Wakefield

[carlton43]

Apr 12, 2022 12:21:31 GMT @boogieeck said:

can anyone tell me exactly what the content of the Islamophobic and misogynist comments made by Wakey Tory Boy that resulted in the party defenestrating him and parachuting in the squeaky clean Imran Ahmad khan to replace him?

Once I have those I can run a poll on which the forum thinks is the less reputable?

It is in these column way upthread in 2019 but i can't be arsed to find it.

[Tony Otim]

There was also comments that Colonel Gaddafi should have hidden in Bradford and that the BBC make-up artists must not work Sundays after an appearance by Creagh. There may have been others.

[Merseymike]

The Islamophobic comments are in the replies rather than the highlighted tweet.

[carlton43]

Apr 12, 2022 12:55:48 GMT Tony Otim said:

There was also comments that Colonel Gaddafi should have hidden in Bradford and that the BBC make-up artists must not work Sundays after an appearance by Creagh. There may have been others.

Wonderful knockabout stuff.  I love it.  And I do so miss it.  As I miss Bernard Manning, Dick Emery, Benny Hill and Kenny Everett.

[greenchristian]

Apr 12, 2022 12:55:57 GMT Merseymike said:

The Islamophobic comments are in the replies rather than the highlighted tweet.

Specifically

Which clearly falls into the category of prejudice, rather than criticism of the religion or its founder.

[Ron Swanson]

He was a crap candidate anyway.

Creagh would have beat him again.

[🏴‍☠️ Neath West 🏴‍☠️]

Bradford is an utter shithole. It elected George Galloway.

[Deleted]

Lord preserve us. 

Can we replay our own hang-ups about what's woke, what isn't, what's racist, what isn't, what's acceptable, what isn't, on a different thread instead of spamming this one?

It'll be an ugly campaign of course because the other parties will try to make hay (even if 'below the radar'). Labour majority 5-8,000 (depending what turnout is). 

[carlton43]

Apr 12, 2022 17:02:58 GMT @johnyorks said:

Lord preserve us. 

Can we replay our own hang-ups about what's woke, what isn't, what's racist, what isn't, what's acceptable, what isn't, on a different thread instead of spamming this one?

It'll be an ugly campaign of course because the other parties will try to make hay (even if 'below the radar'). Labour majority 5-8,000 (depending what turnout is). 

That is a classic and very tortured mixed metaphor.

[Deleted]

Can someone please capitalise the name of this thread? It's very distressing that it's lower case. I'm sure the good burghers of Wakey would agree.

[bsjmcr]

Apr 13, 2022 7:47:13 GMT @conservativeestimate said:

Can someone please capitalise the name of this thread? It's very distressing that it's lower case. I'm sure the good burghers of Wakey would agree.

I guess in a way it accidentally differentiates it from the ‘officially’ called by-elections, as I believe this isn’t yet official though inevitable whether by petition or otherwise. There’s every chance Khan will carry on sitting as an independent O’Mara or Onasanya style, to the bitter end. 

[carlton43]

Apr 12, 2022 12:21:31 GMT @boogieeck said:

can anyone tell me exactly what the content of the Islamophobic and misogynist comments made by Wakey Tory Boy that resulted in the party defenestrating him and parachuting in the squeaky clean Imran Ahmad khan to replace him?

Once I have those I can run a poll on which the forum thinks is the less reputable?

Where is this poll then?

[bsjmcr]

Apr 12, 2022 13:34:40 GMT Ron Swanson said:

He was a crap candidate anyway.

Creagh would have beat him again.

If he was any good he would have ousted Balls in 2010?! Then again looks like he’d be no better or even worse than who they have there now.

[LDCaerdydd]

Apr 13, 2022 9:14:59 GMT bsjmcr said:

Apr 13, 2022 7:47:13 GMT @conservativeestimate said:

Can someone please capitalise the name of this thread? It's very distressing that it's lower case. I'm sure the good burghers of Wakey would agree.

