What's happening?

What voting?

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Provincial election of British Columbia. The incumbent party (NDP) is leading the conservative (BC Conservative) 46-45. Nail biting.

There is a lot the NDP could have done better, but I bet many many people voted for the conservative name, not who their representative actually is. Plus the federal politics is cascading down to all lower level governments.

https://electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net/electionsbcenr/Results_7097_GE-2024-10-19_Candidate.html

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Some of the family have headed off to Boston last Friday for a few weeks. They have been tempted, and excited, by their pre-arranged visit to Salem on Halloween nightā€¦
Hope it is all, and everything they hope for.
Up to now, all they have messaged me so far, is various, and numerous pictures of pumpkins here there and everywhere. Big ones, small ones, long ones, short ones, flat ones, every colour you can think of onesā€¦ you name it, will be in the pictures they have sent - all adorning the shops, offices and houses, snapped while on their walkabouts of the City.
Apparently, I have to head out to Cheshire during the week, to the pumpkin farmā€¦ A tad worried though, one picture they sent across, has over fifty pumpkins either side of the entrance stairwell to the porch - which oddly enough, looks exactly like our porch at homeā€¦ Eeeeek
Canā€™t see this being a cheap visit shopping for pumpkinsā€¦!

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yeah, I donā€™t love the NDP but theyā€™re better than the Liberals

my local incumbant was re-elected to her NDP seat. I went to school with her so I donā€™t mind that, but sheā€™s not who I voted for. Sheā€™s a good person at heart and tries to do the right thing for the community.

fuck me that was a lot of rain!

I get that just being a nice person isnā€™t enough to lead, but somehow itā€™s a high bar for some of the candidates we had.

The NDP won, surprisingly a majority government at that. Iā€™m just happy this means no drama in BC, no beaverton articles, no eye rolling reading the CBC, just boring beautiful BCā€¦ until the federal election next year.

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Went back to the uk to visit relatives and have come back on a bit of a downer. I was chatting to a close relative who came up with the pearl, ā€œWell theyā€™re both just as bad, Trump and Starmer, what is the world coming to?ā€.

The main sticking points were the likely 20% increase in her childā€™s school fees, interest rates and taxes of any kind.

I bit my tongue and wished for time to pass (much) quicker.

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