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Post by aargauer on May 8, 2024 11:46:16 GMT
Monty Panesar has withdrawn as the Workers Party candidate. What a clown |
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Post by beacon on May 8, 2024 11:46:33 GMT
Fair to say he is in a spin with his politics!!
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Post by john07 on May 8, 2024 13:55:07 GMT
Fair to say he is in a spin with his politics!! And he fell for the ‘wrong un’. |
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Post by Clark on May 8, 2024 14:21:20 GMT
So MP won't be an MP after all
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Post by batman on May 8, 2024 15:33:01 GMT
Monty Panesar has withdrawn as the Workers Party candidate. What a clown well yes, but it is fairly clear that he is not without mental health issues. I wish him well with those |
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Post by doktorb🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on May 23, 2024 22:32:44 GMT
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Post by doktorb🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on May 27, 2024 20:58:58 GMT
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Post by johnloony on May 27, 2024 21:16:04 GMT
At the time of the by-election, a rumour was going round that Virendra Sharma was 72 (he wasn’t; he was 60 at the time). I never quite worked out if it was a malicious rumour by someone, or just an innocent misunderstanding. So retiring at 77 is no surprise.
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Post by doktorb🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on Jun 1, 2024 11:52:50 GMT
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Post by mondialito on Jun 8, 2024 19:18:25 GMT
Darshan Singh AZAD - Workers Party
Sangeet Kaur BHAIL - Independent Joe BHANGU - Independent Georgie CALLE - Conservative Party Steve CHILCOTT - Reform UK Deirdre COSTIGAN - Labour Party Pedro DA CONCEICAO - Independent Tariq MAHMOOD - Liberal Democrat Niko OMILANA - No Description Neil Stephen REYNOLDS - Green Party Jaginder SINGH - No Description Peter WARD - Rejoin EU
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Post by notabrummie on Jun 9, 2024 14:09:44 GMT
Jaginder SINGH is not his full name. There should be a family name after Singh as in the first candidate.
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Post by maxque on Jun 9, 2024 18:42:34 GMT
Jaginder SINGH is not his full name. There should be a family name after Singh as in the first candidate. There is not. Some Sikhs have Singh as their family name. |
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Post by kitesurfer on Jun 13, 2024 8:14:06 GMT
Does anyone think this seat is a candidate for smallest swing in the election? People have often said that London will see a smaller swing. This is a very safe Labour seat, so there is very little Conservative vote to lose. However, I believe the Sikh and in particular the Hindu communities will be quite sympathetic to Sunak.
In addition, it is outer London and I imagine a lot of people will be annoyed about ULEZ still.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2024 8:57:04 GMT
It's probably irrelevant, but it's the first time Labour has nominated a white candidate here since 1987, IIRC. Tory candidate is also white. Yes, I think the Sunak effect, we will see a small pro-Tory swing in this seat, which has gone against the grain before and almost fell in 1964 if memory serves. Some good Kashmiri tea is to be found in these parts (according to my Pakistani father-in-law). There's a quirky dual language TfL roundel in Southall. I believe there was a cattle market here when a friend visited it.
I'm still surprised the big two didn't have some ambitious Sikhs who wanted this seat. For example, the de-selected GLA member Onkar Sahota could have gone for this one, although maybe his deselection left a bad taste in the mouth. The Tories ran a strong candidate in Southall in 2010, and he later stood in Slough - I thought he might have taken another look at this seat if it was vacant - Gucharan Singh is his name.
