john07
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Post by john07 on Jun 12, 2023 20:34:56 GMT
An interesting consequence of this is that it has caused ructions within the SDP. There's a lot of unease as Reform have a similar arrangement elsewhere with the SDP and many of the SDP membership view Reclaim with a mixture of bafflement and unalloyed horror. It didn't help that some in the SDP were against the Reform pact anyway given their vastly differing views on the economy. Wtf is the the point in the SDP. Are the 3 social democratic parties in parliament not enough already? What the hell have the current SDP got to do with social democracy? I am genuinely puzzled why people think they are? |
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Merseymike
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Post by Merseymike on Jun 12, 2023 20:36:28 GMT
Laurence Fox to stand here for Reclaim (with the support of Reform) An interesting consequence of this is that it has caused ructions within the SDP. There's a lot of unease as Reform have a similar arrangement elsewhere with the SDP and many of the SDP membership view Reclaim with a mixture of bafflement and unalloyed horror. It didn't help that some in the SDP were against the Reform pact anyway given their vastly differing views on the economy. Perhaps the SDP - Selby & Ainsty - will support Reform and Reclaim? Closer to Leeds, perhaps easier? |
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Post by Forfarshire Conservative on Jun 12, 2023 21:13:29 GMT
An interesting consequence of this is that it has caused ructions within the SDP. There's a lot of unease as Reform have a similar arrangement elsewhere with the SDP and many of the SDP membership view Reclaim with a mixture of bafflement and unalloyed horror. It didn't help that some in the SDP were against the Reform pact anyway given their vastly differing views on the economy. Perhaps the SDP - Selby & Ainsty - will support Reform and Reclaim? Closer to Leeds, perhaps easier? I wouldn't be surprised to see the agreement between SDP and Reform collapse to be honest, the SDP won't want to bleed members. |
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Post by batman on Jun 12, 2023 21:25:19 GMT
surely they don't have that many as it is?
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J.G.Harston
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Post by J.G.Harston on Jun 12, 2023 22:56:23 GMT
An interesting consequence of this is that it has caused ructions within the SDP. There's a lot of unease as Reform have a similar arrangement elsewhere with the SDP and many of the SDP membership view Reclaim with a mixture of bafflement and unalloyed horror. It didn't help that some in the SDP were against the Reform pact anyway given their vastly differing views on the economy. Wtf is the the point in the SDP. Are the 3 social democratic parties in parliament not enough already?
But those ones are all EU-philes.
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Post by aargauer on Jun 13, 2023 7:02:35 GMT
Wtf is the the point in the SDP. Are the 3 social democratic parties in parliament not enough already? What the hell have the current SDP got to do with social democracy? I am genuinely puzzled why people think they are? I figured they were shouty like Ukip with more explicitly workerist economic policies. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jun 14, 2023 10:36:45 GMT
Writ just moved.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jun 14, 2023 10:43:32 GMT
So:
Receipt of writ Thursday 15 June
Notice of Election by 4 pm on Monday 19 June
Last day for delivery of nomination papers could be as early as 20 June (if notice of election given on the same day as receipt of writ), and as late as 26 June
Polling day could therefore theoretically be 13 July or 20 July.
Same applies to Selby and Ainsty.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jun 15, 2023 19:19:56 GMT
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Post by andrewp on Jun 15, 2023 22:14:48 GMT
Stephen Tuckwell selected for the Conservatives in Uxbridge and S Ruislip. He’s a Hillingdon councillor
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Post by greenhert on Jun 16, 2023 9:39:08 GMT
www.hillingdon.gov.uk/by-electionDeadline for nominations: 23 June 2023 (the 7th anniversary of the EU referendum vote!) Deadline for voter registration: 4 July 2023 (coincidentally, Independence Day in the USA. Boris Johnson was born in the USA) Polling day: 20 July 2023
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cogload
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Post by cogload on Jun 17, 2023 21:31:00 GMT
Pretty decent activist turnout...
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Post by finsobruce on Jun 17, 2023 21:38:07 GMT
Pretty decent activist turnout... The London Labour party is huge in terms of membership - 5,000 plus in my CLP alone and quite a few others of the same order. Any by election in the Greater London area is going to get big turnouts especially if there is a Boris Johnson factor. |
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CatholicLeft
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Post by CatholicLeft on Jun 17, 2023 22:33:15 GMT
Pretty decent activist turnout... The London Labour party is huge in terms of membership - 5,000 plus in my CLP alone and quite a few others of the same order. Any by election in the Greater London area is going to get big turnouts especially if there is a Boris Johnson factor. Imagine this activist turnout, plus those from the Eastern Region and other parts of the UK, in Mid Beds after projected wins in Uxbridge and South Ruislip and, quite possibly, Selby and Ainsty. |
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cogload
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Post by cogload on Jun 18, 2023 7:35:18 GMT
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Post by greenhert on Jun 18, 2023 10:52:03 GMT
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graham
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Post by graham on Jun 18, 2023 11:18:03 GMT
The SDP label was very successful in terms of brand recognition. I wonder to what extent members of the general public believe this outfit to be related to the original version set up by Roy Jenkins, Shirley Williams , David Owen et al. |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jun 18, 2023 12:39:22 GMT
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Post by adlai52 on Jun 18, 2023 19:20:07 GMT
Guido clearly had a whole battery of - pretty tenuous - stories ready to go as away of bolstering Boris ahead of the GE, what I don’t understand is why he has such a strong personal investment in Boris? |
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johnloony
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Post by johnloony on Jun 19, 2023 18:37:44 GMT
I notice from the BBC local news report that Alan Hope is intending to stand in Uxbridge & South Ruislip.
A reminder that the last time there was a parliamentary by-election in Uxbridge, the OMRLP got more than ten times as many votes as the UKIP.
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