|
|
Post by owainsutton on Nov 3, 2022 17:01:04 GMT
why is it always Vote Green Party? We don't say Vote Labour Party or Vote Conservative Party. Vote Green is just a better slogan. It is unlikely Labour or Conservative is going to be the family name of one of the candidates, unlike Green. It's more to do with the tendency among voters not highly engaged with party politics to blur "Green" up with "Greenpeace" or other campaigns outside of electoral politics. (That said, I'm pleased that one of our target candidates here for next day is indeed called Green!) |
|
|
|
Post by owainsutton on Nov 3, 2022 17:01:18 GMT
I've previously mentioned having won a vote in precisely this way in a ward where no Green Party candidates were standing and a voter had scrawled "I want to vote Green" on their ballot. When the disputed papers came before us agents, I was able to successfully claim it as support for one of my candidates, Lawrence Green! Fair call. |
|
|
|
Post by kevinf on Nov 3, 2022 17:07:06 GMT
I've previously mentioned having won a vote in precisely this way in a ward where no Green Party candidates were standing and a voter had scrawled "I want to vote Green" on their ballot. When the disputed papers came before us agents, I was able to successfully claim it as support for one of my candidates, Lawrence Green! Fair call. Once when I was a (much younger) agent a voter scrawled bastards on the ballot paper but for some reason the Tory agent wasn’t happy when I suggested it was a vote for his candidates. I now realise this was petty and immature and would never do it again… |
|
|
|
Post by owainsutton on Nov 3, 2022 17:12:05 GMT
Once when I was a (much younger) agent a voter scrawled bastards on the ballot paper but for some reason the Tory agent wasn’t happy when I suggested it was a vote for his candidates. I now realise this was petty and immature and would never do it again… We had one this year which had "unelectable" against our candidate, and "corrupt bastards" against each of the others. I was sorely tempted to argue for it. It was in the ward we gained. I don't think they'll make that mistake again! |
|
neilm
Non-Aligned
Posts: 25,023
|
Post by neilm on Nov 3, 2022 17:49:14 GMT
I *love* that they're tagging "Shit Chester". 'The Slug in a Sarong', apparently. Talking of which, what happened to the Idle Toad? |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2022 17:55:10 GMT
I *love* that they're tagging "Shit Chester". 'The Slug in a Sarong', apparently. Talking of which, what happened to the Idle Toad? Re-elected a few times and then stepped down. I think he's no longer with us, alas. |
|
catfest
Non-Aligned
( e ^ i* pi ) + 1 = 0
Posts: 86
|
Post by catfest on Nov 3, 2022 18:26:11 GMT
I *love* that they're tagging "Shit Chester". 'The Slug in a Sarong', apparently. Talking of which, what happened to the Idle Toad? Leader Tom Sharratt Founded 30 January 2003 Dissolved 1 November 2014 Decline and dissolution Following the 2013 county council elections for Lancashire, the Idle Toad Party was left with no remaining councillors. It was statutorily deregistered by the UK electoral commission in November 2014. |
|
|
|
Post by edgbaston on Nov 3, 2022 19:05:37 GMT
Very white, isn't it? And old. Its 96% white and 52% over 40, what did you expect to see in the photos. |
|
|
|
Post by yellowperil on Nov 3, 2022 20:20:21 GMT
I've previously mentioned having won a vote in precisely this way in a ward where no Green Party candidates were standing and a voter had scrawled "I want to vote Green" on their ballot. When the disputed papers came before us agents, I was able to successfully claim it as support for one of my candidates, Lawrence Green! Fair call. When I was the agent in Ashford and the Tory candidate was of course Damian Green I would have fought any such attempt very hard. |
|
|
|
Post by batman on Nov 3, 2022 21:09:16 GMT
I'm now imagining a Conservative party candidate called Thomas Labour I recall Labour had a candidate in Spelthorne called Damian Welfare which I thought reflected a certain stereotype! Indeed, I knew him a bit at Cambridge. He was a member of the Labour Students & also active (unusually for a left-winger) in the Union Society. I'd forgotten about him until you mentioned him, so thanks for that! |
|
|
|
Post by aargauer on Nov 3, 2022 21:32:20 GMT
Once when I was a (much younger) agent a voter scrawled bastards on the ballot paper but for some reason the Tory agent wasn’t happy when I suggested it was a vote for his candidates. I now realise this was petty and immature and would never do it again… I would have taken that in good humour. Just a friendly joke. There's a lot worse said at counts. Corbynistas and Liberal Democrats are generally the worst. Minor parties the best. |
|
J.G.Harston
Lib Dem
Leave-voting Brexit-supporting Liberal Democrat
Posts: 14,778 
|
Post by J.G.Harston on Nov 3, 2022 22:45:23 GMT
I recall Labour had a candidate in Spelthorne called Damian Welfare which I thought reflected a certain stereotype! Indeed, I knew him a bit at Cambridge. He was a member of the Labour Students & also active (unusually for a left-winger) in the Union Society. I'd forgotten about him until you mentioned him, so thanks for that! I knew somebody in the Stirling University Conservatives called Mike(?) Welfare, he dressed as though a young version of the Spitting Image Norman Tebbitt puppet. |
|
Max
Labour
Posts: 208
|
Post by Max on Nov 3, 2022 23:11:25 GMT
When I was the agent in Ashford and the Tory candidate was of course Damian Green I would have fought any such attempt very hard. It would have made for a bit of excitement in the agents’ huddle! |
|
neilm
Non-Aligned
Posts: 25,023
|
Post by neilm on Nov 4, 2022 12:40:02 GMT
I recall Labour had a candidate in Spelthorne called Damian Welfare which I thought reflected a certain stereotype! Didn't he stand in Chipping Barnet? Indeed, 2010. I've come across him in a professional context and Googled him at the time. |
|
The Bishop
Labour
Down With Factionalism!
Posts: 38,931
|
Post by The Bishop on Nov 4, 2022 12:42:12 GMT
2001 as well (when some thought he might win after Labour's 1997 near-miss, instead there was a modest pro-Tory swing)
|
|
|
|
Post by greatkingrat on Nov 4, 2022 13:06:40 GMT
It was David Welfare who stood for Labour in Spelthorne 1987.
|
|
|
|
Post by batman on Nov 4, 2022 13:26:20 GMT
According to Wiki, yes. However, it's an error. It was definitely Damian Welfare & I will edit it now. Since I knew him I specifically remember that he was selected to stand there.
|
|
neilm
Non-Aligned
Posts: 25,023
|
Post by neilm on Nov 4, 2022 14:55:47 GMT
Welfare is an unusual surname. Are there many of them active politically?
|
|
|
|
Post by carlton43 on Nov 4, 2022 15:01:53 GMT
Welfare is an unusual surname. Are there many of them active politically? One of the two teachers at my brief period at a rural Kent primary school was a Miss Welfare. I can recall more people of that surname in greater Maidstone at that time (50/51). |
|
YL
Non-Aligned
Either Labour leaning or Lib Dem leaning but not sure which
Posts: 4,913
|
Post by YL on Nov 4, 2022 16:09:28 GMT
From the list of agents and some tweets it looks like there are 9 candidates Jeanie Barton [1] Paul Bowers (Green) Samantha Dixon (Lab) Cain Griffiths (UKIP) Rob Herd (Lib Dem) Richard Hewison (Rejoin EU) Howling Laud Hope (OMRLP) [2] Chris Quartermaine (Freedom Alliance) Liz Wardlaw (Con) [1] Maybe this candidate from Wrexham's local elections this year[2] so not the GB News journalist then |
|
