YL
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Either Labour leaning or Lib Dem leaning but not sure which
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Post by YL on Jan 28, 2024 21:51:26 GMT
Looks like a Green candidate:
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jan 28, 2024 23:02:11 GMT
Any relation to Joe Otten, the Sheffield Lib Dem?
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iain
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Post by iain on Jan 28, 2024 23:49:29 GMT
Any relation to Joe Otten, the Sheffield Lib Dem? He did use to be a Green, so seems plausible. |
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john07
Labour & Co-operative
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Post by john07 on Jan 29, 2024 1:40:47 GMT
Any relation to Joe Otten, the Sheffield Lib Dem? Maybe if he was ‘otten to the core’? |
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Post by froome on Jan 29, 2024 5:24:38 GMT
You almost have to admire the assumption that the Rochdale branch of the Workers' Party would automatically select GG as their candidate. The thought that they might wish to meet to decide who, if anyone, they want to select has not even occurred to him for a nanosecond. He wants to stand, so he simply tells the party that and his word is gospel. He obviously doesn't think much of the other party members' ability to gain votes. As if they have branches! It is a January tree. The leaves fell off long ago, leaving Gorgeous George in all his nakedness. |
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Post by andrewteale on Jan 29, 2024 7:52:06 GMT
Thank you, that's a lovely image.
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Post by batman on Jan 29, 2024 8:16:43 GMT
Looks like a Green candidate: so the Rochdale Greens are Otten-picking sons of a gun |
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Crimson King
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Post by Crimson King on Jan 29, 2024 8:32:54 GMT
vote early, vote Otten
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Post by adlai52 on Jan 29, 2024 9:31:26 GMT
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jan 29, 2024 9:33:05 GMT
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Post by gibbon on Jan 29, 2024 10:04:27 GMT
If Galloway stands his main supporters will probably be found in the Daily Express who talk up the prospects of Galloway as a threat to the Labour Party.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jan 29, 2024 14:58:28 GMT
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Post by minionofmidas on Jan 29, 2024 15:25:10 GMT
This begs a trivia question
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Post by bjornhattan on Jan 29, 2024 15:30:04 GMT
This begs a trivia question Having just checked, I think the answer is Bury St Edmunds 1944. There were also three in 1916 and one in Bewdley in 1908, but all five of these were uncontested (mostly due to wartime pacts). To find a contested 29th February by-election you must go all the way back to 1888 and Deptford. |
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Post by andrewteale on Jan 29, 2024 15:43:24 GMT
This begs a trivia question Having just checked, I think the answer is Bury St Edmunds 1944. There were also three in 1916 and one in Bewdley in 1908, but all five of these were uncontested (mostly due to wartime pacts). To find a contested 29th February by-election you must go all the way back to 1888 and Deptford. Bury St Edmunds 1944 was contested: the Conservatives were challenged by an Independent Liberal. It was fairly close as well (56-44). |
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Post by doktorb🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on Jan 29, 2024 15:51:19 GMT
The tone of that message certainly gives me the hint that this byelection is going to be touchy, veering bad-tempered. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jan 29, 2024 16:05:11 GMT
The tone of that message certainly gives me the hint that this byelection is going to be touchy, veering bad-tempered. Not because of that tweet. Because the far right will do all they can to ignite racial tensions over certain previous organised crimes, and because Galloway will be trying his level best to ignite religious tensions. |
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Post by doktorb🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on Jan 29, 2024 16:09:33 GMT
The tone of that message certainly gives me the hint that this byelection is going to be touchy, veering bad-tempered. Not because of that tweet. Because the far right will do all they can to ignite racial tensions over certain previous organised crimes, and because Galloway will be trying his level best to ignite religious tensions. Oh that's what I meant! They've phrased it very delicately so it doesn't read "WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GEORGE GALLOWAY" because you know what he can be like with claims and euphemism about his conduct. I just see this need to be delicate as a precursor to a very messy campaign. |
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Post by finsobruce on Jan 29, 2024 16:21:15 GMT
Having just checked, I think the answer is Bury St Edmunds 1944. There were also three in 1916 and one in Bewdley in 1908, but all five of these were uncontested (mostly due to wartime pacts). To find a contested 29th February by-election you must go all the way back to 1888 and Deptford. Bury St Edmunds 1944 was contested: the Conservatives were challenged by an Independent Liberal. It was fairly close as well (56-44). Margaret Corbett Ashby who was a seven time Liberal candidate in five different constituencies.
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YL
Non-Aligned
Either Labour leaning or Lib Dem leaning but not sure which
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Post by YL on Jan 29, 2024 17:45:58 GMT
The tone of that message certainly gives me the hint that this byelection is going to be touchy, veering bad-tempered. If you look at the by-elections held so far this Parliament, you could ask yourself two questions: (a) which one had the most toxic campaign? (b) does the answer to (a) have any candidates in common with this one? |
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