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Post by anthony on Jan 6, 2015 8:16:24 GMT
Christian Klapp seems to have defected very quickly. At the end of April 2014 he's retweeting the Labour leader of Southwark, and on 4 May he tweets that he is now a Conservative. His campaign manager in the Thamesfield election is also no longer in Labour, as has previously been remarked on on this forum. |
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Post by The Bishop on Jan 6, 2015 11:06:55 GMT
Deselection related, it would appear - quelle surprise! |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jan 6, 2015 11:28:56 GMT
Northampton does seem to be a bit of a failed state
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Post by The Bishop on Jan 6, 2015 11:40:06 GMT
Christian Klapp seems to have defected very quickly. At the end of April 2014 he's retweeting the Labour leader of Southwark, and on 4 May he tweets that he is now a Conservative. His campaign manager in the Thamesfield election is also no longer in Labour, as has previously been remarked on on this forum. Ah yes, the inimitable Adam Gray - has *he* joined the Tories yet? |
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Post by anthony on Jan 6, 2015 11:57:15 GMT
Ah yes, the inimitable Adam Gray - has *he* joined the Tories yet? I don't think the, ahem, carpet party* stood in Roehampton in the end?  *http://www.voteroehampton.co.uk/ |
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Post by mrhell on Jan 6, 2015 15:08:22 GMT
I didn't realise Adam Gray had gone. He was a tosser in his usenet days.
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Post by Khunanup on Jan 6, 2015 18:27:08 GMT
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Post by gwynthegriff on Jan 6, 2015 21:40:00 GMT
I'm not defending his comments but it's amazing that the Conservative council leader thinks he should be thrown out of the council. Same sentiments as yours. Tasteless and inappropriate, of course, but a case to be thrown out of the council? No. Leave that job to his electorate in due course. And if they choose to re-elect him? That's democracy. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Jan 6, 2015 22:20:37 GMT
Poole- I note that they claim to have been "not that political". Repeatedly running for election having joined a political party is pretty political. IOW- that's fairly bizarre. |
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Post by Khunanup on Jan 6, 2015 22:34:50 GMT
Poole- I note that they claim to have been "not that political". Repeatedly running for election having joined a political party is pretty political. IOW- that's fairly bizarre. Yes, the latter defection seems to confirm what I've heard about the 'difficulties' the Island Tories are after having been kicked out of power. Internecine warfare I understand. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Jan 6, 2015 23:02:18 GMT
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jan 6, 2015 23:37:40 GMT
I should say I heard an explanation for the Sevenoaks Labour defections today, and I feel I know less after it than I did before.
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Post by casualobserver on Jan 7, 2015 3:20:52 GMT
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Jan 7, 2015 9:05:15 GMT
I should say I heard an explanation for the Sevenoaks Labour defections today, and I feel I know less after it than I did before. Is it the Schleswig-Holstein Question of the defection world? |
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Post by casualobserver on Jan 7, 2015 21:47:25 GMT
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Post by No Offence Alan on Jan 7, 2015 23:20:46 GMT
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Post by AdminSTB on Jan 7, 2015 23:30:31 GMT
"Hawick councillors resign from administration over tapestry funding" is pretty much the best Scottish Borders headline ever.
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Jan 7, 2015 23:36:05 GMT
"Hawick councillors resign from administration over tapestry funding" is pretty much the best Scottish Borders headline ever. I worked in Hawick once. Strange, depressing town. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2015 23:50:41 GMT
"Hawick councillors resign from administration over tapestry funding" is pretty much the best Scottish Borders headline ever. I worked in Hawick once. Strange, depressing town. Don't let @fraser hear you say that... |
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Post by Merseymike on Jan 7, 2015 23:51:10 GMT
Christian Klapp strikes me as the sort of person who was attracted by Blairism but should never have joined the party in the first place - even looking at his old pre-Tory tweets, there is nothing there which suggests he had even remotely left wing views.
I won't criticise him because there were quite a few who did the same, and people are at liberty to change their minds or realise they are in the wrong party
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