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Post by John Chanin on Oct 26, 2023 11:59:10 GMT
The other candidate is Dudley. there are however railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, even though Sandwell & Dudley isn't one of them. At least one, Stourbridge Junction, offers peak-time direct trains to London (Marylebone). But Stourbridge is not Dudley, as any resident of either will tell you. |
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Post by Wisconsin on Oct 26, 2023 12:02:16 GMT
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Post by yellowperil on Oct 26, 2023 12:04:54 GMT
On behalf of my generation, no. I speak for myself and my memories of a period. You do not speak for 'our generation'. My no is in response to Weld's question about "a bizarre generational thing". I might think your answer to that question might also be no. Incidentally I think your memories are your own but probably identify with a particular niche group within your generation as my own memories are from another and very different group in the same era. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Oct 26, 2023 12:21:48 GMT
I really think Carlton's line of defence for Peter Bone should be widely distributed. I am sure it will do wonders for his cause and that of the Conservative Party more generally. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Oct 26, 2023 12:25:18 GMT
There is a Wikipedia entry claiming that this is true of Rushden, but Gosport has something like twice its population (or more depending on how you define Rushden's built-up area) and has no railway station, just a ferry link to Portsmouth where there are railway stations. I think Dudley would like a word (Sandwell and Dudley station is in Oldbury and used to be called that). The town is getting linked to the Midland Metro, but that's a tram system, and as it is partly using the old railway alignment will effectively kill off any chance of a proper train service returning. Is Dudley Port station in Dudley? I've certainly walked from one to the other and it didn't seem unreasonable. |
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Post by Chris from Brum on Oct 26, 2023 12:28:40 GMT
I think Dudley would like a word (Sandwell and Dudley station is in Oldbury and used to be called that). The town is getting linked to the Midland Metro, but that's a tram system, and as it is partly using the old railway alignment will effectively kill off any chance of a proper train service returning. Is Dudley Port station in Dudley? I've certainly walked from one to the other and it didn't seem unreasonable. No, that's in Sandwell as well. It's not far from Great Bridge. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Oct 26, 2023 12:33:32 GMT
What a load of low level loser total bollocks. Most of us in the 60s-80s suffered far worse than that. Call that bullying you pusillanimous little wimp perverts! And you turned out fine... Oh, never mind. I used to have a colleague who was a tad right wing in his outlook, with particularly strong views on the way children should be brought up. Which was basically that they should be beaten. Frequently. And for the merest misdemeanours. Having listened for the umpteenth time to his diatribe on the failures of youngsters and their need for firm discipline I could take it no longer. "Do you have any children Reg?"
"Aye, I've got a son."
"Do you get on together?"
"Yes, I see him when I can."
"Oh, does he live away?"
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Post by Ron Swanson on Oct 26, 2023 13:31:35 GMT
Does the recall petition have to last that long - if sufficient numbers of constituents sign it for the threshold to be breached, does it not end? Might as well get on with it, after all... |
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Post by ricmk on Oct 26, 2023 13:34:46 GMT
No - as I recall after the 6 weeks of the Peterborough petition, it was subsequently revealed that the threshold was met on the first day.
But the Returning Officer had to remain silent and keep the petition open for the six week period before he could announce anything.
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Post by stb12 on Oct 26, 2023 13:45:00 GMT
Do we think there are any GB constituencies where a threshold would not be met? Obviously we know it’s happened in Northern Ireland already
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Post by andrewp on Oct 26, 2023 13:53:15 GMT
Do we think there are any GB constituencies where a threshold would not be met? Obviously we know it’s happened in Northern Ireland already The only possibilities I think are very very safe seats- Liverpool, Manchester and maybe some parts of London and maybe the 5 or 6 Scottish highland and Island constituencies if it was difficult to sign. And of course, if it failed to reach the threshold anywhere, it’s unlikely to be because of any reflection on the actual misdemeanour. I really think this is a completely superfluous part of the process. |
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Post by doktorb🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on Oct 26, 2023 14:21:03 GMT
Do we think there are any GB constituencies where a threshold would not be met? Obviously we know it’s happened in Northern Ireland already The only possibilities I think are very very safe seats- Liverpool, Manchester and maybe some parts of London and maybe the 5 or 6 Scottish highland and Island constituencies if it was difficult to sign. And of course, if it failed to reach the threshold anywhere, it’s unlikely to be because of any reflection on the actual misdemeanour. I really think this is a completely superfluous part of the process. It's a great British compromise. It has to be done with the voters consent, to a degree. The signing is the best way to do it unless we want the US version where the petition comes first |
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Post by iainbhx on Oct 26, 2023 14:34:34 GMT
The other candidate is Dudley. there are however railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, even though Sandwell & Dudley isn't one of them. At least one, Stourbridge Junction, offers peak-time direct trains to London (Marylebone). There are, but I wouldn’t mention that in a Stourbridge pub, nor is Lye (The Lye to locals) in Dudley although it is in Dudley MBC. Most of the parts of Dudley that weren’t in the Dudley County Borough before 1966 would rather not be regarded as part of Dudley. Maybe the acquisitions from Coseley UD and Sedgley UD. |
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Post by iainbhx on Oct 26, 2023 14:42:07 GMT
If you take the Census Dudley Built up area population 64k, that makes a lot of sense as “Dudley” and lacks a railway station.
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Post by Chris from Brum on Oct 26, 2023 14:45:53 GMT
there are however railway stations in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, even though Sandwell & Dudley isn't one of them. At least one, Stourbridge Junction, offers peak-time direct trains to London (Marylebone). There are, but I wouldn’t mention that in a Stourbridge pub, nor is Lye (The Lye to locals) in Dudley although it is in Dudley MBC. Most of the parts of Dudley that weren’t in the Dudley County Borough before 1966 would rather not be regarded as part of Dudley. Maybe the acquisitions from Coseley UD and Sedgley UD. I grew up in Sedgley. It was a toss-up as to whether it looked to Dudley or Wolverhampton as the nearest "big town", being about halfway in between and on a direct bus route between the two (a trolleybus route up to 1967 known as "the green bus" as it was operated by Wolverhampton corporation when Dudley's buses were run by Midland Red). My friends at school were all Wolves supporters, but then Dudley didn't have a league football team. OTOH Worcestershire CCC paid occasional visits to Dudley, or at least did before a mining sinkhole opened up in the Dudley Sports Ground, while Wolverhampton was in Staffordshire which was a minor county. My grammar school played rugby against all the other local grammar schools, these including Dudley Grammar, Brierley Hill Grammar and King Eds Stourbridge which all ended up in Dudley borough, so perhaps Dudley just shaded it. Also Sedgley had a DY postcode rather than a WV one. |
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Post by batman on Oct 26, 2023 15:10:37 GMT
I really think Carlton's line of defence for Peter Bone should be widely distributed. I am sure it will do wonders for his cause and that of the Conservative Party more generally. behind them |
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Post by uthacalthing on Oct 26, 2023 19:34:47 GMT
My second favorite of yours. The best is about Orangutans. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Oct 26, 2023 19:39:43 GMT
My second favorite of yours. The best is about Orangutans. And clocks? |
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Post by YL on Oct 27, 2023 17:45:27 GMT
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Post by maxque on Oct 27, 2023 22:36:33 GMT
Looking at the map, the Tithe Barn and the Castle Theatre ones seems to be pretty redundant with each other. |
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