stb12
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Post by stb12 on Mar 14, 2024 0:41:49 GMT
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Post by WestCountryRadical on Jun 7, 2024 16:52:40 GMT
SOPNShaun Hooper (Ref) Sarah Martin (LD) Johnny Mercer (Con) Georgia Nelson (Grn) Fred Thomas (Lab)
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Ports
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Post by Ports on Jun 21, 2024 13:49:10 GMT
A controversy arising from last night's hustings:
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cogload
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Post by cogload on Jun 21, 2024 14:56:17 GMT
Wasn't John Kerry on the receiving end of the same game?
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john07
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Post by john07 on Jun 21, 2024 15:04:40 GMT
Wasn't John Kerry on the receiving end of the same game? Aye Kerry won three purple hearts and was accused of dodging action by supporters of a draft dodger. |
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Post by aargauer on Jun 21, 2024 15:07:41 GMT
Wasn't John Kerry on the receiving end of the same game? Aye Kerry won three purple hearts and was accused of dodging action by supporters of a draft dodger. The only question about John Kerry is whether its a very good wig, or whether he has S tier genetics. |
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cogload
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Post by cogload on Jun 21, 2024 16:04:54 GMT
Mercer better have very good grounds for his accusations. Otherwise the lawyers are going to be rubbing their hands...
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Post by johnloony on Jun 21, 2024 16:36:45 GMT
A controversy arising from last night's hustings: I have to say that I don’t understand what Johnny Mercer was saying in his statement, and that I do understand what Fred Thomas was saying in his. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jun 21, 2024 17:34:48 GMT
Situations like this are exactly the sort of thing s. 106 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 was created for.
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Post by London Lad on Jun 21, 2024 21:01:52 GMT
Labour Party now admitting that Mercer was correct - blaming the Guardian for the mistake even though the story is on Thomas's website.
Funny that this story has come out on the same day as the Chief of Northamptonshire police was sacked for lying about his military service
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Post by tonyhil on Jun 22, 2024 5:51:18 GMT
I thought that in the film clip Fred Thomas was in person claiming stuff about his military service that Mercer was disputing - I don't see what the Guardian has to do with it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2024 6:08:25 GMT
I still expect Johnny Mercer to go full on David Mellor if / when he loses on election night.
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Post by batman on Jun 22, 2024 6:22:36 GMT
Yes it will be interesting to see if this saves him. It’s a tall order given political developments here the last year or so
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2024 6:27:29 GMT
If he loves wars so much as he appears to do, why doesn't he bugger off to fight in one e.g. Ukraine and give the rest of us a break?
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Post by London Lad on Jun 22, 2024 6:34:25 GMT
If he loves wars so much as he appears to do, why doesn't he bugger off to fight in one e.g. Ukraine and give the rest of us a break? It's illegal - The Foreign Enlistment Act 1870, blocks citizens from joining foreign militaries fighting countries at peace with Britain |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2024 6:36:45 GMT
If he loves wars so much as he appears to do, why doesn't he bugger off to fight in one e.g. Ukraine and give the rest of us a break? It's illegal - The Foreign Enlistment Act 1870, blocks citizens from joining foreign militaries fighting countries at peace with Britain That's crazy. If Lord Byron could do it, why not others? |
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Post by rcronald on Jun 22, 2024 6:40:59 GMT
I still expect Johnny Mercer to go full on David Mellor if / when he loses on election night. I like Mercer and I hope that he’ll survive, but I fully expect him to rant. I also fully expect him to come back and regain the seat if he loses. |
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Post by edgbaston on Jun 22, 2024 7:07:47 GMT
If he loves wars so much as he appears to do, why doesn't he bugger off to fight in one e.g. Ukraine and give the rest of us a break? It's illegal - The Foreign Enlistment Act 1870, blocks citizens from joining foreign militaries fighting countries at peace with Britain A friend’s brother is in Ukraine fighting, I understand a blind eye is being turned. Truss was right on this one. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60544838.amp |
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J.G.Harston
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Post by J.G.Harston on Jun 22, 2024 8:40:37 GMT
If he loves wars so much as he appears to do, why doesn't he bugger off to fight in one e.g. Ukraine and give the rest of us a break? It's illegal - The Foreign Enlistment Act 1870, blocks citizens from joining foreign militaries fighting countries at peace with Britain I've asked before: How many UK citizens were thereby convicted for fighting in Spain in the 1930s?
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Post by greenhert on Jun 22, 2024 14:31:33 GMT
It's illegal - The Foreign Enlistment Act 1870, blocks citizens from joining foreign militaries fighting countries at peace with Britain I've asked before: How many UK citizens were thereby convicted for fighting in Spain in the 1930s?
Not that many, but one notable example was John Amery, older brother of Julian Amery and older son of Leopold Amery, both long serving Conservative MPs. |
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