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Post by CatholicLeft on May 13, 2022 8:58:13 GMT
Some strange stories floating around that Neil Parish is considering standing as an Independent. I know, he says he seriously considering it. To what purpose, though? |
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Post by andrewp on May 13, 2022 9:00:18 GMT
Some strange stories floating around that Neil Parish is considering standing as an Independent. I know, he says he seriously considering it. To what purpose, though? That is odd. It would pretty much guarantee a Lib Dem win ( if that isn’t guaranteed already) |
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Post by lackeroftalent on May 13, 2022 9:42:21 GMT
I know, he says he seriously considering it. To what purpose, though? That is odd. It would pretty much guarantee a Lib Dem win ( if that isn’t guaranteed already) Can't see that it would make much difference to the result - I seriously doubt he would break 1000 votes. |
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Post by finsobruce on May 13, 2022 9:44:41 GMT
Some strange stories floating around that Neil Parish is considering standing as an Independent. Are they getting any traction? |
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Post by stb12 on May 13, 2022 10:02:37 GMT
If he’s considering that why resign in the first place? Could have just rode it out for the rest of the Parliament even if the Tories kicked him out
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on May 13, 2022 10:25:40 GMT
Some strange stories floating around that Neil Parish is considering standing as an Independent. Are they getting any traction? All it will achieve is dragging his name through the mud again. |
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Post by carlton43 on May 13, 2022 11:12:08 GMT
Are they getting any traction? All it will achieve is dragging his name through the mud again. Nothing better than a tractor for pulling things through the mud. I love a ploughing match. Those lovely long straight furrows in the stubbly ground. Pint in hand. Wind in hair. Superb. |
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Post by edgbaston on May 13, 2022 11:19:53 GMT
I always wonder whether people that have ‘discovered’ what Boris Johnson is like over the past two years, are either thick or have been living in a different world to me the prior 20 years. His shambles tenure has been totally and utterly unsurprising. |
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Post by iainbhx on May 13, 2022 11:31:22 GMT
Some strange stories floating around that Neil Parish is considering standing as an Independent. I know, he says he seriously considering it. To what purpose, though? He thinks he can beat off the Tories. |
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Post by The Bishop on May 13, 2022 11:58:30 GMT
I always wonder whether people that have ‘discovered’ what Boris Johnson is like over the past two years, are either thick or have been living in a different world to me the prior 20 years. His shambles tenure has been totally and utterly unsurprising. A lot of them will have previously seen him as "that man who tells it how it is, plus he's funny". |
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Post by Crimson King on May 13, 2022 13:31:06 GMT
I know, he says he seriously considering it. To what purpose, though? He thinks he can beat off the Tories. he wants to go on an’on an’on |
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Post by finsobruce on May 13, 2022 13:33:15 GMT
He thinks he can beat off the Tories. he wants to go on an’on an’on Oh, you biblical scholar you. |
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Post by kevinf on May 13, 2022 13:47:04 GMT
Labour win in a town council by-election in Tiverton yesterday - by drawing lots!
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Post by carlton43 on May 13, 2022 14:36:32 GMT
Nothing better than a tractor for pulling things through the mud. I love a ploughing match. Those lovely long straight furrows in the stubbly ground. Pint in hand. Wind in hair. Superb. pah. A single horse and a man in dungarees walking behind it. What you really mean and I know you are thinking, is an attractive girl in low fronted dungarees and nothing else! |
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Post by bigfatron on May 13, 2022 18:40:07 GMT
This is a seriously weird exchange... but carry on!
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2022 18:41:01 GMT
I always wonder whether people that have ‘discovered’ what Boris Johnson is like over the past two years, are either thick or have been living in a different world to me the prior 20 years. His shambles tenure has been totally and utterly unsurprising. A lot of them will have previously seen him as "that man who tells it how it is, plus he's funny". Same with the rule breaking. When he breaks rules like "you shouldn't be nasty to people" that his followers agree are stupid, he's the only authentic politician. When he breaks rules that he made and almost all of us followed, that's dishonest. The problem being that the chronic rulebreaking is a part of who he is regardless of which rule it is |
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 13, 2022 18:59:13 GMT
Nothing better than a tractor for pulling things through the mud. I love a ploughing match. Those lovely long straight furrows in the stubbly ground. Pint in hand. Wind in hair. Superb. pah. A single horse and a man in dungarees walking behind it. Isn't that a bit pointless unless there's a plough between them? |
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Post by aargauer on May 13, 2022 19:04:36 GMT
I know, he says he seriously considering it. To what purpose, though? He thinks he can beat off the Tories. Even his tastes aren't that depraved! |
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Post by andrew111 on May 13, 2022 20:13:54 GMT
I know it’s an issue for all polling these days, but that focus group seems very unrepresentative. Most obviously, the Lib Dems are polling at or below their 2019 general election result but apparently all the ‘swing’ voters are already switching to them before the by-election campaign has even really begun. The fact they are described as “very high awareness’ is emblematic of sampling problems, yet the pollster does not seem to realise this. Regardless of how representative it is, it is brilliant material for Lib Dem leaflets! |
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Post by andrewp on May 14, 2022 11:59:54 GMT
Neil Parish standing as an Independent gets a mention in the Times today,
‘ it is an option for me, and one that I could consider. At the moment, I’m taking soundings’, ‘ I have the financial support of powerful backers within the farming community. Don’t forget I have fought 5 local elections, 2 European elections, and three or four or five parliamentary elections. So I know how elections work. I’m a grassroots politician, made my own way through the ranks, so I know how to fight an election if I wanted to.’
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