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# Given nothing has been posted in two hours
Boris or Ken?

I quite like our bumbling current mayor on comic value, but to be quite frank I simply can't find any ounce within me to ever justify voting for a Tory; the concept simply seems dark and repugnant. But Ken, I actually have grown to really dislike him. He seems wrapped by ego and some god given right to be London's mayor. Though I do approve of his pledge to lower public transport costs, which are obscene these days.

Edit: Have a macaw




(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Wed 2 May 2012, 22:40, archived)
# At least post a pic
rather than bringing LOLitics into this.

There's a seporate board for talk, yknow.
(I helped save b3ta! taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong, Wed 2 May 2012, 22:43, archived)
# Full of tossers
why I don't bother
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Wed 2 May 2012, 22:44, archived)
# Weirdly that was my answer to your original post
SHAZAM! satire.
(I helped save b3ta! thecrapgatsby isn't listening LALALALALALA, Wed 2 May 2012, 22:48, archived)
#
Full of tossers Dog rapists.
(Gratch Sit Ubu sit, Wed 2 May 2012, 22:50, archived)
# Here, have this one
No, it's not supposed to make sense
(I helped save b3ta! Photoshop Bitch 2014 edition, Wed 2 May 2012, 22:57, archived)
# Toy Tory
(I helped save b3ta! Elvis impersonator, Wed 2 May 2012, 23:12, archived)
# Boz Lightyear
(I helped save b3ta! Dick Wonder ₐ wₒₙₖy, wₐᵥy wₒₙdₑᵣ, Thu 3 May 2012, 0:57, archived)
# Much as they are both awful
I imagine things would be marginally better under Ken.
Also what taters says; ninja in a pic pls
(I helped save b3ta! Photoshop Bitch 2014 edition, Wed 2 May 2012, 22:44, archived)
#
Ken said "jews aren't any different to anyone else" and got condemned as anti-semitic for it. This makes me laugh, so Ken gets points.
(Good Penny, Thu 3 May 2012, 8:34, archived)
# I'm from way up north.
To me, it matters little.

But we did have a chat in the pub about Boris on Friday, and we all reached the conclusion that people vote for him because of how bumbling and incompetent he is, because the public figure they're going to get fucked whoever they vote for, so it might as well be someone funny.
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Wed 2 May 2012, 22:45, archived)
# Well spotted.
They are all awful, so I personally went for comedy value. I don't think I'll even bother this time.
(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Wed 2 May 2012, 22:48, archived)
# You must bother, otherwise all this democracy lurk seems pointless, Sundae
I am just not sure what I will be voting for tomorrow, an individual or for a party
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Wed 2 May 2012, 22:52, archived)
# it may be worth bearing in mind
that the only two things the Mayor really has an influence on are transport and the police. The rest is down to councils or Central Govt, so ignore all the other bollocks and see who you agree with most on those two.
(I helped save b3ta! thecrapgatsby isn't listening LALALALALALA, Wed 2 May 2012, 22:56, archived)
# I'll never vote blue
If you are on on a good salary and reasonably comfortable in life, it should be human nature not to be to miffed about a bit of extra tax you aren't really going to notice benefiting the rest of society.

