Mayor or no Mayor

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That is the question

Bristol referendum

freedom from London

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by Scooj

2950. The Bearpit (189)

This piece from Decay in May 2017 was encouraging people to use their vote in the June General Election of that year. An election that resulted in a hung parliament in which the Conservatives ‘bought’ the seats of the DUP to gain the slimmest of majorities, to continue the miserable administration we have become used to for more than a decade. I can’t wait to be shot of them if I am honest. The current Cabinet are an absolutely incompetent shower and the coronavirus outbreak has evidenced their poor decision making, not just during the crisis, but in running down our essential public services for more than a decade. I’ll stop there.

Decay, The Bearpit, Bristol, May 2017
Decay, The Bearpit, Bristol, May 2017

The artwork from Decay is really nice and it is great to have a piece from the artist that is a bit different from his customary writing or concentric pattern work. The three ovals on the left of the Y are a similar feature used by Slim Pickings on his Ts and Ss. A nice political piece.

Slim Pickings, Dean Lane, Bristol, March 2019
Slim Pickings, Dean Lane, Bristol, March 2019

A nation decides

 

Democratic vote.

Pencil crosses in the box

unbearable wait.

 

by Scooj

 

Vote

 

Polling card arrived

I’m pretty much decided

time for a big change

 

by Scooj

Get out there and vote

 

Today I exert

my right as a citizen

to do the right thing.

 

by Scooj

Going green

 

Few things are so clear

my conscience will be my guide

and the Earth the prize.

 

by Scooj

Metro Mayor

 

An empty church hall

decked out with trestle tables

and three earnest clerks,

I pencil in my crosses;

my vote is cast. There it is.

 

by Scooj

 

I expect a very low turnout for the metro mayor election.