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Post by riccimarsh on Jul 13, 2024 18:15:53 GMT
I don’t think we have a minor irritations thread, but if we did, the fact that the new MP for this seat seems to insist upon calling it “Earley, Woodley, Shinfield and Whitley” would certainly be a candidate for inclusion.
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Post by swanarcadian on Jul 13, 2024 18:26:15 GMT
Yuan Yang is apparently the first British MP to have been born in China.
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Post by finsobruce on Jul 13, 2024 18:27:58 GMT
I don’t think we have a minor irritations thread, but if we did, the fact that the new MP for this seat seems to insist upon calling it “Earley, Woodley, Shinfield and Whitley” would certainly be a candidate for inclusion. Will the Random Irritations thread not do? |
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Post by finsobruce on Jul 13, 2024 18:35:16 GMT
Yuan Yang is apparently the first British MP to have been born in China. Dr Jeremy Bray (Lab Middlesbrough West 1964-70, Motherwell and Wishaw Oct 1974-83, Motherwell South 1983-97) was born in Hong Kong in 1930.
Which sort of both counts and doesn't count.
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Post by birkinabe on Jul 13, 2024 18:48:12 GMT
What I've generally seen noted is that she's the first MP of mainland Chinese (as opposed to HK) descent/origin.
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Post by finsobruce on Jul 13, 2024 18:53:28 GMT
oh, and in 1927 the Hong Kong born Fung Saw was adopted by Holborn Labour party or Holborn Trades Council as its candidate for the next General Election. Unfortunately Holborn Labour party had been disaffiliated by the national party for refusing to stop admitting Communists as members,so his adoption wasn't by the party at all. Saw didn't contest an election either as a Labour candidate or any kind of Independent Labour/Socialist.
And I hesitate to mention him, but Rory Stewart was born in Hong Kong too.
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Post by Merseymike on Jul 13, 2024 18:58:31 GMT
I don’t think we have a minor irritations thread, but if we did, the fact that the new MP for this seat seems to insist upon calling it “Earley, Woodley, Shinfield and Whitley” would certainly be a candidate for inclusion. Will the Random Irritations thread not do? Really, its Reading South - or Reading South-East? Its very similar to the old Reading South... |
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Post by john07 on Jul 13, 2024 19:01:27 GMT
oh, and in 1927 the Hong Kong born Fung Saw was adopted by Holborn Labour party or Holborn Trades Council as its candidate for the next General Election. Unfortunately Holborn Labour party had been disaffiliated by the national party for refusing to stop admitting Communists as members,so his adoption wasn't by the party at all. Saw didn't contest an election either as a Labour candidate or any kind of Independent Labour/Socialist. Konni Zilliacus, Labour MP for Gateshead and for Gorton was born in Kobe, Japan. He had a Finnish (then Russian) father and an American mother. |
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Post by islington on Jul 13, 2024 19:03:36 GMT
I don’t think we have a minor irritations thread, but if we did, the fact that the new MP for this seat seems to insist upon calling it “Earley, Woodley, Shinfield and Whitley” would certainly be a candidate for inclusion. I trust she isn't prone to spoonerisms.
'Four random places no one has heard of' would seem a fairer description.
It's actually Reading East, but only if we pretend that Reading's boundary is more sensible than is actually the case.
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Post by spqr on Jul 13, 2024 19:04:36 GMT
oh, and in 1927 the Hong Kong born Fung Saw was adopted by Holborn Labour party or Holborn Trades Council as its candidate for the next General Election. Unfortunately Holborn Labour party had been disaffiliated by the national party for refusing to stop admitting Communists as members,so his adoption wasn't by the party at all. Saw didn't contest an election either as a Labour candidate or any kind of Independent Labour/Socialist.
And I hesitate to mention him, but Rory Stewart was born in Hong Kong too.
