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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2017 15:58:29 GMT
Try again
"Manchester Gorton - UKIP is fielding Phil Eckersley the Manchester UKIP Chairman [Kalvin]
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 6, 2017 17:21:02 GMT
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Apr 6, 2017 17:30:01 GMT
I am intrigued by Khandoker and his nominators. I wonder if Galloway stole his idea...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2017 18:53:11 GMT
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Apr 6, 2017 19:05:03 GMT
I didn't know George Galloway lived at an address in the Brent Central constituency. Anyone know whereabouts? (I'm just curious - I don't want his address for any sinister reasons)
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Post by mboy on Apr 6, 2017 19:09:35 GMT
I got a leaflet from the Greens yesterday, and it is very interesting. If it was a different colour, and had the party names changed about it I would think it to be one of ours. It has a bar chart, and an explanation of our general election result. It then criticised Labour for backing the government on article 50, the exact same line of attack we have taken. The reverse focused on local issues, before making a plea for help with the campaign. The strategy very clearly is to occupy our ground and squeeze us out, but how successful will that be when we have so many people in the constituency fighting this campaign? If you're being heavily out-delivered by the party you're imitating this is quite a dangerous tactic, as it's possible lots of people will mis-remember this leaflet as actually being from the Lib Dems due to the lack of Green Party focus... |
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Post by timrollpickering on Apr 6, 2017 19:15:59 GMT
I didn't know George Galloway lived at an address in the Brent Central constituency. Anyone know whereabouts? (I'm just curious - I don't want his address for any sinister reasons) Kensal Green. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 6, 2017 19:36:15 GMT
The address given when George Galloway was nominated for Mayor of London was in NW10.
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Post by philipchandler on Apr 6, 2017 19:39:06 GMT
I got a leaflet from the Greens yesterday, and it is very interesting. If it was a different colour, and had the party names changed about it I would think it to be one of ours. It has a bar chart, and an explanation of our general election result. It then criticised Labour for backing the government on article 50, the exact same line of attack we have taken. The reverse focused on local issues, before making a plea for help with the campaign. The strategy very clearly is to occupy our ground and squeeze us out, but how successful will that be when we have so many people in the constituency fighting this campaign? If you're being heavily out-delivered by the party you're imitating this is quite a dangerous tactic, as it's possible lots of people will mis-remember this leaflet as actually being from the Lib Dems due to the lack of Green Party focus... I think you misunderstand me a little. The leaflet is very clearly from the Greens, clearly branded and I doubt anyone looking at it would mistake it for one of ours, I was just struck how similar the design and messages are to a typical Lib Dem leaflet. The bar chart I guess is the most striking bit of this, but also the fact that the central message is the same as what we're saying, 'Don't vote for Labour because they voted with the government on Brexit.' That, of course, could be risky, I'd imagine if any 2015 Labour voters who voted remain were going to change their to anyone else over this, it would be us. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Apr 6, 2017 19:44:19 GMT
If you're being heavily out-delivered by the party you're imitating this is quite a dangerous tactic, as it's possible lots of people will mis-remember this leaflet as actually being from the Lib Dems due to the lack of Green Party focus... I think you misunderstand me a little. The leaflet is very clearly from the Greens, clearly branded and I doubt anyone looking at it would mistake it for one of ours, I was just struck how similar the design and messages are to a typical Lib Dem leaflet. The bar chart I guess is the most striking bit of this, but also the fact that the central message is the same as what we're saying, 'Don't vote for Labour because they voted with the government on Brexit.' That, of course, could be risky, I'd imagine if any 2015 Labour voters who voted remain were going to change their to anyone else over this, it would be us. When did the Greens switch from being anti-EU to pro-EU? |
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Post by mboy on Apr 6, 2017 20:23:51 GMT
About 2005.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2017 21:48:11 GMT
Looking at the independent candidates, "Sufi Khandoker" is the name of the owner of the Khandoker curry restaurant at 812 Kingsway, Didsbury.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 6, 2017 21:57:39 GMT
Apropos of nothing, the cost of distributing a constituency's worth of restaurant leaflets is considerably less than the cost of a lost deposit.
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Post by AdminSTB on Apr 6, 2017 21:59:35 GMT
Apropos of nothing, the cost of distributing a constituency's worth of restaurant leaflets is considerably less than the cost of a lost deposit. Wasn't that banned after the Chesterfield Chesterfield candidate? |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 6, 2017 22:01:27 GMT
Apropos of nothing, the cost of distributing a constituency's worth of restaurant leaflets is considerably less than the cost of a lost deposit. Wasn't that banned after the Chesterfield Chesterfield candidate? The Royal Mail will only distribute genuine election literature, but there's still a lot of wiggle room through which voters' attention can be drawn to the candidate's achievements as a restarateur. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Apr 7, 2017 6:40:33 GMT
Looking at the independent candidates, "Sufi Khandoker" is the name of the owner of the Khandoker curry restaurant at 812 Kingsway, Didsbury. That's why I know the name. It's a chain of two (the other is in Bramhall, in Cheadle constituency). The one you mention is right on the A34 as you head towards the Gorton seat. |
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Post by swix on Apr 7, 2017 8:54:23 GMT
Galloway previously gave an address that was despite the NW10 postcode, actually in Hammersmith & Fulham. It was one of several streets in the extreme north of the borough, beyond Wormwood Scrubs that really belong in Brent.
Galloway and Andy Slaughter are known to despise each other and there were rumours he was going to stand against him in 2020 out of spite. But the BCE appears to have stepped in as that area is to be moved to the new cross-borough Willesden seat.
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Post by john07 on Apr 7, 2017 9:53:42 GMT
Galloway previously gave an address that was despite the NW10 postcode, actually in Hammersmith & Fulham. It was one of several streets in the extreme north of the borough, beyond Wormwood Scrubs that really belong in Brent. An address in Wormwood Scrubs might be appropriate for Galloway! |
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Post by yellowperil on Apr 7, 2017 10:02:02 GMT
when do we get a poll? (and please don't say May 4th)
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Post by iain on Apr 7, 2017 10:22:16 GMT
Looks like Qassim Afzal (2005 & 2010 LD candidate) is campaigning for Galloway.
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