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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2013 15:44:54 GMT
I'm 30. I live in Shipley. I'm in full-time employment. I'm married. I've voted Conservative in every election I could since the 2001 general election, and began supporting them as a 14-year old on 1st-2nd May 1997. Never been an active member and am not even an inactive member - just a voter. I didn't vote for them in a local election once (in 2002 I think) because Dad failed to fill in our electoral registration form.  Fortunately my preferred candidate won without my intervention. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2013 16:07:36 GMT
Approximate age: Almost 24
Approximate location: Edinburgh South (Westminster); Edinburgh Southern (Holyrood); Meadows & Morningside (ward).
Employment status: Unemployed, currently writing a PhD research proposal. Tried to be a professional knitter for a while.
Marital status: Single
Level of activity in party: Member since September 2007; candidate for St Andrews on Fife Council in 2012; currently responsible for the Meadows & Morningside ward membership list; deliverer of leaflets.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2013 16:24:06 GMT
Well AC, I didn't have you down as a Yorkshireman. Hope you won't take offence but from your avatar and contributions I imagined you to be an in-your-face southern bloke, maybe someone who speaks like Al Murray. ;D
I like the fact you're our party's attack dog on this forum, but at the same time not slavishly Tory.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Jan 22, 2013 16:32:29 GMT
The oldest lad had a thing for oriental girls.  Don't we all?  |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Jan 22, 2013 16:55:42 GMT
The oldest lad had a thing for oriental girls. Don't we all? Er - no. |
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ColinJ
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Post by ColinJ on Jan 22, 2013 17:35:15 GMT
My name is Colin Gray. Aged 55 with two 'grown-up' (although you might not believe it if you met them) children. Married to Marie-Louise Nolan, Labour councillor for Ashridge ward on Three Rivers District Council (and formerly Labour councillor for Wealdstone ward on Harrow Council, 2002-2006).
My first wife was Ann Swaine, also a Labour councillor for Wealdstone ward, 1990-2000. I must have a bit of a 'thing' about female Labour councillors!!!
I joined the Labour Party in August 1975, just before my 18th birthday. Involvement level: mainly leafleting and being a 'paper' candidate, etc.
I live in Abbots Langley (just outside Watford) after living most of my life in Harrow (as you might expect from my geeky web site). I am employed by Network Rail as a signalman at their Wembley Mainline Signalling Centre, but please don't blame me for delays on the West Coast Main Line. Previously I worked for Kodak as a research scientist for 25 years, but we all know what happened to conventional silver halide photography, don't we?
Hobbies: collecting books, 10-pin bowling, classic cars, classical music, playing the trombone.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2013 19:15:48 GMT
To continue a railway theme. My first name is Cogload, second name junction and I have been a member of the liberal democrats for 5 years. I mostly stuff envelopes, deliver focuses and organise social events.
I have two dirty secrets. One us that I was child labour for Peter Morrison. My grandmother forced me at a young age to stick leaflets through letter boxes for the Chester conservatives. However there was an upside, as this gave me a chance to visit
The HoC. Sitting in the gallery I saw Nicholas Ridley announce the loss of 5000 jobs within British Rail to scenes of uproar. I was hooked.
The second dirty secret was that I voted for Phil Sawford in 1997.
I also work as a signalman for Network Rail. My partner is Chinese to continue another theme and my 4 mth son is therefore a mixture.
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Post by novice on Jan 22, 2013 20:03:27 GMT
Hi. I'm very new to this site...my first post! I'm female, divorced, and need to forget my age! I currently live and work in Leeds - a very nice city. Having being wife and busy working mother I never seemed to have the time to take stock of what was happening around me. Now that I have matured and got more time I find myself being quite opinionated and taking an interest in the world around me - hence my name novice. My friends tell me I'm too laid back - almost horizontal! May have been a hippy in a past life... I dislike tapioca and love chatting/getting to know people. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2013 20:11:53 GMT
Hi. I'm very new to this site...my first post! I'm female, divorced, and need to forget my age! I currently live and work in Leeds - a very nice city. Having being wife and busy working mother I never seemed to have the time to take stock of what was happening around me. Now that I have matured and got more time I find myself being quite opinionated and taking an interest in the world around me - hence my name novice. My friends tell me I'm too laid back - almost horizontal! May have been a hippy in a past life... I dislike tapioca and love chatting/getting to know people. Welcome. We are lacking in female members so we look forward to your contributions. If you support a political party you can let Kris know and he'll colour in your name. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2013 20:19:34 GMT
 I'm afraid that consuming cassava extract products is part of the membership conditions for this forum ....... More seriously, welcome... ;D
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Post by novice on Jan 22, 2013 22:56:02 GMT
Hi. I'm very new to this site...my first post! I'm female, divorced, and need to forget my age! I currently live and work in Leeds - a very nice city. Having being wife and busy working mother I never seemed to have the time to take stock of what was happening around me. Now that I have matured and got more time I find myself being quite opinionated and taking an interest in the world around me - hence my name novice. My friends tell me I'm too laid back - almost horizontal! May have been a hippy in a past life... I dislike tapioca and love chatting/getting to know people. Welcome. We are lacking in female members so we look forward to your contributions. If you support a political party you can let Kris know and he'll colour in your name. Thanks. I was a great admirer of Margaret Thatcher and voted for her way back...she just handbagged anyone who didn't support her! Voted Conservative mainly but not a lover of Cameron... |
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Post by novice on Jan 22, 2013 22:59:17 GMT
I'm afraid that consuming cassava extract products is part of the membership conditions for this forum ....... More seriously, welcome... ;D Thanks. Cassava sounds much better than tapioca...I just might be able to squeeze a teaspoonful in if someone tells me it's cassava. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2013 23:16:35 GMT
I'm afraid that consuming cassava extract products is part of the membership conditions for this forum ....... More seriously, welcome... ;D Thanks. Cassava sounds much better than tapioca...I just might be able to squeeze a teaspoonful in if someone tells me it's cassava. It also grows in tropical & subtropical climates ..... so insist on eating it fresh .... |
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Crimson King
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Be nice to each other and sing in tune
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Post by Crimson King on Jan 23, 2013 0:06:44 GMT
Ok then, I think its fairly well known now that my real name is Alun Griffiths and I'm a Lib Dem councillor on Bradford Met. My nom de board reflects my almost life long obsession with the reversedly named band (my claim to fame is travelling to Chicago to see them play and coming back the next day)
55ish, divorced a little over 10 years ago and two sprogs - the elder working for the scottish government, the younger just left school and working as a special needs support.