(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Wed 2 May 2012, 23:09, archived)
# Jahled, it breaks my heart, honestly.
Millions died over the years for me to have the right to walk into a polling station and make my opinion count.
But Boris is a buffoon, and less funny than he was.
Ken is a slimeball.
Lib dems don't know the public at all.
Greens are insane.
UKIP has naff all to do with local government.
BNP are... well.
No matter what I vote, fares will go up, rent will go up and the standard of living will fall.
(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Wed 2 May 2012, 23:10, archived)
# Grim times
That seems like a fairly reasonable assessment of what's up. Poor old Brian Paddock seems quite likeable but his party well and truly lost the plot getting into bed with the Tories. I've voted Green once in my life as a protest vote, but not again; we would be left with a bit of pocket money after their taxes
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Wed 2 May 2012, 23:24, archived)
# ^ This is exactly what's up with it all.
(I helped save b3ta! discomeats This canoe, Wed 2 May 2012, 23:40, archived)
# I'm not big on politics; it's theatre for ugly people.
It all seems rather futile, because let's face it, nobody voted for what we have now, a battered and bruised system that sort of resembles a government.
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Wed 2 May 2012, 22:53, archived)
# Under all that bumbling is a rabid right-wing lunatic.
He knows what he's doing.
(I helped save b3ta! 4Q just lurking, Wed 2 May 2012, 22:53, archived)
# Exactly this.
I dont do politics, but i like Boris, because he's funny, and appears to be a very unconventional politician. Plus, he lives 5 mins walk up the road from me and i bumped into him outside his house
(I helped save b3ta! taters Bah weep grahnah weep ninibong, Wed 2 May 2012, 22:57, archived)
# Yes
Winter is coming!


(since that is all they talk about up north, it seems.)
(I helped save b3ta! tubaman, Wed 2 May 2012, 23:54, archived)
# Up north, we mainly talk about chippy tea and the plague.
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Wed 2 May 2012, 23:59, archived)
# I talk mostly about stuff that doesn't bore the living shit out of me on a comedy website
LOL
(I helped save b3ta! Ham o' Shatner -.-- --- ..- .-. / .- .-.. .-.. / --. .- -.--, Thu 3 May 2012, 0:08, archived)
# my awesome brother bought me a spanking new bamboo tablet..


this is my firstest ever pic made with it :D
moar practice needed, meethinks LOL.. can't quite grasp the distance between tablet & screen?
(I helped save b3ta! maggenspies mayhaps, Wed 2 May 2012, 22:52, archived)
# Not bad for a first timer :D
That tablet will quickly become one of the finest tools at your disposal. :)
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Wed 2 May 2012, 22:54, archived)
# That's not bad for the first time on a bamboo tablet.
(I helped save b3ta! BorisKarloff is in the back of the classroom forever, Wed 2 May 2012, 22:54, archived)
# yay! thanks both of you :D :D
found it quite intuitive to use... pestered him into getting the touch version & it's a bit.. err touchy & maybe oversensitive.. only gripe is the pen forgets where you think you are quite a bit & bit of a lag to catch up/scrawls across the screen?

edit: & having done loads of stuff in PSElements (& it links straight into that) i haven't had to learn new toolkits etc.. freebase was done on 3 layers
(I helped save b3ta! maggenspies mayhaps, Wed 2 May 2012, 23:00, archived)
# this is good FUCK :)
(I helped save b3ta! Ham o' Shatner -.-- --- ..- .-. / .- .-.. .-.. / --. .- -.--, Thu 3 May 2012, 0:34, archived)
# Your life has just begun now you have a tablet
I got mine for a song (never used) on evilBay for AU$71, still in all the factory wrappers. It sat on my table for three months because I was worried I'd not be able to master it, but after setting up and taking the bull by the horns, I had a go and holy SHIT, I've never looked back. I've never drawn so much in my ruddy life as what I have with this Bamboo.

Congratulations, you are going to have SO much fun!
(I helped save b3ta! Shazzoir Old enough to know better young enough not to care, Thu 3 May 2012, 9:51, archived)
# hey thanks :D your stuff is all tablet?! already cocking about with mine...
got it after seeing David Hockney get to grips with an ipad... also after being on b3ta 9 months & neglecting my own things, think this will be the best of both worlds for a while, and *just maybe* i'll be a bit more productive again :))
(I helped save b3ta! maggenspies mayhaps, Thu 3 May 2012, 10:55, archived)
# I used to like Ken.
gozie.com/video/RRK4A4BHRYX2/-The-comic-strip-presents-GLC-The-Carnage-Continues