I guess in a way it accidentally differentiates it from the ‘officially’ called by-elections, as I believe this isn’t yet official though inevitable whether by petition or otherwise. There’s every chance Khan will carry on sitting as an independent O’Mara or Onasanya style, to the bitter end. 

Maybe if the by-election is called we can start a new thread, so that at least the start of the tread will be about the 2022 contest not the candidate who never was in 2019.

But in the interim please capitalise Wakefield.

[Ron Swanson]

Apr 13, 2022 9:17:43 GMT bsjmcr said:

Apr 12, 2022 13:34:40 GMT Ron Swanson said:

He was a crap candidate anyway.

Creagh would have beat him again.

If he was any good he would have ousted Balls in 2010?! Then again looks like he’d be no better or even worse than who they have there now.

Andrea Jenkyns is a better fit for Morley & Outwood - or rather, the Leeds bit, than him.

Cranky eccentric rather than typical Tory boy. Though I think that now she’s a government patsy she’ll be out at the next election.

[london(ex)tory]

Some unwise comments there but nowhere near as bad as being a nonce.

[The Bishop]

Apr 13, 2022 9:14:59 GMT bsjmcr said:

Apr 13, 2022 7:47:13 GMT @conservativeestimate said:

Can someone please capitalise the name of this thread? It's very distressing that it's lower case. I'm sure the good burghers of Wakey would agree.

I guess in a way it accidentally differentiates it from the ‘officially’ called by-elections, as I believe this isn’t yet official though inevitable whether by petition or otherwise. There’s every chance Khan will carry on sitting as an independent O’Mara or Onasanya style, to the bitter end. 

There are other threads in this section for by-elections that never actually happened in the end. The convention seems to be that it simply being highly probable is enough - we have one about Leicester East, for example.

Oh and Onasanya was unseated by a petition, wasn't she? I almost think if it comes to that here the necessary signatures might be achieved in a matter of hours.

[greenchristian]

Apr 13, 2022 9:33:42 GMT LDCaerdydd said:

Apr 13, 2022 9:14:59 GMT bsjmcr said:

I guess in a way it accidentally differentiates it from the ‘officially’ called by-elections, as I believe this isn’t yet official though inevitable whether by petition or otherwise. There’s every chance Khan will carry on sitting as an independent O’Mara or Onasanya style, to the bitter end. 

Maybe if the by-election is called we can start a new thread, so that at least the start of the tread will be about the 2022 contest not the candidate who never was in 2019. 

The remarks that removed a candidate at the last minute in 2019 are part of the reason for the by-election, since without them Wakefield would not have had an MP who was convicted of sexual crimes against a minor.

[Deleted]

Apr 12, 2022 22:54:45 GMT carlton43 said:

Apr 12, 2022 17:02:58 GMT @johnyorks said:

Lord preserve us. 

Can we replay our own hang-ups about what's woke, what isn't, what's racist, what isn't, what's acceptable, what isn't, on a different thread instead of spamming this one?

It'll be an ugly campaign of course because the other parties will try to make hay (even if 'below the radar'). Labour majority 5-8,000 (depending what turnout is). 

That is a classic and very tortured mixed metaphor.

Oh I’m like Jim Hacker. All for tortured, mixed metaphors.
I’m happy to have a Bernard to point it out though. 😉

[LDCaerdydd]

Apr 13, 2022 11:24:33 GMT greenchristian said:

Apr 13, 2022 9:33:42 GMT LDCaerdydd said:

Maybe if the by-election is called we can start a new thread, so that at least the start of the tread will be about the 2022 contest not the candidate who never was in 2019. 

The remarks that removed a candidate at the last minute in 2019 are part of the reason for the by-election, since without them Wakefield would not have had an MP who was convicted of sexual crimes against a minor.

Are those remarks and the discussion more suited to the 2019 Wakefield thread though, whilst it’s highly likely there will be a by-election, currently there is not.