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Post by uthacalthing on May 24, 2024 6:07:40 GMT
Jacob Rees Mogg famously stood in the neighbouring seat of Glenrothes. Not the hardest yards anyone ever walked, but harder than young Scottish Tories can walk. Upon reflection, he drove them in a Bentley |
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2024 6:40:04 GMT
Jacob Rees Mogg famously stood in the neighbouring seat of Glenrothes. Not the hardest yards anyone ever walked, but harder than young Scottish Tories can walk. Upon reflection, he drove them in a Bentley Then known as Central Fife, where Jacob Rees-Mogg campaigned with his nanny in 1997. |
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Post by steve on May 24, 2024 7:39:22 GMT
Upon reflection, he drove them in a Bentley Then known as Central Fife, where Jacob Rees-Mogg campaigned with his nanny in 1997. Willie Hamilton country. |
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Post by batman on May 24, 2024 8:37:07 GMT
not by then it wasn't. Willie Hamilton was MP for the area (called West Fife until 1974) from 1950 until 1987. He retired sensing that he was losing the confidence of his CLP but stood in the faraway & obviously unwinnable South Hams, Devon, in the election.
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 24, 2024 12:11:13 GMT
Upon reflection, he drove them in a Bentley Then known as Central Fife, where Jacob Rees-Mogg campaigned with his nanny in 1997. Irked by the amusement this caused he is reported to have said "If I'd brought my valet nobody would have said a thing" (or similar). Sadly, surely apocryphal? |
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Post by stb12 on May 24, 2024 12:46:48 GMT
Other candidates at that election were future First Minister Henry McLeish and future Scottish Parliament Presiding Officer Tricia Marwick
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Post by michaelarden on May 24, 2024 12:55:18 GMT
not by then it wasn't. Willie Hamilton was MP for the area (called West Fife until 1974) from 1950 until 1987. He retired sensing that he was losing the confidence of his CLP but stood in the faraway & obviously unwinnable South Hams, Devon, in the election. My understanding was at the time MPs didn't get any pension/redundancy unless they lost their seat. Hamilton was unlikely to lose in Fife so chose to be in effect a paper candidate in South Hams so he would get the termination payment losing MPs were entitled to. But maybe an urban myth. |
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Post by cogload on May 24, 2024 13:16:37 GMT
Other candidates at that election were future First Minister Henry McLeish and future Scottish Parliament Presiding Officer Tricia Marwick Almost as good a line up as North West Durham in 1992...😉 |
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Post by stb12 on May 24, 2024 13:31:18 GMT
Other candidates at that election were future First Minister Henry McLeish and future Scottish Parliament Presiding Officer Tricia Marwick Almost as good a line up as North West Durham in 1992...😉 Had to look that one up but yes indeed! |
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Post by Antiochian on May 24, 2024 19:07:48 GMT
No "Newsletter". Hell no. A "Magazine" A3 folded to A4, the entire front page is a picture of Wendy. Which would make more sense if she had EVER appeared in the Good Looking Politicians thread. The entire back page is a bar chart Now the problem with a magazine format is that in the entire time it takes to carry it from the letterbox to the recycling bin you may not have opened the "magazine" and indeed I did not so at noon today I would have been unable to tell you what the middle two pages were about But happily, I then went to my daughters and picked it up a second time, so Post Office Delivered. The entire middle two pages are about the NHS, a devolved issue that is none of her business, her business is criticising Israel I like Wendy Chamberlain, she is very good, but not remotely liberal, never will I ever see her put her name to the concept of the government doing less. A bar chart.... oh swoon.. be still my heart.. a must-read... where can I get one??? |
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Post by Lord Twaddleford on May 24, 2024 22:26:01 GMT
Jacob Rees Mogg famously stood in the neighbouring seat of Glenrothes. Not the hardest yards anyone ever walked, but harder than young Scottish Tories can walk. Upon reflection, he drove them in a Bentley I thought he claimed it was the Mercedes? |
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Post by No Offence Alan on May 26, 2024 17:16:13 GMT
No "Newsletter". Hell no. A "Magazine" <snip> I like Wendy Chamberlain, she is very good, but not remotely liberal, never will I ever see her put her name to the concept of the government doing less. You won't get the electorate interested in the idea of the government doing less, until taxes rise to the point where they cover the cost of what the government currently does. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 26, 2024 17:41:21 GMT
No "Newsletter". Hell no. A "Magazine" <snip> I like Wendy Chamberlain, she is very good, but not remotely liberal, never will I ever see her put her name to the concept of the government doing less. You won't get the electorate interested in the idea of the government doing less, until taxes rise to the point where they cover the cost of what the government currently does. She may well vote against spending c.£5bn on housing 30,000 national servicepeople ... |
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Post by carolus on Jun 7, 2024 19:51:20 GMT
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Post by uthacalthing on Jun 26, 2024 6:50:08 GMT
The fields and trees are voting Lib Dem. As are the houses.
Scotland's departure from Euro-football has clarified the level of SNP support and its down. The Lib Dems are working the seat and the SNP are not. I was door knocked at 10 am but was asleep and did not make it to the door in time to engage.
I can't be the only Lib Dem/Reform waverer.
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Post by irish observer on Jun 26, 2024 17:36:56 GMT
LD win.
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Post by ntyuk1707 on Jun 26, 2024 21:24:12 GMT
Calling this for the Lib Dems.
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Post by stb12 on Jul 5, 2024 0:22:28 GMT
BBC Scotland talking about Labour here!?
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Post by ntyuk1707 on Jul 5, 2024 0:25:10 GMT
BBC Scotland talking about Labour here!? In second place. |
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Post by uthacalthing on Jul 5, 2024 1:28:01 GMT
Oh, I would love that.
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