|
|
Post by jakegb on Sept 15, 2023 18:17:53 GMT
Andrew Cooper picked as Conservative candidate c.40, Tamworth councillor since 2021; assurance engineer with Network Rail since 2007; served with Staffordshire Regiment, 2001-07, went from sniper to lance corporal; did tours to Iraq, Kenya & Kosovo. Pretty good CV as with the Uxbridge by election looks like the candidate might be decent. Most definitely - but they don’t have the ULEZ card in this neck of the woods. |
|
|
|
Post by michaelarden on Sept 15, 2023 21:57:43 GMT
Andrew Cooper picked as Conservative candidate c.40, Tamworth councillor since 2021; assurance engineer with Network Rail since 2007; served with Staffordshire Regiment, 2001-07, went from sniper to lance corporal; did tours to Iraq, Kenya & Kosovo. Pretty good CV as with the Uxbridge by election looks like the candidate might be decent. Rail engineer - so should be in favour of HS2. How will that go down among the west midland nimbys? |
|
|
|
Post by matureleft on Sept 16, 2023 6:56:37 GMT
The Tory and Reform candidates share a surname.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2023 7:12:26 GMT
Pretty good CV as with the Uxbridge by election looks like the candidate might be decent. Most definitely - but they don’t have the ULEZ card in this neck of the woods. Yes, but they start from a 66% vote share in the 2019 GE. |
|
graham
Non-Aligned
Posts: 1,344
|
Post by graham on Sept 16, 2023 10:02:48 GMT
Most definitely - but they don’t have the ULEZ card in this neck of the woods. Yes, but they start from a 66% vote share in the 2019 GE. How likely are the Tories to exceed the 37% the party polled here in 2005? |
|
stb12
Top Poster
Posts: 8,375 
|
Post by stb12 on Sept 16, 2023 10:21:30 GMT
Yes, but they start from a 66% vote share in the 2019 GE. How likely are the Tories to exceed the 37% the party polled here in 2005? Quite likely I’d say, not all individual seats from then are going to be identical just because the Tories will be losing overall |
|
|
|
Post by greenhert on Sept 16, 2023 10:56:17 GMT
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2023 11:00:43 GMT
Yes, but they start from a 66% vote share in the 2019 GE. How likely are the Tories to exceed the 37% the party polled here in 2005? Yes because I think there’s been a realignment plus you could argue the Tories did so abysmally in this neck of the woods for so long because of the South East Staffordshire drubbing in 1996. That, plus demographic change. |
|
graham
Non-Aligned
Posts: 1,344
|
Post by graham on Sept 16, 2023 11:14:33 GMT
How likely are the Tories to exceed the 37% the party polled here in 2005? Yes because I think there’s been a realignment plus you could argue the Tories did so abysmally in this neck of the woods for so long because of the South East Staffordshire drubbing in 1996. That, plus demographic change. It is unclear whether the Brexit/Corbyn/Johnson related realignment has now been reversed. I would not expect the 1996 by election to be having much effect as late as 2005. |
|
|
|
Post by doktorb🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on Sept 16, 2023 12:57:59 GMT
"The deadline to submit your nomination papers is 4pm on Friday 22 September 2023."
|
|
neilm
Non-Aligned
Posts: 25,023
|
Post by neilm on Sept 17, 2023 9:08:38 GMT
Pretty good CV as with the Uxbridge by election looks like the candidate might be decent. Rail engineer - so should be in favour of HS2. How will that go down among the west midland nimbys? He might not be, there's a fair number at Network Rail HQ aren't. |
|
|
|
Post by doktorb🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on Sept 17, 2023 10:35:08 GMT
Pretty good CV as with the Uxbridge by election looks like the candidate might be decent. Rail engineer - so should be in favour of HS2. How will that go down among the west midland nimbys? I promise not to poke further, but with recent news as it is, I'd say the nimbys have won! |
|
|
|
Post by greenhert on Sept 17, 2023 20:45:07 GMT
The Green Party candidate for this by-election is Sue Howarth:
|
|
|
|
Post by Pete Whitehead on Sept 19, 2023 16:03:43 GMT
Ashlea Simon standing for Britain First here
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2023 16:36:44 GMT
The Green Party candidate for this by-election is Sue Howarth: Why is the picture Tory activists? Where are the Greens? |
|
Tony Otim
Green
Suffering from Brexistential Despair
Posts: 11,893
|
Post by Tony Otim on Sept 19, 2023 16:54:36 GMT
The Green Party candidate for this by-election is Sue Howarth: Why is the picture Tory activists? Where are the Greens? Because the picture comes from the ITV article which the Green party tweet (are they still called tweets post-rebranding?) links to. If you follow the link through there is also a picture of the Green candidate, but I agree it's a bit messy the way it appears... |
|
|
|
Post by minionofmidas on Sept 19, 2023 16:56:01 GMT
The Green Party candidate for this by-election is Sue Howarth: Why is the picture Tory activists? Where are the Greens? the picture is part of a link to a news article about the election in general. admittedly a good question why they'd include that link in their tweet |
|
|
|
Post by minionofmidas on Sept 19, 2023 16:59:08 GMT
Why is the picture Tory activists? Where are the Greens? Because the picture comes from the ITV article which the Green party tweet (are they still called tweets post-rebranding?) links to. If you follow the link through there is also a picture of the Green candidate, but I agree it's a bit messy the way it appears... they're officially posts now but everybody still says tweets just like everybody still says twitter |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2023 17:04:07 GMT
Because the picture comes from the ITV article which the Green party tweet (are they still called tweets post-rebranding?) links to. If you follow the link through there is also a picture of the Green candidate, but I agree it's a bit messy the way it appears... they're officially posts now but everybody still says tweets just like everybody still says twitter Twatter. |
|
Sharon
Labour & Co-operative
Posts: 2,563 
|
Post by Sharon on Sept 19, 2023 18:42:31 GMT
|
|
