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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Nov 20, 2014 20:03:40 GMT
I wonder if the Berkshire Gauleiter himself is down there today. When I dipped into the site a couple of months ago the Party Leader, Mr Stott, was Chair of a branch in West Berkshire, it seems to have folded. He's still all over the website. I note he hasn't chosen to stand in any by-election, but has sent two proxies to cover three. |
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Post by Merseymike on Nov 20, 2014 21:28:41 GMT
But seriously - I know some local parties find it hard to get candidates but for a winnable seat someone wHo later says he wasn't even a member and never really thought of himself as Labour should not be selected. And on top of that he holds the fringe nutter fundie views of the CPA!!! I don't disagree- but I have much more dislike for the type of people who want to be councillors because it fits their social ambitions, and don't really have anything in the way of political ideology. They tend to bob up in safe areas joining the dominant party. |
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Post by casualobserver on Nov 25, 2014 5:27:33 GMT
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Post by casualobserver on Nov 25, 2014 5:41:08 GMT
Colin Haddington, Filey Ward, Scarborough Borough Council, Con to "no political affiliation" according to the following story: www.fileymercury.co.uk/news/local/colin-packs-his-bags-for-ukip-but-not-this-year-1-6926716But the Council's website is already showing him as UKIP. On the assumption that the Council's got it right, the new political make-up in Scarborough's 50 member Council is: Conservative. 25 Labour. 9 Independent Group 6 UKIP 4 No Political Affiliation 3 LibDem 1 Green 1 Independent Independent 1 |
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Post by J.G.Harston on Nov 25, 2014 12:31:34 GMT
Colin Haddington, Filey Ward, Scarborough Borough Council, Con to "no political affiliation" according to the following story: www.fileymercury.co.uk/news/local/colin-packs-his-bags-for-ukip-but-not-this-year-1-6926716But the Council's website is already showing him as UKIP. On the assumption that the Council's got it right, the new political make-up in Scarborough's 50 member Council is: Conservative. 25 Labour. 9 Independent Group 6 UKIP 4 No Political Affiliation 3 LibDem 1 Green 1 Independent Independent 1 I must have blinked and missed a defection, my most up-to-date list updated with Colin Haddington puts the ragtags on: Independent Group 7 UKIP 2 No Political Affiliation 5 Independent Independent 1 I'll have to trek through the Scarborough website archives to check. |
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Post by Arthur Figgis on Nov 25, 2014 12:49:39 GMT
Are you including the Lib Dem as a ragtag?
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Post by J.G.Harston on Nov 25, 2014 15:56:23 GMT
Are you including the Lib Dem as a ragtag? As their numbers haven't changed (from one!, at least since Brian Simpson went NPA about two years ago, and I'd have to include the Green as well), I listed the various versions of independent-ish that members seem to randomly bounce around between, and which are the numbers my list differs from. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Nov 25, 2014 16:12:29 GMT
Given the rest of the content of that website,I'll be surprised if it's true. Not heard any rumours or seen any other stories yet in the local press. |
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Nov 25, 2014 18:17:52 GMT
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Post by dazza on Nov 26, 2014 8:12:15 GMT
What a complete and utter twat !.How did he get selected in the first place, surely there must be a few Labour members better capable of standing than this political illiterate.
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Post by Merseymike on Nov 26, 2014 18:13:15 GMT
It does beggar belief. Mind you, being the lone Labour councillor can be a lonely task. I used to know a couple of people who had been in that position or in a tiny Labour group and being effective was very difficult.
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Post by john07 on Nov 26, 2014 18:20:54 GMT
It does beggar belief. Mind you, being the lone Labour councillor can be a lonely task. I used to know a couple of people who had been in that position or in a tiny Labour group and being effective was very difficult. On the former Cheadle and Gatley UDC, Labour for some years had a single councillor: Norman Stoddart. Despite that he was chairman of Transport and Highways at one stage |
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Post by casualobserver on Nov 27, 2014 2:37:54 GMT
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Post by casualobserver on Dec 5, 2014 0:04:27 GMT
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Dec 5, 2014 0:08:45 GMT
He had previously announced that he was standing down at the 2015 election. Not clear if he's now standing as an Independent. |
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Post by casualobserver on Dec 5, 2014 0:28:07 GMT
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Post by casualobserver on Dec 5, 2014 0:34:50 GMT
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Post by gwynthegriff on Dec 5, 2014 16:51:20 GMT
Not sure which was the more incoherent there - his explanation of his defection or the local paper's account of it. |
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