't sure what it was but it rang a bell. Only just recalled that I booked the band I used to manage in for a couple of gigs with them a while ago; now remember that at the time they were seemingly linked to some kind of anarcho-syndicalist bunch.<BR/><BR/>(excuse my crap prose, am typing quickly, need to stop blogging and have a remotely normal Saturday...)Haribohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11353292402895107855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316904890367789805.post-66722368781276281522008-05-03T11:13:00.000+01:002008-05-03T11:13:00.000+01:00Yon man justified his 2nd pref on the grounds Germ...Yon man justified his 2nd pref on the grounds German was the only non-homophobic candidate in the race. This being Lindsey German who dismissively referred to gay rights as a "shibboleth", and who until not very long ago was in an unholy coalition with some lovely people who, er, shall we say, don't have gay rights as a shibboleth, not by a long chalk.<BR/><BR/>Voting for a candidate solely on the basis of your sexuality, though? I thought Libs would have opposed Ken's pigeonhole and interest-group politics?<BR/><BR/>At least today we're all Londoners.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316904890367789805.post-3806908061320785882008-05-02T23:42:00.000+01:002008-05-02T23:42:00.000+01:00To be honest, I can quite understand his voting Li...To be honest, I can quite understand his voting Lindsey German. It's not a choice I would have made, but when you've just spent two months or so desperately trying to make anyone see you as viable next to a man who has come to the end of his natural political lifespan, and a clown, I can understand that a vote for either of them would seem stick in the craw.<BR/><BR/>Greens, maybe, but to be honest they're not a serious party. The left list at least had some substance. Maybe disagreeable substance, but...Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15432543456476489561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316904890367789805.post-73677806347232134312008-05-02T22:21:00.000+01:002008-05-02T22:21:00.000+01:00I'm not too well-up on his record in Lambeth, but ...I'm not too well-up on his record in Lambeth, but I had a flick through his comments on the Urban75 forum, and if anything they're quite the opposite. From his posts there, he really does come across as a conviction liberal. (Alex Wilcock has <A HREF="http://loveandliberty.blogspot.com/2007/09/brian-paddick-hes-not-messiah-hes-very.html" REL="nofollow">a very good analysis of those comments.</A>Jonny Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07414994559548890103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316904890367789805.post-41343767199511993482008-05-02T22:10:00.000+01:002008-05-02T22:10:00.000+01:00But Paddick is a loony-lefty, he made that clear e...But Paddick is a loony-lefty, he made that clear enough in his tenure in Lambeth, and comments on anarchist websites. That the party courted him so assiduiouly then is quite an indicator of how badly we need a good talent-spotter in the party.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com