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 12th May 2016, 04:43 PM
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I think Labour should win, but I'm a bit worried Galloway might take enough votes to throw it to the Tories.
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12th May 2016, 05:07 PM
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That awful career politician idiot needs to fook off!
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9th June 2016, 12:30 PM
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With all the talk about the EU referendum, one election that seems to have gone under the radar is the upcoming Tooting by-election to fill the seat vacated by London mayor Sadiq Khan. It's the first real test for Labour in this parliament, as the Conservatives were only 3,000 votes away from victory in the last election. The election's next Thursday, and the candidates are:
Note that George Galloway neglected to stand for fear of Labour losing the seat. I'm interested to know what platform Smiley Smillie is running on; perhaps on increased provisions for dental care? |
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9th June 2016, 11:55 PM
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True this is an important one, was so glad in 2010 that Khan held on - as I've said before it was a sign that the Tories hadn't quite convinced the electorate they wanted them to rule and after 13 years out of power.
Hope Labour can hold the seat! |
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17th June 2016, 12:30 PM
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Labour won Tooting with a majority of 6,000 over the Conservatives and 56% of the vote. Every other party polled less than 1,000 votes and lost their deposit. Eight candiates polled less than 100, with one candidate polling just 5 votes.
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18th June 2016, 09:26 AM
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The Tories, Lib Dems, Greens and UKIP have all announced that they will not be contesting the by-election in Batley and Spen following the murder of Jo Cox MP. If there are no fringe candidates, this will be the first uncontested by-election for many decades, possibly going back to WWII.
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18th June 2016, 09:28 AM
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QUOTE(Brett-Butler @ Jun 17 2016, 01:30 PM)  Labour won Tooting with a majority of 6,000 over the Conservatives and 56% of the vote. Every other party polled less than 1,000 votes and lost their deposit. Eight candiates polled less than 100, with one candidate polling just 5 votes. That candidate being your favourite, Smiley Smillie. |
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18th June 2016, 10:04 AM
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Out of curiosity, what happens in an uncontested by-election? If nobody else runs do they even hold it and does that person automatically become Jane/John Doe MP? or do we throw a couple of mill to organise an election that returns a North Korean style result?
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18th June 2016, 10:18 AM
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I don't think they hold the ballot, they're just duly elected.
An independent or fringe party will almost certainly run though. |
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18th June 2016, 11:02 AM
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That's right, there will be no ballot. There a still a few local elections each year which are uncontested.
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19th June 2016, 09:58 PM
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One candidate has stepped forward to challenge Labour at the Batley & Spen by election, a Mr Jack Buckby, who is a member of the far-right group Liberty GB. To give you a flavour of what to expect - he was interviewed last year on a BBC3 documentary about racism in modern Britain, and told the interviewer that she should be kicked out of the country because she isn't white, despite being born here.
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19th June 2016, 10:05 PM
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QUOTE(Brett-Butler @ Jun 19 2016, 10:58 PM) One candidate has stepped forward to challenge Labour at the Batley & Spen by election, a Mr Jack Buckby, who is a member of the far-right group Liberty GB. To give you a flavour of what to expect - he was interviewed last year on a BBC3 documentary about racism in modern Britain, and told the interviewer that she should be kicked out of the country because she isn't white, despite being born here. They have said that they want to restore freedom of speech and repeal the Human Rights Act. That would be the Act that, among other things, helps to protect free speech. |
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12th September 2016, 04:08 PM
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David Cameron has resigned as an MP, creating a by-election is his ultra-safe Witney seat. Anything other than a Tory win would be a huge shock.
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12th September 2016, 06:39 PM
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QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Sep 12 2016, 05:08 PM) David Cameron has resigned as an MP, creating a by-election is his ultra-safe Witney seat. Anything other than a Tory win would be a huge shock. what a dick. Hasnt even the decency to hang around long enough to see exactly what his mob are doing to us all thanks to his twatty election promises (most broken except the really bad ones). |
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12th September 2016, 06:41 PM
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I still have the feeling being quite so precise with how much each family would lose from Brexit is what did him in.
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12th September 2016, 07:42 PM
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QUOTE(Qassändra @ Sep 12 2016, 07:41 PM) I still have the feeling being quite so precise with how much each family would lose from Brexit is what did him in. The Bank of England have spent £70bn so far on mitigating the effects of the result. That's £1,000 per person already. |
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13th September 2016, 12:05 PM
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What a coward.
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13th September 2016, 12:17 PM
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QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Sep 12 2016, 08:42 PM) The Bank of England have spent £70bn so far on mitigating the effects of the result. That's £1,000 per person already. The problem is that regardless of the veracity, by going as exact as £4,300 per family people understandably thought 'how on earth have you come to such a precise figure when we don't know how big the effect could be and what deal we could get?'. I think they should've given a range. |
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13th September 2016, 12:18 PM
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DROTTNING!
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I don't really get the claims of cowardice though. What does he avoid now that he wouldn't have avoided by staying as MP? People are still going to have a go regardless when Brexit hits.
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14th September 2016, 03:18 PM
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Read on Twitter than Jim Davidson (yes, that one) has put his name forward for contention to run for the Conservatives in David Cameron's seat. Couldn't be anything more than a rumour, surely?
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