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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Jul 24, 2015 14:36:21 GMT
Oh yes. I guess the City Queens might have replaced the Chelsea knitwear ones given your age? Very much so! It was much the same in Manchester as well. I even encountered a few homosexuals who would complain it was too gay! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2015 14:38:44 GMT
Conservative Future was a tough place to be as a straight man. I've probably, ehm, been on dates with most of their Scottish membership.  |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Jul 24, 2015 14:43:00 GMT
Conservative Future was a tough place to be as a straight man. I've probably, ehm, been on dates with most of their Scottish membership. You're a very ecumenical chap in every way, aren't you? |
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Post by johnloony on Jul 25, 2015 0:36:07 GMT
Terry White (male), Green Party parliamentary candidate, local branch co-ordinator, chair of West Midlands under 30s Greens, says the Green party is a tough place to be if you're male.  Did he specify why? Too many women? Too many lesbians? Too many gay men? Not enough pretty young women? A load of feminázi-deep-green harridans who want to execute all men because they are reproducing too much and over-populating the planet? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2015 9:20:16 GMT
Terry White (male), Green Party parliamentary candidate, local branch co-ordinator, chair of West Midlands under 30s Greens, says the Green party is a tough place to be if you're male. Did he specify why? Too many women? Too many lesbians? Too many gay men? Not enough pretty young women? A load of feminázi-deep-green harridans who want to execute all men because they are reproducing too much and over-populating the planet? It's presumably because of the gender-balancing rules. More men generally put themselves forward as candidates, which effectively means that women who put themselves forward are more likely to get selected. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Jul 25, 2015 9:36:05 GMT
Did he specify why? Too many women? Too many lesbians? Too many gay men? Not enough pretty young women? A load of feminázi-deep-green harridans who want to execute all men because they are reproducing too much and over-populating the planet? It's presumably because of the gender-balancing rules. More men generally put themselves forward as candidates, which effectively means that women who put themselves forward are more likely to get selected. Strikes me as a system that could have as many flaws as the system it is designed to replace. What happens if there's only one male candidate, for example, and he's an utter see-you-next-Tuesday? Is there a mechanism to prevent his selection? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2015 10:36:02 GMT
Strikes me as a system that could have as many flaws as the system it is designed to replace. What happens if there's only one male candidate, for example, and he's an utter see-you-next-Tuesday? Is there a mechanism to prevent his selection? I only really know how the SGP do things, but our constitution states: Though this should be seen in conjunction with: So no-one automatically gets selected without sufficient approval of the party membership at the appropriate level. I'd assume that the GPEW have something broadly similar. |
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Post by greenchristian on Jul 25, 2015 20:02:13 GMT
It's presumably because of the gender-balancing rules. More men generally put themselves forward as candidates, which effectively means that women who put themselves forward are more likely to get selected. Strikes me as a system that could have as many flaws as the system it is designed to replace. What happens if there's only one male candidate, for example, and he's an utter see-you-next-Tuesday? Is there a mechanism to prevent his selection? GPEW currently has the following gender-balance rules: Male/Female deputy leader positions (replaces the previous system which gender-balanced the leader and deputy positions, with leader having priority) Second call for nominations in Westminster selections if there are no female candidates Zipping system for Euro lists (though it is not required that regional parties use zipping). Zipping for London Assembly lists Possibly zipping for Welsh Assembly lists. Some local parties (e.g. Brighton and Hove) have gender-balance rules for councillor selection, but that's entirely up to the local party. B&H's system is definitely discriminatory - it caps the number of male candidates at one per ward. There may also be some gender balancing system for some groups within the party (e.g. the Young Greens executive), but I'm not involved in any such groups. Anyway, I'm sad to see Terry go, but wish him all the best. I quite like the guy. Though he didn't say so in the original link, I suspect his departure has something to do with the fact that Rugby Green Party have never really got it together when it comes to electioneering. As for not being saddled with a useless candidate, all national elections have Re-Open Nominations as a ballot option, and whilst local parties are free to do their own thing with selections at council level (as long as it's democratic, etc.) RON is pretty much standard. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2015 14:08:20 GMT
I do not doubt him. Conservative Future was a tough place to be as a straight man. But had its perks though How many pints did it take at your conferences, then? |
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Post by neilm on Jul 31, 2015 14:24:01 GMT
Depended on who you were talking to...
Harrogate in spring 2003 was none in one case, I recall.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2015 14:27:50 GMT
Depended on who you were talking to... Harrogate in spring 2003 was none in one case, I recall. *doffs cap* |
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Post by The Bishop on Aug 8, 2015 9:29:11 GMT
Occasional poster on this site "Harrier" (formerly "Midlander") seems in the past year or so to have switched from Labour to Tory and now to Labour again.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2015 10:22:45 GMT
Occasional poster on this site "Harrier" (formerly "Midlander") seems to have in the past year or so to have switched from Labour to Tory and now to Labour again. I'm sure hifly15 used to be a Conservative also. |
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Post by marksenior on Aug 8, 2015 12:16:32 GMT
There are elements in the SNP membership who are quickly coming to resemble the very unpleasant people in the SS in Germany in the 1930s . |
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Post by carlton43 on Aug 8, 2015 12:32:45 GMT
There are elements in the SNP membership who are quickly coming to resemble the very unpleasant people SS in Germany in the 1930s . Small, rat-faced, pig-ignorant, viscerally racialist, thuggish, heavy drinking perverts? No, I don't see any resemblence. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Aug 8, 2015 14:02:23 GMT
There are elements in the SNP membership who are quickly coming to resemble the very unpleasant people in the SS in Germany in the 1930s . Former left-wing extremists finding a new authoritarian hobby horse? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2015 16:06:40 GMT
There are elements in the SNP membership who are quickly coming to resemble the very unpleasant people in the SS in Germany in the 1930s . Yes, but if one says it out loud one gets suspended from Scottish Labour. |
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Post by iainbhx on Aug 8, 2015 16:48:46 GMT
There are elements in the SNP membership who are quickly coming to resemble the very unpleasant people in the SS in Germany in the 1930s . Former left-wing extremists finding a new authoritarian hobby horse? Does beefsteak fit for former Labour Cybernats? |
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