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Post by erimus58 on Apr 14, 2017 17:51:30 GMT
Many years ago on 'Does the Team Think' one of the questions from the audience was:-
"Does the team think that parents should give more consideration when naming their children?"
To which the host replied:-
"Thank you to Mr Norman Conquest for the question."
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Post by yellowperil on Apr 14, 2017 18:59:15 GMT
| Party | 2017 votes | 2017 share | since 2016 B | since 2015 "top" | since 2015 "average" | | Conservative | 501 | 38.0% | +16.1% | +12.3% | +10.3% | Labour | 468 | 38.5% | -10.1% | -2.3% | +0.0% | Independent | 318 | 24.1% | from nowhere | from nowhere | from nowhere | Green | 32 | 2.4% | from nowhere | from nowhere | from nowhere | Previous Independents |
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| -29.6% | -23.0% | -22.3% | Liberal Democrat |
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| -3.0% | -13.5% | -14.5% | Total votes | 1,319 |
| 82% | 34% | 37% |
spot the deliberate mistake.
West Dorset, Piddle Valley - Conservative hold
| Party | 2017 votes | 2017 share | since 2015 | Conservative | 303 | 60.8% | -8.0% | Green | 195 | 39.2% | +19.4% | Labour |
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| -11.4% | Total votes | 498 |
| Row 5 column 4 |
Swing Conservative to Green 13.7% since 2015 Council now 30 Conservative, 12 Liberal Democrat |
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Post by erimus58 on Apr 15, 2017 2:26:57 GMT
Of course Middlesbrough has its problem areas, same as everywhere else, but not everybody is an unemployed steel-worker or dole-scrounger, the solicitors and bank managers have to live somewhere!
My hometown may not be an utopian paradise but it is no worse than some other old industrial areas of the country. I despair at times that towns like Middlesbrough are the butt of music hall jokes and their problems are basically ignored by the political elite of both major parties.
This is probably why it was a heavily voting Brexit area and in the past elected Robocop and voted strongly against a North East assembly. There is very little trust in politicians of all parties and they have nobody but themselves to blame.
Anyway that's probably a discussion for another thread.
I live in work down the road in Darkest Darlo, and presumably as with any nearby town it will never have the best opinion of it's neighbour. The locals do not have that greatest opinion of smoggies as they call them. But then again where I lived before they didn't like the cod heads. My first job in the North East was being a drivers mate which was around some of the rougher parts of Middlesbrough and you could always tell where you were delivering as they had windows and not green shutters. Our lass regales the tales of those who think they are it but come from what was perceived to be naughty Nunthorpe supposedly a hot bed (literally) of wife swapping, Anyways, Tories winning there is something of a coup, as to be a Tory in a working class job is something you keep to yourself. Only those from Yarm or the Westend brag about it. I wonder how many on here know who the cod-heads are? They have a more widely known nickname and elected a non-party mayor as well! Never had a problem with them when I played local league cricket but always had intense rivalries with the Scaly-backs:-)
I don't mind being described as a Smogmonster. I'll wear that badge with pride.
And naughty Nunthorpe was just as naughty when I was a teenager over 40 years ago. Thanks for reminding me!
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Post by East Anglian Lefty on Apr 16, 2017 11:04:23 GMT
Part of Middlesbrough's image problem derives from its very tight southern boundary. Originally, Gt Ayton, Stokesley etc. were to be included under the 1974 reorganisation. But inevitably there was local horror at being subsumed into such a strongly Labour area. So the boundary was moved northwards. It's the eastern boundary which looks oddest on a map. Was that just to ensure Redcar & Cleveland had sufficient population without needing to take in Whitby? |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Apr 16, 2017 11:14:19 GMT
Part of Middlesbrough's image problem derives from its very tight southern boundary. Originally, Gt Ayton, Stokesley etc. were to be included under the 1974 reorganisation. But inevitably there was local horror at being subsumed into such a strongly Labour area. So the boundary was moved northwards. It's the eastern boundary which looks oddest on a map. Was that just to ensure Redcar & Cleveland had sufficient population without needing to take in Whitby? The boundary seems to have been in the same place from 1932, with the exception of 1968-74 when Teesside County Borough covered the whole area. When the Heath government reforms created Cleveland, they created separate Langbaurgh and Middlesbrough districts and reverted to the old boundary. |
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