Never liked Boris.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Howdy, Wed 2 May 2012, 23:03, archived)
# both ego monsters...
but i still believe that at a basic level, kens motives are more driven towards people, while boris is driven towards shareholders and businesses.

boris has traded off of 'bumbling cartoon' as a career device, while ken is what he is. what you see is what you get.

as a londoner in exile, ken still seems to live and breathe london, while i'm not convinced boris actually breathes.

shame there isn't a viable left of centre alternative.
(I helped save b3ta! moke a man, a plan, a canal, panama!, Wed 2 May 2012, 23:03, archived)
# from a northern choice tomorrow...
...i don't have the option of kicking the tories, as there isn't one for miles round sheffield. i do get to piss on the local lib dems though, who have a council seat to defend.

labour have put up a 21 year old student who is clearly looking to build a career in 'big' politics, from outside our local area so it feels like a miserable choice.

the green party candidate, the only other candidate with a hope, is a hippy with long facial hair, a track record of vegan activism and lead singer of a band called something like 'TreeBeard', and the 'socialist and trade union alliance leaflet reads like a mix of citizen smith and school newspaper.

it's all so disappointing, its made me seriously think about standing as an independent looking represent local micro issues.

all told, the most important thing to happen round here tomorrow is my wife and son coming home from hospital! makes the local machinations seem trivial beyond all calculation.
(I helped save b3ta! moke a man, a plan, a canal, panama!, Wed 2 May 2012, 23:09, archived)
# agreed
Politics in Sheffield are depressing. I was faced with a similar lack of options on my polling card. At the moment it seems to boil down to which one of these fuckwits would you least mind fucking you dry
(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Thu 3 May 2012, 10:08, archived)
# yay parrots
in a Spanish show saw some wearing roller skates and riding scooters -true fact
(I helped save b3ta! Elvis impersonator, Wed 2 May 2012, 23:09, archived)
# Parrots sure know how to have fun
(I helped save b3ta! Photoshop Bitch 2014 edition, Wed 2 May 2012, 23:17, archived)
# they sure do :D
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiPvhODD20c&feature=related
(I helped save b3ta! Elvis impersonator, Wed 2 May 2012, 23:25, archived)
#
(I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Wed 2 May 2012, 23:13, archived)
# That is a wonderful picture of a macaw.
(I helped save b3ta! Shlvng, Wed 2 May 2012, 23:15, archived)
# Nice bird:)
(herman:D, Wed 2 May 2012, 23:21, archived)
# I hate Ken
I really really really hate him. He fucking nasal voice cuts me and I still remember seeing 100s of mayor of london poster on the tube everyday. Kill a newt every time i see him on TV. Its not about making London better. Life without Ken is better. I've hated him back from the GLC days. Its a vote against not him not for the other person. They are all cunts and I've never noticed much change during any government term.
(waxdart hello., Wed 2 May 2012, 23:30, archived)
# I think i put it
slightly more eloquently. But yes.
(I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Wed 2 May 2012, 23:33, archived)
# Strategic voting, aka lesser evil, is indeed a bitter pill.
Hold your nose and pull.

ALSO: Woo!
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs, Wed 2 May 2012, 23:39, archived)
# LOLaTITS
(I helped save b3ta! Ham o' Shatner -.-- --- ..- .-. / .- .-.. .-.. / --. .- -.--, Thu 3 May 2012, 0:05, archived)
# MacAWESOME!
(I helped save b3ta! gardenclaw mac fuckes your gradeds balls!, Thu 3 May 2012, 0:09, archived)
# That is a stunningly well shot bird.
From listening to cyclists, Boris seems to even have dropped the ball on that avenue. I'm an American, so I can't speak from experience. I can say that much of what happens in high up places has to do with how wealthy the people are that are telling them what to do. Us little folks don't have much leverage unless we organize. There's hope, maybe.

(I helped save b3ta! cowcat Bituminous squeegee, Thu 3 May 2012, 1:01, archived)