Chris from Brum
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Post by Chris from Brum on Sept 11, 2022 12:42:25 GMT
Is it Burnley where there is a really posh old school Conservative called something like Theophania ffortescue-Psmythe? No - It is Cosima Townley, daughter of Sir Simon and Lady Mary Townley, present Mayor of Burnley. The noble Townleys have roots that go back before the Domesday Book in the Burnley area; her uncle was the late Peregrine Worsthorne. She is a really posh old school Tory though. Towneley with a middle e. Sir Simon is still around aged 101.
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CatholicLeft
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Post by CatholicLeft on Sept 11, 2022 13:25:15 GMT
No - It is Cosima Towneley, daughter of Sir Simon and Lady Mary Towneley, present Mayor of Burnley. The noble Towneleys have roots that go back before the Domesday Book in the Burnley area; her uncle was the late Peregrine Worsthorne. She is a really posh old school Tory though. Towneley with a middle e. Sir Simon is still around aged 101. Flaming auotcorrect - Sir Simon still attends Mass and regularly offers priests the opportunity to celebrate Mass in the Towneley Hall Chapel, even though the Hall is now owned by the council (a deal with the family, I believe)
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carolus
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Post by carolus on Sept 12, 2022 18:00:40 GMT
Cumbria, Castle. Alan McGuckin, Labour to Independent. www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/20618604.veteran-carlisle-councillor-labour-witch-hunt-claims/Hyndburn, Church (2023); and Lancashire, Accrington North. Loraine Cox, Independent (elected as Labour) to Conservative. Had left Labour last month. uk.news.yahoo.com/former-labour-councillor-joins-tories-130000182.htmlSouth Cambridgeshire, Over & Willingham. Daniel Lentell, Liberal Democrat to Independent. South Kesteven, Grantham St Vincent's. Charmaine Morgan, Alliance SK (elected as Labour) to Independent (unaligned). Left Labour a few months ago, joined Alliance SK in July.
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Post by Rutlander on Sept 12, 2022 18:54:42 GMT
Cumbria, Castle. Alan McGuckin, Labour to Independent. www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/20618604.veteran-carlisle-councillor-labour-witch-hunt-claims/Hyndburn, Church (2023); and Lancashire, Accrington North. Loraine Cox, Independent (elected as Labour) to Conservative. Had left Labour last month. uk.news.yahoo.com/former-labour-councillor-joins-tories-130000182.htmlSouth Cambridgeshire, Over & Willingham. Daniel Lentell, Liberal Democrat to Independent. South Kesteven, Grantham St Vincent's. Charmaine Morgan, Alliance SK (elected as Labour) to Independent (unaligned). Left Labour a few months ago, joined Alliance SK in July. In 2005 Charmaine Morgan was the Labour parliamentary candidate in Norfolk SW (which is a more notable seat now than then).
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Post by froome on Sept 12, 2022 19:34:45 GMT
Cumbria, Castle. Alan McGuckin, Labour to Independent. www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/20618604.veteran-carlisle-councillor-labour-witch-hunt-claims/Hyndburn, Church (2023); and Lancashire, Accrington North. Loraine Cox, Independent (elected as Labour) to Conservative. Had left Labour last month. uk.news.yahoo.com/former-labour-councillor-joins-tories-130000182.htmlSouth Cambridgeshire, Over & Willingham. Daniel Lentell, Liberal Democrat to Independent. South Kesteven, Grantham St Vincent's. Charmaine Morgan, Alliance SK (elected as Labour) to Independent (unaligned). Left Labour a few months ago, joined Alliance SK in July. What is or was Alliance SK?
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carolus
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Post by carolus on Sept 12, 2022 20:28:20 GMT
Cumbria, Castle. Alan McGuckin, Labour to Independent. www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/20618604.veteran-carlisle-councillor-labour-witch-hunt-claims/Hyndburn, Church (2023); and Lancashire, Accrington North. Loraine Cox, Independent (elected as Labour) to Conservative. Had left Labour last month. uk.news.yahoo.com/former-labour-councillor-joins-tories-130000182.htmlSouth Cambridgeshire, Over & Willingham. Daniel Lentell, Liberal Democrat to Independent. South Kesteven, Grantham St Vincent's. Charmaine Morgan, Alliance SK (elected as Labour) to Independent (unaligned). Left Labour a few months ago, joined Alliance SK in July. What is or was Alliance SK? They are Independents who are different to the other independents www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/councillors-form-new-political-group-9265360/
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Post by gwynthegriff on Sept 12, 2022 20:33:22 GMT
But surely all independents are different to all other independents?
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Crimson King
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Post by Crimson King on Sept 12, 2022 22:12:41 GMT
But surely all independents are different to all other independents? “we are all individuals” “I’m not”
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Post by finsobruce on Sept 12, 2022 22:18:52 GMT
But surely all independents are different to all other independents? I think we need an Independent enquiry.
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Post by neilm on Sept 13, 2022 7:22:14 GMT
But surely all independents are different to all other independents? I think we need an Independent enquiry. The short version will be more successful and called i.
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carolus
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Post by carolus on Sept 13, 2022 21:33:10 GMT
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Post by timrollpickering on Sept 14, 2022 13:33:59 GMT
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The Bishop
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Post by The Bishop on Sept 14, 2022 13:58:45 GMT
Conwy, Colwyn. David Carr, Labour to Unaligned. Any background to this one, given that he was elected as Labour just months ago?
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Post by Merseymike on Sept 14, 2022 14:01:49 GMT
Thought that happened back in March? She is among a few who combine being on the hard left with full time anti-trans obsession
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Post by timrollpickering on Sept 14, 2022 14:11:30 GMT
I didn't notice the date and couldn't find her name on a quick search of this thread. I saw the link being shared online today.
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Post by owainsutton on Sept 14, 2022 17:50:57 GMT
Burnley, Hapton with Park: Peter Gill is now listed on the council website as 'Hapton with Park independent'. Elected in 2019 for UKIP, traversed briefly (if I remember correctly) via Brexit Party before joining the Conservatives.
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Post by carolus on Sept 15, 2022 19:52:12 GMT
Conwy, Colwyn. David Carr, Labour to Unaligned. Any background to this one, given that he was elected as Labour just months ago? I can't find anything further, except that he has been further changed from Unaligned to part of the Allied Independents group on the council website.
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Post by Merseymike on Sept 16, 2022 19:54:14 GMT
She is among a few who combine being on the hard left with full time anti-trans obsession She is not anti-Trans*. She just points out that they are still actually blokes. * except maybe the ones who do it because they are sex pests. But they are no more than 10% of Trans. The clear majority are just attention seeking and a quiet significant minority are genuine and wish it was not being discussed so that they could maybe slip quietly under the radar like in the old days I have met her and she is anti-trans. Her Twitter displays that only too well as it makes up some 80% of the posts.
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Post by london(ex)tory on Sept 17, 2022 7:22:50 GMT
I have met her and she is anti-trans. Her Twitter displays that only too well as it makes up some 80% of the posts. to allow me to calibrate that, do you regard me as anti-Trans? No, just Tired of Explaining Reality to Fuckwits.
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The Bishop
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Post by The Bishop on Sept 17, 2022 9:15:32 GMT
The point is surely that the precise nature of that "reality" is contested here.
Of course "biological sex is a thing", as trans-sceptic types constantly tell us - the question is whether it is the *only* thing.
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