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Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 02 May 2025, 08:57
by IRONFIST
Latest BBC reports saying he is on course to win, hopefully he does. :salut:

Re: Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 02 May 2025, 11:23
by tony1234
IRONFIST wrote: 02 May 2025, 08:57 Latest BBC reports saying he is on course to win, hopefully he does. :salut:
What experience does he have to be the mayor ?

Re: Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 02 May 2025, 11:25
by Ruthless-RKO
tony1234 wrote: 02 May 2025, 11:23
IRONFIST wrote: 02 May 2025, 08:57 Latest BBC reports saying he is on course to win, hopefully he does. :salut:
What experience does he have to be the mayor ?
What experience do any of them have?

What’s the qualification to become a mayor?

Re: Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 02 May 2025, 12:11
by leelee88
Can't wait for the inevitable far right dynasty up north with rampant fraud and theft and cuts to essential services. Like when brexit was fresh and covid fraud times the establishment properganda is superb. I'm suppose to be a Labour voter this Labour Party is awful. Whatever happens Luke Campbell in Hull will never be seen the same again but he won't care he on the grifters train.

Re: Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 02 May 2025, 12:23
by margaret thatcher
good for him, politics is nasty though, he better be ready for people hating him now too regardless of what he does

Re: Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 02 May 2025, 14:11
by tony1234
Ruthless-RKO wrote: 02 May 2025, 11:25
tony1234 wrote: 02 May 2025, 11:23
IRONFIST wrote: 02 May 2025, 08:57 Latest BBC reports saying he is on course to win, hopefully he does. :salut:
What experience does he have to be the mayor ?
What experience do any of them have?

What’s the qualification to become a mayor?
How about running a multi million pound budget ? Running local services, there is some serious stuff involved in the job

Re: Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 02 May 2025, 14:31
by handsofstone
Campbell seems a sound lad but the last guy I'd expect to get into politix

Re: Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 02 May 2025, 14:35
by mickey1975
handsofstone wrote: 02 May 2025, 14:31 Campbell seems a sound lad but the last guy I'd expect to get into politix
He will have been radicalised.

Re: Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 02 May 2025, 14:41
by Controversial
What a joke, we can all have an opinion on politics but being thrust into decision making when you have zero clue how anything works in the political world is another level.

Re: Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 02 May 2025, 14:50
by mickey1975
Controversial wrote: 02 May 2025, 14:41 What a joke, we can all have an opinion on politics but being thrust into decision making when you have zero clue how anything works in the political world is another level.
He won by 10,000.

Re: Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 02 May 2025, 15:00
by keithmoonhangover
Controversial wrote: 02 May 2025, 14:41 What a joke, we can all have an opinion on politics but being thrust into decision making when you have zero clue how anything works in the political world is another level.
Maybe the good people of 'ull fancy a change from professional politicians.

Re: Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 02 May 2025, 15:05
by margaret thatcher
well he's a pro politician now, better get ready for it :bag:

Re: Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 02 May 2025, 15:38
by Coco
Controversial wrote: 02 May 2025, 14:41 What a joke, we can all have an opinion on politics but being thrust into decision making when you have zero clue how anything works in the political world is another level.
Whereas the likes of Starmer........

Re: Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 02 May 2025, 15:46
by Controversial
Let’s face it no political party really makes any huge difference to society, making significant change is like expecting a huge cruise liner to turn at the same speed as a Ferrari. Too many hoops, processes, contracts in place etc etc that nothing really changes, we are ultimately at the mercy of big corporations and banks. People vote on who says what they want to hear.

Re: Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 02 May 2025, 16:04
by a force
It was a very clever move by Reform as Campbell is loved in Hull.

I’m just surprised as Campbell never seemed the type to have an interest in politics. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him share anything controversial or political in all the time I’ve followed him (probably around 2012) until a month ago.

Re: Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 02 May 2025, 16:15
by Controversial
a force wrote: 02 May 2025, 16:04 It was a very clever move by Reform as Campbell is loved in Hull.

