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Post by gwynthegriff on Jan 28, 2014 20:40:34 GMT
Even by your standards Ian that is a ridiculous suggestion. not it is not, why do you protect an MP so much ? As is so often the case Ian, your question is ambiguous. By 'you' do you mean me personally, or the party? If the party then I cannot answer. If me personally, I am not defending Hancock, but the principle that an MP (or a Councillor) should not be removed from office on the basis of allegations. I cannot claim to know Hancock, but I find his admitted behaviour distasteful, and his views on human rights in Eastern Europe disturbing. So, if you think I am defending him, it is on the basis of principle not him.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2014 20:42:47 GMT
who says I am saying removed from office, I am saying a suspension in lieu of all action being completed against him. Your party obviously thinks the same eventually.
Why was it not suspended when the report went to the police ?
I maybe wrong but wasnt Joyce and McShame both suspended before being found guilty ?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2014 10:20:44 GMT
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Jan 30, 2014 18:56:48 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2014 20:10:18 GMT
I presume that isn't allowed!
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Post by anthony on Jan 31, 2014 9:11:27 GMT
I've seen a different interpretation to the one given on the Bath Mercury.
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Post by Merseymike on Jan 31, 2014 10:31:10 GMT
I've seen a different interpretation to the one given on the Bath Mercury. Well, clearly that's his interpretation. The party he left may have a different one, but they would, wouldn't they?
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Post by anthony on Jan 31, 2014 10:43:55 GMT
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Post by erlend on Jan 31, 2014 11:43:12 GMT
Well looking at it, the issues that made him resign appear to be ward rather than political. Always sad to lose people but it doesn't appear to be another one of the "Clegg eats babies" ones.
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Post by Merseymike on Jan 31, 2014 17:05:37 GMT
I think - and this is a personal view - that there is something to be said for someone who does put their area first. Indeed, I do find it incongruous that the LD's fight on a very localised ward-based platform and then seem to impose the level of whipping associated with my party!!
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Post by erlend on Jan 31, 2014 17:20:18 GMT
I suspect even those who don't defect have a higher rebellion rate. It would be hard to analyse but if anyone could do it it I would put my money on Davıd Boothroyd to have done it! (That is intended as a compliment to David).
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Post by anthony on Feb 2, 2014 15:57:28 GMT
I think - and this is a personal view - that there is something to be said for someone who does put their area first. Indeed, I do find it incongruous that the LD's fight on a very localised ward-based platform and then seem to impose the level of whipping associated with my party!! It occurs to me that this particular defection isn't just about "putting his area first", but that may be a personal view of mine.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2014 14:42:21 GMT
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Post by anthony on Feb 11, 2014 15:21:33 GMT
The Conservative group have now accepted Chris Edge back, after they kicked him about because he voted (and stood) against their official nomination for Mayor.
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Post by J.G.Harston on Feb 11, 2014 15:28:37 GMT
He apparently wants to return to the Conservatives from whence he came. "whence" means "from where".
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Post by anthony on Feb 11, 2014 16:37:30 GMT
"whence" means "from where". Yes, although "from whence" has a good literary heritage.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2014 17:50:32 GMT
I think - and this is a personal view - that there is something to be said for someone who does put their area first. Indeed, I do find it incongruous that the LD's fight on a very localised ward-based platform and then seem to impose the level of whipping associated with my party!! It occurs to me that this particular defection isn't just about "putting his area first", but that may be a personal view of mine. I think you may be right if the rumours swirling around have any basis in fact. Which is of course questionable. This does leave the Labour Group as the only party group intact from 2011. At the moment.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 12, 2014 14:32:00 GMT
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Post by Tony Otim on Feb 12, 2014 15:37:55 GMT
I'm slightly surprised that that issue hasn't seen one or two defections in some parts of Scotland...
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Post by froome on Feb 18, 2014 8:31:45 GMT
As already mentioned on the Solihull thread, Cllr Jean Hamilton, Lib Dem councillor for Elmdon ward on Solihull council, has defected to the Green Party, which now has 7 councillors here. She was first elected in 2007 and is due for re-election in 2015.
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