john07
Labour & Co-operative
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Post by john07 on Nov 23, 2020 23:02:44 GMT
Welcome. I had aspirations to be the Parliamentary candidate for Macclesfield in 1979. I thought I had the nomination in the bag when I turned up fit the selection netting and found that members from Poynton, who nominated me, were there in force. Unfortunately the members from Macclesfield were not and the meeting was declared inquorate. The reconvened meeting coincided with the local holiday in Poynton and I lost out in the selection. I stood for Hazel Grove in 1979 but would have relished a fight against Nick Winterton. Who was R A Foster? It was indeed Ron Foster from Tameside, if I recall correctly. He was a member of the Boy Scouts, or rather a Scouter. I do remember him seeking selection, a month or two, earlier in Cheadle earlier (as did I) and getting bombed out. Our CLP chair wrote a letter trying to console him over his rejection explaining that they were probably looking for a younger candidate. He complained to the North West Regional Office to moan about the letter. |
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finsobruce
Labour
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Post by finsobruce on Nov 23, 2020 23:42:51 GMT
It was indeed Ron Foster from Tameside, if I recall correctly. He was a member of the Boy Scouts, or rather a Scouter. I do remember him seeking selection, a month or two, earlier in Cheadle earlier (as did I) and getting bombed out. Our CLP chair wrote a letter trying to console him over his rejection and he complained to the North West Regional Office to complain about the letter. I had a quick look to see if I could find anything interesting about him, but the only reference i could track down was him speaking at an election meeting in 1978 in support of the Labour candidate for Chester, Mr R D 'Sandy' Blair, where the other speakers included David Owen and Gwyneth Dunwoody. |
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Post by andrewteale on Jan 5, 2021 18:59:17 GMT
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Merseymike
Independent
Don't vote. It only encourages them.
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Post by Merseymike on Jan 5, 2021 19:09:53 GMT
Oh gawd. Better block in advance. |
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Chris from Brum
Lib Dem
What I need is a strong drink and a peer group" - Douglas Adams
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Post by Chris from Brum on Jan 5, 2021 20:38:45 GMT
I expect he already has.
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doktorb
Independent
40yo office monkey from Preston
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Post by doktorb on Jan 5, 2021 22:03:56 GMT
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Post by bjornhattan on Jan 5, 2021 22:21:50 GMT
If you go into your profile settings, you should now be able to change your display group to "independent". |
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cj
Socialist
These fragments I have shored against my ruins
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Post by cj on Jan 6, 2021 0:14:35 GMT
Oh honey, you could be in for surprise! There's been quite some work done since you were last with us 
Hope you're well
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Post by greenchristian on Jan 6, 2021 0:28:31 GMT
Good to see you back. Presumably it's no coincidence that you've returned just as the electorate figures for the boundary review have been released. I look forward to seeing your proposals for new constituency names. |
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Post by elinorhelyn on Jan 22, 2021 9:23:58 GMT
Hi, Joined in August but realized I hadn't done this yet.
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