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Post by The Bishop on Jul 20, 2024 9:31:35 GMT
pick one (or more of) 1) Short internships 2) Found unsuitable for work fairly quickly 3) A pack of lies which you get from a Walter Mitty type He'll fit in well with the average LinkedIn sociopath. I have found that some statements he has made which I suspected of being untrue have turned out actually to be correct. Namely his address & the fact that he has actually been a contestant on University Challenge. Some other stuff, perhaps less so His marriage as well. But definitely an odd and quite possibly troubled person. I do not make such claims at all judgementally considering I have had my own "issues" down the years. |
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Post by matureleft on Jul 20, 2024 9:40:12 GMT
Perhaps this dissection can be left now?
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Post by The Bishop on Jul 20, 2024 9:51:45 GMT
Back on topic though, it will certainly be interesting to see what his campaign pitch is in this election and of course how he ultimately performs.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2024 11:04:19 GMT
I remember this happening a few years ago because the selected Tory candidate filled in the nomination form incorrectly and was listed as an independent - I wonder if that's happened here? |
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Post by Merseymike on Jul 20, 2024 11:12:07 GMT
I remember this happening a few years ago because the selected Tory candidate filled in the nomination form incorrectly and was listed as an independent - I wonder if that's happened here? No - the other Independent is a Corbynite and she is left wing x.com/AlisonStoeckerNo Tory! |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jul 20, 2024 11:23:49 GMT
Surely there is one, at least at a conservative estimate.
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Post by carlton43 on Jul 20, 2024 12:43:19 GMT
Presumably weld qualified on the basis of working in the borough then.. I find it hard to believe that he could find the time to work anywhere given the time he spent posting on here. He appears to have a property management company founded in July 2024 and a tutoring business. Also a freelance journalist with the BBC from Jun 2022 till June 2022! Is he Walter Mitty or is he Billy Liar? Or indeed both together? I doubt if he knows what real work 'is' or feels like. |
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Post by maxque on Jul 20, 2024 13:07:48 GMT
I find it hard to believe that he could find the time to work anywhere given the time he spent posting on here. He appears to have a property management company founded in July 2024 and a tutoring business. Also a freelance journalist with the BBC from Jun 2022 till June 2022! Hornsey Lane is the boundary road between Haringey and Islington's Hillrise ward, so it isn't as bizarre as it initially appears. He lives literally on the other side of the road, and probably closer to the ward than some other candidates. However the qualification point stands. Isn't there a qualification of living within 2 miles of the border, or that's only for parish elections? |
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Post by carlton43 on Jul 20, 2024 13:29:26 GMT
Wot! No Medya Studiss, PE, Woodwork or RK? |
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Post by iang on Jul 20, 2024 14:57:36 GMT
You can find at least one episode of University Challenge that weld was in on Youtube
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Post by Foggy on Jul 20, 2024 15:06:28 GMT
Hornsey Lane is the boundary road between Haringey and Islington's Hillrise ward, so it isn't as bizarre as it initially appears. He lives literally on the other side of the road, and probably closer to the ward than some other candidates. However the qualification point stands. Isn't there a qualification of living within 2 miles of the border, or that's only for parish elections? It's 5km, not 2 miles and yes, I believe that's just for parish council elections. I never doubted weld was on University Challenge so I've been on it as well, so the bar must be pretty low! |
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Post by No Offence Alan on Jul 20, 2024 15:10:57 GMT
Isn't there a qualification of living within 2 miles of the border, or that's only for parish elections? It's 5km, not 2 miles and yes, I believe that's just for parish council elections. I never doubted weld was on University Challenge so I've been on it as well, so the bar must be pretty low! I failed in my attempt to get on UC for the University of Reading in 1980 or 1981. I got a high enough score in the written general knowledge test to make the last 8, but then we had a mock contest of 2 teams of 4 and the "science guy" on the other team beat me to the buzzer every time (bar one, where I gave the wrong answer). |
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Post by andrewteale on Jul 20, 2024 15:13:26 GMT
Isn't there a qualification of living within 2 miles of the border, or that's only for parish elections? It's 5km, not 2 miles and yes, I believe that's just for parish council elections. I never doubted weld was on University Challenge so I've been on it as well, so the bar must be pretty low! Well, they let me on back in the day so the bar must be very low indeed! |
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Post by Foggy on Jul 20, 2024 15:18:18 GMT
It's 5km, not 2 miles and yes, I believe that's just for parish council elections. I never doubted weld was on University Challenge so I've been on it as well, so the bar must be pretty low! I failed in my attempt to get on UC for the University of Reading in 1980 or 1981. I got a high enough score in the written general knowledge test to make the last 8, but then we had a mock contest of 2 teams of 4 and the "science guy" on the other team beat me to the buzzer every time (bar one, where I gave the wrong answer). To be fair, that's before I was even born. I'm sure standards were much more stringent in the Gascoigne era. |
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Post by iang on Jul 20, 2024 15:25:44 GMT
I was almost on it, but they pulled our college at the last minute. Apparently in those days, you couldn't be on two series on a row, and they meant to ask St Catharine's College Cambridge instead!
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Post by edgbaston on Jul 20, 2024 15:46:27 GMT
I went to university with Alex Nettle, funny how names from my cohort are starting to pop up in SoPN at all levels. |
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Post by edgbaston on Jul 20, 2024 15:50:00 GMT
Whitehall Park, a very nice enclave in this ward, is where Jeremy Corbyn lived for a number of years I believe Ironic given how far he was from occupying the other Whitehall |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jul 20, 2024 15:52:24 GMT
I was almost on it, but they pulled our college at the last minute. Apparently in those days, you couldn't be on two series on a row, and they meant to ask St Catherine's College Cambridge instead! They wouldn't have found it, because it's St Catharine's College. I might have been on Catz's UC team, but lost out because there were no series of University Challenge when I was at University. |
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Post by johnloony on Jul 20, 2024 16:11:17 GMT
It's 5km, not 2 miles and yes, I believe that's just for parish council elections. I never doubted weld was on University Challenge so I've been on it as well, so the bar must be pretty low! I failed in my attempt to get on UC for the University of Reading in 1980 or 1981. I got a high enough score in the written general knowledge test to make the last 8, but then we had a mock contest of 2 teams of 4 and the "science guy" on the other team beat me to the buzzer every time (bar one, where I gave the wrong answer). My instinct in quizzes is to double-check with myself before I give an answer that I have definitely got the correct answer (even if it's easy and I'm certain). That makes me hesitate for half a second or a second or whatever. For that reason, I wouldn't ever want to be on a quiz programme on TV which relies on speed or quick answers, like pressing a buzzer. So I wouldn't want to be on University Challenge or Mastermind or similar, even if I've got a very good subject. |
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Post by J.G.Harston on Jul 20, 2024 16:11:35 GMT
Isn't there a qualification of living within 2 miles of the border, or that's only for parish elections? It's 5km, not 2 miles and yes, I believe that's just for parish council elections. It's not 5km, it's 4.8km, and that's because it's actually 3 miles. |
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