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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 17, 2019 23:26:05 GMT
Paul Flynn has died.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2019 23:42:20 GMT
That's incredibly sad. A bit of a shock, but not necessarily a surprise.
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Post by msc on Feb 17, 2019 23:45:11 GMT
That is sad news. I've heard nothing but great things from several friends who were constituents of his at various points.
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Post by syorkssocialist on Feb 18, 2019 0:22:59 GMT
This is incredibly sad news; his speeches were some of the first I listened to when getting into politics and he always came across as a thoroughly decent sensible chap with an impeccable sense of humour to boot. Also worthy of respect for learning fluent Welsh as an adult. True credit to Labour, Newport, Wales and Britain. RIP.
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Post by Sibboleth on Feb 18, 2019 1:11:34 GMT
This is incredibly sad news; his speeches were some of the first I listened to when getting into politics and he always came across as a thoroughly decent sensible chap with an impeccable sense of humour to boot. Also worthy of respect for learning fluent Welsh as an adult. True credit to Labour, Newport, Wales and Britain. RIP. He was a delightful old crank and an entertaining fixture of public life in South Wales. Will be missed even by those with massive political differences. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Feb 18, 2019 2:28:46 GMT
Wasn't Paul Flynn the source of the amusing story about Roy Jenkins and the asparagus?
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Post by AdminSTB on Feb 18, 2019 5:17:04 GMT
Very sad. Not so long ago he seemed to be doing so well for a man of his age. An energetic and lively Commons performer.
Then there was that unforgettable brief stint as a frontbencher during the last Parliament. Video:
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Post by carlton43 on Feb 18, 2019 9:12:39 GMT
An interesting and decent man of many parts and interests who deployed humour in adversity. An opponent is pleased to pay tribute and offer sincere condolences. |
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Post by The Bishop on Feb 18, 2019 10:06:40 GMT
Yes, he appeared genuinely well respected. The contrast with the vain moral and political pygmies currently having their moment in the sun needs little elaboration.
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Post by mboy on Feb 18, 2019 10:33:03 GMT
One of the good guys. His bravery on drugs policy in the early 90s, back when saying drug decriminalisation was enough to get you sacked from anything, should be a lesson to all MPs.
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Post by The Bishop on Feb 18, 2019 10:37:55 GMT
He was a leftie, but voted for Blair in the 1994 Labour leadership election and Liz Kendall (!) in 2015. And then became a strong Corbyn supporter.
As I have already said, totally his own man and certainly not in the "tedious self important blowhard" manner that phrase can sometimes cover.
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Feb 18, 2019 13:31:03 GMT
To echo carlton43, definitely one for whom Brandt's words about Adenauer are apt: "I come not to bury an enemy but to celebrate an opponent". |
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Post by Merseymike on Feb 18, 2019 18:08:52 GMT
Read his autobiography. Very amusing particularly the tales of being paired with the permanently drunk and eventually out to lunch Dr Alan Glyn who was Theresa Mays predecessor in the then Windsor and Maidenhead seat
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Post by johnloony on Feb 20, 2019 21:47:54 GMT
Wasn't Paul Flynn the source of the amusing story about Roy Jenkins and the asparagus? Google says Kinnock |
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Post by hedgehog on Feb 22, 2019 19:50:20 GMT
Amelia Womack was preselected for this seat in case of an early general election, so I'm pretty certain she will be the Green candidate when the by election is called.
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Post by neilm on Feb 23, 2019 9:20:46 GMT
Richard Suchorzewski.
Well, well. Not a name we've heard in a while.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Feb 23, 2019 9:37:51 GMT
Richard Suchorzewski. Well, well. Not a name we've heard in a while. Or indeed, in some cases, ever |
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Feb 23, 2019 9:49:21 GMT
" A POLITICAL party dedicated to scrapping to Welsh Assembly has announced it will run a candidate in the forthcoming Newport West by-election. The Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party has announced Richard Suchorzewski will stand for the seat, which has been vacant since the death of Paul Flynn on Sunday - the first time the party has run in a General Election. The announcement follows a poll of supporters on the party's Facebook page on whether they should stand a candidate in the by-election - in which 87 per cent backed the idea. Mr Suchorzewski, 55, who is also the party's chairman, is originally from Ystrad Mynach and has a background in banking and wealth management and today works as a business consultant in Barry." This is where living in Wales has a distinct advantage. They stood in the Assembly elections in 2016 in all five regions and came within a whisker of qualifying for the allocation of AM's in the Mid and West Wales region. Across the whole of Wales they polled 44,286 votes and in the Newport West regional list vote polled 1,123 votes (4.1%) of the total therefore I think they could easily poll between 2% and 3% of the vote in this by-election and would take the majority of their support from UKIP then Con. |
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Post by markgoodair on Feb 23, 2019 10:11:03 GMT
My prediction. Labour hold with a majority of 7347.
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Post by cibwr on Feb 23, 2019 10:35:09 GMT
By coincidence I have just received Paul Flinn's book Dragons Lead By Poodles, his account of the fixed election that propelled Alun Michael into the leadership of the National Assembly for Wales. He will be sorely missed, an honest politician and a hard worker. And certainly a Welsh patriot and a socialist.
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