Crawley

[Admin Twaddleford]

Lab majority of 1 with a seat vacant (as of 2.1.2020)
Elects by thirds
Current composition: Lab 18, Con 17, 1 vacant at time of posting

[londontory]

So faced with an opportunity to go for the jugular, Crawley Conservatives have instead agreed to play poodle. Confidence and supply to a minority Labour administration (which will keep all Cabinet positions), a promise to second next year's budget come what may and in exchange for what? A few baubles like the Mayoralty and access to officer briefing information.

This is pathetic.

www.crawleyconservatives.org.uk/sites/www.crawleyconservatives.org.uk/files/2020-07/Joint-Group%20Agreement.pdf

[David Boothroyd]

Don't you mean "This is a pathetic Situation"?

[londontory]

Jul 14, 2020 21:47:26 GMT David Boothroyd said:

Don't you mean "This is a pathetic Situation"?

Yep.

[Crimson King]

Jul 14, 2020 21:47:26 GMT David Boothroyd said:

Don't you mean "This is a pathetic Situation"?

I C what you did there

[Khunanup]

Jul 14, 2020 21:32:16 GMT londontory said:

So faced with an opportunity to go for the jugular, Crawley Conservatives have instead agreed to play poodle. Confidence and supply to a minority Labour administration (which will keep all Cabinet positions), a promise to second next year's budget come what may and in exchange for what? A few baubles like the Mayoralty and access to officer briefing information.

This is pathetic.

www.crawleyconservatives.org.uk/sites/www.crawleyconservatives.org.uk/files/2020-07/Joint-Group%20Agreement.pdf

In this Situation it appears that Crawley has become part of Austria, which'll be a relief I'm sure for all of the surrounding areas (as long as they leave their airport of course...).

Team Proporz is alive & well in new-town West Sussex...

[neilm]

They've got a Neighbourhood Parades Scrutiny Panel. I was hoping this would involve apprentices burning flags and Fenians marching on the town hall but sadly it is to do with local shops.

[Khunanup]

Jul 17, 2020 8:31:56 GMT neilm said:

They've got a Neighbourhood Parades Scrutiny Panel. I was hoping this would involve apprentices burning flags and Fenians marching on the town hall but sadly it is to do with local shops.

It would certainly liven up one of the dullest places in the universe...

[andrewteale]

Jul 17, 2020 8:31:56 GMT neilm said:

They've got a Neighbourhood Parades Scrutiny Panel. I was hoping this would involve apprentices burning flags and Fenians marching on the town hall but sadly it is to do with local shops.

There should be a grading system. Points for crowd entertainment, deportment, technical achievement, artistic impression and so on. With prize money at the end of the summer.

[finsobruce]

Jul 17, 2020 8:31:56 GMT neilm said:

They've got a Neighbourhood Parades Scrutiny Panel. I was hoping this would involve apprentices burning flags and Fenians marching on the town hall but sadly it is to do with local shops.

"This is our traditional route to the airport".

[Arthur Figgis]

Jul 17, 2020 11:50:36 GMT Khunanup said:

Jul 17, 2020 8:31:56 GMT neilm said:

They've got a Neighbourhood Parades Scrutiny Panel. I was hoping this would involve apprentices burning flags and Fenians marching on the town hall but sadly it is to do with local shops.

It would certainly liven up one of the dullest places in the universe...

I actively chose to go to Crawley on my birthday about 15 years ago.

It was a Monday night and I had no other plans, so I went in the away end to see Oxford win 1-0. It was a rubbish game.

[London Lad]

Jul 14, 2020 21:32:16 GMT londontory said:

So faced with an opportunity to go for the jugular, Crawley Conservatives have instead agreed to play poodle. Confidence and supply to a minority Labour administration (which will keep all Cabinet positions), a promise to second next year's budget come what may and in exchange for what? A few baubles like the Mayoralty and access to officer briefing information.

This is pathetic.

www.crawleyconservatives.org.uk/sites/www.crawleyconservatives.org.uk/files/2020-07/Joint-Group%20Agreement.pdf

Duncan Crow has certainly mellowed over the years. When I knew him this is the last thing he would support.

[andrewteale]

Jul 21, 2020 1:49:54 GMT London Lad said:

Jul 14, 2020 21:32:16 GMT londontory said:

So faced with an opportunity to go for the jugular, Crawley Conservatives have instead agreed to play poodle. Confidence and supply to a minority Labour administration (which will keep all Cabinet positions), a promise to second next year's budget come what may and in exchange for what? A few baubles like the Mayoralty and access to officer briefing information.

This is pathetic.

www.crawleyconservatives.org.uk/sites/www.crawleyconservatives.org.uk/files/2020-07/Joint-Group%20Agreement.pdf

Duncan Crow has certainly mellowed over the years. When I knew him this is the last thing he would support.

Maybe there's been a change in the situation since then?

[mrhell]

I think there was another recent thread where he was mentioned but I'll just point that Duncan Crow literally posted a picture of a dead cat to either this site or it's predecessor.

[bjornhattan]

Aug 9, 2020 0:40:24 GMT mrhell said:

I think there was another recent thread where he was mentioned but I'll just point that Duncan Crow literally posted a picture of a dead cat to either this site or it's predecessor.

What a peculiar Situation.

[London Lad]

Aug 9, 2020 0:40:24 GMT mrhell said:

I think there was another recent thread where he was mentioned but I'll just point that Duncan Crow literally posted a picture of a dead cat to either this site or it's predecessor.

You are lucky it wasn't a horses head...