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Post by stb12 on Mar 14, 2024 1:11:08 GMT
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Post by The Bishop on Jun 10, 2024 15:14:46 GMT
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Post by Kristofer Keane on Jun 10, 2024 15:16:39 GMT
Plus an independent on a third page of the SoPN. |
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Post by Rutlander on Jul 1, 2024 7:40:51 GMT
The LD candidate, Parmjit Singh Gill, was the victor of the 2004 Leicester South by-election.
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Post by batman on Sept 3, 2024 7:29:36 GMT
He thus joins a select band of former MPs who unsuccessfully sought to return to the House after a period of absence . Not sure if any of them are Conservatives. Probably the most unexpected loser amongst them is John Grogan in Keighley and Ilkley
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Post by nyx on Sept 4, 2024 3:50:51 GMT
He thus joins a select band of former MPs who unsuccessfully sought to return to the House after a period of absence . Not sure if any of them are Conservatives. Probably the most unexpected loser amongst them is John Grogan in Keighley and Ilkley There is a list on Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidates_in_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election#Former_MPs_seeking_to_return_to_ParliamentThree Conservatives: Luke Graham (stood in Perth and Kinrossshire; MP for Ochil and South Perthshire 2017-19), Stephen Kerr (stood in Angus and Perthshire Glens; MP for Stirling 2017-19), Tania Mathias (stood in Maidenhead; MP for Twickenham 2015-17). Plus a Lib Dem who was formerly a Conservative MP, Andrew Pelling (stood in Croydon East; MP for Croydon Central 2005-10) |
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Post by sanders on Sept 4, 2024 5:17:14 GMT
He thus joins a select band of former MPs who unsuccessfully sought to return to the House after a period of absence . Not sure if any of them are Conservatives. Probably the most unexpected loser amongst them is John Grogan in Keighley and Ilkley There is a list on Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidates_in_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election#Former_MPs_seeking_to_return_to_ParliamentThree Conservatives: Luke Graham (stood in Perth and Kinrossshire; MP for Ochil and South Perthshire 2017-19), Stephen Kerr (stood in Angus and Perthshire Glens; MP for Stirling 2017-19), Tania Mathias (stood in Maidenhead; MP for Twickenham 2015-17). Plus a Lib Dem who was formerly a Conservative MP, Andrew Pelling (stood in Croydon East; MP for Croydon Central 2005-10) What is Pelling's deal quite honestly? If he'd stayed in the Tories, he could have held the Croydon Central seat up to 2017. He could then have got a safe seat in 2019 and possibly still be in Parliament? What is he playing at? Is he somewhat narcissistic or what? |
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Post by nyx on Sept 4, 2024 5:24:16 GMT
What is Pelling's deal quite honestly? If he'd stayed in the Tories, he could have held the Croydon Central seat up to 2017. He could then have got a safe seat in 2019 and possibly still be in Parliament? What is he playing at? Is he somewhat narcissistic or what? According to Wikipedia, he was suspended from the Tories in 2007 for assaulting his wife. |
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Post by sanders on Sept 4, 2024 5:42:06 GMT
What is Pelling's deal quite honestly? If he'd stayed in the Tories, he could have held the Croydon Central seat up to 2017. He could then have got a safe seat in 2019 and possibly still be in Parliament? What is he playing at? Is he somewhat narcissistic or what? According to Wikipedia, he was suspended from the Tories in 2007 for assaulting his wife. 17 years is a long suspension... |
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Post by batman on Sept 4, 2024 6:38:51 GMT
His principles are elastic and his ego pretty towering.
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Post by johnloony on Sept 4, 2024 8:23:37 GMT
What is Pelling's deal quite honestly? If he'd stayed in the Tories, he could have held the Croydon Central seat up to 2017. He could then have got a safe seat in 2019 and possibly still be in Parliament? What is he playing at? Is he somewhat narcissistic or what? When he was arrested on suspicion of assault (no charges were brought, and he has since reconciled with his ex-wife), there were other issues of disagreement between Andrew Pelling and the other prominent local Conservatives in Croydon, in addition to the bad publicity from the arrest. For that reason, he agreed not to stand for re-election in 2010. By the time the 2010 election came, he was sufficiently detached and estranged from the Conservative Party that he didn’t want to stand as a Conservative anyway. He changed his mind about not standing, and decided to stand as an Independent in 2010. He then quickly drifted towards the Labour Party, until he fell out with them because of the failings of Croydon’s Labour council. Then he joined the Lib Dems (there were discussions with some local Conservatives but it was mutually agreed that he wouldn’t be acceptable to Conservative members if he rejoined). In between those, he stood as an Independent candidate in the Mayoral election and in a local council by-election So, in answer to your question, he is indeed narcissistic or what. He is not just narcissistic or what; he is narcissistic and what, with knobs on. |
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