I think this will be the Tories' better seat compared to Ealing Central & Acton, to be honest. Given what we saw in the Slough locals (Tories almost took control - yes I know, there were particular local factors at play), the blue team should get an okay second her.e
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Post by batman on Jun 13, 2024 10:22:46 GMT
Actually the Sikh community is arguably more reliable for Labour than either the Muslim or Hindu communities at present, especially in a working-class seat like this. Hindus aren't actually all that big an electorate in most of the seat but there are quite a few of them in the more middle-class wards towards Ealing; the Sikh & Muslim populations are bigger. I don't actually think there is a Sunak effect. The improved position of the Tories within the middle-class Gujarati Hindu community predates Sunak's leadership but I think it peaked in 2022 & has gone into a bit of a decline since then - although I still think they may hold Harrow East because of this factor. Certainly canvasses in some constituencies have shown Labour doing better than expected amongst Hindus even in quite big houses in good areas. It's possible that the Labour majority reduces slightly but of course the overall outcome is in no doubt whatsoever. I'd back this seat to remain the safest for Labour in Ealing although all 3 are clearly safe now (one seat of course now has a small Hammersmith & Fulham borough element too)
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Post by maxque on Jun 16, 2024 15:12:46 GMT
It's probably irrelevant, but it's the first time Labour has nominated a white candidate here since 1987, IIRC. Tory candidate is also white. Yes, I think the Sunak effect, we will see a small pro-Tory swing in this seat, which has gone against the grain before and almost fell in 1964 if memory serves. Some good Kashmiri tea is to be found in these parts (according to my Pakistani father-in-law). There's a quirky dual language TfL roundel in Southall. I believe there was a cattle market here when a friend visited it. I'm still surprised the big two didn't have some ambitious Sikhs who wanted this seat. For example, the de-selected GLA member Onkar Sahota could have gone for this one, although maybe his deselection left a bad taste in the mouth. The Tories ran a strong candidate in Southall in 2010, and he later stood in Slough - I thought he might have taken another look at this seat if it was vacant - Gucharan Singh is his name. I think this will be the Tories' better seat compared to Ealing Central & Acton, to be honest. Given what we saw in the Slough locals (Tories almost took control - yes I know, there were particular local factors at play), the blue team should get an okay second her.e From what I gather, Gucharan Singh died in 2020. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2024 15:14:38 GMT
It's probably irrelevant, but it's the first time Labour has nominated a white candidate here since 1987, IIRC. Tory candidate is also white. Yes, I think the Sunak effect, we will see a small pro-Tory swing in this seat, which has gone against the grain before and almost fell in 1964 if memory serves. Some good Kashmiri tea is to be found in these parts (according to my Pakistani father-in-law). There's a quirky dual language TfL roundel in Southall. I believe there was a cattle market here when a friend visited it. I'm still surprised the big two didn't have some ambitious Sikhs who wanted this seat. For example, the de-selected GLA member Onkar Sahota could have gone for this one, although maybe his deselection left a bad taste in the mouth. The Tories ran a strong candidate in Southall in 2010, and he later stood in Slough - I thought he might have taken another look at this seat if it was vacant - Gucharan Singh is his name. I think this will be the Tories' better seat compared to Ealing Central & Acton, to be honest. Given what we saw in the Slough locals (Tories almost took control - yes I know, there were particular local factors at play), the blue team should get an okay second her.e From what I gather, Gucharan Singh died in 2020. That is a shame as he was a strong candidate with a promising future. Too young. |
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Post by norflondon on Jun 18, 2024 3:02:41 GMT
The Reform UK candidate here, Steven Chilcott can be seen on YouTube harassing conmen and warning the public about them on Westminster Bridge. Good for him!
This seat has FIVE independent candidates. I think this is the highest number in any seat.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2024 3:04:05 GMT
The Reform UK candidate here, Steven Chilcott can be seen on YouTube harassing conmen and warning the public about them on Westminster Bridge. Good for him! This seat has FIVE independent candidates. I think this is the highest number in any seat. Yes, this a unique seat and the smorgasbord of independents reflects that. Good on the REFUK candidate for calling out bullshit. |
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Post by johnloony on Jun 30, 2024 20:52:14 GMT
Today I was walking around Southall for a while, looking for signs of the election campaign.
I saw several shops with posters for Jaginder Singh, one for Sangeet Kaur Bhail, and a few for Darshan Singh Azad (WPB)*. I also saw an advert board on the back of a lorry thingy for the WPB. None for any of the other parties or Independents.
I was slightly surprised not to see any campaigners or canvassers swarming around.
Memories came back of the big wide-open street market in South Road, which is where I met Theresa May in 2007.
I know from the experience of the 2007 by-election that the presence of lots of posters in shops doesn't necessarily mean that a candidate will get lots of votes, but it was noticeable that there were lots for one and none for three.
* The WPB has a list of reasonably normal local and domestic political issues (housing, roads, taxation and so on) and doesn't have any rant about Gaza or imperialism or genocide etc, but there is a subliminal (and fairly small) "Never Forget 1984" at the bottom of the second page, which I presume is meant to be a reference of the Golden Temple massacre in Amritsar.
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