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Post by mboy on Nov 4, 2016 15:22:12 GMT
Interesting.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2016 15:23:50 GMT
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carlton43
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Post by carlton43 on Nov 4, 2016 15:51:59 GMT
Will be interesting to see if UKIP stand here. Part of the reason they didn't stand in Richmond is due to the costs of campaigning and they now seem to be operating on limited resources. Unliess they have a high profile candidate (the 1 known UKIP figure) they know they won't get close so would just look to be an option and save their deposit. Suzanne Evans seeking UKIP's nomination. Now that is good news. A media savvy rational quality candidate. |
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Post by mrpastelito on Nov 4, 2016 15:52:13 GMT
Oh for the LibDems to win Richmond Park and UKIP to win Sleaford & North Hykeham. That would really set the cat among the pigeons.
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Post by politicalmatrix on Nov 4, 2016 16:02:20 GMT
UKIP will do well in this seat, especially considering recent events.
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Post by Andrew_S on Nov 4, 2016 18:50:49 GMT
What's the earliest date the by-election could be held?
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Post by Sibboleth on Nov 4, 2016 18:55:28 GMT
This is comfortable Tory loyalist rural West Lincs rather than Boston so don't oversell UKIP here...
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Post by gwynthegriff on Nov 4, 2016 20:00:01 GMT
Suzanne Evans seeking UKIP's nomination. Now that is good news. A media savvy rational quality candidate. Oh! Is there another Suzanne Evans? |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Nov 4, 2016 20:09:15 GMT
What's the earliest date the by-election could be held? Move the writ on Monday and polling day would be 8 December. But if no-one had any notice there would be a byelection it may be too soon. |
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Post by Khunanup on Nov 4, 2016 21:08:15 GMT
This is comfortable Tory loyalist rural West Lincs rather than Boston so don't oversell UKIP here... Yeah, the non-Tory vote here are either rural non-conformist types, middle class Lincoln overspill suburbanites or (and this is the only area where UKIP might have some traction) Sleaford working class. Otherwise we're talking hyper-traditional middle class and rural Tory voters who aren't badly off who really struggle to even vote independent rather than Tory. West Lincs is somewhat different from East Lincs. It isn't as isolated, has more commuters in it and therefore isn't as inward looking and insular. It's also wealthier. |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Nov 4, 2016 21:23:00 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2016 1:11:37 GMT
Oh Christ! Not that loon! As mad as a box of frogs. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2016 1:29:12 GMT
Unfortunately shes fucking nuts. |
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Post by Arthur Figgis on Nov 5, 2016 10:15:37 GMT
Oh Christ! Not that loon! As mad as a box of frogs. You could always have the donkey bloke. Or Robin Hunter-Clarke. He's local, some of the time anyway. |
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Post by peterl on Nov 5, 2016 10:16:26 GMT
I'll just be pleased if we actually put up a candidate this time.
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Nov 5, 2016 11:15:05 GMT
It looks like Suzanne Evans has achieved her aim in floating her name i. e. picking yet another fight with the Faragists.
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Post by carlton43 on Nov 5, 2016 11:18:31 GMT
In a by-election with all the media focus a party needs a high profile media-savvy competent candidate because there is more glare and scrutiny. Evans is the obvious choice unless they have a good quality local boy with no damaging baggage.
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Post by thirdchill on Nov 5, 2016 12:41:50 GMT
In a by-election with all the media focus a party needs a high profile media-savvy competent candidate because there is more glare and scrutiny. Evans is the obvious choice unless they have a good quality local boy with no damaging baggage. And ukip need to do what the lib dems did in Witney, select early, choose a good candidate, campaign hard, establish yourselves as the main alternative from an early stage of the campaign. |
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Post by Arthur Figgis on Nov 5, 2016 12:59:47 GMT
In a by-election with all the media focus a party needs a high profile media-savvy competent candidate because there is more glare and scrutiny. Evans is the obvious choice unless they have a good quality local boy with no damaging baggage. And ukip need to do what the lib dems did in Witney, select early, choose a good candidate, campaign hard, establish yourselves as the main alternative from an early stage of the campaign. And lose? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2016 13:04:32 GMT
And ukip need to do what the lib dems did in Witney, select early, choose a good candidate, campaign hard, establish yourselves as the main alternative from an early stage of the campaign. And lose? UKIP's unlikely to win in Sleaford & North Hykeham, but they are probably best placed to capitalise on any public resentment about the calling of this ridiculous by-election. |
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