YL
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Post by YL on Jun 6, 2023 12:15:32 GMT
Time to (finally) give this its own thread, I think.
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Post by greatkingrat on Jun 6, 2023 12:20:18 GMT
If the official notice from the Speaker is received tomorrow, that would mean the petition would run from Wed 21st June - Tue 1st August.
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Jun 6, 2023 12:20:31 GMT
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jun 6, 2023 16:42:05 GMT
Dates confirmed.
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Post by stb12 on Jun 6, 2023 16:49:05 GMT
Majority of that time within the scottish school holidays, for all the difference that may make or not |
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YL
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Post by YL on Jun 6, 2023 17:03:33 GMT
Can writs for by-elections caused by recall petitions be moved in a recess?
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Post by southernliberal on Jun 6, 2023 19:32:56 GMT
Can writs for by-elections caused by recall petitions be moved in a recess? Nope. |
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Post by southernliberal on Jun 6, 2023 19:34:11 GMT
Given the dates, it's looking likely it'll be a mid to late October by-election.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jun 6, 2023 19:38:11 GMT
This constituency has given me my biggest ever percentage win on a bet (trivial in monetary terms though) when I got I think 18/1 on a Labour gain in 2017. I don't suppose the odds will be so generous this time..
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Post by greenhert on Jun 6, 2023 20:41:46 GMT
This recall petition should easily cross the 10% threshold given the circumstances-Scotland was much more supportive of COVID-19 restrictions than England.
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Post by dizz on Jun 6, 2023 20:52:14 GMT
This constituency has given me my biggest ever percentage win on a bet (trivial in monetary terms though) when I got I think 18/1 on a Labour gain in 2017. I don't suppose the odds will be so generous this time.. It's a shame that the bookies have raised their game in the politics arena. |
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YL
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Post by YL on Jun 6, 2023 21:07:22 GMT
This constituency has given me my biggest ever percentage win on a bet (trivial in monetary terms though) when I got I think 18/1 on a Labour gain in 2017. I don't suppose the odds will be so generous this time.. It's a shame that the bookies have raised their game in the politics arena. They got Chesham & Amersham horribly wrong. I don’t bet, but that was one of a handful of occasions I’ve wished that I did. |
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Chris from Brum
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Post by Chris from Brum on Jun 6, 2023 21:11:48 GMT
It's a shame that the bookies have raised their game in the politics arena. They got Chesham & Amersham horribly wrong. I don’t bet, but that was one of a handful of occasions I’ve wished that I did. I did bet on that one and did quite nicely thank you. |
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Post by Clark on Jun 7, 2023 12:04:59 GMT
If I remember correctly, wasn't Michael Martin very generous odds to succeed Betty Boothroyd as Speaker and some people made a decent chunk of money?
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Post by borisminor on Jun 7, 2023 13:23:41 GMT
If I remember correctly, wasn't Michael Martin very generous odds to succeed Betty Boothroyd as Speaker and some people made a decent chunk of money? Was this because everyone thought a Conservative like Haselhurst or Sir George Young was going to win or because they expected a Labour outsider to win the election. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jun 9, 2023 13:57:30 GMT
Seven signing places, which is quite a lot for what is a mostly urban constituency. Three in Rutherglen, one in Cambuslang in the outer Glasgow suburbia bit. One in Blantyre and two in Hamilton (which both appear to be just outside the constituency).
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Post by xenon on Jun 9, 2023 14:13:29 GMT
Almost entirely irrelevant, but I've always thought the naming of the "Recall of MPs Act" was rather sloppy for using an initialism in its official title. Are there any other examples of this?
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Post by greenhert on Jun 9, 2023 14:37:50 GMT
No doubt Margaret Ferrier is hoping that with the statutory period for signing the recall petition being between 20 June and 31 July, enough of her constituents will be on holiday such that the 10% threshold will not be passed. Not a chance!
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Post by stb12 on Jun 9, 2023 15:19:12 GMT
For a bit of personal trivia, I was born in this seat although I’ve never lived in it. There was a dedicated maternity hospital in Rutherglen and a lot of expectant mothers in South Lanarkshire as well as the Southside area of Glasgow were sent there including mine
It is now long closed
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2023 15:30:26 GMT
For a bit of personal trivia, I was born in this seat although I’ve never lived in it. There was a dedicated maternity hospital in Rutherglen and a lot of expectant mothers in South Lanarkshire as well as the Southside area of Glasgow were sent there including mine It is now long closed See also Cinderford in the Forest of Dean. Closing that was an appalling act of cultural vandalism as well as an inconvenience for a lot people |
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