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15.82% turnout in my home county of Sussex, shouldn’t take them too long to count…it’ll be interesting to see how many papers were spoilt in protest.
A large number of people saying they didn’t have enough information about the position or the candidates to decide whether a) they were bothered and b) who to vote for. The Government didn’t fund a mail-out as they do in general elections so it was down to the individual voter to have the time, inclination and access to the internet to research their candidates. Anyone who doesn’t have access to the internet…tough! Where people did manage to find information on their candidates, many were dismayed to find the information provided sparse and disgruntled to find that the majority of the candidates, if not all, were aligned with a political party for what is supposed to be a non-political post.
Put that with the election being held on a cold day in November and is it any surprise that there’s a low turnout?
And how do Downing Street react?
Downing Street blame low turnout in part on lack of coverage by London media.”The national media have not covered themselves in glory.”
No 10 say would not have been appropriate at a time of austerity to use taxpayers money for free mail shots for Police Commissioner election.
So they used taxpayers money to set up a structure and elected position that the majority don’t want, to run an election that no one was interested in, on an advertising campaign that still left people feeling uninformed but they wouldn’t fund one mailout and now blame the media…yeah right. :roll:
Oh a big one….
Who’s responsible?
Her parents for letting their 16 year old daughter out that late and to get into such a state…but how many parents know where their kids are these days?
Her for getting so intoxicated and out of control…but that’s what teenagers do isn’t it?
Her friends for not looking out for her…but they were probably just as intoxicated as she was.But…the one person who was there, who was not intoxicated and who was in a position to stop such a horrific accident was the guard who did, in my opinion, fail in his duty of care. It wouldn’t matter how old the person was or what time of day or why they were leaning against the train…it could have been illness, it could have been a need to get on that train for whatever reason, it didn’t have to be drink and drugs related…he holds a position of responsibility for the safety of his train, its passengers and people at the station and he was negligent in his duties. He will have to live with that for the rest of his life.
My girl…notoriously difficult to photograph cos usually her pupils are more dilated and she just looks like a black blob!
brown hair?
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