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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2022 21:43:44 GMT
Reports tonight that Nadine Dorries is to be elevated to the Lords after all. Many rumours for many weeks.
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Post by willpower3 on Sept 5, 2022 22:12:04 GMT
I'd say Labour have an outside chance. Which would effectively end the Truss premiership before it's even begun.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2022 22:18:39 GMT
I'd say Labour have an outside chance. Which would effectively end the Truss premiership before it's even begun. Was just about to share this: |
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Post by johnloony on Sept 5, 2022 22:51:39 GMT
I'd say Labour have an outside chance. Which would effectively end the Truss premiership before it's even begun. You seem to have a peculiar understanding of what happens when a government’s majority in the House of Commons is reduced from a large number to a large number minus 2. |
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Post by haroldthepolitician on Sept 5, 2022 23:00:47 GMT
With rumours Nigel Adams in Shelby also gets elevated to the Lords, I expect Labour and Lib Dems to come to an informal agreement that Labour fights shelby and Lib dems fight Mid Bedfordshire. Historically shelby's predecessor had voted Labour between 1997 - 2010 where Mid Bedfordshire seems to be a seat Lib dems could perhaps capitalise more on.
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Post by neilm on Sept 6, 2022 5:31:10 GMT
With rumours Nigel Adams in Shelby also gets elevated to the Lords, I expect Labour and Lib Dems to come to an informal agreement that Labour fights shelby and Lib dems fight Mid Bedfordshire. Historically shelby's predecessor had voted Labour between 1997 - 2010 where Mid Bedfordshire seems to be a seat Lib dems could perhaps capitalise more on. Where is Shelby? I think you must mean Selby. |
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Post by iainbhx on Sept 6, 2022 5:48:00 GMT
With rumours Nigel Adams in Shelby also gets elevated to the Lords, I expect Labour and Lib Dems to come to an informal agreement that Labour fights shelby and Lib dems fight Mid Bedfordshire. Historically shelby's predecessor had voted Labour between 1997 - 2010 where Mid Bedfordshire seems to be a seat Lib dems could perhaps capitalise more on. Where is Shelby? I think you must mean Selby. Shelby is my tabby kitten. He‘s lovely but we aren‘t having a by-election about him. |
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Post by yellowperil on Sept 6, 2022 6:05:47 GMT
With rumours Nigel Adams in Shelby also gets elevated to the Lords, I expect Labour and Lib Dems to come to an informal agreement that Labour fights shelby and Lib dems fight Mid Bedfordshire. Historically shelby's predecessor had voted Labour between 1997 - 2010 where Mid Bedfordshire seems to be a seat Lib dems could perhaps capitalise more on. Where is Shelby? I think you must mean Selby. depends how many drinks you've had. |
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haroldthepolitician
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Post by haroldthepolitician on Sept 6, 2022 6:12:51 GMT
I do mean Selby, for some reason I thought it had an H in it.
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Post by Chris from Brum on Sept 6, 2022 6:17:32 GMT
I do mean Selby, for some reason I thought it had an H in it. Been watching too much Peaky Blinders. |
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Post by ricmk on Sept 6, 2022 7:00:26 GMT
I'd say Labour have an outside chance. Which would effectively end the Truss premiership before it's even begun. You seem to have a peculiar understanding of what happens when a government’s majority in the House of Commons is reduced from a large number to a large number minus 2. Boris Johnson’s first electoral outcome was losing the Brecon and Radnor by-election. As we all know, this inevitably meant that Jo Swinson was Britain’s next prime minister, and Boris Johnson’s premiership was effectively ended. |
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Post by batman on Sept 6, 2022 7:26:45 GMT
Where is Shelby? I think you must mean Selby. Shelby is my tabby kitten. He‘s lovely but we aren‘t having a by-election about him. we could have a special election in Alabama about him though |
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Post by greenchristian on Sept 6, 2022 9:24:36 GMT
I'd say Labour have an outside chance. Which would effectively end the Truss premiership before it's even begun. Johnson will still hold the record for shortest time between becoming Prime Minister and losing a Westminster seat in a by-election. So it's hardly going to be fatal to her. |
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Post by The Bishop on Sept 6, 2022 12:36:16 GMT
Still far from confirmed this is going to take place, not least because one possibility is Dorries only getting her peerage in a *Dissolution* Honours list.
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Post by neilm on Sept 6, 2022 13:11:13 GMT
If this is held off until a dissolution, and Dorries doesn't get one, what's the chance of her spilling some beans in revenge?
I wondered initially whether this was going to be a Rooker or Morgan style appointment- gets ennobled and then back as a minister instantly.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2022 16:23:53 GMT
I would be flabbergasted if Labour won a Mid Bedfordshire by-election. The Lib Dems would have more chance.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2022 16:26:23 GMT
If this is held off until a dissolution, and Dorries doesn't get one, what's the chance of her spilling some beans in revenge?I wondered initially whether this was going to be a Rooker or Morgan style appointment- gets ennobled and then back as a minister instantly. Revenge for what? A delay to a guaranteed life peerage of 2 years? The chance of a backbench MP's salary until then? |
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Post by Sg1 on Sept 6, 2022 18:34:33 GMT
If this is held off until a dissolution, and Dorries doesn't get one, what's the chance of her spilling some beans in revenge?I wondered initially whether this was going to be a Rooker or Morgan style appointment- gets ennobled and then back as a minister instantly. Revenge for what? A delay to a guaranteed life peerage of 2 years? The chance of a backbench MP's salary until then? Hell hath no fury like a woman having to sit in the House of Commons for 2 years. |
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Post by Sg1 on Sept 6, 2022 18:36:31 GMT
I would be flabbergasted if Labour won a Mid Bedfordshire by-election. The Lib Dems would have more chance. If Labour were to win a by-election here it'd be indicative of something deeper than just fatigue with 12 years of Conservative government. |
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Post by john07 on Sept 6, 2022 18:58:17 GMT
With rumours Nigel Adams in Shelby also gets elevated to the Lords, I expect Labour and Lib Dems to come to an informal agreement that Labour fights shelby and Lib dems fight Mid Bedfordshire. Historically shelby's predecessor had voted Labour between 1997 - 2010 where Mid Bedfordshire seems to be a seat Lib dems could perhaps capitalise more on. By informal, do you mean that both put up candidates but one in each does bugger-all in the campaign? |
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