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Post by aargauer on Jun 22, 2022 15:39:55 GMT
Good to see north Tyneside Conservatives are still a total mess. Some things never change.
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Post by batman on Jun 22, 2022 16:33:50 GMT
Labour used to be a real mess there too. Hyndburn rather similar
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Post by aargauer on Jun 22, 2022 17:16:38 GMT
On a local election turnout there's so much winnable there for the tories they squander year on year.
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Post by carolus on Jun 22, 2022 17:38:36 GMT
Eastbourne, Ratton. Tony Freebody, Conservative to Independent.
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Post by wysall on Jun 22, 2022 18:38:49 GMT
On a local election turnout there's so much winnable there for the tories they squander year on year. Maybe not so much nowadays with the left-liberal middle-class vote moving in - if Tynemouth survives I expect it to be a Green target within fifteen years. Less than a month ago though Tynemouth CLP was being told that the Conservatives had given up hope on the Coast and to prepare for Facebook-and-pavement politics in the inland wards. If true that would be an impressive belief in realignment.
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Post by aargauer on Jun 22, 2022 19:05:38 GMT
On a local election turnout there's so much winnable there for the tories they squander year on year. Maybe not so much nowadays with the left-liberal middle-class vote moving in - if Tynemouth survives I expect it to be a Green target within fifteen years. Less than a month ago though Tynemouth CLP was being told that the Conservatives had given up hope on the Coast and to prepare for Facebook-and-pavement politics in the inland wards. If true that would be an impressive belief in realignment. The wards one away from the coast were ignored incorrectly. Preston and Collingwood always had potential. Tynemouth itself (where I lived briefly) I can see attracting that sort, but this is the north east and they just aren't abundant enough to do a Trafford. Newcastle tories aren't much better. They mill around targeting Gosforth wards they'll never win rather than relentlessly targeting somewhere like Kingston park where they could beat labour if they worked hard enough in a good year. My late lamented friend who ran for the NT parliamentary seat in 2015 had great stories about the total ineptitude of the local party and huge internal fights.
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Post by batman on Jun 22, 2022 20:45:54 GMT
Eastbourne, Ratton. Tony Freebody, Conservative to Independent. Ratton councillor rats on Tories?
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Post by yellowperil on Jun 22, 2022 23:07:57 GMT
Eastbourne, Ratton. Tony Freebody, Conservative to Independent. Ratton councillors rats on Tories? Well at least he's a free body now.
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Post by carolus on Jun 23, 2022 16:34:43 GMT
Gloucester, Matson, Robinswood & White City. Alastair Chambers, Conservative to Independent. and Gloucestershire, Coney Hill & Matson. Alastair Chambers, Conservative to Independent. He is in court over running an illegal puppy farm. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-61889583
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Post by carolus on Jun 26, 2022 11:35:38 GMT
Lancaster, Heysham Central. Cary Matthews, Morecambe Bay Independents to Bay Independent Group. Lancaster, Heysham North. Victoria Boyd-Power, Morecambe Bay Independents to Bay Independent Group. Lancaster, Torrisholme. Paul Anderton, Morecambe Bay Independents to Bay Independent Group. Lancaster, Westgate. Jake Goodwin, Morecambe Bay Independents to Bay Independent Group. www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/people/four-morecambe-councillors-form-breakaway-party-3744243MBI had 14 councillors elected in 2019, but are now down to 6.
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Post by Merseymike on Jun 26, 2022 11:58:16 GMT
Lancaster, Heysham Central. Cary Matthews, Morecambe Bay Independents to Bay Independent Group. Lancaster, Heysham North. Victoria Boyd-Power, Morecambe Bay Independents to Bay Independent Group. Lancaster, Torrisholme. Paul Anderton, Morecambe Bay Independents to Bay Independent Group. Lancaster, Westgate. Jake Goodwin, Morecambe Bay Independents to Bay Independent Group. www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/people/four-morecambe-councillors-form-breakaway-party-3744243MBI had 14 councillors elected in 2019, but are now down to 6. Lancaster City Council is turning into the new Stoke.... Labour 15 Green 11 Conservative 10 MBI 6 Independent 5 Bay Independent 4 Eco-Socialist 4 LibDem 4
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Post by finsobruce on Jun 26, 2022 12:08:43 GMT
Lancaster, Heysham Central. Cary Matthews, Morecambe Bay Independents to Bay Independent Group. Lancaster, Heysham North. Victoria Boyd-Power, Morecambe Bay Independents to Bay Independent Group. Lancaster, Torrisholme. Paul Anderton, Morecambe Bay Independents to Bay Independent Group. Lancaster, Westgate. Jake Goodwin, Morecambe Bay Independents to Bay Independent Group. www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/people/four-morecambe-councillors-form-breakaway-party-3744243MBI had 14 councillors elected in 2019, but are now down to 6. "Are you the Morecambe Bay Independents?"
