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Post by stb12 on Mar 13, 2024 22:39:07 GMT
Chester South and Eddisbury
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Post by doktorb🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on Apr 20, 2024 11:57:30 GMT
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Apr 20, 2024 16:23:24 GMT
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Post by gwynthegriff on Apr 20, 2024 17:21:56 GMT
An interesting choice for a rather rural seat. |
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Post by batman on Apr 20, 2024 17:23:27 GMT
I'm guessing she's of Greek or Greek Cypriot heritage.
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Post by finsobruce on Apr 20, 2024 17:37:42 GMT
I'm guessing she's of Greek or Greek Cypriot heritage. She's Greek. Lived in the UK since 1995. |
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Post by batman on Apr 20, 2024 19:25:14 GMT
my friend on Manchester Council has a very positive opinion of her.
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Post by cogload on Apr 20, 2024 19:28:18 GMT
I'm guessing she's of Greek or Greek Cypriot heritage. She's Greek. Lived in the UK since 1995. Who fears the Greeks bearing cheeses? (Niche, I know). |
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Post by bsjmcr on Apr 21, 2024 22:13:28 GMT
An interesting choice for a rather rural seat. Not as rural, but still Cheshire - Mike Amesbury, who is very, very Manc, seems to have done well for himself though in Northwich, sorry, ‘Weaver Vale’ - now standing in Runcorn & Helsby I think. As for the rural issue, I’m not sure how much farming there still is in Cheshire, but I do know many will commute to Manchester (whether they like it or not). Also Cheshire broadly isn’t the sort of area I’d think that would have an issue with a candidate with a foreign-sounding name/origin. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Apr 22, 2024 6:42:58 GMT
An interesting choice for a rather rural seat. Not as rural, but still Cheshire - Mike Amesbury, who is very, very Manc, seems to have done well for himself though in Northwich, sorry, ‘Weaver Vale’ - now standing in Runcorn & Helsby I think. As for the rural issue, I’m not sure how much farming there still is in Cheshire, but I do know many will commute to Manchester (whether they like it or not). Also Cheshire broadly isn’t the sort of area I’d think that would have an issue with a candidate with a foreign-sounding name/origin. Anecdotally of course, but there's no shortage of Mancs pushing out towards and past Northwich as houses are still surprisingly cheap. |
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Post by where2travel on Apr 22, 2024 8:51:17 GMT
Anecdotally of course, but there's no shortage of Mancs pushing out towards and past Northwich as houses are still surprisingly cheap. We are seeing exactly this with colleagues in our Manchester office - previously living in or looking in the likes of Altrincham, Hale etc. Eye-watering property prices there, combined with only needing to be in the office a couple of days a week means pushing out past Northwich (to Hartford and the like) becomes very attractive. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Apr 22, 2024 13:16:07 GMT
I will simply make the observation that Northwich and Hartford are very different to Audlem or Farndon or Bunbury.
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Apr 22, 2024 14:28:00 GMT
I think if we're competitive in this constituency then it will mean that the inhabitants will be sufficiently sick of the Conservative Party that they are not going to be especially bothered where precisely the non-Conservative candidates hail from.
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Post by iain on Jun 8, 2024 12:41:01 GMT
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Post by Ben Walker on Jun 27, 2024 23:37:49 GMT
Think this one needs more attention than it's currently getting...
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Post by cogload on Jun 28, 2024 6:03:45 GMT
Think this one needs more attention than it's currently getting... The Duke of Westminster having a Labour MP... |
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Post by stb12 on Jun 28, 2024 6:43:21 GMT
Think this one needs more attention than it's currently getting... Between who? |
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Post by batman on Jun 28, 2024 7:51:45 GMT
It's a Con v Lab contest. A poll might be of interest. I think Labour are very slight bookies' favourites to win the seat (at present unless I am very much mistaken Labour is favoured to win all Cheshire seats by the bookies)
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Post by bsjmcr on Jun 28, 2024 15:46:01 GMT
It's a Con v Lab contest. A poll might be of interest. I think Labour are very slight bookies' favourites to win the seat (at present unless I am very much mistaken Labour is favoured to win all Cheshire seats by the bookies) I don’t know the proportions in terms of electorate but in normal times I get the impression this would be a 50:50 battle between the Chester South part being the Labour stronghold (certainly since 2017 given the poor Conservative performance in Chester in in 2019) and the other 50% being the uniformly conservative rural areas, but surely even the slightest swing away from the conservatives in the ‘Eddisbury’ part would help Labour to no end. I can imagine something similar in Reading West & Mid Berkshire or Meridian (if it still existed, no idea about the new one) which Labour almost won in 1997 - again that infamous Birmingham overspill estate paired with ultra-conservative rural Solihull. |
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Post by john07 on Jun 28, 2024 15:56:32 GMT
I will simply make the observation that Northwich and Hartford are very different to Audlem or Farndon or Bunbury. Obviously, no one would go bunburying in Northwich. |
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