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Post by Pete Whitehead on Dec 4, 2024 18:41:51 GMT
Just realised that the Conservatives very nearly lost this to Labour. A truly shocking result. Yes closer in % terms than neighbouring Keighley |
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Post by batman on Dec 4, 2024 20:29:22 GMT
that's pretty extraordinary
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Post by The Bishop on Dec 5, 2024 11:30:51 GMT
Skipton itself is not fertile Tory territory these days, whilst that is far from the whole seat it is still going to have a real effect.
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Post by rr on Dec 5, 2024 17:44:47 GMT
Skipton itself is not fertile Tory territory these days, whilst that is far from the whole seat it is still going to have a real effect. Thanks. Is that, chiefly, young professionals moving in? Worrying for them if so because at least within living memory such movements used to help the Conservatives (eg Colne Valley in 1987). |
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Post by evergreenadam on Dec 8, 2024 20:47:36 GMT
Interesting that Reform are predicted to do well here because it doesn't seem like one of their best areas on paper . Ripon may well be more Reform friendly than most of the rest of the seat , being not that affluent and very white and somewhat parochial. It definitely falls outside the famous Harrogate and north Leeds 'golden triangle' of ostentatious wealth anyway. The problem with Ripon is that it doesn't have a train station. And poor public transport connections in general. If it did... more people would want to move there. We chose Knaresborough because of this (the presence of a train station), but paid a lot more money per square metre of floor area as a result. The closure of the Ripon line was certainly a mistake. |
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Post by carlton43 on Dec 9, 2024 1:54:36 GMT
The problem with Ripon is that it doesn't have a train station. And poor public transport connections in general. If it did... more people would want to move there. We chose Knaresborough because of this (the presence of a train station), but paid a lot more money per square metre of floor area as a result. The closure of the Ripon line was certainly a mistake. I have travelled on that line. The problem for your contention is that I was usually entirely alone when I did! |
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Post by J.G.Harston on Dec 9, 2024 2:49:15 GMT
The problem with Ripon is that it doesn't have a train station. And poor public transport connections in general. If it did... more people would want to move there. We chose Knaresborough because of this (the presence of a train station), but paid a lot more money per square metre of floor area as a result. The closure of the Ripon line was certainly a mistake.
Ripon isn't even on a main road. When I've gone there I've had to drive up the A1(M), turn off at a junction to not-Ripon, drive *back* on myself on the APR, and turn off onto a side-road hidden under a bridge.
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