Watched the results come in last night and seeing Sunderland South come first. Had to smile to myself when they announced the turn out of 48%, obviously the locals thought it was a cup match.

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

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appolling polling

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

Especially when nobody else rushed.

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

so the nf didn't get in Trimdon east then?

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

I think Sunderland South and Sunderland North (2nd in the count, I believe) should be congratulated.

It must have been a hard task to find enough literate and numerate makems to accomplish the counting. Never mind getting them to put down their bananas long enough...!

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

spelling X was the problem

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

Don't you put a tick in the box?

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

You dropped the 'h' there Rik :-)

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

They must have been putting the ballots into piles of 20 as I noticed several of the counters had their shoes and socks off!

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

They are definitely to be congratulated on their counting speed.

But having prehensile toes enables counting by feet and hence doubles efficiency.

So not so big a deal after all?

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

I notice the peoples choice,'Arfa' Scargill, amassed 912 votes standing against The Prince of Darkness in Hartlepool. Tosser.

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

...... actually, when I think about it they're both tossers!

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

Clarky

Ambiguous or a double-entendre?

Which one's the tosser?

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

I haven't read the papers or watched the news today, heard that the results were similar to last time, anything unusual in any of the results?

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

Yawn.

I see your Northumbrian brethren returned a Tory again.

ML3

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

What are you lot on about? Did I miss something yesterday???

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

PS Tyne Bridge 44%. Make a joke out of that yer smart-arse m@g get!;o)

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

Half of the residents of Tyne Bridge threw themselves off the damn thing after finishing behind the maKems in the league this season.

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

I see Jordan got 713 votes !!!! with her policy of free plastic surgery for all

-- Anonymous, June 08, 2001

Actually, David Dimbleby saying the reason that the Makems were prepared to abuse taxpayers money in order to get the first result declaration was because they were anxious to be perceived as a "winning city" made me laugh (nee offence to the Makems, it was Dimbleby I was laughing at).

-- Anonymous, June 09, 2001

You will have noticed that ever since 1992, every sign, banner, poster, piece of council literature HAS; simply HAS to have the word city on it!

Grow up you Mackem fools.

-- Anonymous, June 09, 2001

Oh, you mean like CITY Cathedral local parish church? ;-)

-- Anonymous, June 10, 2001

Never be a city as long as my rrrr points down when I'm standing up.

-- Anonymous, June 11, 2001