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Post by stb12 on Mar 14, 2024 0:37:39 GMT
Honiton and Sidmouth
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cogload
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Post by cogload on Apr 5, 2024 11:47:37 GMT
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Post by cogload on Apr 8, 2024 17:58:49 GMT
And...
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Post by WestCountryRadical on Jun 7, 2024 19:04:15 GMT
SOPNJake Bonetta (Lab) Vanessa Coxon (Ind) Hazel Exon (Party of Women) Richard Foord (LD) Henry Gent (Grn) Simon Jupp (Con) Paul Quickenden (Ref)
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Post by 🏴☠️ Neath West 🏴☠️ on Jun 7, 2024 20:04:46 GMT
Ridiculous "and". At least Budleigh Salterton would have been funny.
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Post by mrpastelito on Jun 7, 2024 22:28:38 GMT
Ridiculous "and". At least Budleigh Salterton would have been funny. Careful now. |
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Post by nyx on Jun 14, 2024 11:16:01 GMT
Ridiculous "and". At least Budleigh Salterton would have been funny. Budleigh Salterton is in Exeter East and Exmouth. I'd have gone for either "Honiton" or "East Devon" for this seat. |
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Post by heslingtonian on Jun 14, 2024 21:16:04 GMT
When was the last time Sidmouth had a non-Conservative MP? It must be a while. It feels like one of the most typically Conservative places imaginable. Honiton less so.
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Post by iainbhx on Jun 14, 2024 21:22:56 GMT
When was the last time Sidmouth had a non-Conservative MP? It must be a while. It feels like one of the most typically Conservative places imaginable. Honiton less so. 1832-1835 at a guess. |
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Post by sirnorfolkpassmore on Jun 19, 2024 6:38:03 GMT
When was the last time Sidmouth had a non-Conservative MP? It must be a while. It feels like one of the most typically Conservative places imaginable. Honiton less so. 1832-1835 at a guess. That's correct. It was in South Devon at the time, which was lost by John Russell (later to be PM) in what was a major by-election shock at the time. It was a ministerial by-election as Russell had just become Home Secretary, and he then had to scuttle off to Stroud, where a safer seat was made available. Perhaps unsurprisingly, he later tried to abolish ministerial by-elections (unsuccessfully - they continued until the 1920s). |
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Post by greenhert on Jun 19, 2024 7:25:57 GMT
Ridiculous "and". At least Budleigh Salterton would have been funny. Sidmouth is now large enough that it could not have been ignored in the constituency name, unlike with the old Honiton seat. |
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Post by cogload on Jun 20, 2024 7:46:29 GMT
If Foord does win here he will owe an immense debt of gratitude to Claire Wright. She has done an immense amount of heavy lifting in this constituency.
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Post by steve on Jun 20, 2024 9:00:19 GMT
If Foord does win here he will owe an immense debt of gratitude to Claire Wright. She has done an immense amount of heavy lifting in this constituency. She's actively involved in the Lib Dem campaigns both here and in Exmouth & Exeter East. Beyond endorsing them she's written letters to her supporters urging them to support the Lib Dem candidates and she's been out on the doorstep with them. |
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Post by steve on Jun 20, 2024 9:26:08 GMT
If Foord does win here he will owe an immense debt of gratitude to Claire Wright. She has done an immense amount of heavy lifting in this constituency. She's actively involved in the Lib Dem campaigns both here and in Exmouth & Exeter East. Beyond endorsing them she's written letters to her supporters urging them to support the Lib Dem candidates and she's been out on the doorstep with them. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/ClaireWrightInd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@clairewrightind</a> for your succinct and compelling letter urging me to vote for <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardFoordLD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@richardfoordld</a> in Honiton and Sidmouth constituency- my postal vote will have the X against his name <a href="https://t.co/M225gv9drX">pic.twitter.com/M225gv9drX</a></p>— David Lloyd 🌈 🇺🇦 (@lloyddavidjohn) <a href="https://twitter.com/lloyddavidjohn/status/1802938413038829970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
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Post by Ports on Jun 20, 2024 10:28:08 GMT
She's actively involved in the Lib Dem campaigns both here and in Exmouth & Exeter East. Beyond endorsing them she's written letters to her supporters urging them to support the Lib Dem candidates and she's been out on the doorstep with them. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/ClaireWrightInd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@clairewrightind</a> for your succinct and compelling letter urging me to vote for <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardFoordLD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@richardfoordld</a> in Honiton and Sidmouth constituency- my postal vote will have the X against his name <a href="https://t.co/M225gv9drX">pic.twitter.com/M225gv9drX</a></p>— David Lloyd 🌈 🇺🇦 (@lloyddavidjohn) <a href="https://twitter.com/lloyddavidjohn/status/1802938413038829970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
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Post by andrewp on Jun 20, 2024 10:36:28 GMT
If Foord does win here he will owe an immense debt of gratitude to Claire Wright. She has done an immense amount of heavy lifting in this constituency. I am fairly sure he will win. My normally Tory voting Uncle and Aunt live in this constituency and they really like Richard Foord, although they don’t like Claire Wright - they call her Claire Wrong- and her endorsement has certainly made them less likely to vote for him. |
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Post by cathyc on Jun 20, 2024 10:44:08 GMT
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/ClaireWrightInd?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@clairewrightind</a> for your succinct and compelling letter urging me to vote for <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardFoordLD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@richardfoordld</a> in Honiton and Sidmouth constituency- my postal vote will have the X against his name <a href="https://t.co/M225gv9drX">pic.twitter.com/M225gv9drX</a></p>— David Lloyd 🌈 🇺🇦 (@lloyddavidjohn) <a href="https://twitter.com/lloyddavidjohn/status/1802938413038829970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> She can't spell. |
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Post by LDCaerdydd on Jun 20, 2024 10:44:17 GMT
... they don’t like Claire Wright - they call her Claire Wrong... In her book, Diary of an MP's Wife, Sasha Swire (Wife of Hugo) she is frequently referred to by the name "Claire Wrong" intriguing that the name has stuck. |
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Post by greatkingrat on Jun 20, 2024 11:33:46 GMT
It's weird the way the dots over her i's appear to have gone walkabout and end up two or three letters to the right of where they should be.
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Post by sirnorfolkpassmore on Jun 22, 2024 16:19:42 GMT
Ridiculous "and". At least Budleigh Salterton would have been funny. Sidmouth is now large enough that it could not have been ignored in the constituency name, unlike with the old Honiton seat. I don't really like the growth of the "and" in constituency names out of fear of offending the proud people of town X. Just name it based on broad geography (e.g. East Devon) or name it after the biggest town. Those people from the marginally smaller town who get annoyed about it need to get a life. |
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