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Post by mrhell on Mar 1, 2014 14:56:34 GMT
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Post by dazza on Mar 1, 2014 16:56:22 GMT
I am afraid this defection is a part of the ongoing fall out from deselections.
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Post by euan on Mar 1, 2014 19:30:59 GMT
Couldn't easily see anything indicating he'd been deselected, but did find a blog he started back in 2009 - working4eastbury.wordpress.com/ - which seems to indicate things weren't entirely happy between him and his local party even back then:
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2014 20:18:41 GMT
Pete, better check your keyboard for defects. Either that, or you're the new Ianrobo. I managed capitals and punctuation at least How was the hangover?
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Post by marksenior on Mar 2, 2014 11:01:35 GMT
Phil Grove , Conservative councillor on Worcs CC has been suspended from the group because of his vote with Labour on the local Fire Authority . This may leas to his expulsion . He is also a councillor on Malvern Hills DC .
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Mar 2, 2014 21:38:12 GMT
I managed capitals and punctuation at least How was the hangover? It was good
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Post by kevin on Mar 3, 2014 12:46:52 GMT
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Post by libfozzy on Mar 9, 2014 15:47:06 GMT
I have it, on frankly excellent authority that one of Ceredigion's Independent Councillors (Gethin James, Aberporth) will be defecting to UKIP in Cabinet Monday morning. Not sure if he'll stay sitting with the Independent group (that's up to the Indies), but if he does, that'd make the County's administration a Plaid/Independent/Labour/UKIP coalition.
Can't imagine that'll make many in the Plaid group very happy......
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Post by Tony Otim on Mar 9, 2014 17:13:38 GMT
I have it, on frankly excellent authority that one of Ceredigion's Independent Councillors (Gethin James, Aberporth) will be defecting to UKIP in Cabinet Monday morning. Not sure if he'll stay sitting with the Independent group (that's up to the Indies), but if he does, that'd make the County's administration a Plaid/Independent/Labour/UKIP coalition. Can't imagine that'll make many in the Plaid group very happy...... But I'm sure cefin will be delighted
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Post by libfozzy on Mar 10, 2014 21:49:58 GMT
Gethin definitely defected today. I hear the dear leader (Ellen ap Gwynne) did not take the news well.....
I also believe that his defection doubles the number of UKIP Councillors (at a unitary level) in Wales.
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Post by Tony Otim on Mar 10, 2014 22:02:48 GMT
Gethin definitely defected today. I hear the dear leader (Ellen ap Gwynne) did not take the news well..... I also believe that his defection doubles the number of UKIP Councillors (at a unitary level) in Wales.Not quite - I think a rise from 2 to 3. 1 in Vale of Glamorgan and 1 in Merthyr.
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Post by libfozzy on Mar 10, 2014 22:36:05 GMT
Fair enough - still, it's a fairly sizeable increase!
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Post by libfozzy on Mar 11, 2014 1:37:51 GMT
An update to the above posts, the plaid Council group leader apparently sacked Gethin from the cabinet earlier - seems she did so unilaterally - which may cause her a few problems down the line!
AFAIK, Gethin is still sitting with the Independent group however, therefore he's still a member of the coalition.
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Post by johng on Mar 11, 2014 18:01:05 GMT
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Post by Sibboleth on Mar 11, 2014 18:03:15 GMT
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Post by cefin on Mar 11, 2014 18:32:12 GMT
I wonder if I might make a small request of plaid cymru which perhaps their supporters on this site might pass on to HQ.
Your continued displays of bigotry and the constant mentions of UKIP in every statement made by your representatives including your party leader recently, has been causing us massive problems due to our phone lines and operatives being unable to cope with the flood of requests from the Welsh public for membership application packs.
Could you please cut down to just one or two mentions a day until we are able to clear the backlog or take on more staff?
Apart from that, thank you very much and please carry on.
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Post by gwynthegriff on Mar 11, 2014 18:55:16 GMT
I wonder if I might make a small request of plaid cymru which perhaps their supporters on this site might pass on to HQ. Your continued displays of bigotry and the constant mentions of UKIP in every statement made by your representatives including your party leader recently, has been causing us massive problems due to our phone lines and operatives being unable to cope with the flood of requests from the Welsh public for membership application packs. Could you please cut down to just one or two mentions a day until we are able to clear the backlog or take on more staff? Apart from that, thank you very much and please carry on. "Non-aligned" ?
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Post by independentukip on Mar 11, 2014 19:01:22 GMT
Cefin has made no claim to be non-aligned.
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Post by cefin on Mar 11, 2014 19:11:54 GMT
I wonder if I might make a small request of plaid cymru which perhaps their supporters on this site might pass on to HQ. Your continued displays of bigotry and the constant mentions of UKIP in every statement made by your representatives including your party leader recently, has been causing us massive problems due to our phone lines and operatives being unable to cope with the flood of requests from the Welsh public for membership application packs. Could you please cut down to just one or two mentions a day until we are able to clear the backlog or take on more staff? Apart from that, thank you very much and please carry on. "Non-aligned" ? No one has claimed that I am non aligned We went through this some months ago. Apparently I was supposed to guess that you have to contact Kris in order to colour up a non de plume. Since being informed of this I have to say that I haven't bothered. However at that time I did openly put on the site my name and who I was, an action I might add that I have not seen replicated by any of the many anonymous contributors on here since I have registered with the forum. For the avoidance of doubt and for your own personal records my name is Kevin Mahoney and I am a councillor on the Vale of Glamorgan County council currently a Lib Dem free area
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Post by BossMan on Mar 11, 2014 20:41:23 GMT
Apparently I was supposed to guess that you have to contact Kris in order to colour up a non de plume. Since being informed of this I have to say that I haven't bothered. I can add you to the UKIP group right now if you want, takes about ten seconds.
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