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Post by Pete Whitehead on Apr 28, 2024 14:43:26 GMT
He was a horrible fucking wet. I much preferred Nirj Deva
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Post by stb12 on Apr 28, 2024 14:48:19 GMT
Obviously there were factors specific to Tottenham which generated a large anti-Labour swing there that year Bit before my time but I take it you mean concerning Bernie Grant and the Broadwater Farm riots a couple of years before? Might need to moderate myself for bringing this off topic  |
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Post by swingometer on Apr 28, 2024 14:48:45 GMT
He was a horrible fucking wet. I much preferred Nirj Deva West London produced some top Tories, Deva, Terry Dicks, Harry Greenway and John Wilkinson but to name a few. |
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Post by swingometer on Apr 28, 2024 14:49:27 GMT
Obviously there were factors specific to Tottenham which generated a large anti-Labour swing there that year Bit before my time but I take it you mean concerning Bernie Grant and the Broadwater Farm riots a couple of years before? Might need to moderate myself for bringing this off topic October 1985 and June 1987 is a long time to linger in the memory I need to moderate myself for talking BS |
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Post by finsobruce on Apr 28, 2024 14:50:37 GMT
The seat has a large electorate though, now significantly oversized hence the forthcoming boundary changes at the GE. That’s Hounslow for you Is it? |
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Post by swingometer on Apr 28, 2024 14:51:33 GMT
Takes you two hours to walk from one end to the other, don’t try it! |
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Post by evergreenadam on Apr 28, 2024 14:52:55 GMT
So quite amazingly the Tories would have been further ahead in this seat in 1987 than in the Brentford and Isleworth of that time, despite the loss of the Chiswick part of the seat. Looking at the results it’s clear how well the Tories did in London that year, even somewhere like Tottenham had a fairly small majority for Labour Yes, in 1986 Labour was riding high in London, what a difference a year made. |
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Post by finsobruce on Apr 28, 2024 14:56:19 GMT
Obviously there were factors specific to Tottenham which generated a large anti-Labour swing there that year Bit before my time but I take it you mean concerning Bernie Grant and the Broadwater Farm riots a couple of years before? Might need to moderate myself for bringing this off topic Well, and the long serving Norman Atkinson being deselected in favour of Bernie. |
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Post by finsobruce on Apr 28, 2024 14:57:46 GMT
Takes you two hours to walk from one end to the other, don’t try it! I'm originally from Whitton (where arnieg was a councillor) so too late for the warning. |
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Post by john07 on Apr 28, 2024 15:09:31 GMT
Takes you two hours to walk from one end to the other, don’t try it! And how many constituencies can you walk from one end to the other in less than two hours? Are you contributing rubbish to get your post count up? |
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Post by greenhert on Apr 28, 2024 15:28:37 GMT
Bit before my time but I take it you mean concerning Bernie Grant and the Broadwater Farm riots a couple of years before? Might need to moderate myself for bringing this off topic Well, and the long serving Norman Atkinson being deselected in favour of Bernie. That was definitely the more significant factor though. There were also noticeable pro-Conservative swings in Brent East and Bristol South in 1987 where similar deselections occurred. |
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Post by Merseymike on Apr 28, 2024 15:44:40 GMT
He was a horrible fucking wet. I much preferred Nirj Deva West London produced some top Tories, Deva, Terry Dicks, Harry Greenway and John Wilkinson but to name a few. Hilarious - four swivel-eyed loons, three are now safe Labour! Loved Bernie Grant. |
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Post by No Offence Alan on Apr 28, 2024 16:14:38 GMT
Takes you two hours to walk from one end to the other, don’t try it! And how many constituencies can you walk from one end to the other in less than two hours? Are you contributing rubbish to get your post count up? I was a candidate in Paisley North in 1997, pretty compact (northern half of Paisley plus Linwood and Renfrew) but would have taken more than 2 hours. |
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Post by swingometer on Apr 28, 2024 17:41:36 GMT
Takes you two hours to walk from one end to the other, don’t try it! And how many constituencies can you walk from one end to the other in less than two hours? Are you contributing rubbish to get your post count up? In Greater London, Hayes and Harlington and Bromley and Chislehurst, Dagenham and Rainham feels like an age to go through, for more reasons than one if trying to get to Havering. |
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Post by swingometer on Apr 28, 2024 17:50:19 GMT
Well, and the long serving Norman Atkinson being deselected in favour of Bernie. That was definitely the more significant factor though. There were also noticeable pro-Conservative swings in Brent East and Bristol South in 1987 where similar deselections occurred. Interesting that the number of Tory constituencies with increased majorities in 1987 were similar to those with reduced majorities despite the Conservatives losing twenty seats, the North-South divide effectively cancelling each other out |
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Post by J.G.Harston on Apr 28, 2024 17:54:20 GMT
And how many constituencies can you walk from one end to the other in less than two hours? Are you contributing rubbish to get your post count up? I was a candidate in Paisley North in 1997, pretty compact (northern half of Paisley plus Linwood and Renfrew) but would have taken more than 2 hours. Mr Google claims I could walk from one end of Brightside to the other in 1hr52mn.
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Post by batman on Apr 28, 2024 18:21:15 GMT
West London produced some top Tories, Deva, Terry Dicks, Harry Greenway and John Wilkinson but to name a few. Hilarious - four swivel-eyed loons, three are now safe Labour! Loved Bernie Grant. see my profile of Ealing North. Greenway wasn't originally seen as being on the right of the Tory Party but was basically a local rent-a-quote always ready with knockabout anti-Labour stuff. The other 3 were or still are definitely on the right of the party, Dicks particularly so. |
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Post by Merseymike on Apr 28, 2024 20:04:09 GMT
Hilarious - four swivel-eyed loons, three are now safe Labour! Loved Bernie Grant. see my profile of Ealing North. Greenway wasn't originally seen as being on the right of the Tory Party but was basically a local rent-a-quote always ready with knockabout anti-Labour stuff. The other 3 were or still are definitely on the right of the party, Dicks particularly so. My Sociology A-Level college tutor knew Greenway - he was a head teacher. He couldn't stand him, he thought Greenway as a fascist! He was an PE teacher but decided to train for social studies. |
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Post by batman on Apr 28, 2024 20:05:42 GMT
Well I'm not going to argue with you about Greenway's personal qualities as he publicly insulted my dad in 1980 in a letter to the Times (they printed Dad's reply too).....
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Post by markgoodair on May 28, 2024 20:15:23 GMT
Nisar Malik is the Workers Party candidate.
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