[Closed] Zac Goldsmith

Expected result, congratulations to Kahn who can be a real positice force.

Very hard for a Tory to win given London's political bias, Boris was exceptional and Goldsmith imo was a strange choice of candidate.

@dd just had 2 wonderful days in the Lakes followed by today in the North Yorkshire Dales - rather more interesting the STW chat threads. Elections have gone as expected with slight surpirse that SNP have lost their majority and UKIP success in Wales,

Can we just agree that Richmond is a nice place and that mefty is very lucky?

Of course...

Technically they are south of the river too. Scumbags. 😈

It includes some bits of North Kingston, so some not so nice areas.

I think what is being missed here is that the likes of Goldsmiths constituency and that of James Berry's next door, is that there has been a large change in the demographic make up of these areas.

In other words more tory voters have moved in.

Can we just agree that Richmond is a nice place and that mefty is very lucky?

Yes, but Croydon is much maligned - the figures I heard quoted at a meeting for how many refugees that Croydon has people willing to house them were astounding.

Some interesting comments tonight, I see Ken Clarke's described Goldsmith's campaign as "eccentric". Livingtone'll be kicking himself for not using that line.

Croydon is part of the London doughnut ring! We had a Tory council a couple of years ago. We even had the first LibDem MP in the UK. Much maligned yes, but we're proper posh.

Boris was exceptional

Well, he was certainly different...

Let's hope Saddiq Khan has bought a hands-free kit. And good luck finding that story anywhere on the internet.

Our Tory PCC got back in, and even managed to blame serious and organised crime in Thames Valley on our leaky national borders...

The Tories fielded the wrong candidate.

What is he known for/successful at?

Semantics indeed, my comment was based on a survey of insurers who reckoned a combo of wealth., education, house prices, life expectancy, access to big parks 😉 etc made it the most 'prosperous'. I lived over the river and looked on with envy* from Brentford for several years.

Zacs sister has tried to say that his campaign didn't reflect his real beliefs, (just like most politicians, then)
Other Tories are also washing their hands of his tactics, conveniently forgetting that Cameron spent the whole of PMQs using them this week

It'll take a while to detoxify brand Zac

Boris was 'exceptional' but he was also lucky, he only got a second term by scraping past a lame duck Livingston, whom even the guardian had abandoned last time (Ken should've retired then)

* actually I preferred Brentford, if not for the pollution and murders would happily have stayed.

* actually I preferred Brentford, if not for the pollution and murders would happily have stayed.

And the Heathrow flight path. And the lack of Tube.

I see that Michael Fallon is continuing to perpetuate the smears started in the campaigm despite the threat of legal action from Suliman Gani.

#youlostgetoverit

Good riddance to the twisted piece of s***.

cut&paste from the Grauniad

Khan once met a man called John - I'm not saying it was "the Jihadi John" - let me be clear about this, I don't want to be misunderstood - but Khan has shared platforms with extreme groups before - and I'm just raising this issue because I think it is important - that Khan is dangerous. I'm not emphatically linking Jihadi John and Khan - that would be a mistake, and I am not doing that - and nor am I talking about Khan's faith. I am just saying Jihadi John is Islamic Extremist and Khan knows people called John, and that is just a fact - and shows what circles Khan moves in, and what Labour will tolerate.

I think I have been very clear that I am not saying Khan is an extremist or that he supportsJihadi John but that I personally think that Khan is very dangerous to London and is a member of Labour, and Labour might adopt a policy of stealing all your jewelery - those are just facts.

I am not making links, or saying anything I wouldn't stand by.

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The Tories fielded the wrong candidate.

What is he known for/successful at?

Have you not seen his credentials as an environmental warrior?

[url= http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2009/may/15/lost-in-showbiz-trudie-styler ]Saving the world one private jet at a time[/url]

T[i]hen again, perhaps we simply lack Trudie's vision. In some ways she is profoundly consistent, having previously made the 80-mile journey to the home of fellow ­environmentalist Zac Goldsmith by helicopter. And barely six weeks ago she told the Guardian that she didn't bother carbon offsetting because "we should be looking at the bigger picture".[/i]

[url= http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/politics/politics-headlines/zac-goldsmith-has-lavish-multi-million-pound-tantrum-20160506108643 ]Good take on it from the Mash[/url] 😆

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Nicely summed up by the Mayor of London

But David Cameron and Zac Goldsmith chose to set out to divide London’s communities in an attempt to win votes in some areas and suppress voters in other parts of the city,” he said.

“They used fear and innuendo to try to turn different ethnic and religious groups against each other – something straight out of the Donald Trump playbook. Londoners deserved better and I hope it’s something the Conservative party will never try to repeat.”