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Post by mboy on Apr 1, 2013 19:35:27 GMT
Maybe London boy Milliband was looking for an excuse to cut his remaining ties to the constituency he has used. That, and a chance to be in the news again. |
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Post by The Bishop on Apr 1, 2013 21:26:41 GMT
Except that more people in DMs seat probably support the Magpies anyway......
(btw, can somebody delete 66.6667% of Pimp's treble post please??)
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Apr 1, 2013 21:43:09 GMT
there are differences I would agree but Mussolini who Di Canio adores was very quick to get into bed with Hitler. His salute was it a fascist or NAzi one, very difficult to tell the difference. Maybe because the Nazis copied the Roman salute from the Italian fascists  |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Apr 1, 2013 21:48:02 GMT
And Mussolini wasn't quick to get into Hitler at all. He sent troops to the Brenner Pass when Dolfuss was assasinated, but wasn't backed up by the Western democracies.
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Post by Richard Allen on Apr 1, 2013 21:54:27 GMT
And Mussolini wasn't quick to get into Hitler at all. He sent troops to the Brenner Pass when Dolfuss was assasinated, but wasn't backed up by the Western democracies. Indeed. "We" practically pushed Mussolini into Hitler's arms. |
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Post by Sibboleth on Apr 2, 2013 12:29:40 GMT
Maybe London boy Milliband was looking for an excuse to cut his remaining ties to the constituency he has used. That, and a chance to be in the news again. The man's mother is a Holocaust survivor. |
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Post by Sibboleth on Apr 2, 2013 12:54:07 GMT
Anyways, some amusing outbursts of vicious self-parody from our resident kippers et al.
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Post by andrea on Apr 2, 2013 13:33:13 GMT
Labour selection timetable:
Deadline for applications: April 5th
NEC shortlisting: April 6th
Selection meeting: 10th April
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Post by Pimpernal on Apr 2, 2013 17:16:36 GMT
IIRC a former BNP organizer who left them to join a Darwen local party and then became a Labour councillor in 2012. ah right thanks, no not happy with that but the football manager is the same as the PM in football fans eyes, a local councillor would be a reserve team player. Did Maxfield ever relent over his time in the BNP ? well he still hangs out at far-right rallys to swap notes with his chums... |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Apr 2, 2013 19:43:09 GMT
A local councillor is a local politician. A football manager is a football manager. One would have thought the political views of the former would be more relevant to their position than the latter
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Apr 2, 2013 20:33:06 GMT
The Chancellor can appoint him to the Manor of Northstead at any time whether the house is sitting or not. What they can't do is move the writ for the by-election until the House returns from recess. He doesn't actually start his new job until September, so it is possible he will not resign immediately. Has he missed the cut of to 'resign'/get the writ moved for a 2nd May By election? |
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Post by AdminSTB on Apr 2, 2013 20:42:19 GMT
Would be irrelevant anyway - no May 2nd elections in South Shields as it's a Met area.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2013 20:54:08 GMT
Would be irrelevant anyway - no May 2nd elections in South Shields as it's a Met area. But a lot of people in Northumberland and Durham wouldn't want a distraction I bet.... |
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Apr 2, 2013 21:48:06 GMT
Given that we held Durham even in 2008 I doubt there'll be too much worry there. If the Lib Dems crash as badly as they have in demographically similar areas, you could be looking at a Labour group not much short of 100.
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Post by andrea on Apr 3, 2013 9:38:00 GMT
Some Labour names that could be interested in South Shields:
- Iain Malcolm as we have all understood.
- his brother Cllr Ed. He's allegedly not a particular shining star. Ahead of a past selection, there were rumours he was undertaking public speaking training. He got 0 vote in Middlesbrough selection.
- Tina Roche. She has confirmed she will apply. Previously shortlisted for Redcar, she is assistant branch secretary of Unison South Tyneside.
- Sherie Murphy. Previously shortlisted in Redcar too, she represents Boldon Colliery ward on South Tyneside Council.
- Emma Lewell-Buck. Recently shortlisted for Carlisle, she's another South Tyneside Cllr (her ward is in Jarrow constituency.
- Can the runner up in Middlesbrough selection (Progress backed and pushed by David Miliband at the time) be interested in South Shields? He's from Teesside rather than Tyneside.
- Lewis Atkinson. He run for the NEC in 2012 outside of the official slates (IIRC he got a decent vote). In the past he stood for local elections in both Sunderland and South Tyneside. He's from Gateshead CLP.
And obviously a couple of SpAds, a Cllr Hussain and some Islington Cllrs.
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Post by The Bishop on Apr 3, 2013 10:00:57 GMT
No, and no. But you knew all that already  |
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Post by stepney on Apr 3, 2013 10:15:56 GMT
Is the same system of voting that got Brother Ed elected? One member one vote, then the Unions the NEC, and the various factions thereof, get to decide who they want? Fixed. (as it were) |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2013 11:42:22 GMT
Any Labour member who doesn't live near the River Tyne shouldn't bother applying...
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Post by timrollpickering on Apr 3, 2013 13:11:47 GMT
But Mr Gladstone, are you local?
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Post by timrollpickering on Apr 3, 2013 13:11:58 GMT
EDIT: But Mr Server, are you working?
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