carlton43
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Post by carlton43 on Mar 26, 2024 15:54:32 GMT
Ahh! Eye see what you mean. We don't Needham, do we? Would Bridge be a better hobby? A cunning Baltimore allusion! |
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Post by greatkingrat on Mar 26, 2024 16:17:08 GMT
Where though? Bristol Central is unlikely to be at risk with Thangam on the ballot. Waveney Valley and North Herefordshire are very safely Conservative, and whilst they are exactly the sort of places that want the Greens' local offering on the local council (no house building, anywhere, ever), they are highly unlikely to want the Greens' national offering in parliament (I can't off the top of my head remember their fourth target. Oh, and, no, they are not winning Stroud). Nor Bury St Edmunds and the Wights. Didn't they get to number 26 in 1967? |
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Post by carlton43 on Mar 26, 2024 16:37:09 GMT
Nor Bury St Edmunds and the Wights. Didn't they get to number 26 in 1967? 10-years out but Average for Scotland? |
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Post by right on May 7, 2024 21:24:17 GMT
It's understandable that they ran Lucas in 2010, it was a gamble that paid off and probably got a lot of Green money and manpower into that seat. It's odd that a party that prides itself on localism couldn't find a Brighton based candidate to take over from Caroline Lucas. Considering their recent poor performance in local elections in Brighton, having a Green candidate who doesn't have ties to Brighton may have been a wise decision. I would certainly say that Siân Berry is a stronger candidate than, for example, Phélim Mac Cafferty... Well she's quite the London Assembly now order-order.com/2024/05/07/green-partys-london-assembly-members-breast-grower-toilet-campaigner-and-quitter/ |
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Post by andrea on May 27, 2024 8:01:50 GMT
Starmer had a campaign visiti here on Sunday
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Post by right on May 27, 2024 10:51:09 GMT
Starmer had a campaign visiti here on Sunday How very Miliband of him |
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Post by The Bishop on May 27, 2024 11:25:30 GMT
What does that even mean? Despite how easily the Greens won in 2019, this is now an obvious Labour target after the departure of Lucas and local happenings.
(boundary changes as well)
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Post by johnloony on May 27, 2024 11:33:30 GMT
What does that even mean? Despite how easily the Greens won in 2019, this is now an obvious Labour target after the departure of Lucas and local happenings. (boundary changes as well) Brighton Pavilion has only a vey minor boundary change. |
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Post by right on May 27, 2024 12:29:20 GMT
What does that even mean? Despite how easily the Greens won in 2019, this is now an obvious Labour target after the departure of Lucas and local happenings. (boundary changes as well) The 2015 campaign was obsessed with winning Brighton Pavillion back while ignoring the house burning down in Scotland until it was too late. |
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Post by The Bishop on May 27, 2024 12:42:48 GMT
I genuinely don't recall any such "obsession" in 2015, Scotland was unsaveable anyway at that point, and most of all it was an utterly different time in every way.
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Post by batman on May 27, 2024 14:14:07 GMT
What does that even mean? Despite how easily the Greens won in 2019, this is now an obvious Labour target after the departure of Lucas and local happenings. (boundary changes as well) The 2015 campaign was obsessed with winning Brighton Pavillion back while ignoring the house burning down in Scotland until it was too late. yes that's nonsense I'm afraid. There really wasn't much emphasis on this constituency in that election. |
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Post by Foggy on May 27, 2024 22:26:21 GMT
In 2015 I was commuting to and from this constituency three times a week and I'm afraid it was indeed my impression that Labour were making an inordinate effort to unseat Lucas, purely on the basis that the majority in 2010 had been relatively thin (plus perhaps trying to take advantage of problems with the minority Kitkat administration) and ignoring the obvious direction of travel for as long as she remained the Green candidate.
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Post by casualobserver on Jun 5, 2024 20:36:42 GMT
Quite an unusual candidate in this Constituency: www.unasdg.org/teamThe Hon. Mr. Don Lahoucine Goghrod is the UnASDG Ambassador to Morocco ( The United Nations Alliance for Sustainable Development Goals is a Sovereign Intergovernmental Organisation, allowing it to appoint Ambassadors.) He is standing for Galloway (the Workers Party of Britain, not the area in South West Scotland!). |
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Post by monksfield on Jun 5, 2024 21:32:41 GMT
In 2015 I was commuting to and from this constituency three times a week and I'm afraid it was indeed my impression that Labour were making an inordinate effort to unseat Lucas, purely on the basis that the majority in 2010 had been relatively thin (plus perhaps trying to take advantage of problems with the minority Kitkat administration) and ignoring the obvious direction of travel for as long as she remained the Green candidate. I do remember telling anyone who was listening to fill their boots backing Lucas. She was a crazy price at one stage and obviously not going to lose. |
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Post by kevinf on Jun 6, 2024 13:30:23 GMT
In 2015 I was commuting to and from this constituency three times a week and I'm afraid it was indeed my impression that Labour were making an inordinate effort to unseat Lucas, purely on the basis that the majority in 2010 had been relatively thin (plus perhaps trying to take advantage of problems with the minority Kitkat administration) and ignoring the obvious direction of travel for as long as she remained the Green candidate. I do remember telling anyone who was listening to fill their boots backing Lucas. She was a crazy price at one stage and obviously not going to lose. I did indeed make some serious money on her the first time she stood. |
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Post by matureleft on Jun 6, 2024 13:38:27 GMT
I do remember telling anyone who was listening to fill their boots backing Lucas. She was a crazy price at one stage and obviously not going to lose. I did indeed make some serious money on her the first time she stood. Was that in a previous political incarnation or were you, like Rod Marsh and Dennis Lillee, betting against your own side because of the ridiculous value offered?! |
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Post by greenhert on Jun 8, 2024 9:35:10 GMT
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Post by carlton43 on Jun 8, 2024 9:45:35 GMT
Is the Independent a virtual AI candidate? |
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Post by londonseal80 on Jun 8, 2024 9:48:50 GMT
I go with a Green Hold here but with significant reduced majority.
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Post by Tony Otim on Jun 8, 2024 16:58:48 GMT
Quite an unusual candidate in this Constituency: www.unasdg.org/teamThe Hon. Mr. Don Lahoucine Goghrod is the UnASDG Ambassador to Morocco ( The United Nations Alliance for Sustainable Development Goals is a Sovereign Intergovernmental Organisation, allowing it to appoint Ambassadors.) He is standing for Galloway (the Workers Party of Britain, not the area in South West Scotland!). Doesn't look like he made it... |
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