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Post by Forfarshire Conservative on Dec 19, 2018 18:28:34 GMT
She'd be well advised not to drag it out any longer than she already has done. IMHO. I would say the opposite. Her career is over regardless so she has nothing to lose dragging things out as long as possible. Far from nothing to lose she has more to gain dragging it out. She’ll probably never get a salary as high as that again now. |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Dec 19, 2018 18:30:32 GMT
I wasn't offered a speed awareness course when I was caught doing 40 in a 30mph area - I understand anything up to 40 I would have done but at 40 I had to cop the fine and the points. This was quite a while ago now so perhaps they've changed the criteria
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2018 18:38:36 GMT
Stupidity? Arrogance? A feeling that she is above the law? Probably all of the above. Seems like your typical MP as far as I can see. wasnt this before she was MP |
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Post by Forfarshire Conservative on Dec 19, 2018 18:40:39 GMT
Seems like your typical MP as far as I can see. wasnt this before she was MP No, July last year |
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Post by mboy on Dec 19, 2018 18:46:29 GMT
Peterborough ought to be the kind of seat where a rabble-rousing working-class Lefty could get a lot of votes. Whether Galloway could avoid praising Hezbollah and calling to give away Gibraltar and the Falklands for long enough to not sink his campaign is another matter though... |
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Post by swanarcadian on Dec 19, 2018 18:49:05 GMT
I'm not even sure I'd be all that elated if the Tories did gain this seat. I was when we won Copeland, but then look what happened.
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Post by swanarcadian on Dec 19, 2018 18:54:34 GMT
If that's a hint from Galloway that he might stand, I'm surprised, a. because he's the sort of person who ought to be a strong supporter of Corbyn, and b. because he declined to stand in Tooting because of the lesser risk of Labour losing there. |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Dec 19, 2018 19:05:33 GMT
Peterborough ought to be the kind of seat where a rabble-rousing working-class Lefty could get a lot of votes. Whether Galloway could avoid praising Hezbollah and calling to give away Gibraltar and the Falklands for long enough to not sink his campaign is another matter though... There's a lot of Pakistani muslim voters in Peterborough which is probably why he is interested. It's nearly 20 years since he got elected anywhere by white working class voters |
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Post by pragmaticidealist on Dec 19, 2018 19:19:35 GMT
She'd be well advised not to drag it out any longer than she already has done. IMHO. She is appealing according to a Twitter message she's posted. That account doesn't look entirely genuine to me. Especially as the word 'parody' appears in the description. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Dec 19, 2018 19:23:11 GMT
Peterborough ought to be the kind of seat where a rabble-rousing working-class Lefty could get a lot of votes. Whether Galloway could avoid praising Hezbollah and calling to give away Gibraltar and the Falklands for long enough to not sink his campaign is another matter though... There's a lot of Pakistani muslim voters in Peterborough which is probably why he is interested. It's nearly 20 years since he got elected anywhere by white working class voters Yep, you can imagine that he'd not even be hinting at it if this were Mansfield or Grimsby. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2018 19:33:03 GMT
The usuals: Farage, Galloway will be ramped
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Post by Chris from Brum on Dec 19, 2018 19:34:27 GMT
She is appealing according to a Twitter message she's posted. That account doesn't look entirely genuine to me. Especially as the word 'parody' appears in the description. And she's spelt Seumas Milne's name wrong. Doesn't her real account have "MP" on the end? |
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Post by hedgehog on Dec 19, 2018 19:35:38 GMT
Assuming there is going to be a byelection, what do we think about the possibility of Patrick O'Flynn standing for the SDP, he looks set to be unemployed shortly, lives not that far away, must have some name recognition in the constituency, a good opportunity to get some traction for his new party.
Peterborough should be somewhere where they could do well.
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Post by neilm on Dec 19, 2018 19:44:30 GMT
There is already talk that the Labour candidate in any byelection would be likely to be Lisa Forbes - candidate in 2015, who didn't apply for 2017 as she was in the middle of moving house. Is she the one who claimed that people were eating by candlelight due to austerity? |
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Post by Lord Twaddleford on Dec 19, 2018 19:53:02 GMT
If anyone could challenge Stewart Jackson to the title of "which former MP is the biggest colossal arsehole", it'll be our old "friend" Gruesome George here...  |
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Post by pragmaticidealist on Dec 19, 2018 19:56:40 GMT
Assuming there is going to be a byelection, what do we think about the possibility of Patrick O'Flynn standing for the SDP, he looks set to be unemployed shortly, lives not that far away, must have some name recognition in the constituency, a good opportunity to get some traction for his new party. Peterborough should be somewhere where they could do well. A nastier thought: Stephen Yaxley-Lennon/"Tommy Robinson" might feel as if he could do well in this seat, especially given the general political environment. How about the following SOPN, eh? Labour - Helen Clark Conservative - Stewart Jackson Liberal Democrat - Gary Lineker Independent - George Galloway Pro-Brexit something or other party - Nigel Farage SDP - Patrick O'Flynn UKIP - Tommy Robinson |
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Post by BucksDucks on Dec 19, 2018 20:01:31 GMT
Assuming there is going to be a byelection, what do we think about the possibility of Patrick O'Flynn standing for the SDP, he looks set to be unemployed shortly, lives not that far away, must have some name recognition in the constituency, a good opportunity to get some traction for his new party. Peterborough should be somewhere where they could do well.
Peterborough still has a Liberal Party councillor, so maybe the Liberals and Social Democrats will go head-to-head?
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Dec 19, 2018 20:12:32 GMT
Assuming there is going to be a byelection, what do we think about the possibility of Patrick O'Flynn standing for the SDP, he looks set to be unemployed shortly, lives not that far away, must have some name recognition in the constituency, a good opportunity to get some traction for his new party. Peterborough should be somewhere where they could do well. A nastier thought: Stephen Yaxley-Lennon/"Tommy Robinson" might feel as if he could do well in this seat, especially given the general political environment. How about the following SOPN, eh? Labour - Helen Clark Conservative - Stewart Jackson Liberal Democrat - Gary LinekerIndependent - George Galloway Pro-Brexit something or other party - Nigel Farage SDP - Patrick O'Flynn UKIP - Tommy Robinson Surely Lembit Öpik ? |
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Post by hedgehog on Dec 19, 2018 20:12:50 GMT
Assuming there is going to be a byelection, what do we think about the possibility of Patrick O'Flynn standing for the SDP, he looks set to be unemployed shortly, lives not that far away, must have some name recognition in the constituency, a good opportunity to get some traction for his new party. Peterborough should be somewhere where they could do well. A nastier thought: Stephen Yaxley-Lennon/"Tommy Robinson" might feel as if he could do well in this seat, especially given the general political environment. How about the following SOPN, eh? Labour - Helen Clark Conservative - Stewart Jackson Liberal Democrat - Gary Lineker Independent - George Galloway Pro-Brexit something or other party - Nigel Farage SDP - Patrick O'Flynn UKIP - Tommy Robinson The hustings would certainly be interesting 😚. |
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Post by hedgehog on Dec 19, 2018 20:15:03 GMT
A nastier thought: Stephen Yaxley-Lennon/"Tommy Robinson" might feel as if he could do well in this seat, especially given the general political environment. How about the following SOPN, eh? Labour - Helen Clark Conservative - Stewart Jackson Liberal Democrat - Gary LinekerIndependent - George Galloway Pro-Brexit something or other party - Nigel Farage SDP - Patrick O'Flynn UKIP - Tommy Robinson Surely Lembit Öpik ? is he still considering the job as Estonian president. |
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