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Post by anthony on Mar 23, 2012 11:07:25 GMT
LD councillor in Canbury ward in Kingston has gone independent. Anything to do with the budget? Not sure. Apparently he will continue to sit as an independent. Canbury is split with one LD and 2 Tories. |
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Post by richardclemerson on Mar 23, 2012 11:24:03 GMT
I tend not to pay much heed to local councillors defecting, often it's because they didn't get preferment on some pointless local panel or that the Mayoral consort forgot to put sugar in their cup of tea. LOL ;D I do hope you aren't suggesting that some local councillors are more interested in their ego than their party!  |
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Post by toryjim on Mar 23, 2012 11:55:00 GMT
I tend not to pay much heed to local councillors defecting, often it's because they didn't get preferment on some pointless local panel or that the Mayoral consort forgot to put sugar in their cup of tea. LOL ;D I do hope you aren't suggesting that some local councillors are more interested in their ego than their party! Fish and pond syndrome. Plus I suspect that much of local politics is flags of convenience. |
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Post by Pimpernal on Mar 23, 2012 14:40:14 GMT
Christopher Quinton, a councillor for Woodcote on South Oxfordshire District Council, has resigned from the Conservative Party in order to join UKIP.
He stated that Conservative moves to secularise Britain had gone too far, particularly after Downing Street had announced that it wanted to see the legalisation of gay marriages enacted by 2015. He was also infuriated by the debate being opened to ban people from wearing crosses and crucifixes to work.
Christopher Quinton said:
"This is not the Conservative Party I joined 26 years ago and I became increasingly disillusioned about the direction it was heading, so I started having a closer look at UKIP. I was astonished to see that it has the widest range of policies of any British political party, and these completely mirror my own thinking and beliefs. Now, I feel comfortable and at peace that I have made the right decision."
UKIP Leader Nigel Farage, said:
"I am delighted that Christopher has joined us today. He is an example of the hard working, entrepreneurial centre ground of Britain. That people of his calibre are joining us in increasing numbers sends a clear message to the powers that be. No longer can they continue to ignore people's hopes and ambitions."
Christopher Quinton, 63, is a former Treasurer for the Henley Constituency and is a past Deputy-President of the British Chambers of Commerce. In recent years he financed the design, development and testing of a non-invasive sleep-aid. It is manufactured in the United Kingdom, and he is very proud that it is being made in Britain.
He is married to Carol and has four adult children.
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Post by toryjim on Mar 23, 2012 14:46:12 GMT
Sounds like one of the Halcyon Days brigade.
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Post by richardclemerson on Mar 23, 2012 14:49:18 GMT
No loss there...
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Post by anthony on Mar 23, 2012 16:02:24 GMT
I was astonished to see that it has the widest range of policies of any British political party, and these completely mirror my own thinking and beliefs. Because this sounds like a real thing that a real non-mad person would say. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 24, 2012 20:17:51 GMT
According to this tweet from Labour councillor Ernie Gibson, the sole remaining Liberal Democrat councillor on South Tyneside Borough Council, has left the party to sit as an Independent. This statement appears to refer to Joe Abbott (Hebburn North) who is up for re-election in May. |
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Mar 26, 2012 22:36:12 GMT
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Mar 26, 2012 22:44:11 GMT
Ah we have a group on Cambs CC now then - no need for that dreadful marriage of convenieince with the Green
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Mar 26, 2012 23:16:58 GMT
That one only lasted a few weeks, because Sedgwick-Jell got the piss taken out of him royally for a couple of weeks and decided not to continue down that path.
Mind you, an alliance with the Greens would probably still be a smarter move than lining up with Wilson.
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Post by Tony Otim on Mar 27, 2012 9:06:25 GMT
Ah we have a group on Cambs CC now then - no need for that dreadful marriage of convenieince with the Green Love you too, darling  Although, I do agree that it did seem a very odd arrangement. |
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Post by Pimpernal on Mar 27, 2012 9:23:00 GMT
That one only lasted a few weeks, because Sedgwick-Jell got the piss taken out of him royally for a couple of weeks and decided not to continue down that path. I would have thought such an experience would not be a new one for him?   |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Mar 27, 2012 9:33:10 GMT
;D lol indeed. But then a loony leftie environemntalist associating with UKIP is strange indeed |
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Post by Pimpernal on Mar 27, 2012 13:33:44 GMT
;D lol indeed. But then a loony leftie environemntalist associating with UKIP is strange indeed ;D  |
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Post by Pimpernal on Mar 27, 2012 13:34:37 GMT
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Post by meurig on Mar 27, 2012 15:24:36 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2012 15:34:11 GMT
Oh Meurig, I've missed Gwynedd! No other forum understands Gwynedd like this one.
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Post by meurig on Mar 27, 2012 16:17:27 GMT
To coin a phrase, I can see Gwynedd from my house.
But understand it... never!
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Post by The Bishop on Mar 27, 2012 17:12:27 GMT
Oh Meurig, I've missed Gwynedd! No other forum understands Gwynedd like this one. We need Al back for these discussions, though....... Has anybody tried to contact him?? |
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