"Fxxk off! We're the Bay Independents of Morecambe".
(Jaguar's eyeballs available on the prom, presumably).
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Post by Tony Otim on Jun 26, 2022 15:07:43 GMT
Lancaster, Heysham Central. Cary Matthews, Morecambe Bay Independents to Bay Independent Group. Lancaster, Heysham North. Victoria Boyd-Power, Morecambe Bay Independents to Bay Independent Group. Lancaster, Torrisholme. Paul Anderton, Morecambe Bay Independents to Bay Independent Group. Lancaster, Westgate. Jake Goodwin, Morecambe Bay Independents to Bay Independent Group. www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/people/four-morecambe-councillors-form-breakaway-party-3744243MBI had 14 councillors elected in 2019, but are now down to 6. They're also not contesting the upcoming by-election in Harbour ward, despite coming 2nd there last time. Suggests all is not well in the camp.
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Post by carolus on Jun 26, 2022 15:33:51 GMT
Lancaster, Heysham Central. Cary Matthews, Morecambe Bay Independents to Bay Independent Group. Lancaster, Heysham North. Victoria Boyd-Power, Morecambe Bay Independents to Bay Independent Group. Lancaster, Torrisholme. Paul Anderton, Morecambe Bay Independents to Bay Independent Group. Lancaster, Westgate. Jake Goodwin, Morecambe Bay Independents to Bay Independent Group. www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/people/four-morecambe-councillors-form-breakaway-party-3744243MBI had 14 councillors elected in 2019, but are now down to 6. They're also not contesting the upcoming by-election in Harbour ward, despite coming 2nd there last time. Suggests all is not well in the camp. Yes, absolutely. They also didn't contest any of the relevant CC divisions last year, came third in the district byelection in Bare despite winning the other two seats in the ward pretty comfortably in 2019, and haven't won a single one of the seven town council byelections after winning 21 out of 26 seats in 2019.
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Post by carolus on Jun 27, 2022 21:01:15 GMT
Rugby, Newbold & Brownsover (2023). Jim Ellis, Independent Labour to Labour. Had left at the end of last month.
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Post by finsobruce on Jun 28, 2022 15:22:24 GMT
Lancaster, Heysham Central. Cary Matthews, Morecambe Bay Independents to Bay Independent Group. Lancaster, Heysham North. Victoria Boyd-Power, Morecambe Bay Independents to Bay Independent Group. Lancaster, Torrisholme. Paul Anderton, Morecambe Bay Independents to Bay Independent Group. Lancaster, Westgate. Jake Goodwin, Morecambe Bay Independents to Bay Independent Group. www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/people/four-morecambe-councillors-form-breakaway-party-3744243MBI had 14 councillors elected in 2019, but are now down to 6. They're also not contesting the upcoming by-election in Harbour ward, despite coming 2nd there last time. Suggests all is not well in the camp. I think the tide may be going out on them.
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Post by grahammurray on Jun 28, 2022 15:33:35 GMT
They're also not contesting the upcoming by-election in Harbour ward, despite coming 2nd there last time. Suggests all is not well in the camp. I think the tide may be going out on them. It goes out for miles.
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Post by finsobruce on Jun 28, 2022 15:38:08 GMT
I think the tide may be going out on them. It goes out for miles. "but the stars we could reach were just starfish on the beach".
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Post by carolus on Jun 28, 2022 18:49:19 GMT
Darlington, Eastbourne. Kevin Nicholson, Darlington independents to Independent. St Helens, Sutton North West. Niall Campbell, Labour to Conservative. Thanet, Northwood. George Rusiecki, Thanet Independents to Conservative.
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Post by iang on Jun 28, 2022 18:52:28 GMT
There's presumably a story behind the St Helens defection, because otherwise, as an Australian wag said of the selection of Martin McCague (born UK, raised Australia) in the 1990s, that it is a rare example of a rat joining a sinking ship
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