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Update: The story at the first link below has been taken down. From this newer Telegraph article:
Boris Johnson is poised to win in the London mayoral electionI haven't yet seen an article that gives Johnson's purported margin of victory.
While bookmakers earlier this afternoon paid out to people who had backed Mr Johnson, official results from the polls will not be available until more than 24 hours after polls closed at 10pm yesterday.
The failure to produce a result initially expected in the early evening is an embarrassment for the vote organisers who admitted that computers used to count the votes simply could not cope with the level of turnout.
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From this Telegraph article:
Boris Johnson has become the most powerful Conservative politician in the land after pulling off an overwhelming victory in the contest to become Mayor of London.From this March 25 article:
Ken Livingstone sought to turn the mayoral race into a "green election" today as he unveiled his environmental policies for a third term.From my related post here:
Mr Livingstone made clear he views 1 May as a referendum on his policies to tackle climate change and protect the health of Londoners.
Aides claimed it would be the first election in British history to be decided largely on environmental issues.
The Mayor put his plans for a £25 congestion charge on gas guzzlers at the heart of his re-election bid and claimed that neither Boris Johnson nor Brian Paddick were in tune with voters' passion for urgent action on global warming.
At about the 23:30 mark of the podcast, Livingstone uses phrases like "really damaging" and "terribly demoralizing" to describe the effects on alarmists if he were to be voted out of office.
At about the 26:50 mark, Livingstone says that after Bush leaves office, Boris Johnson would be "the most high profile politician anywhere in the English-speaking world still in denial [over global warming]".
At about the 27:30 mark, Livingstone refers to Boris as "in environmental terms, the Antichrist".
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Your first link gives a 404 error. Powerline also has an entry on that article. I don't see it cached yet. Do you have a copy? I am interested in knowing how large the margin is.
Good job reporting on this, Tom. Fascinating how poorly the loser took the defeat and equally fascinating how the British people are standing up for what they believe in. The people have spoken, and they are tired of government infiltration into their personal lives over environmental issues.
Boris may be a buffoon, but at least he's not a communist one. Bloody good news! Praise the Lord! Thank God! There is hope for Londonistan. What will Red Ken do next?
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absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
elect a communist
someone who will work full-time
to destroy your country
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http://haltterrorism.com
http://lulu.com/uspace
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