Been in the Jewel of the North since 1984 working as a GP in the same inner city practice. Pretty involved with medical politics as well as the real sort - been in the party since 1975 in one form or another. Play bass and guitar - not particulrly well - and sing ( rather better I think - the legacy of 55 years of practice in Methodist Churches) recently been doing the odd floor spot in Bradfords folk sessions and the mid life crisis band ( the Masters of Nonne) is actually starting to get a few gigs
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Post by hempie on Jan 23, 2013 8:08:02 GMT
I'm 52 and married with two teenage daughters. I work as the Pastor of a church but am also a Chartered Accountant (although I haven't done any accounting work for over 6 years). I've been interested in politics since about the age of 10 (1970 General Election when I carried out an opinion poll in the playground). Member of the LIberal Party from 1977 to 1985, the Green Party 1988/9 and again since 2011. Fairly inactive member of a small branch - lack of availablity timewise being the main reason. No doubt I'll be out leafletting up to the County elections.
Hobbies - watching football, music (eclectic mix), reading.
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Post by Arthur Figgis on Jan 23, 2013 8:58:47 GMT
I'm 31 and have been in a civil partnership for the last 4 years.
I've been active or semi-active in politics since my early 20s, in Battersea (where I for the large part grew up), in North Down, and for the last 6 years in SW Herts.
I voted for 4 different parties whilst a member of the Conservative party (free pint for the first person who can name them all). Since resigning my membership, I have only ever voted for the Conservative candidate. Suspect that will change at the next general election.
My day job involves playing around with numbers for a train operating company.
My hobbies are county cricket (Surrey CCC member, I go to virtually all County Championship matches, which uses up my holiday allowance and pisses off the other half), non-league football (Tooting & Mitcham supporter), real ale (in an obsessive way) and rail travel (the staff benefits help with that one). I usually combine three of those together for a decent weekend.
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Post by cibwr on Jan 24, 2013 17:22:02 GMT
OK done this on another thread.... Name is Lyn Thomas and I have been knocking around on usenet since 1991 - uk.politics for example. Moved back to Wales in 2000 and currently work for a large utility company in a call centre... I have previously worked as an NVQ assessor for a recycling and training charity teaching people how to build, fix and use computers... I have been a member of Plaid Cymru since I was 14 - I joined between the two 1974 UK general elecitons. Like many other I am not very active these days due to my working hours. For the first time in my life I am living in a ward with Plaid Cymru councillors (Fairwater, Cardiff). My on screen name refers the the ancient division of the kingdom of Morgannwg covering the core of Cardiff. I am a single gay man. Like real ale, vegi food and playing with my Vector Linux computer (which I test software and new version for the Vector Linux community).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2013 18:06:57 GMT
Okay - I am 48 years old, raised in Manchester and Stockport. One of 10 children (sadly, three passed away in adulthood), I joined the Labour Party in 1982 just as it was all going pear-shaped.
I was a branch secretary at 17 but mostly loved psephology and won a few pints when I argued that the SDP wouldn't gain more than 6 seats at the 1983 election.
I work full-time in the Prison Service and live in exile near York.
As my chosen alias suggest, I am a practising Catholic, I love Jazz, R and B, Motown, Cajun (well, most stuff, with the exception of all the abominations between 1985-1990 brought to us by S,A & W) and sport.
By dearest love outside of politics, family and faith, (although some might suggest it is closely related) is Manchester United. I can watch football of all levels morning, noon and night.
While I am a bit wary of giving out my name due to the work I do, my first name is Gerard.
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Post by Arthur Figgis on Jan 24, 2013 21:07:14 GMT
I've been active or semi-active in politics since my early 20s, in Battersea (where I for the large part grew up), in North Down, and for the last 6 years in SW Herts. Who were you campaigning for in North Down? NI Conservatives, though they weren't particularly active back then. |
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Post by Khunanup on Jan 25, 2013 0:15:04 GMT
I'm 33, a Portsmouth city councillor and my user name alludes to a literary character from the unbelievably niche degree I did at university (Egyptology).
I've been a member of the party since a week before the '97 GE (though it really was a metter of getting round to it) and I've been political for literally as long as I can remember, including being disappointed that the Alliance didn't do better in the '87 election when I was seven.
I've been married for two and a half years to a Pompey girl who went into it with her eyes wide open about the politics and didn't flee!
I am a civil servant for a large government department, I pass the rest of my time by following Tranmere Rovers in football, St Helens in rugby league, reading and listening to unpopular heavy metal music. I've also recently picked up my 'cello again after many years of it sitting in my spare room.
Oh and like CK, I'm part of the Lib Dem Methodist mafia. We really do get everywhere...
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Fortunately my preferred candidate won without my intervention.
I'm afraid that consuming cassava extract products is part of the membership conditions for this forum .......