I’m just surprised as Campbell never seemed the type to have an interest in politics. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him share anything controversial or political in all the time I’ve followed him (probably around 2012) until a month ago.
Exactly. Either a protest vote or a populist vote. All the parties promise so much yet rarely deliver (or what they deliver is reversed when the next party gets in) but people fall for the tough talk every time lol

Re: Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 02 May 2025, 16:22
by mickey1975
a force wrote: 02 May 2025, 16:04 It was a very clever move by Reform as Campbell is loved in Hull.

I’m just surprised as Campbell never seemed the type to have an interest in politics. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him share anything controversial or political in all the time I’ve followed him (probably around 2012) until a month ago.
His in laws are big in business...

Re: Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 02 May 2025, 16:41
by Riddick Bowie
Who would have thought Labour and the Tories treating their respective bases with contempt for decades would result in people voting for other parties?

Reform and Lib Dem are flawed but they are more representative of the right & left than these two irrelevant parties that need to die.

Re: Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 02 May 2025, 18:17
by THEBUTCH
Congratulations are in order. Campbell must be feeling on top of the world :D

The people who voted for him obviously hope Luke can make some positive changes for the benefit of Hull. Good luck to the guy.

Re: Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 02 May 2025, 19:07
by Coco
THEBUTCH wrote: 02 May 2025, 18:17 Congratulations are in order. Campbell must be feeling on top of the world :D

The people who voted for him obviously hope Luke can make some positive changes for the benefit of Hull. Good luck to the guy.
And Campbell is clearly stating that he isn't a politician, he just wants to help the people of Hull

Re: Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 02 May 2025, 19:10
by margaret thatcher
he is a politician now. and he'll have all sorts of political decisions to make, political relationships to build and maintain, etc.

sure he hasnt spent a lifetime in politics, but he's only 37,and being mayor already he;'s off to a fairly fast start.

Re: Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 02 May 2025, 19:15
by Coco
margaret thatcher wrote: 02 May 2025, 19:10 he is a politician now and he'll have all sorts of political decisions to make, political relationships to build and maintain, etc

sure he hasnt spent a lifetime in politics, but he's only 37, being mayor already he;'s off to a fairly fast start.
Politicians are surrounded by civil servants

Re: Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 02 May 2025, 19:18
by margaret thatcher
Coco wrote: 02 May 2025, 19:15
margaret thatcher wrote: 02 May 2025, 19:10 he is a politician now and he'll have all sorts of political decisions to make, political relationships to build and maintain, etc

sure he hasnt spent a lifetime in politics, but he's only 37, being mayor already he;'s off to a fairly fast start.
Politicians are surrounded by civil servants
campbell is now the elected mayor of hull, officially representing a political party. he will be surrounded by plenty of people soon, if not already. you think he will just be a 1 man show going around saving babies all on his own or something? he is certainly a politician, the fact that he's new to it doesn't change it, every politican starts somewhere

if he didnt want to be a politician there were many other paths to take, presumably no one held a gun to his head to force him to join reform and run as mayor

Re: Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 03 May 2025, 04:18
by leelee88
Sad that centre right lib dems Labour are now seen as left but a brillant job by the establishment all works like a well oiled machine like platforming farage so many times on the supposed left wing bbc. Thatcher said in better words her greatest achievement was turning Labour into a centrist to now it's even a centre right party

Re: Boxer Luke Campbell on course to become Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor

Posted: 03 May 2025, 05:08
by jameswilson
mickey1975 wrote: 02 May 2025, 16:22
a force wrote: 02 May 2025, 16:04 It was a very clever move by Reform as Campbell is loved in Hull.

I’m just surprised as Campbell never seemed the type to have an interest in politics. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him share anything controversial or political in all the time I’ve followed him (probably around 2012) until a month ago.
His in laws are big in business...
I’ve heard he’s big in Japan.