Local Council By-elections 18th January 2024

[maxque]

Jan 13, 2024 15:46:05 GMT kevinf said:

Jan 13, 2024 15:04:11 GMT jamie said:

From a quick look, there is a pinned tweet on the existence of biological sex and the occasional ‘gender critical’ tweet (including one supporting Starmer’s position). 

There’s nothing new about her position, which is well known. So why suspend her now? Not that I expect it will affect her vote. 

Probably that the local party did select her, while knowing it would greatly displease the local party. Expect the branch or the CLP being suspended soon.

[batman]

I had to miss the canvass this morning because my car broke down, only to find out the canvass had been cancelled anyway. Therefore it remains the case that I have never campaigned in an election in the London Borough of Hackney, though I have helped to organise a demo there - against Holocaust-denying saxophone-playing arsehole Gilad Atzmon.

[andrea]

From OnLondon

A Labour source has confirmed that the candidate, Laura Pascal (front right in photo), has been “administratively suspended”, which means a complaint has been made about her by another party member and a decision taken to investigate it.
...
On London understands there have been multiple complaints about Pascal, including alleged racism as well as transphobia.

www.onlondon.co.uk/hackney-labour-cazenove-candidate-for-council-by-election-suspended/

[maxque]

Jan 13, 2024 16:50:09 GMT andrea said:

From OnLondon

A Labour source has confirmed that the candidate, Laura Pascal (front right in photo), has been “administratively suspended”, which means a complaint has been made about her by another party member and a decision taken to investigate it.
...
On London understands there have been multiple complaints about Pascal, including alleged racism as well as transphobia.

www.onlondon.co.uk/hackney-labour-cazenove-candidate-for-council-by-election-suspended/

"the oppressed sex class". Add crimes against proper language, too.

[robert1]

By normal standards, about 40% of the final total votes will probably already have been cast by post.

[John Chanin]

A problem that the Regional Labour Party could do without, but whatever happens, and particularly if she is elected, large scale suspensions and/or resignations are inevitable, on an issue that some people in the Labour Party (and the Greens) feel strongly about, one way or the other, while most of the country has no interest at all.

Ironically the Labour Party outside Hackney will be hoping she doesn't win therefore, and they will probably be relieved when the usual Liberal by-election machine moves into action, and wins the election.

[batman]

It's a tough ask against ex-councillor Sharer though. I will be surprised if Sharer does not poll very strongly amongst strictly-Orthodox Jewish voters, of whom there are a lot in that ward, though not a majority (indeed, as has been remarked on elsewhere here, no ward anywhere in Britain is majority-Jewish, possibly surprisingly in a very small number of cases).

[David Ashforth]

Article in the Sheffield Tribune about the Stannington ward by-election.

www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/p/the-stannington-by-election-is-a

[greenchristian]

Jan 13, 2024 16:36:04 GMT maxque said:

Jan 13, 2024 15:46:05 GMT kevinf said:

There’s nothing new about her position, which is well known. So why suspend her now? Not that I expect it will affect her vote. 

Probably that the local party did select her, while knowing it would greatly displease the local party. Expect the branch or the CLP being suspended soon.

I'm slightly confused by your post. Was one of your uses of "local party" was intended to read as something else.

[carlton43]

Jan 13, 2024 15:15:28 GMT dizz said:

Undoubtedly she will be gaining some votes. Here is a purported local flyer (I am not expressing any opinion on it just presenting it):

So!  She has been suspended for being normal, sensible and correct?

Par for the course these days.

[wysall]

Jan 13, 2024 16:55:19 GMT maxque said:

Jan 13, 2024 16:50:09 GMT andrea said:

From OnLondon

A Labour source has confirmed that the candidate, Laura Pascal (front right in photo), has been “administratively suspended”, which means a complaint has been made about her by another party member and a decision taken to investigate it.
...
On London understands there have been multiple complaints about Pascal, including alleged racism as well as transphobia.

www.onlondon.co.uk/hackney-labour-cazenove-candidate-for-council-by-election-suspended/

"the oppressed sex class". Add crimes against proper language, too.

It's one of those utterly deranged far-left radical feminist terms.

[carolus]

I'm slightly surprised there's no Green in Warwick - they're largest party on the council and whilst they didn't stand a full slate in the ward last May, you'd think they'd have found a candidate from somewhere.

[Tony Otim]

Jan 14, 2024 17:16:29 GMT carolus said:

I'm slightly surprised there's no Green in Warwick - they're largest party on the council and whilst they didn't stand a full slate in the ward last May, you'd think they'd have found a candidate from somewhere.

Especially considering there is a Green in the concurrent town council by-election...

[batman]

that is fairly bizarre.

[John Chanin]

May 28, 1975 16:07:38 GMT:

I'm slightly surprised there's no Green in Warwick - they're largest party on the council and whilst they didn't stand a full slate in the ward last May, you'd think they'd have found a candidate from somewhere.

I believe there is a tacit pact between the Liberals and Greens in Warwick District. greenchristian  will know.

[The Bishop]

But this one doesn't exactly look like a key LibDem target (yes, I know its a by-election and all that)

[J.G.Harston]

Jan 15, 2024 10:16:55 GMT John Chanin said:

May 28, 1975 16:07:38 GMT:

I'm slightly surprised there's no Green in Warwick - they're largest party on the council and whilst they didn't stand a full slate in the ward last May, you'd think they'd have found a candidate from somewhere.

I believe there is a tacit pact between the Liberals and Greens in Warwick District. greenchristian  will know.

Have the Liberals got a base in Warwick? That's rather surprising, after their demise in Pickering I thought their only strength remained in Liverpool.

[greenman]

This is a Labour seat and the Greens only came a few percentage points ahead of LD, so perhaps the deal is between Local labour and Green to ensure Conservatives do not win a seat back.

[iang]

I think the council is run as a Green/ Labour arrangement, so that seems plausible.

[John Chanin]

Article about Cazenove

www.onlondon.co.uk/hackney-dimensions-of-the-cazenove-by-election/