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Post by AlltheGoodUsernamesAreTaken on Jul 2, 2024 18:51:06 GMT
Someone has a stencil and is spraying the big field placards of Liz Truss with 'Not really Mad'.
Leaflets today 2 x the same LibDem leaflet and 1 x Labour.
Bagge winning the battle of the field posters hands down - complete lack of posters and placards in Thetford, Swaffham, Downham Market.
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Jul 3, 2024 8:36:09 GMT
Bagge winning the battle of the field posters hands down - complete lack of posters and placards in Thetford, Swaffham, Downham Market. Complete lack of his placards or of anybody's? Saw a lot of Labour placards when I was in Thetford.
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Post by Clark on Jul 3, 2024 11:53:10 GMT
I'm always perplexed as to why a Communist would stand in a seat like this? Or indeed any seat nowadays for that matter.
She'll get about 0.3% of the vote!
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Post by kevinf on Jul 3, 2024 13:41:41 GMT
I'm always perplexed as to why a Communist would stand in a seat like this? Or indeed any seat nowadays for that matter. She'll get about 0.3% of the vote! 1reckon 1) to provide a socialist/communist alternative to the mainstream parties and 2) party building through the freepost and public activity. Makes sense when you think about it?
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Post by Tony Otim on Jul 3, 2024 15:43:52 GMT
Because that's where they live? Not sure there's much strategy involved in these cases.
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Post by right on Jul 3, 2024 16:16:28 GMT
Because that's where they live? Not sure there's much strategy involved in these cases. For a lot of these small parties it's a sign of life
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Post by Ron Swanson on Jul 3, 2024 16:35:40 GMT
Please please - can everyone living here vote tactically and get shot of Trussybobs.
She deserves to be the face of this whacking, above all others.
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Post by bsjmcr on Jul 3, 2024 16:46:05 GMT
I'm always perplexed as to why a Communist would stand in a seat like this? Or indeed any seat nowadays for that matter. She'll get about 0.3% of the vote! We have one in Bury South and though I haven’t received a leaflet personally or been canvassed by him, he’s the most active on Twitter of all the Bury South candidates and claims to have sent out over 20,000 leaflets. Still be lucky to keep his deposit but I think he’s aiming at previously Labour voters turned off by ‘turncoat’ Wakeford despite him being chosen by local members fair and square as I understand it. And the Greens (which you’d think campaign on this ‘issue’) have been invisible here.
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Post by Foggy on Jul 3, 2024 17:30:41 GMT
Please please - can everyone living here vote tactically and get shot of Trussybobs. She deserves to be the face of this whacking, above all others. One sneaky thought that has crossed my mind is that other parties might prefer a Truss hold here so that she's still on the Tory benches throughout the next Parliament and then they'll be able to point at her (or else refer to "the right honourable [sic] member for South West Norfolk" if pointing is too impolite) to remind people of her existence every time there's a crisis/scandal/controversial policy.
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Post by Tony Otim on Jul 3, 2024 18:49:11 GMT
Please please - can everyone living here vote tactically and get shot of Trussybobs. She deserves to be the face of this whacking, above all others. One sneaky thought that has crossed my mind is that other parties might prefer a Truss hold here so that she's still on the Tory benches throughout the next Parliament and then they'll be able to point at her (or else refer to "the right honourable [sic] member for South West Norfolk" if pointing is too impolite) to remind people of her existence every time there's a crisis/scandal/controversial policy. Of course, in some people's minds (principally her own) she'll be the next leader of the opposition...
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Post by Ron Swanson on Jul 3, 2024 19:06:13 GMT
One sneaky thought that has crossed my mind is that other parties might prefer a Truss hold here so that she's still on the Tory benches throughout the next Parliament and then they'll be able to point at her (or else refer to "the right honourable [sic] member for South West Norfolk" if pointing is too impolite) to remind people of her existence every time there's a crisis/scandal/controversial policy. Of course, in some people's minds (principally her own) she'll be the next leader of the opposition... Imagine...
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Post by batman on Jul 3, 2024 20:20:27 GMT
Please please - can everyone living here vote tactically and get shot of Trussybobs. She deserves to be the face of this whacking, above all others. One sneaky thought that has crossed my mind is that other parties might prefer a Truss hold here so that she's still on the Tory benches throughout the next Parliament and then they'll be able to point at her (or else refer to "the right honourable [sic] member for South West Norfolk" if pointing is too impolite) to remind people of her existence every time there's a crisis/scandal/controversial policy. no. Labour really won't be thinking like that. It would be a huge scalp for Labour to unseat a former Prime Minister - even if they would need a very large Independent vote to make it happen. And they will be wanting it to happen a lot.
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Post by right on Jul 3, 2024 21:19:10 GMT
One sneaky thought that has crossed my mind is that other parties might prefer a Truss hold here so that she's still on the Tory benches throughout the next Parliament and then they'll be able to point at her (or else refer to "the right honourable [sic] member for South West Norfolk" if pointing is too impolite) to remind people of her existence every time there's a crisis/scandal/controversial policy. no. Labour really won't be thinking like that. It would be a huge scalp for Labour to unseat a former Prime Minister - even if they would need a very large Independent vote to make it happen. And they will be wanting it to happen a lot. I think it will be Labour not letting Bagge win. Even if he comes third it was a misses opportunity and if first it will be despite Labour's efforts.
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Post by john07 on Jul 3, 2024 21:46:05 GMT
no. Labour really won't be thinking like that. It would be a huge scalp for Labour to unseat a former Prime Minister - even if they would need a very large Independent vote to make it happen. And they will be wanting it to happen a lot. I think it will be Labour not letting Bagge win. Even if he comes third it was a misses opportunity and if first it will be despite Labour's efforts. I thought that Bagge was one of the more disreputable characters in the Archers. A mate of Snatch Foster and Eddie Grundy.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jul 3, 2024 22:21:32 GMT
I think it will be Labour not letting Bagge win. Even if he comes third it was a misses opportunity and if first it will be despite Labour's efforts. I thought that Bagge was one of the more disreputable characters in the Archers. A mate of Snatch Foster and Eddie Grundy. No, you're confusing him with the ex-Leader of Derby council and candidate in Derby South.
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Post by carlton43 on Jul 4, 2024 6:14:14 GMT
I thought that Bagge was one of the more disreputable characters in the Archers. A mate of Snatch Foster and Eddie Grundy. No, you're confusing him with the ex-Leader of Derby council and candidate in Derby South. Bookbinder or the 'Screaming Skull' MP, MP?e
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Post by finsobruce on Jul 4, 2024 6:46:54 GMT
No, you're confusing him with the ex-Leader of Derby council and candidate in Derby South. Bookbinder or the 'Screaming Skull' MP, MP?e No, the current one Baggy Shanker.
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Post by carlton43 on Jul 4, 2024 7:10:45 GMT
Bookbinder or the 'Screaming Skull' MP, MP?e No, the current one Baggy Shanker. Quite missed that!
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Jul 4, 2024 8:52:42 GMT
Bookbinder or the 'Screaming Skull' MP, MP?e No, the current one Baggy Shanker. A great name for a fictional criminal who goes around attacking retired Madchester musicians with improvised weaponry.
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Post by YL on Jul 5, 2024 3:36:50 GMT
There are reports that Truss has come third. I'm not sure who has won.
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