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Post by Pete Whitehead on Feb 2, 2013 21:18:48 GMT
I'd like ot think Tower Hamlets Conservatives do. Like arguing over another ward name..
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Post by stepney on Feb 2, 2013 21:26:51 GMT
I can ask without looking at a map 'Does the estate dominate the ward'? No, it doesn't. Indeed half the estate is in another ward, whereas the Poplar North ward contains other estates (Brownfield, Teviot etc) and maybe 15% of the population live on the Lansbury. But, it's George Lansbury, socialism-Rates Revolt etc innit. Never mind that half the people in Tower Hamlets politics painting themselves with the leftist mantle of George Lansbury haven't the first idea who he was (or indeed who Clem Attlee, a far more deserving case for a ward name if we have to name them after leaders of the Labour Party, was). I'd like to think the Barnet Labour Party would have somewhat more useful things to spend their time on than arguing over a ward name. That's funny, because the Tower Hamlets Labour Party certainly don't. When the LGBCE draft recommendations were first published, I understand they had a BLP meeting until four in the morning debating how to get Banglatown back into the name of Spitalfields. And our Croydonian loony night owl wasn't even one of their number. Now that's dedication! Whereas I've always got time to argue on here with everyone about everything. But particularly you EAL.  |
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Feb 2, 2013 22:24:00 GMT
Incidentally, if there were to be a Thatcher ward, I suspect Grantham would be a more likely location than Barnet. She was never that closely connected with her constituency, still less with one particular part of it, but there are a fair few small and medium towns that have wards named after famous sons or daughters born within their confines.
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Post by Andrew_S on Feb 2, 2013 22:57:36 GMT
In Australia they name some federal divisions after politicians. So Sedgefield could be re-named "Blair" for example in this country if we ever adopted the same practice.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2013 23:19:46 GMT
Indeed every deceased Australian PM has a federal electorate in their name except for Joseph Cook, beaten to the honour by the more notable James.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Feb 2, 2013 23:21:27 GMT
There is a Blair constituency in Queensland of course
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Post by David Ashforth on Feb 3, 2013 17:51:16 GMT
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Post by bungle on Feb 4, 2013 14:38:50 GMT
In Australia they name some federal divisions after politicians. So Sedgefield could be re-named "Blair" for example in this country if we ever adopted the same practice. Indeed. The AEC has a criteria for naming seats of which a criterion is "name divisions after deceased Australians who have rendered outstanding service to their country, with consideration given to former Prime Ministers". Sometimes it is the actual area that the person represented that gets the honour; sometimes it is somewhere else in the state. What amuses me is with the latter you get seats where the political colour of the deceased politician is totally at odds with the seat chosen; I always think of Curtin in WA which is named after Labor PM Dr John Curtin and is a very safe Liberal seat. So applying that irony here we could have say Erith & Thamesmead renamed 'Heath' or Chingford & Woodford Green renamed 'Attlee'. |
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Post by piperdave on Feb 4, 2013 20:59:25 GMT
I'm not sure the burghers of Fife would appreciate being in a constituency called "Brown".
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Feb 4, 2013 21:36:51 GMT
They gave him nearly 65% of the vote last time.
Unless you mean that they'd be unhappy about Britain adopting the system the Australians only use because they have so very little history, in which case I'd agree.
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Post by piperdave on Feb 4, 2013 23:05:09 GMT
I meant "Brown" as a constituency name is unappealing. And as we all know, people really only care about the names!
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Post by Philip Davies on Feb 4, 2013 23:14:07 GMT
I meant "Brown" as a constituency name is unappealing. And as we all know, people really only care about the names! There is an Ivy League university called Brown. But it isn't where Lisa Simpson wanted to go. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2013 13:34:02 GMT
I meant "Brown" as a constituency name is unappealing. And as we all know, people really only care about the names! They most certainly do...! |
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Post by Arthur Figgis on Feb 7, 2013 14:13:50 GMT
In Australia they name some federal divisions after politicians. So Sedgefield could be re-named "Blair" for example in this country if we ever adopted the same practice. Indeed. The AEC has a criteria for naming seats of which a criterion is "name divisions after deceased Australians who have rendered outstanding service to their country, with consideration given to former Prime Ministers". Sometimes it is the actual area that the person represented that gets the honour; sometimes it is somewhere else in the state. What amuses me is with the latter you get seats where the political colour of the deceased politician is totally at odds with the seat chosen; I always think of Curtin in WA which is named after Labor PM Dr John Curtin and is a very safe Liberal seat. So applying that irony here we could have say Erith & Thamesmead renamed 'Heath' or Chingford & Woodford Green renamed 'Attlee'. As it contains the more Socialist end of LB Bexley, renaming Erith & Thamesmead as 'Heath' would be more appropriate than ironic. |
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Post by piperdave on Feb 7, 2013 21:39:22 GMT
As for Churchill, he rather transcends party politics. Isn't that ward named after Churchill Gardens though? I don't see that Churchill himself would have any other connection with Pimlico. "I, being the Returning Officer for the Dundee Churchill constituency..." And just down the road we could have the Douglas-Home/Dunglass constituency. |
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Post by andrewteale on Feb 11, 2013 16:57:20 GMT
Two new Electoral Changes orders have been published today to correct errors in previous Orders: SI 2013/220: the King's Lynn and West Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2013. This Order realigns the boundaries between five wards of the district, and between the Freebridge Lynn, and Gaywood North and Central county divisions, following recent changes to parish boundaries. The Order revokes the King's Lynn and West Norfolk (Electoral Changes) Order 2012, which was an earlier incorrect attempt to do the same thing. SI 2013/221: the District of Craven (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2013. This corrects an error in the District of Craven (Electoral Changes) Order 2012, which was another ward/division realignment order following parish boundary changes. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2013 20:14:36 GMT
I'm not sure the burghers of Fife would appreciate being in a constituency called "Brown". And they couldn't call it 'Gordon' either as this would just confuse people (in Fife and in Aberdeenshire). I doubt if the good people of Witney would ever come to terms with 'Cameron'. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2013 18:57:34 GMT
Further chance for Bromsgrove residents to have their say. |
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