The Labour candidate for Holborn at both the 1929 and 1931 general elections was the interestingly-named Fitzroy Hickinbottom. |
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Post by riccimarsh on Jul 13, 2024 19:38:28 GMT
I don’t think we have a minor irritations thread, but if we did, the fact that the new MP for this seat seems to insist upon calling it “Earley, Woodley, Shinfield and Whitley” would certainly be a candidate for inclusion. Will the Random Irritations thread not do? It certainly would have done. I guess I failed at using the search function, because I didn’t see it listed. |
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Post by YL on Jul 13, 2024 20:01:40 GMT
I don’t think we have a minor irritations thread, but if we did, the fact that the new MP for this seat seems to insist upon calling it “Earley, Woodley, Shinfield and Whitley” would certainly be a candidate for inclusion. I trust she isn't prone to spoonerisms. 'Four random places no one has heard of' would seem a fairer description. It's actually Reading East, but only if we pretend that Reading's boundary is more sensible than is actually the case.
As already mentioned the late 1960s Commission named a similar, though a bit larger, constituency Reading South, although like this constituency the majority of it was outside of the tightly drawn official boundaries of Reading. Its northernmost point was actually slightly further north than the northernmost point of Reading North. |
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Post by finsobruce on Jul 13, 2024 20:02:39 GMT
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Post by john07 on Jul 13, 2024 20:06:20 GMT
I trust she isn't prone to spoonerisms. 'Four random places no one has heard of' would seem a fairer description. It's actually Reading East, but only if we pretend that Reading's boundary is more sensible than is actually the case.
As already mentioned the late 1960s Commission named a similar, though a bit larger, constituency Reading South, although like this constituency the majority of it was outside of the tightly drawn official boundaries of Reading. Its northernmost point was actually slightly further north than the northernmost point of Reading North. Rather like Northern Ireland. Its most northerly point is to the south of parts of the Republic of (Southern) Ireland. |
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Post by carlton43 on Jul 14, 2024 8:03:38 GMT
I don’t think we have a minor irritations thread, but if we did, the fact that the new MP for this seat seems to insist upon calling it “Earley, Woodley, Shinfield and Whitley” would certainly be a candidate for inclusion. 'Four quite unknown place names in search of a purpose' With apologies to Sig Pirandello. |
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Post by mattbewilson on Jul 14, 2024 12:12:13 GMT
oh, and in 1927 the Hong Kong born Fung Saw was adopted by Holborn Labour party or Holborn Trades Council as its candidate for the next General Election. Unfortunately Holborn Labour party had been disaffiliated by the national party for refusing to stop admitting Communists as members,so his adoption wasn't by the party at all. Saw didn't contest an election either as a Labour candidate or any kind of Independent Labour/Socialist.
And I hesitate to mention him, but Rory Stewart was born in Hong Kong too.
so Holborn Labour have a tradition of accepting communists then |
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Post by john07 on Jul 14, 2024 12:28:58 GMT
oh, and in 1927 the Hong Kong born Fung Saw was adopted by Holborn Labour party or Holborn Trades Council as its candidate for the next General Election. Unfortunately Holborn Labour party had been disaffiliated by the national party for refusing to stop admitting Communists as members,so his adoption wasn't by the party at all. Saw didn't contest an election either as a Labour candidate or any kind of Independent Labour/Socialist.
And I hesitate to mention him, but Rory Stewart was born in Hong Kong too.
so Holborn Labour have a tradition of accepting communists then That would be Old Holborn Labour who were sponsored by a tobacco company. You would never find New Holborn Labour doing that. |
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Post by finsobruce on Jul 14, 2024 13:04:42 GMT
oh, and in 1927 the Hong Kong born Fung Saw was adopted by Holborn Labour party or Holborn Trades Council as its candidate for the next General Election. Unfortunately Holborn Labour party had been disaffiliated by the national party for refusing to stop admitting Communists as members,so his adoption wasn't by the party at all. Saw didn't contest an election either as a Labour candidate or any kind of Independent Labour/Socialist.
And I hesitate to mention him, but Rory Stewart was born in Hong Kong too.
so Holborn Labour have a tradition of accepting communists then Or to look at it another way being infiltrated by communists. It would have been quite a posh CLP.  |
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Post by mattbewilson on Jul 14, 2024 13:06:18 GMT
so Holborn Labour have a tradition of accepting communists then Or to look at it another way being infiltrated by communists. It would have been quite a posh CLP. from modest means? Lots of pebble dashed semis? |
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Post by mattbewilson on Jul 14, 2024 13:07:16 GMT
so Holborn Labour have a tradition of accepting communists then That would be Old Holborn Labour who were sponsored by a tobacco company. You would never find New Holborn Labour doing that. not even a tool makers son? |
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