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Tim Roll-Pickering · June 27th 11, 01:23 PM posted to uk.transport.london

d wrote:

On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:32:15 +0100
"Tim Roll-Pickering" wrote:
People tend to vote more on perceptions of right priorities, competence,
honesty and so forth, which the policies feed into. It's rare for a single

Yeah , right. People - if they even think when they vote and don't just
vote
for the party they've always voted for or their parents voted for -
usually
just vote for the party they think will benefit them the most , not the
country as a whole.

Possibly quite true, although many do believe their interests and the
country as a whole's interests coincide and vote for those with priorities
to help such interests. But substantially the point stands - single policies
rarely do much on their own, though the adoption of the policy helps the
overall image.

distance. The result overall is that London increasingly feels a naturally
left leaning city, even if the Conservatives are still able to win some

Depends what you mean by london. If you just mean the inner city chavvy
dole
scroungers and immigrant infested scumbag areas or the right-on muesli
munching
camden and hampstead areas then yes. If you mean the outer suburbs then
mostly
no.

You've put your finger on part of the problem. Traditionally the outer
suburbs don't feel a great connection to "London", especially when its
regional governance has been very much focused on inner London. The postal
addresses out there historically not including "London" in them don't help
in reminding them they are actually under the GLA. Boris's campaign in 2008
identified the outer suburbs as an area of potential if the vote could be
got out (and it's telling that some of the local Labour Parties most
sceptical if not hostile to Livingstone are in the outer suburbs) and
managed to tap into it. More normally the voting patterns across Greater
London as a whole see the left on top now.