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Post by Merseymike on Jan 14, 2019 10:19:35 GMT
"i've never seen a straight banana"......
Quite an appropriate song given Edward’s (alleged) sexual preferences! I didn't think there was any doubt as to those! |
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Post by finsobruce on Jan 14, 2019 10:22:20 GMT
Quite an appropriate song given Edward’s (alleged) sexual preferences! I didn't think there was any doubt as to those! Me neither. He was married once but obviously it wasn't er, .........
What I didn't know or had failed to remember was that he grew the moustache at least in part to cover up the scarring he got when his plane was shot down at Arnhem.
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Post by john07 on Jan 14, 2019 15:29:43 GMT
Jimmy Edwards did cut quite a figure when campaigning in Paddington North in the 1964 General Election on horseback in full hunting regalia.
TWTWTW did a superb taking with a rendition of ‘Pretty Jimmy Edwards of Paddington Green’ which ended with the killer line:
‘But the people of Paddington were not that bloody green’.
This was almost as amusing as Ted Dexter trying to unseat Jim Callaghan in Cardiff South East at the same election.
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Post by Merseymike on Jan 14, 2019 15:41:26 GMT
Jimmy Edwards did cut quite a figure when campaigning in Paddington North in the 1964 General Election on horseback in full hunting regalia. TWTWTW did a superb taking with a rendition of ‘Pretty Jimmy Edwards of Paddington Green’ which ended with the killer line: ‘But the people of Paddington were not that bloody green’. This was almost as amusing as Ted Dexter trying to unseat Jim Callaghan in Cardiff South East at the same election. I remember reading Douglas Bader's autobiography. The Tories had lined up a then-safe seat for him in Blackpool, but had failed to inform him and wasnt actuallyva member of the Conservative party. He told them that he didn't support any one party anyway and that he'd vote for whatever he believed in whether it came from the Tories or Labour. The idea wasn't mentioned again.... As for Dexter..... Ted Dexter and the chequered past of cricketers in the world of politics www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jun/22/the-spin-ted-dexter-politics-eu-referendum-cricket? |
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Feb 8, 2019 23:39:05 GMT
Delyth Jewell has taken her seat in The National Assembly for Wales replacing the late Stefan Lewis. Delyth Jewell sworn in as AM after Steffan Lewis death www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47178279For those who keep track of these things Plaid now have 6 female AMs to four male and theAssembly as a whole has 28 women to 32 men (2016 election - 35 and 25 respectively). |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 29, 2019 11:28:34 GMT
Confirmed that Kez Dugdale has a new job:
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Post by andrea on Apr 29, 2019 11:49:52 GMT
Labour Lothian list for replacement
3. Sarah Boyack (former MSP, currently Head of Public Affairs Scottish Federation of Housing Associations )
4. Daniel Johnson (already MSP though constituency)
5. Lesley Hinds (former Edinburgh councillor)
6. Jalal Chaudry
7. Cat Headley (left Labour last month)
8. Bernard Harkins (works for Danielle Rowley)
9. Eilidh MacDonald
10. Shami Khan
11. Ann Henderson
12. Richard Corral
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Post by andrea on May 2, 2019 11:01:37 GMT
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Post by finsobruce on May 2, 2019 11:04:37 GMT
She'll be leader before you know it. |
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Post by neilm on Feb 1, 2020 16:37:44 GMT
Of note- Heather Anderson replaced Alyn Smith as an MEP for Scotland this week. And then wasn't an MEP anymore.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2020 17:11:35 GMT
Of note- Heather Anderson replaced Alyn Smith as an MEP for Scotland this week. And then wasn't an MEP anymore. Maybe she just wanted to be able to tell people she used to be an MEP......sort of ? |
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Feb 1, 2020 17:20:33 GMT
...or fancied a trip to Brussels and a one off payment of c£1,300 appearing in her bank account.
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Post by curiousliberal on Feb 2, 2020 1:12:30 GMT
Of note- Heather Anderson replaced Alyn Smith as an MEP for Scotland this week. And then wasn't an MEP anymore. Maybe she just wanted to be able to tell people she used to be an MEP......sort of ? The last British MEP to be sworn in (prior to a hypothetical reunification) will get a footnote in some almanac. "Former MEP" is probably helpful on a CV, especially if she intends to run for public office again. "I was a public rep and didn't screw up within 3 days" (sadly) counts for something. |
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Post by samdwebber on Mar 23, 2020 22:05:37 GMT
2 new Labour London AMs confirmed here:
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Jun 16, 2020 17:02:27 GMT
Mohammad Asghar Conservative MS(AM) for South Wales East has died.
This will in all probability lead to a return to the Senedd of Laura Ann Jones who served as an AM from 2003-2007.
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Post by CatholicLeft on Jun 18, 2020 16:23:38 GMT
Mohammad Asghar Conservative MS(AM) for South Wales East has died. This will in all probability lead to a return to the Senedd of Laura Ann Jones who served as an AM from 2003-2007. A real Vicar of Bray who was elected as a local councillor for Labour (having previously been a Tory member for 20 years), defected to Plaid Cymru, eventually elected AM for them, then defected back to his original home. The kind of electoral career that drove the late marksenior and my less celebrated self to distraction. |
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Post by stb12 on Sept 15, 2022 7:36:34 GMT
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Post by stb12 on Oct 5, 2022 21:21:09 GMT
Mr Lockhart, who had been the convener of the Scottish Parliament’s Net Zero, Energy and Transport committee until the recess, Roz McCall will take her seat at Holyrood to replace Mr Lockhart after his departure from the role after six years to take up a business role working in net zero. Not in the least troughing the public trough. Oh no. Not a parasite in any meaningful sense My post was rotten anyway |
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Post by finsobruce on Oct 5, 2022 21:27:48 GMT
Mr Lockhart, who had been the convener of the Scottish Parliament’s Net Zero, Energy and Transport committee until the recess, Roz McCall will take her seat at Holyrood to replace Mr Lockhart after his departure from the role after six years to take up a business role working in net zero. Not in the least troughing the public trough. Oh no. Not a parasite in any meaningful sense My post was rotten anyway But unlike many rotten posts it is now preserved. |
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