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Post by Pete Whitehead on Mar 27, 2012 17:18:21 GMT
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Post by AdminSTB on Mar 27, 2012 18:39:52 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2012 19:03:22 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?? yep but on an old forum |
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Post by historian1986 on Mar 28, 2012 16:30:54 GMT
This isn't quite a defection but Conservative Cllr's Adrian Naylor and Chris Greaves have both formed a new group called 'The Independents' on Bradford Council. Cllr Naylor is defending his seat in May in Craven whilst Cllr Greaves is next up in 2014 in Wharfedale. Both of which are safe Tory seats. Remains to be seen whether or not more councillors follow suit.
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Mar 28, 2012 16:42:41 GMT
Chris Hughes, Bontnewydd, has defected from Llais to Plaid Hold on, wasn't that this? |
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Post by Pimpernal on Mar 29, 2012 6:38:51 GMT
Councillor John Short, (who sits as an Independent on Swindon Borough Council) has joined UKIP with immediate effect.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 29, 2012 9:12:35 GMT
can you join UKIP and post date the application? It's more that some people want to join UKIP and backdate it to 1 January 1973. |
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Mar 29, 2012 15:20:06 GMT
Actually, I think it's more that they want to post-date reality to 1973.
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Post by The Bishop on Mar 29, 2012 15:39:45 GMT
1973?? Pah - 1953 is more like it  |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Mar 29, 2012 16:44:00 GMT
Lets split the difference  |
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Post by Tony Otim on Mar 29, 2012 17:26:17 GMT
I'm assuming he's the indy who was elected as a Conservative, rather than the one who was elected as Labour?
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Post by piperdave on Mar 29, 2012 21:03:11 GMT
According to today's Herald, she now hasn't defected to Glasgow First and even turned up at a Labour Group meeting. This seems to have been a surprise to both parties. She's not a candidate in Canal anyway. |
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Post by The Bishop on Mar 30, 2012 15:43:05 GMT
A Libdem councillor has apparently defected to Labour in Sutton BC - meaning it is no longer a Labour free zone  |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Mar 30, 2012 15:43:42 GMT
which ward
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Post by fwt on Mar 30, 2012 16:09:24 GMT
Beddington North. The councillor in question is Cllr John Keys |
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Post by marksenior on Mar 30, 2012 18:15:16 GMT
I expect that he will not have the courage to offer himself to the voters under his new colours although it seems that some parts of London Labour think that that is what the voters should get .
Ali Hai Councillor for Goodmayes ward on Redbridge LBC has resigned from the Labour party . Labour group leader said " The residents of Goodmayes picked 3 Labour councillors to represent them and I hope Cllr Hai will do the decent thing and get a fresh mandate as to whether they want an Independent representing them . "
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Post by bungle on Mar 30, 2012 18:26:28 GMT
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Post by Pimpernal on Mar 30, 2012 21:03:28 GMT
I expect that he will not have the courage to offer himself to the voters under his new colours yaaaawn - hypocrite on auto-troll repeat alert... |
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Post by johnloony on Mar 30, 2012 23:22:47 GMT
apparently due to a waste incinerator issue The incinerator is a huge issue in Croydon at the moment. There is a proposal to build an incinerator in Sutton (very close to the border with Croydon) to burn waste to make energy. The three Conservative councillors in Waddon ward (the nearest bit of Croydon to where the incinerator will be) promised at the 2010 election to oppose it. Now, Croydon Council has voted to approve it - and all 3 Waddon councillors voted in favour. They are now trying to pretend that: (a) it's a different type of incinerator (not quite as bad in how it pollutes) from the sort they promised to oppose; (b) it's actually closer to Broad Green ward, and therefore doesn't matter. It just so happens that Waddon is the crucial marginal ward which determines which party has overall control of Croydon Council. If the issue is still significant in two years' time, the Conservative Party could lose control of Croydon Council because of this one issue alone. All it takes is a few hundred Conservative voters in Waddon to switch to Labour or Green, and Labour would get back in power again - even if all other wards vote the same way as in 2010. |
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