stb12
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Post by stb12 on Mar 14, 2024 1:53:27 GMT
East Kilbride and Strathaven
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Post by yellowfox on Mar 21, 2024 18:01:03 GMT
Lisa Cameron, incumbent since 2015, is standing down at this election. Her socially conservative views rendered her increasingly unwelcome in the SNP and after a slightly unconvincing damascene conversion regarding constitutional politics defected to the conservatives last year. She cited isolation in the SNP parliamentary party after supporting the victim of alleged sexual harassment in her reasoning, but the defection did come on the day she was expected to be deselected.
The SNP has therefore nominated Grant Costello, the party HQ worker widely expected to win the selection contest against Cameron to defend their 13,169 (26%) vote notional majority. If you count Kilmarnock separately as part of Ayrshire, this is, by the numbers, the SNP's safest seat in Greater Glasgow.
Perhaps not expecting the bizarre circumstances that have led to a possible gain, Labour selected Joani Reid as their candidate. who was a councillor for Lewisham Central between 2014 and 2022. I can't comment on their expectations (and it has occurred elsewhere in Scotland and England), but its not the best possible optics for Labour.
The projections and polls are currently split on which side of the SNP-Labour divide this one will fall, so it will be close here, with the ending of the Conservative period the only guarantee.
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Post by andrea on Mar 21, 2024 18:04:28 GMT
L Perhaps not expecting the bizarre circumstances that have led to a possible gain, Labour selected Joani Reid as their candidate. who was a councillor for Lewisham Central between 2014 and 2022. I can't comment on their expectations (and it has occurred elsewhere in Scotland and England), but its not the best possible optics for Labour. . She is the daughter of Jimmy Reid en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Reid |
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Post by uthacalthing on Mar 21, 2024 18:10:42 GMT
L Perhaps not expecting the bizarre circumstances that have led to a possible gain, Labour selected Joani Reid as their candidate. who was a councillor for Lewisham Central between 2014 and 2022. I can't comment on their expectations (and it has occurred elsewhere in Scotland and England), but its not the best possible optics for Labour. . She is the daughter of Jimmy Reid en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_ReidWow. She is royalty to a certain generation of Labour voters |
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Post by Clark on Mar 21, 2024 18:21:38 GMT
Very interesting. She needs to play the 'Dad card' here - it will go down well with older generation, traditional Labour voters.
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Mar 25, 2024 15:23:21 GMT
I tend to think that if you're electing somebody to a mostly London-based job, it doesn't make much sense to object to the fact that they have worked in London.
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Post by xenon on Mar 25, 2024 21:25:08 GMT
I tend to think that if you're electing somebody to a mostly London-based job, it doesn't make much sense to object to the fact that they have worked in London. There's some sense in that, but local councillor is a job you can do anywhere – MPs have no choice but to work in London. |
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Post by J.G.Harston on Mar 26, 2024 0:54:17 GMT
I tend to think that if you're electing somebody to a mostly London-based job, it doesn't make much sense to object to the fact that they have worked in London. There's some sense in that, but local councillor is a job you can do anywhere – MPs have no choice but to work in London. As demonstrated recently by those two Hastings councillors who did the job from Manchester(?).  |
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Post by Kristofer Keane on Apr 11, 2024 20:26:08 GMT
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Apr 11, 2024 20:36:04 GMT
There's some sense in that, but local councillor is a job you can do anywhere – MPs have no choice but to work in London. As demonstrated recently by those two Hastings councillors who did the job from Manchester(?). er.. Brighton and Leicester, but close.. |
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Post by stb12 on Apr 11, 2024 20:53:44 GMT
Noticed him on the ballot a couple of times when voting, can’t say I ever bothered to find out anything about him though! |
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Post by xenon on Apr 11, 2024 20:57:19 GMT
Have the Tories picked someone here and will Lisa Cameron campaign for them?
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Post by stb12 on Apr 11, 2024 21:00:39 GMT
Have the Tories picked someone here and will Lisa Cameron campaign for them? She might but with Labour’s recovery and unionist tactical voting the Tories will be heavily squeezed here |
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Post by Kristofer Keane on May 23, 2024 10:44:42 GMT
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Post by Sg1 on May 23, 2024 10:49:14 GMT
Houston, we have a problem |
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Post by uthacalthing on May 27, 2024 1:27:49 GMT
The 54-year old ........... used to be a Scottish Green party activist as did you |
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Post by uthacalthing on May 27, 2024 1:30:15 GMT
For English readers, Strathaven is pronounced Straven
The home of Sir Harry Lauder
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Post by Kristofer Keane on May 28, 2024 11:45:50 GMT
The 54-year old ........... used to be a Scottish Green party activist as did you I have thus far managed to avoid going full David Icke. |
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Post by timokane on May 28, 2024 11:54:44 GMT
NEC have just announced that Graham Jones has been cleared to stand for Labour in Hyndburn following the anti semitic wrangle.
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Post by finsobruce on May 28, 2024 11:56:20 GMT
NEC have just announced that Graham Jones has been cleared to stand for Labour in Hyndburn following the anti semitic wrangle. Hey Tim, good to hear from you after such a long time. Hope you're well.
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