maxque
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Post by maxque on Mar 28, 2021 22:16:47 GMT
So with Kenny McAskill now on Alba and contesting for a regional seat in the Scottish Parliament, is it possible that there could be an East Lothian by-election? As an East Lothian resident I doubt very much he will resign his seat in Westminster that would suggest even a modicum of respect for the people he is meant to represent here. I am not making a comment on double jobbing I am not a fan of it but I would not ban it I think that is for politicians and their voters to decide if they want that. This is also not a comment on nationalists there was one candidate for their nomination I am sure, whilst I wouldn't have agreed with or voted for, would have worked to support East Lothian communities and residents on issues other than independence(I have actually worked very well with him as a community activist). I am commenting on the individual, Kenny MacAskill, alone. His history on East Lothian is a litany of behaviour that shows his lack of respect for the people that live here. - Promised to move here, he never did instead spends his time in Moray
- I believe before the pandemic hit the surgeries he attended were in the single digits
- He is standing in a region which doesn't include the vast majority of the seat
- On multiple occasions during the campaign at hustings he was completely unable to comment on local issues and often wasn't even aware of where the place was
- Said during that campaign that he had been against the closure of Haddington Sheriff Court despite being the minister that closed it
All Mr MacAskill was interested in was one final spell in the spotlight, so he could spout his bile, and no doubt considering his personal life the lure of subsided bars was a welcome additional reason. Would a ban on double jobbing come from Stormont or Westminster (or both could do it)? I would assume it's coming sooner or later considering both Northern Ireland and Wales have one.
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Post by timmullen1 on Apr 5, 2021 14:51:49 GMT
Chesham and Amersham following the death, aged 68, of Dame Cheryl Gillan.
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The Bishop
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Post by The Bishop on Apr 6, 2021 10:17:19 GMT
I had genuinely thought she had stood down at one of the recent GEs, before this sad news.
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Post by mboy on Apr 6, 2021 10:25:27 GMT
Surprisingly strong Lib Dem result there in 2019 (anyone know the story of that?) In normal times this would be the kind of seat where the LDs would have a really good go and slash the majority. But these aren't normal times. Safe Tory hold.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Apr 6, 2021 10:31:44 GMT
Surprisingly strong Lib Dem result there in 2019 (anyone know the story of that?) In normal times this would be the kind of seat where the LDs would have a really good go and slash the majority. But these aren't normal times. Safe Tory hold. 55% Remain. Probably not much more to it than that but they've always had a bit of strength in the two eponymous towns especially. They were second in this seat from its creation (clearly ahead of Labour even in 1997 and 2001) the only exceptions being 2015 (when UKIP came second and Lib Dems fourth) and 2017 when Labour came second - both obviously rather aberrant results
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timmullen1
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Post by timmullen1 on Apr 6, 2021 10:38:47 GMT
Surprisingly strong Lib Dem result there in 2019 (anyone know the story of that?) In normal times this would be the kind of seat where the LDs would have a really good go and slash the majority. But these aren't normal times. Safe Tory hold. 55% Remain. Probably not much more to it than that but they've always had a bit of strength in the two eponymous towns especially. They were second in this seat from its creation (clearly ahead of Labour even in 1997 and 2001) the only exceptions being 2015 (when UKIP came second and Lib Dems fourth) and 2017 when Labour came second - both obviously rather aberrant results Although her council area, South Bucks, was 50.8% leave; the Euro elections in 2019 saw the LDs top the poll with the Brexit Party second, so the GE performance might suggest there was an attempt at the “progressive alliance” with pro-Remain voters coalescing around the LDs, particularly as Dame Cheryl was quite a prominent Brexiter in the Commons debates.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Apr 6, 2021 10:41:52 GMT
