The bookmakers have George Galloway in
third place for the position of Mayor of London, which is determined by the
Supplementary Vote.
Neither Sadiq Khan nor Zac Goldsmith stands any realistic
chance of winning outright on first preferences. They, and all other Mayoral
candidates who want to win, need to start engaging with Galloway's policy
proposals.
No, I do not live in London. But its governance affects us all. And
in any case, try answering these questions.
And concluding:
The answer to none of these questions
involves milk, cats, leotards, Celebrity Big Brother, the Middle East in
general, or the long dead Saddam Hussein in particular. But answering them does
require courage and indefatigability.
His voters' second preferences are going to decide this thing, presumably in favour if Sadiq, but then what? The rumours of Ken for Tooting probably don't amount to much but George for Tooting could happen, he'd have far more name recognition than any other candidate. They are probably safer with him as Mayor.
ReplyDeleteHe was supposed to lose his deposit at Bradford West, but he ended up topping the poll in every ward, including those which were over 90 per cent white, of what had been that Conservative target seat in 2010.
DeleteLondon will give him easily enough votes to have delivered a European seat. Keep an eye on that one.