tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26183234.post993603296568042689..comments2023-07-25T12:00:23.138+00:00Comments on Bonobo World: Election tactics.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26183234.post-27281963300900952772007-05-16T07:41:00.000+00:002007-05-16T07:41:00.000+00:00Success!A very nice election agent from Stirling a...Success!<BR/><BR/>A very nice election agent from Stirling advised me that local authorities tend to set their own time limits for posters, and after that they get the council to take them down and charge the party an 'appropriate' fee.<BR/><BR/>I noticed that in my area, everyone's were down - apart from the Nazis. So I e-mailed the Returning Officer (cc MP, MSP, local councillors). The Labour councillor replied, saying she was on the verge of getting out a ladder herself. But the Returning Officer also replied, confirming their policy and saying he'd get right on it. Great! It would have been a pity if the Nazis had removed them themselves, before their party funds had been raided.<BR/><BR/>I've an inkling that any Returning Officer would be more than willing to act. After all, their job is to support democracy.Edward the Bonobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650872371620413588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26183234.post-19019574751962008962007-05-13T12:17:00.000+00:002007-05-13T12:17:00.000+00:00Looks like I can actually listen to the Radio 4 bi...Looks like I can actually listen to the Radio 4 bit this morning, if we can postpone leaving for the suburbs by an hour. I might just do that- this is a side of international news I rarely get to see. <BR/><BR/>It's scary that "parties" like that can even muster up much of a following out on the lunatic fringe, not to mention among your average neighborhoods. Thank goodness people like you are fighting the good fight.ophelia paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09951504284634597935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26183234.post-68171015782506604332007-05-11T12:38:00.000+00:002007-05-11T12:38:00.000+00:00There's also a racist grafiti unit. I'll maybe ca...There's also a racist grafiti unit. I'll maybe call them next week.Edward the Bonobohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650872371620413588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26183234.post-14811607437964986382007-05-11T11:52:00.000+00:002007-05-11T11:52:00.000+00:00"That's what the election posters are for. They wi..."<I>That's what the election posters are for. They will remain, signalling hostility and distrust, for weeks to come.</I>"<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, they're allowed 14 days (<A HREF="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/12/08092458/1" REL="nofollow">This planning advice note</A> refers, but the relevant legislation appears to be the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements Regulations 1992) or the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (Scotland) Regulations 1984, as appropriate.)<BR/><BR/>In the event of a breach, I don't know what the penalty is, but I remember reading that TPTB come down quite hard on offenders, what with election candidates having an especial duty to set an example.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com