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Post by hullenedge on Sept 7, 2021 19:39:59 GMT
Hamilton by-election, 1978:-
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Post by hullenedge on Sept 8, 2021 7:50:49 GMT
Lord Drumalbyn's scheme for the Scottish Assembly, 1978:-
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Post by Georg Ebner on Sept 8, 2021 11:26:30 GMT
Lord Drumalbyn's scheme for the Scottish Assembly, 1978:- My proposed regions: 72 WestMinster-constituencies 1983-1997: - 6 HighLands&IsLands - 5 Grampian - 6 TaySide - 3 Central -16 ForthFirth - 2 Borders - 2 Dumfries&GalloWay - 5 Ayr [&Arran] -16 StrathClyde -11 GlasgowCity Using these also for the FPTP-const. of a ScottishAssembly and distributing another 57 for the PR-seats to 4 Elec.Units (N, E, S, W).
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Post by johnloony on Sept 8, 2021 11:27:04 GMT
Lord Drumalbyn's scheme for the Scottish Assembly, 1978:- That’s bonkers. If you want to have disjointed regions with detached parts and enclaves, do it properly and go fractal down to the polling-district level. Otherwise, it’s odd that there isn’t a specific region for Glasgow.
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Post by hullenedge on Sept 10, 2021 12:24:52 GMT
Snapshot of public opinion following the Profumo Affair, 1963:-
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Post by finsobruce on Sept 10, 2021 12:30:51 GMT
Snapshot of public opinion following the Profumo Affair, 1963:- Well, they would say that wouldn't they?
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Post by johnloony on Sept 10, 2021 12:49:46 GMT
Snapshot of public opinion following the Profumo Affair, 1963:- Well, they would say that wouldn't they? It's logical that it wouldn't make any difference to voting intention, given the similar figures for each party.
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Post by Georg Ebner on Sept 10, 2021 17:59:53 GMT
Well, they would say that wouldn't they? It's logical that it wouldn't make any difference to voting intention, given the similar figures for each party. Had Profumo been from Labour, they numbers would have differed a lot!
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Post by yellowperil on Sept 10, 2021 20:20:09 GMT
Snapshot of public opinion following the Profumo Affair, 1963:- Well, they would say that wouldn't they? Thank you, Finso Rice-Davis
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Post by finsobruce on Sept 10, 2021 20:28:27 GMT
Well, they would say that wouldn't they? Thank you, Finso Rice-Davis Gah! cover blown.
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Post by johnloony on Sept 10, 2021 20:33:51 GMT
Fair call. He had represented the Constituency for 35 years before losing narrowly to Donald Stewart in 1970. M K Macmillan was a student at Aberdeen University and contacted the Labour Party to see if he could help out in the 1935 General Election campaign in the Western Isles. He was informed that there was no candidate but if he could get himself nominated, the party would support him. He beat the incumbent National Liberal MP and the SNP is a tight three-way fight. He was apparently an bad MP. He stood an an United Labour Party candidate in February 1974 and finished fourth losing his deposit. Looking in F.W.S.Craig, I notice that Western Isles had very low turnouts in the 1920s & 1930s. I wonder why? (1918: 43.6% 1922: 54.1% 1923: 40.1% 1924: 39.1% 1929: 40.5% 1931: 36.8% 1935: 46.8%) In Ross & Cromarty it was 42.4% in 1922, and in Inverness it was 46.9% in 1923. Otherwise it was always over 50% in the Highlands constituencies.
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Post by gwynthegriff on Sept 10, 2021 20:42:28 GMT
Fair call. He had represented the Constituency for 35 years before losing narrowly to Donald Stewart in 1970. M K Macmillan was a student at Aberdeen University and contacted the Labour Party to see if he could help out in the 1935 General Election campaign in the Western Isles. He was informed that there was no candidate but if he could get himself nominated, the party would support him. He beat the incumbent National Liberal MP and the SNP is a tight three-way fight. He was apparently an bad MP. He stood an an United Labour Party candidate in February 1974 and finished fourth losing his deposit. Looking in F.W.S.Craig, I notice that Western Isles had very low turnouts in the 1920s & 1930s. I wonder why? (1918: 43.6% 1922: 54.1% 1923: 40.1% 1924: 39.1% 1929: 40.5% 1931: 36.8% 1935: 46.8%) In Ross & Cromarty it was 42.4% in 1922, and in Inverness it was 46.9% in 1923. Otherwise it was always over 50% in the Highlands constituencies. Deleted
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Post by hullenedge on Oct 4, 2021 8:23:44 GMT
Seen on eBay:-
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Post by hullenedge on Oct 9, 2021 7:58:00 GMT
Snippet about 'I'm Backing Britain':-
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Post by finsobruce on Oct 9, 2021 9:38:13 GMT
Snippet about 'I'm Backing Britain':- The "I'm Backing Britain" t shirts were made in .... Portugal.
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Post by hullenedge on Oct 17, 2021 16:55:55 GMT
It will soon be the 70th anniversary of the 1951GE. A clipping from The Guardian:-
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Post by minionofmidas on Oct 18, 2021 18:40:19 GMT
It will soon be the 70th anniversary of the 1951GE. A clipping from The Guardian:- did polls in gb then close at 9pm?
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Post by timmullen1 on Oct 18, 2021 18:53:37 GMT
It will soon be the 70th anniversary of the 1951GE. A clipping from The Guardian:- did polls in gb then close at 9pm? Yes, IIRC correctly, it was the Representation of the People Act 1983 that set the current voting hours (paging [mention]davidboothroyd [/mention] )
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Post by hullenedge on Oct 18, 2021 19:44:29 GMT
It will soon be the 70th anniversary of the 1951GE. A clipping from The Guardian:- did polls in gb then close at 9pm? Yes. Hours extended to 10pm in 1970.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Oct 18, 2021 20:40:31 GMT
The 10pm close of poll was brought in at the 1970 general election. It didn't come in at local elections until 2000.
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