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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Dec 4, 2012 16:45:59 GMT
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Post by marksenior on Dec 4, 2012 19:33:52 GMT
Are we now tabulating every parish councillor who changes party ? |
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Post by AdminSTB on Dec 4, 2012 21:57:30 GMT
Are we now tabulating every parish councillor who changes party ? Well, we are a bunch of huge political geeks. |
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Post by anthony on Dec 5, 2012 16:07:31 GMT
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Post by The Bishop on Dec 5, 2012 16:27:14 GMT
You mean........you mean.......that, that people don't actually change parties for their stated reasons??!!??!! Hold the front, middle and back pages  |
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Post by Pimpernal on Dec 7, 2012 7:03:29 GMT
Are we now tabulating every parish councillor who changes party ? According to you all defectors are irrelevant and just bitter twisted feck wit cowards etc etc etc |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2012 7:48:42 GMT
Are we now tabulating every parish councillor who changes party ? According to you all defectors are irrelevant and just bitter twisted feck wit cowards etc etc etc Did I hear someone mention my name?  |
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Post by marksenior on Dec 7, 2012 9:05:29 GMT
Are we now tabulating every parish councillor who changes party ? According to you all defectors are irrelevant and just bitter twisted feck wit cowards etc etc etc Not at all , occassionally there is one who will have the courage to face his voters who voted for him under his previous colours . I think we should be able to distinguish between a County or District councillor and parish councillors . If UKIP ever get a significant number of elected councillors then you will see defections too and get a little upset if you had campaigned or voted for them . |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 7, 2012 16:58:47 GMT
According to you all defectors are irrelevant and just bitter twisted feck wit cowards etc etc etc Not at all , occassionally there is one who will have the courage to face his voters who voted for him under his previous colours . I think we should be able to distinguish between a County or District councillor and parish councillors . If UKIP ever get a significant number of elected councillors then you will see defections too and get a little upset if you had campaigned or voted for them . Mark, do you think all the MPs who defected to the SDP should have done what Bruce Douglas-Mann did? Defect, then resign and stand again for their seats? |
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Post by marksenior on Dec 7, 2012 19:10:17 GMT
Not at all , occassionally there is one who will have the courage to face his voters who voted for him under his previous colours . I think we should be able to distinguish between a County or District councillor and parish councillors . If UKIP ever get a significant number of elected councillors then you will see defections too and get a little upset if you had campaigned or voted for them . Mark, do you think all the MPs who defected to the SDP should have done what Bruce Douglas-Mann did? Defect, then resign and stand again for their seats? Yes they should have and I said so at the time but there was no Vote1982 website LOL |
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Post by AdminSTB on Dec 7, 2012 19:15:02 GMT
Yes they should have and I said so at the time but there was no Vote1982 website LOL I would have made one, but there were slight disadvantages of neither the internet nor myself existing. |
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Post by timrollpickering on Dec 7, 2012 19:43:30 GMT
The internet existed in 1982 didn't it? I thought Usenet went back to the 1970s.
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Post by erlend on Dec 11, 2012 13:45:53 GMT
Defections are for a variety of reasons. From High principle to jumping before you are thrown out for kiddy porn on a laptop.
A good chunk are because parties and members have drifted in different directions. Clegg and lefty Lib Dems are an example as are those going UKIP because of Cameron and the coalition. They are probably IMPO less likely when a party is moving up which currently helps Lab have fewer.
Then there are those because someone has fallen out with the leadership, lost an SRA, been deselected etc.
It can be very difficult to distinguish the types even when you know an area. From our perspective we just excercise our prejudices on whether to believe them.
And finally as usual on this point I disagree with Mark re defectors being (morally) obliged to resign. I see that as giving far too much power to party managers/whips. I think Mark and I are quite consistent on this whether it advantages or disadvantages the Lib Dems!
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Post by gwynthegriff on Dec 14, 2012 19:49:07 GMT
Yes they should have and I said so at the time but there was no Vote1982 website LOL I would have made one, but there were slight disadvantages of neither the internet nor myself existing. People always come up with one poor excuse or another don't they? ;D |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Dec 14, 2012 19:51:32 GMT
He is a councillor/ not 'councillors' He is a Town & Parish Councillor, not principal area "Seen it all" - well if he only joined post-Iraq he's not been around for ever has he? And curious that only recently he was seeking election to a party office, long long after the coalition agreement, and the broken pledge on tuition fees. Nothing to see. Move along. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2012 21:50:00 GMT
The Isle of Wight LibDems have always been a law unto themselves. Like the IoW Tories, come to think of it. And probably other parties too...
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Post by erlend on Dec 14, 2012 21:58:32 GMT
I remember describing the. IOW LDs as an evil nest of vipers back ca 1999
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2012 22:08:58 GMT
LOL. My contacts with them (my wife's family are on the island) have left me feeling they're a deeply weird bunch; evil is perhaps a bit harsh! There seems to be something about islands (Wight, Anglesey, Man...) that foments odd politics
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Post by tricky on Dec 15, 2012 0:17:29 GMT
Walney?
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Post by markgoodair on Dec 15, 2012 8:24:06 GMT
I remember describing the. IOW LDs as an evil nest of vipers back ca 1999 Do tell more. |
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