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Exmouth, Littleham (Con defence) and Honiton, St. Michael’s (Con defence) on East Devon
Result of council at last election (2015): Conservatives 37, Independents 16, Liberal Democrats 6 (Conservative majority of 17)
Referendum Result: REMAIN 40,743 (46%) LEAVE 48,040 (54%) on a turnout of 79%
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South Staffs DC Great Wyrely Town ward Conservative seat Candidates Con/Lab/UKIP
2015 result Con 1787/1602/1584 Lab 979/826/743 UKIP 825
"People for profit" doesn't sound very left.
My favourite is the fantastically ill named Left Unity. Which I believe itself had a split in at least one place, with a former Left Unity comrade standing as an indy against the other Left Unity candidate.
The Scotsman - Alistair Bonnington: One-party state is an enemy of democracy
I know there are all sorts of service-people, standing orders and the like, but we'll finish up with "A Regiment that was threatened with a gun" (no dead perps)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-36854959
It wasnt that long ago that Basingstoke had a Democratic Unionist MP.....
I'd have voted for "People for Profit"
They sounded very sensible.
https://twitter.com/BuzzFeed/status/756163345275846656
https://twitter.com/nathanguttman/status/756089252677582848
Labour should easily hold in momentum heartlands of Hackney and Islington.
And the Type 26s will be coming.
I'm old and slow and not very tough. If someone threatens me with a knife though I'll make sure they work out where to stick it.
Just catching up on today's threads. Really pleased to hear from Alastair Meeks - stay strong.
Everything looks predictable except Southcore.
https://twitter.com/matthewjdowd/status/756106221367726080
As I said, people may like or may not like Caesar, but they definitely don't like Brutus.
I think Trump is also due to have his speech tonight here is a preview:
https://twitter.com/DouthatNYT/status/756217127456083968
For those that do not remember go search Pat Buchanan 1992 RNC speech, his speech was nicknamed the "Culture War" and defined american politics for a generation.
It was very strong stuff, not entirely in my liking though.
The latest example of this is the Named Person Law, as Jim Sillars pointed out, it would never have got through Westminster in its current form. That such an intrusive law could be passed with so little proper scrutiny should worry us all in Scotland.
In all seriousness, I know the lack of applause generally is only a convention, it's not a big deal, but it always sounds so pathetic when people try to justify being permitted to applause all the time if they go too big with the justification, and try to make it seem like a harmless convention is some grand barrier on our political culture. It actually makes more sense to just ask what does it matter than to make it seem like a grand reform, which some make the mistake of doing - I believe Carswell complained about being told not to Periscope in such terms, and looked an idiot for doing so.
More seriously, it's possible I suppose - the differences between Scotland and rUK are being emphasised out of all proportion, but there are some bigger ones and distract from other matters, and some may think that while in rUK the SNP will always manage to dominate, but if out then the tentpole issues will fall away.
I warned against betting on Walker back then, he is a controversial, unpopular and bland governor who mismanaged his state.
The only thing he had to say was that he tackled the teachers unions in 2011.
His whole campaign imploded like it was made out of straw.
Perfectly possible to have fierce divisions though, witness the US Senate.
(I jest, of course)
But while there's moonlight
And music and love and romance
Let's face the music and dance
https://twitter.com/MirrorPolitics/status/756229105654329344
Jeremy Corbyn has dismissed an offer from challenger Owen Smith of becoming party president in the event his rival wins the Labour leadership.
He told BBC Newsnight it was "a job that doesn't exist" and compared the role to that of "director of football".
He also said his attitude to rebels who opposed his leadership would be one of "charity" rather than "malice"
But while there's moonlight
And music and love and romance
Let's take the piss out of France
Whatever the merits of the case (the judge said it has merit and deserves its day in court), it does show how the Establishment stifles legal challenges:
https://www.crowdjustice.co.uk/case/nhs/
Meet the shadow chancellor's new chief of staff: Jeremy Corbyn's son https://t.co/z4LyjiX0H2
https://twitter.com/conormcginn/status/756243177896632321
Con 367 LDem 218 UKIP 64
In any case, if it hadn't been justified the court wouldn't have allowed it.
1. Steve Freeman has announced that he is a parliamentary candidates in Bermondsey and Old Southwark for the May 7 general election. He is standing as a Republican Socialist. He is therefore opposing Kingsley Abrams, a candidate jointly backed by the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition and Left Unity. Politically this amounts to sabotage.
2. Comrade Abrams is a former local councillor and was the official Labour candidate in the 2001 general election. He lost to Simon Hughes, but got 30% of the vote. Comrade Abrams fell foul of the Labour Party machine after speaking out against austerity. He describes himself as old Labour and recently resigned from the party after 30 years of membership. Comrade Abrams then offered to stand under the banner of Tusc and LU – an offer that was eagerly accepted at both a local and national level. Southwark LU officially endorsed him on February 25.
3. Though comrade Abrams is not a member of LU, he is without doubt the right candidate to back. He is not only challenging Simon Hughes once again, but mainstream Labour hopeful Nick Coyle. His central slogan is ‘No to austerity’.
4. Comrade Freeman is a member of Left Unity. Till recently he was in charge of its constitutional commission and put himself forward for its national council in internal elections. His criticisms of old Labour and Tusc are well founded. The idea of a Labour Party mark II is illusory and doomed to fail. However, comrade Freeman’s ‘republican socialism’ amounts to little more than a leftwing version of English nationalism.
5. Even if he advocated a politically principled socialist programme comrade Freeman would be wrong to stand. The left in Britain is woefully weak and dividing of our forces in the general election can only but damage our cause. Political criticism is perfectly legitimate – indeed it is required. But when it comes to the May 7 general election our motto should be ‘Unity in action’.
6. We urge comrade Freeman to behave in a responsible manner and immediately step down as a candidate. If he refuses then it is clear that the national council is duty-bound to initiate disciplinary proceedings against him under clause 18(a) of the constitution.