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Post by owainsutton on Nov 15, 2022 17:06:14 GMT
And still provides big vote shares for the Tories at local elections  Well, yes. The kind of people that have deluded themselves to think that they're entirely self-made off their own hard work, and also that they are still part of the squeezed upper-middle classes. |
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Post by aargauer on Nov 15, 2022 20:01:05 GMT
And still provides big vote shares for the Tories at local elections Well, yes. The kind of people that have deluded themselves to think that they're entirely self-made off their own hard work, and also that they are still part of the squeezed upper-middle classes. It's certainly tougher to be "upper middle class" than it was. Gone are the days where your local high street solicitor or gp have 2 or 3 kids in elite schools. The housing these types aspire to is similarly much more expensive than a generation ago. |
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Post by jamesmanc22 on Nov 16, 2022 1:02:35 GMT
Live in the constituency, can't see the tories doing much campaigning, labour are strong in trafford.
No independent in the council or any rumored so should be a easy labour hold
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2022 16:29:58 GMT
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Post by aargauer on Nov 17, 2022 16:51:21 GMT
Rather a lacklustre number of supporters with placards.
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Post by owainsutton on Nov 17, 2022 17:33:16 GMT
Green selection taking place on Sunday. Sorry to disappoint everyone, I think the placards are over in Merseyside for an action day this weekend.
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Post by neilm on Nov 17, 2022 17:57:02 GMT
Rather a lacklustre number of supporters with placards. Potentiality reflects the state of the local association. |
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Post by timrollpickering on Nov 18, 2022 19:24:04 GMT
The RefUK candidate is Paul Swansborough. As an independent he contested the Redditch constituency in 2010 then the council elections in 2012, then he joined Ukip and was elected to Redditch council in 2014, standing also for the county and parliamentary seats in 2017 before losing his seat in 2018 and not gaining another in 2019. He then he contested the Flixton ward on Trafford in 2021 for Ukip. Why he remained in Ukip later than most and only switched in the last year or so is unclear.
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Post by owainsutton on Nov 18, 2022 19:31:00 GMT
The RefUK candidate is Paul Swansborough. As an independent he contested the Redditch constituency in 2010 then the council elections in 2012, then he joined Ukip and was elected to Redditch council in 2014, standing also for the county and parliamentary seats in 2017 before losing his seat in 2018 and not gaining another in 2019. He then he contested the Flixton ward on Trafford in 2021 for Ukip. Why he remained in Ukip later than most and only switched in the last year or so is unclear. LE2019 saw UKIP appear to be resurgent in some way, with 15/21 candidates, a big rise on previous elections. (They've never won a seat nor come near, anywhere in the borough.) I overheard them, on the way out, talking about the need to change target ward. I don't know which one they'd been 'targeting' up until then. |
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Post by owainsutton on Nov 19, 2022 18:46:32 GMT
Placard aficionados, take note: they've ventured as far as "outside the front of the constituency office".
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Post by Deleted on Nov 19, 2022 19:07:51 GMT
Happy that placards are this forum's new obsession.
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Post by john07 on Nov 19, 2022 21:44:40 GMT
This is the constituency where I work on the days when I'm in the office. I'll be following developments with interest. The seat where I was born and raised, and first entered politics. Edit: and for those interested, the home seat of Ian McShane, Matthew Kelly, Nurse Gladys from Open All Hours, and for football fans also the home of David White and "The Urmston Makalele", Michael Johnson. Not forgetting: Babs from dinnerladies as she never let anyone forget that she was from Urmston. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Nov 20, 2022 2:02:47 GMT
Placard aficionados, take note: they've ventured as far as "outside the front of the constituency office". Left to them in Winston Churchill's will (including the flat upstairs). |
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Post by aargauer on Nov 20, 2022 7:37:00 GMT
Placard aficionados, take note: they've ventured as far as "outside the front of the constituency office". Left to them in Winston Churchill's will (including the flat upstairs). Looks like it hasn't been decorated since! |
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Post by minionofmidas on Nov 20, 2022 9:49:24 GMT
Placard aficionados, take note: they've ventured as far as "outside the front of the constituency office". Left to them in Winston Churchill's will (including the flat upstairs). the placards? |
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Post by owainsutton on Nov 20, 2022 17:49:39 GMT
Green selection taking place on Sunday. Sorry to disappoint everyone, I think the placards are over in Merseyside for an action day this weekend. I think we'll have the announcement out tomorrow morning. No big surprise. Still no placards. |
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Post by owainsutton on Nov 20, 2022 18:48:15 GMT
Scratch that: group leader on the council, Dan Jerrome.
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Post by owainsutton on Nov 21, 2022 6:15:13 GMT
Back to the placards:
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2022 7:42:53 GMT
Any longer a surname and you don't get a diamond of your own. (Probably)
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Post by yellowperil on Nov 21, 2022 8:11:13 GMT
Any longer a surname and you don't get a diamond of your own. (Probably) Good job the Tory and Lib Dem candidates didn't swap over , then |
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