Local by-election results (28/11/13) and other thoughts
Ladies and gentlemen, more local by-election results featuring Green candidates have come in-just two yesterday,though.
Lambeth, Vassall: Labour 1319 (59.8%), Lib Dem 468 (21.2%), Con 153 (6.9%), Green 113 (5.1%), UKIP 87 (3.9%), TUSC 44 (2.0%), SPGB 22 (1.0%).
St. Helens, Billinge & Seneley Green: Labour 936 (50.7%), UKIP 442 (24.0%), Con 248 (13.4%), Green 94 (5.1%), BNP 73 (4.0%), Lib Dem 52 (2.8%).
With the Liberal Democrats in serious decline locally as well as nationally, Labour is asserting considerable dominance in areas like Lambeth which have never had any real Conservative support-which even there is being damaged by UKIP which generally performs poorly in London.
In the St. Helens local by-election, Labour's vote share decreased significantly when UKIP came onto the scene- it is clear in local by-elections in the North of England that UKIP can damage both Labour and Conservative votes alike (Conservative votes even more so). At least we Greens held our own there.
On other thoughts, I have a strong retort for Boris Johnson's callous remarks about IQ and inequality: not only are IQ tests known to be unreliable methods of measuring intelligence and prone to racial bias (as earlier Stanford-Binet tests showed), but also, the environment we are raised in is known to play a greater part in our intelligence and development than genetics. In any case, Boris is also only using this argument to justify his elitist, selfish, narcisstic worldview.
I also wish to give my solidarity to those students occupying Birmingham and Sussex Universities, as my fellow Young Greens have done, and to those in Barnet who occupied Conservative MP Mike Freer's office in protest against his support of unjust anti-squatting legislation. Keep up the good work!
Alan.
Lambeth, Vassall: Labour 1319 (59.8%), Lib Dem 468 (21.2%), Con 153 (6.9%), Green 113 (5.1%), UKIP 87 (3.9%), TUSC 44 (2.0%), SPGB 22 (1.0%).
St. Helens, Billinge & Seneley Green: Labour 936 (50.7%), UKIP 442 (24.0%), Con 248 (13.4%), Green 94 (5.1%), BNP 73 (4.0%), Lib Dem 52 (2.8%).
With the Liberal Democrats in serious decline locally as well as nationally, Labour is asserting considerable dominance in areas like Lambeth which have never had any real Conservative support-which even there is being damaged by UKIP which generally performs poorly in London.
In the St. Helens local by-election, Labour's vote share decreased significantly when UKIP came onto the scene- it is clear in local by-elections in the North of England that UKIP can damage both Labour and Conservative votes alike (Conservative votes even more so). At least we Greens held our own there.
On other thoughts, I have a strong retort for Boris Johnson's callous remarks about IQ and inequality: not only are IQ tests known to be unreliable methods of measuring intelligence and prone to racial bias (as earlier Stanford-Binet tests showed), but also, the environment we are raised in is known to play a greater part in our intelligence and development than genetics. In any case, Boris is also only using this argument to justify his elitist, selfish, narcisstic worldview.
I also wish to give my solidarity to those students occupying Birmingham and Sussex Universities, as my fellow Young Greens have done, and to those in Barnet who occupied Conservative MP Mike Freer's office in protest against his support of unjust anti-squatting legislation. Keep up the good work!
Alan.
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