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Post by CatholicLeft on Mar 25, 2024 15:34:22 GMT
So, I wonder who will stand for the Workers' Party? I am sure Mr Galloway will be rushing across with his bandwagon any minute now.
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Post by CatholicLeft on Mar 25, 2024 15:35:51 GMT
Will await confirmation but it's the Manor of Northstead's turn, and he'll succeed Chris Pincher. Just been appointed to said Manor. |
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Post by Merseymike on Mar 25, 2024 15:52:15 GMT
So, I wonder who will stand for the Workers' Party? I am sure Mr Galloway will be rushing across with his bandwagon any minute now. Unlikely. Labour would have won rather the WP, rather Rochdale. The WP did not win , such as Batley and Spen. Blackpool South have very few Muslim voters. Wonder who will stand ? |
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Post by doktorb🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on Mar 25, 2024 16:05:57 GMT
Thread title updated
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Post by Wisconsin on Mar 25, 2024 16:06:46 GMT
Does anyone have a copy of Benton’s letter/statement? Some eager webmaster has turned his website into a redirect to conservatives.com.
I was going to congratulate Mr Benton on knowing how to ‘resign’ as an MP by writing to the Chancellor.
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Post by evergreenadam on Mar 25, 2024 16:35:35 GMT
Wonder how much money the abortive recall petition process has cost Blackpool's hard-pressed council. Benton departing with all the grace that characterised his tenure. Edit: I'm told the money is recoverable from central government, so Blackpool council is OK but it's still a waste of public money. What a farce, couldn’t he have made his mind up earlier! |
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Post by greenhert on Mar 25, 2024 16:51:00 GMT
Who will stand in this by-election? With local elections occurring the same day there will not be that much attention devoted specifically to this by-election.
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Post by doktorb🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on Mar 25, 2024 16:52:20 GMT
Who will stand in this by-election? With local elections occurring the same day there will not be that much attention devoted specifically to this by-election. I suspect people whose £500 can be guaranteed to be returned for the same fight in six months time. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 25, 2024 16:56:08 GMT
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 25, 2024 17:19:12 GMT
Incidentally the resignation also allows the Conservatives to start a selection process. Benton was suspended from the whip when the sting operation was revealed, pending the inevitable inquiries, but had not been expelled from the Conservative Party so left the local party in limbo.
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Post by greatkingrat on Mar 25, 2024 17:31:34 GMT
Who will stand in this by-election? With local elections occurring the same day there will not be that much attention devoted specifically to this by-election. I suspect people whose £500 can be guaranteed to be returned for the same fight in six months time. Hartlepool was held with the local elections and still managed 16 candidates. |
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Post by ArmchairCritic on Mar 25, 2024 19:15:59 GMT
I've got to say.... what an absolute fucking shambles the Conservative Party are.
I vaguely know this bloke from his time as a Councillor.
But how can CCHQ get it so consistently wrong?
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Mar 25, 2024 20:33:03 GMT
I suspect people whose £500 can be guaranteed to be returned for the same fight in six months time. Hartlepool was held with the local elections and still managed 16 candidates. They’re very different contests though. Hartlepool at the hight of Boris’ power, and there was an excitement about a Conservative gain, this time there’s a near universal agrement that Labour will comfortably regain this seat. This won’t be the first brick to come out of whatever Boris built in 2019, it’s yet one more after the roof fell off and the foundations cracked. There’s also around a week less for small parties and attention seeking independents to organise themselves. I’ll wager 9-10 candidates. |
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Post by johnloony on Mar 25, 2024 21:48:09 GMT
I suspect people whose £500 can be guaranteed to be returned for the same fight in six months time. Hartlepool was held with the local elections and still managed 16 candidates. On the previous same-date as the London Mayoral election (2016) there were two parliamentary by-elections which had only 7 and 5 candidates (Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough, and Ogmore). |
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Post by batman on Mar 25, 2024 22:22:39 GMT
They appear to have taken John Loony's unusually sensible advice.
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Post by batman on Mar 25, 2024 22:24:42 GMT
So, I wonder who will stand for the Workers' Party? I am sure Mr Galloway will be rushing across with his bandwagon any minute now. not a seat where I'd expect them to figure much at all. |
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Post by doktorb🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on Mar 25, 2024 22:32:51 GMT
The only candidates I know selected so far:
🟥 Chris Webb [Labour]
🟨 Andy Cregan [Lib Dem]
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Post by minionofmidas on Mar 26, 2024 6:58:31 GMT
The only candidates I know selected so far: 🟥 Chris Webb [Labour] 🟨 Andy Cregan [Lib Dem] Think there'll be any more? |
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Post by Old Fashioned Leftie on Mar 26, 2024 7:08:03 GMT
The only candidates I know selected so far: 🟥 Chris Webb [Labour] 🟨 Andy Cregan [Lib Dem] Think there'll be any more? According to Wiki: Mark Buthcher (Reform) Damon Sharp (NONPOL ) - New Open Non-Political Organsied Leadership - never heard of them either! |
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Post by newsouthender on Mar 26, 2024 7:08:41 GMT
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