West Yorkshire Mayoral election

[Finger66]

Oh whoopee do!!

 

[White Heather]

Its just been announced that Tracy Brabin has been re-elected as Mayor for West Yorkshire

Marvellous. This improves the chances that LBA will get it's own dedicated cycle lane !!

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

Fantastic result. More of the same BS from the previous few years with the most useless mayor we’ve ever seen. I would say the useless witch should go back to acting but she was s**t at that.

Shame we’ve got no Andy Burnham.

 

[Aviador]

More of not a lot then. Well I guess while she's sitting on the fence, she'll be leaving us alone.

 

[Finger66]

Does that make it Brabin Fence or Brabin Gate!!!!

 

[HX3]

Lights, camera, action….. oh I forgot, she only does that if it’s for a new bus lane. Expect nowt from her, unless it is a “back to me” moment and any camera opportunity where she can talk about herself and grin like a mad woman….. vile!

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

Lights, camera, action….. oh I forgot, she only does that if it’s for a new bus lane. Expect nowt from her, unless it is a “back to me” moment and any camera opportunity where she can talk about herself and grin like a mad woman….. vile!

Alex Sobel is celebrating her. He's just as useless MP as she is Mayor. Labour this side of the pennines is truly shocking - choking growth.

 

[Len Fish]

And news just in, to celebrate her victory LBA is to be renamed Leeds Brabin Airport.

 

[White Heather]

Alex Sobel is celebrating her. He's just as useless MP as she is Mayor. Labour this side of the pennines is truly shocking - choking growth.

It feels like Labour this side are all working for Labour West of the Pennines, doing everything they can to ensure the growth of the Greater Manchester Economy .

 

[Aviador]

Well either which way, voters came out in force to vote for Brabin.

 

[Len Fish]

She’s no time for LBA, she’s too besotted with bus franchising that got the go ahead at the end of her last term and is due to be introduced in stages starting in March 2027. I’m not too sure whether this is a good a bad thing since on the one hand it probably means she remains silent on the merits of LBA but on the other means she won’t stick her nose in and side with its opponents.

 

[White Heather]

She’s no time for LBA, she’s too besotted with bus franchising that got the go ahead at the end of her last term and is due to be introduced in stages starting in March 2027. I’m not too sure whether this is a good a bad thing since on the one hand it probably means she remains silent on the merits of LBA but on the other means she won’t stick her nose in and side with its opponents.

She has no authority regarding LBA. She has no influence over council planning approvals and the airport is entirely privately funded with no connection to the Council now, or the WYCA, so even if she does side with Sobel & co, it's hard to see what she can do. It would do her no harm though the vocally support the airport and get off her goddamn fence!

 

[Statto]

Stewart Golton - who i think was the only one to speak out against the airport - came outright last in the mayoral election.

Chris Foren - for a long time the public face of the anti-airpot group -stood again in Weetwood. I think that is the 4th time he has stood since they came into existence and as usual he was well behind. The green party do noticeably less well in the wards immediately around the airport than the rest of the city. Headingley & Hyde Park was an exception this year, but this was much more about the student vote and geo-political issues rather than the airport.