55% Remain. Probably not much more to it than that but they've always had a bit of strength in the two eponymous towns especially. They were second in this seat from its creation (clearly ahead of Labour even in 1997 and 2001) the only exceptions being 2015 (when UKIP came second and Lib Dems fourth) and 2017 when Labour came second - both obviously rather aberrant results Although her council area, South Bucks, was 50.8% leave; the Euro elections in 2019 saw the LDs top the poll with the Brexit Party second, so the GE performance might suggest there was an attempt at the “progressive alliance” with pro-Remain voters coalescing around the LDs, particularly as Dame Cheryl was quite a prominent Brexiter in the Commons debates. The council area is (was) Chiltern which was 55% Remain - exactly the same boundaries. South Bucks district is entirely within the Beaconsfield constituency
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Post by 🏴☠️ Neath West 🏴☠️ on Apr 6, 2021 13:24:22 GMT
55% Remain. Probably not much more to it than that but they've always had a bit of strength in the two eponymous towns especially. They were second in this seat from its creation (clearly ahead of Labour even in 1997 and 2001) the only exceptions being 2015 (when UKIP came second and Lib Dems fourth) and 2017 when Labour came second - both obviously rather aberrant results Although her council area, South Bucks, was 50.8% leave; the Euro elections in 2019 saw the LDs top the poll with the Brexit Party second, so the GE performance might suggest there was an attempt at the “progressive alliance” with pro-Remain voters coalescing around the LDs, particularly as Dame Cheryl was quite a prominent Brexiter in the Commons debates. The 2019 Euro-election was more of a first round of the Conservative leadership contest, in which Brexit meant "no confidence in Mrs May".
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Post by pinkglover on Apr 12, 2021 10:38:34 GMT
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Post by neilm on Apr 12, 2021 10:54:23 GMT
I can't comment on the political aspects, but an employer making a partial payment absolutely doesn't cause a tribunal deadline to be missed. The staffer has either messed up his or her dates or Skawkbox is misrepresentating the emails. If Acas had been involved, and the matter had gone to early conciliation as implied, the clock would have been stopped on the tribunal.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Apr 20, 2021 21:04:42 GMT
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Apr 20, 2021 21:05:47 GMT
Now now, play nicely please
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The Bishop
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Post by The Bishop on Apr 21, 2021 10:36:39 GMT
Now now, play nicely please Where's the fun in that, though
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mondialito
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Post by mondialito on Apr 21, 2021 13:21:58 GMT
As long as it isn't insinuated in the comments section of The Plymouth Herald, you should be fine .
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Apr 21, 2021 14:59:08 GMT
That would involve most of us having wifes and a survey on this site suggested many of us well don't.
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Post by carlton43 on Apr 21, 2021 15:53:19 GMT
That would involve most of us having wifes and a survey on this site suggested many of us well don't. Perhaps you would set out the conjugation tables for your compound verb To Well Do? I well do You well do He well does Leading to the negative compounds such as We well don't
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CatholicLeft
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Post by CatholicLeft on Apr 21, 2021 16:10:19 GMT
That would involve most of us having wifes and a survey on this site suggested many of us well don't. Perhaps you would set out the conjugation tables for your compound verb To Well Do? I well do You well do He well does Leading to the negative compounds such as We well don't Ee aye Ee aye oh.
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Post by Tony Otim on Apr 21, 2021 16:34:57 GMT
That would involve most of us having wifes and a survey on this site suggested many of us well don't. Perhaps you would set out the conjugation tables for your compound verb To Well Do? I well do You well do He well does Leading to the negative compounds such as We well don't So you decided to go for that rather than the non-standard plural of wife? Or indeed the suggestion that some of us may be guilty of bigamy for having wives...
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Post by No Offence Alan on Apr 21, 2021 17:12:32 GMT
That would involve most of us having wifes and a survey on this site suggested many of us well don't. Perhaps you would set out the conjugation tables for your compound verb To Well Do? I well do You well do He well does Leading to the negative compounds such as We well don't My steak is well done
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Post by carlton43 on Apr 21, 2021 20:48:32 GMT
Perhaps you would set out the conjugation tables for your compound verb To Well Do? I well do You well do He well does Leading to the negative compounds such as We well don't My steak is well done Oh! Hard luck! Happens to me all the time. I now just say to the waiter "Look, just show it a picture of flames."
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