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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 10, 2016 12:51:19 GMT
Still obsessed with that non-slight after eight years I see. Not one to bring up the past are you? I like to note happy anniversaries, like the fact that we've just enjoyed an entire decade free of Liberal Democrat gains in Parliamentary byelections. |
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Post by Arthur Figgis on Feb 10, 2016 13:04:48 GMT
Not one to bring up the past are you? I like to note happy anniversaries, like the fact that we've just enjoyed an entire decade free of Liberal Democrat gains in Parliamentary byelections. On the flip side, I believe it is coming up to 59 years since the last LD/SLD/SDP/Liberal loss in a parliamentary by-election. |
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Post by neilm on Feb 10, 2016 15:18:53 GMT
Not one to bring up the past are you? I like to note happy anniversaries, like the fact that we've just enjoyed an entire decade free of Liberal Democrat gains in Parliamentary byelections. That is indeed a happy anniversary. When was the last one? Romsey? |
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Post by The Bishop on Feb 10, 2016 15:22:29 GMT
That was 16 years ago, it was Dunfermline and West Fife. The last in England was Leicester South in 2004.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 10, 2016 15:24:20 GMT
Romsey was the last time the Liberal Democrats won a seat from the Conservatives in a Parliamentary byelection.
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Post by gwynthegriff on Feb 10, 2016 21:44:02 GMT
Still obsessed with that non-slight after eight years I see. I don't see it as either a slight nor a non-slight. Just a fact. |
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Post by YL on Feb 13, 2016 12:02:26 GMT
An article in this week's Sheffield Telegraph suggested the by-election would be in "mid-March".
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Post by greenhert on Feb 13, 2016 15:08:51 GMT
If that article's prediction is correct, Labour will have to move the writ for the Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough by-election pretty soon, since it is now mid-February.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2016 11:53:55 GMT
Maybe Labour would want a by election end of March beginning of April. So the news will be full of big Labour win on the run up to the May elections. Apart from the people who follow elections. Most of Jo/Joe public won't know it is a safe Labour seat anyway. They will like most topics take the 3 second sound bite of big labour win. Thus get the momentum of success.
Just a thought.
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Post by democratically socialising on Feb 15, 2016 13:10:40 GMT
I suppose the flip-side of that is that given how safe the seat is, it will be very difficult to exceed expectations, with a significant risk of failing to meet them and then having to deal with the resulting media narrative...
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Feb 15, 2016 16:45:11 GMT
Altogether now:
"(Insert name of safe seat) voting (insert name of party that always wins) is a ringing endorsement of the government/a clear sign of disgruntlement with the government".
Delete as required.
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Post by thirdchill on Feb 15, 2016 20:24:59 GMT
Altogether now: "(Insert name of safe seat) voting (insert name of party that always wins) is a ringing endorsement of the government/a clear sign of disgruntlement with the government". Delete as required. Or: (Insert name of safe seat) voting (insert name of party that always wins) should not be a surprise at all, after all it has been won by the (insert party) for the last (insert number) decades. An (insert name of inanimate object) with a (insert colour) rosette pinned on it would have won (insert name of safe seat). |
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Post by J.G.Harston on Feb 15, 2016 21:27:53 GMT
The LibDems are selecting their candidate tomorrow. Rushing around trying to earn a living with a week's notice meant I didn't have time to seek approval, so I'll be breaking my run of candiditure. If I manage to get to the selection meeting I'll post who's been selected.
Tho' TBH I'd budgeted to spend five years saving up a deposit, not less than 12 months!
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 18, 2016 15:00:07 GMT
Labour timetable - noms close on 24 February, interviews 29 February, selection 2 March.
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Post by YL on Feb 18, 2016 18:21:54 GMT
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Post by neilm on Feb 19, 2016 1:45:36 GMT
Will his publicity have lots of shots of him holding a cup of tea?
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Post by The Bishop on Feb 19, 2016 10:59:17 GMT
Speculation it might not happen until May, but if so why are Labour selecting so early? We may know more when parliament resumes next week...... |
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Post by Merseymike on Feb 19, 2016 11:59:26 GMT
He was a very good candidate in Hallam - even managed to get Ronnie O'Sullivan on side!
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Post by right on Feb 19, 2016 14:12:02 GMT
He was a very good candidate in Hallam - even managed to get Ronnie O'Sullivan on side! Probably lost you two or three seats by diverting resources from the target seats in a vainglorious attempt to administer a punishment beating on Clegg. |
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Post by The Bishop on Feb 19, 2016 14:17:09 GMT
Possible, but we will never know. And but for Tories saving his backside en masse, it might actually have come off.
(and there aren't that many other potential gains for Labour locally - its not as if the campaign used lots of manpower that would otherwise go to Nuneaton or Lincoln instead)
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