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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Aug 22, 2023 9:00:13 GMT
You're right - somehow I'd convinced myself that he lost in 2015.
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Post by The Bishop on Aug 22, 2023 12:17:37 GMT
I don’t think there was ever any real suggestion that the Greens wouldn’t stand, but confirmation that they are standing: There was a fair amount of cynicism from Labour tweeters that they would, but maybe that is to be expected. |
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Aug 22, 2023 13:02:31 GMT
The fact that it's taken them this long to confirm makes it fairly clear that they're not going to run a meaningful campaign. In that context, the question of whether they wanted to throw away £500 wasn't an entirely baseless one.
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Post by Tony Otim on Aug 22, 2023 13:10:12 GMT
Cameron Eadie will be the Green candidate.
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Post by jimboo2017 on Aug 23, 2023 1:07:28 GMT
Comrade Stott the Socialist Party Scotland Trot from TUSC accuse fellow Trot Comrade Bonnar, Scottish Socialist Party of betraying the class by not standing on a unified platform
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Post by Wisconsin on Aug 26, 2023 18:54:57 GMT
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Post by greenhert on Aug 26, 2023 19:00:16 GMT
This will make no difference to the result. Alex Salmond has the sheer audacity to claim that the SNP should stand aside any candidates for Alba, which has only 2 MPs, no MSPs, no councillors and did not poll above 2.3% in any region in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election; Alba's bargaining position is in reality practically zero. |
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Post by jimboo2017 on Aug 26, 2023 20:40:00 GMT
This will make no difference to the result. Alex Salmond has the sheer audacity to claim that the SNP should stand aside any candidates for Alba, which has only 2 MPs, no MSPs, no councillors and did not poll above 2.3% in any region in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election; Alba's bargaining position is in reality practically zero. who were not elected as Alba candidates and are both in the Labour top five targets I think. To be fair the Kirkcaldy guy would be a nice enough guy if he hadn't got into politics |
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Post by greenhert on Sept 4, 2023 11:34:10 GMT
By-election date expected to be confirmed today-likely to be 5th October 2023.
Already 10 candidates have declared their intention to run-the current record for highest number of candidates in a parliamentary by-election in Scotland is 13 (Glasgow North East, 2009). I believe that Scottish record will be at least matched in this by-election.
By comparison the records for highest number of candidates in a Welsh parliamentary by-election and in a Northern Irish parliamentary by-election both stand at a mere 11.
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Post by jonnysaintsfan on Sept 4, 2023 14:34:55 GMT
Sky News reporting writs for this and the Mid Bedfordshire by-elections have been moved.
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Post by johnloony on Sept 4, 2023 14:48:17 GMT
Sky News reporting writs for this and the Mid Bedfordshire by-elections have been moved. We knew that already because we were all watching the Parliament channel at 2:30pm. |
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Post by batman on Sept 4, 2023 15:17:23 GMT
I wasn't, I was cooking.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2023 16:13:49 GMT
Sky News reporting writs for this and the Mid Bedfordshire by-elections have been moved. We knew that already because we were all watching the Parliament channel at 2:30pm. Some people have the inconvenience of an employer who for some reason expects a level of presence at that timeframe. |
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Post by stb12 on Sept 4, 2023 16:16:18 GMT
Something nice for dinner I hope! |
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Post by batman on Sept 4, 2023 20:25:45 GMT
it was nice, and it was intended for dinner - Chicken Normandy, with apples, cider & creme fraiche - but my wife didn't fancy a creamy dish for dinner so we went for a Chinese meal in the Finchley Road in basic surroundings (we had cause to be in the Hampstead area). It wasn't bad actually. No doubt we will have the chicken tomorrow, or else it will go in the freezer.
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Post by carlton43 on Sept 4, 2023 22:18:35 GMT
it was nice, and it was intended for dinner - Chicken Normandy, with apples, cider & creme fraiche - but my wife didn't fancy a creamy dish for dinner so we went for a Chinese meal in the Finchley Road in basic surroundings (we had cause to be in the Hampstead area). It wasn't bad actually. No doubt we will have the chicken tomorrow, or else it will go in the freezer. That is for me rather sad. |
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Post by doktorb🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on Sept 4, 2023 22:45:13 GMT
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Post by greenhert on Sept 5, 2023 11:52:45 GMT
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Post by batman on Sept 5, 2023 13:42:38 GMT
it was nice, and it was intended for dinner - Chicken Normandy, with apples, cider & creme fraiche - but my wife didn't fancy a creamy dish for dinner so we went for a Chinese meal in the Finchley Road in basic surroundings (we had cause to be in the Hampstead area). It wasn't bad actually. No doubt we will have the chicken tomorrow, or else it will go in the freezer. That is for me rather sad. I suppose it is. My wife doesn't always enjoy the best of health & sometimes meal plans have to be changed for this reason. |
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Post by ntyuk1707 on Sept 9, 2023 21:09:42 GMT
My guess for this by-election is
LAB 52% (+17.5)
SNP 33% (-11)
CON 6% (-9)
LIB 4% (-1)
GRN 3% (new)
RFM 0.7% (new)
SFP 0.5% (new)
ISP 0.4% (new)
SSP 0.2% (new)
Volt 0.1% (new)
TUSC 0.1% (new)
It'll probably be framed as a better-than-expected result for Labour and terrible for SNP and Conservatives.
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