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Post by aargauer on May 3, 2024 18:22:38 GMT
Didn't say that. My party's issues are obvious, I don't even need to say so. Rushmore speaks for itself. Reform though, and you know I'm sympathetic to Reform, has to do better here. I mean, come on. They should have come second. Deprived, anti-immigration, heavily leave, disenchanted - where else is Reform supposed to do well? Councils are one thing, but Parliament matters. I'm not anti-Reform, but I will evaluate it impartially. Indeed, I'm watching GBN, and Tice was hyping the chances and predicting Reform coming second. That speaks for itself given the actual result. Expectation management out the window. these are fair points, but I do think that not everybody totally understands Blackpool South as a constituency. It isn't quite the same kind of place as classic Red Wall (ugh) territory like Grimsby or the former coalfield; it has only a very slight industrial heritage & it has always had some voters who are more socially liberal than the stereotypes we so often hear, though of course it isn't Brighton or anything like it. I always felt that it was unlikely that Reform would beat the Tories here and to me the surprise is how close they came to doing so. It's quite an owner-occupied & privately rented constituency although even its better-off districts like Squires Gate (which I know very well as my grandparents lived there for a couple of decades) are clearly less well-to-do than most of St Annes, let alone Lytham; it does have its council estates but that's a pretty small minority of the constituency. Yes it's still a heavily white seat and some parts are very deprived, but it isn't quite classic Reform UK country IMHO. Absolutely agree - grandparents lived in Lytham and that's my view of the area too |
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Post by johnloony on May 7, 2024 13:26:12 GMT
There has been so much kerfuffle to absorb over the last few days that it has just occurred to me that I have not yet put the result of Blackpool South in my notebook, so I will do it now.
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Post by doktorb🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on May 7, 2024 13:51:47 GMT
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on May 22, 2024 19:35:57 GMT
Chris Webb MP will have to make his maiden speech in the next two days, if he wants to ensure he speaks in his first Parliament.
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Post by maxque on May 24, 2024 17:25:08 GMT
Chris Webb MP will have to make his maiden speech in the next two days, if he wants to ensure he speaks in his first Parliament. And he did a speech day, during a debate on "Sanctions", that had nothing to do with it, but I assume everyone understood the rush. |
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Post by greatkingrat on May 24, 2024 17:50:07 GMT
Chris Webb MP will have to make his maiden speech in the next two days, if he wants to ensure he speaks in his first Parliament. And he did a speech day, during a debate on "Sanctions", that had nothing to do with it, but I assume everyone understood the rush. It is normal for a maiden speech to have little or nothing with the topic being discussed. |
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