They were “demilitarised” by the British and told not to resist. Only the British didn’t tell the Germans who then proceeded to bomb the place. Not many places you can hide on a 24 sq mile island for a “resistance”... And they’re very clear - it’s “Germans” not “Nazis” as we're supposed to say these days..
So were the French, and they still formed the Maquis.
Let that sink in, the French put up more resistance, truly shameful if you're a Channel Islander.
Area of France: 248,573 sq miles Area of Guernsey 24 sq miles.
Let that sink in.
There’s a film out next month about Guernsey’s collaboration during WWII.
Mr. Floater, they've replaced stop-and-search by police with stop-and-stab by criminals.
At what point does the risk of being attacked and not having a weapon to defend yourself outweigh the risk of a significant prison sentence from simply carrying the knife? When the police stop looking for knives of course.
I was very disappointed in Dave when he resiled from his position of planning to give jail sentences to people caught carrying knives.
All three Parliamentary constituencies in the council swung disproportionately to Labour last year. The 12/1 looks a good bet to me and I'm on.
Yes. But the real surprise was how Burnham won the borough in the Mayoral election with 55%. It went relatively unnoticed due to dramatic Conservative wins elsewhere.
They were “demilitarised” by the British and told not to resist. Only the British didn’t tell the Germans who then proceeded to bomb the place. Not many places you can hide on a 24 sq mile island for a “resistance”... And they’re very clear - it’s “Germans” not “Nazis” as we're supposed to say these days..
So were the French, and they still formed the Maquis.
Let that sink in, the French put up more resistance, truly shameful if you're a Channel Islander.
Area of France: 248,573 sq miles Area of Guernsey 24 sq miles.
Let that sink in.
There’s a film out next month about Guernsey’s collaboration during WWII.
If there had been one German troop for every three civilians in France (as there was in the CI) I doubt there would have been much of a resistance there either....
The ONS have released the latest electorate figures for constituencies in the UK based on Dec 17 electorates. If the boundary commissions were to start the review again based on 600 MPs with an average of 77k electors, the changes at the national level would be as follows:
England increases from 501 to 503 MPs vs. the current review Scotland decreases from 53 to 51 MPs Wales increases from 29 to 30 MPs NI decreases from 17 to 16 MPs
Looking at England the 10 constituencies with the most electors are:
Isle of Wight 109,938 - Con Milton Keynes South 92,011 - Con North West Cambridgeshire 91,982 - Con West Ham 90,695 - Lab Sleaford and North Hykeham 90,229 - Con Milton Keynes North 88,630 - Con Manchester Central 88,488 - Lab South Northamptonshire 87,516 - Con Bury St Edmunds 87,193 - Con North East Bedfordshire 87,143 - Con
The 10 with the fewest electors are:
Wolverhampton South West 59,080 - Lab Newcastle upon Tyne East 58,877 - Lab Northampton North 58,324 - Con Berwick-upon-Tweed 57,860 - Con Stoke-on-Trent Central 57,802 - Lab Wirral South 56,931 - Lab Blackpool South 56,850 - Lab Preston 55,937 - Lab Wirral West 55,084 - Lab Newcastle upon Tyne Central 53,420 - Lab
In Wales, Cardiff S and Vale of Glamorgan are the only constituencies near the quota with Arfon only having 40k electors
In Scotland, The top 5 with the most electors are:
Linlithgow and East Falkirk 85,694 - SNP Falkirk 82,919 - SNP Livingston 80,478 - SNP East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow 79,214 - SNP Gordon 78,532 - Con
In Scotland, The bottom 5 with the fewest electors are:
Ross, Skye and Lochaber 53,300 - SNP Glasgow North 52,931 - SNP Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross 46,584 - LD Orkney and Shetland 33,975 - LD Na h-Eileanan an Iar 21,227 - SNP
The 2 Isles constituencies are protected in the legislation
In NI, Upper Bann is the largest with 80k. All the Belfast seats are undersized, which will eventually increase the likelihood of a 3 seat Berlfast (to the detriment of the DUP). It would probably be in the DUP's interest to vote for the current review as a new review would likely be worse for them.
If there had been one German troop for every three civilians in France (as there was in the CI) I doubt there would have been much of a resistance there either....
There were approximately 40,000 German troops in the Channel Islands during the occupation and a total of approx 66,000 civilians. Not sure what TSE would have done but I'm sure he would have been at the front of the assaults on the bunkers and defences that make Normandy look like a mere walk in the park...... But for me those numbers and seeing the defences every day as I do it's pretty clear that this was a case where resistance was futile!
All three Parliamentary constituencies in the council swung disproportionately to Labour last year. The 12/1 looks a good bet to me and I'm on.
I can see it happening.
The Labour ground game looks good too.
I'm on - I assume enough Tories are up for re-election for Labour to gain the council outright?
Labour would have to win 15 out of the 21 seats being contested, a net gain of six, to take control. The bookies are right to price NOC as the likeliest outcome.
If there had been one German troop for every three civilians in France (as there was in the CI) I doubt there would have been much of a resistance there either....
There were approximately 40,000 German troops in the Channel Islands during the occupation and a total of approx 66,000 civilians. Not sure what TSE would have done but I'm sure he would have been at the front of the assaults on the bunkers and defences that make Normandy look like a mere walk in the park...... But for me those numbers and seeing the defences every day as I do it's pretty clear that this was a case where resistance was futile!
Alderney had three concentration camps, so that put the number of troops there out of proportion.
If there had been one German troop for every three civilians in France (as there was in the CI) I doubt there would have been much of a resistance there either....
There were approximately 40,000 German troops in the Channel Islands during the occupation and a total of approx 66,000 civilians. Not sure what TSE would have done but I'm sure he would have been at the front of the assaults on the bunkers and defences that make Normandy look like a mere walk in the park...... But for me those numbers and seeing the defences every day as I do it's pretty clear that this was a case where resistance was futile!
All three Parliamentary constituencies in the council swung disproportionately to Labour last year. The 12/1 looks a good bet to me and I'm on.
I can see it happening.
The Labour ground game looks good too.
I'm on - I assume enough Tories are up for re-election for Labour to gain the council outright?
The Tories have 11 seats up for re-election.
Labour only need to gain six to win a majority.
Six is a tall order. 7 of the 11 had substantial Conservative majorities in 2014. .
I was allowed £7.50 on at 11-1 which I think is fair but this is not easy for Labour..
Altrincham from 3rd with an 11.7% swing from the previous election is the toughest ward to crack but there is a substantial green vote there to munch on for Labour. Ashton Upon Mersey is also difficult as is Daveyhulme West.
If Labour gets those 3, they'll more than likely have overall control.
"The dossier sent to Leonard, seen by the Record, also alleges that he bizarrely called a young Muslim boy “Jew boy” because he knew he would be circumcised. "
The boss of De La Rue was on the box this morning. Seemed like a well balanced sensible chap, and didn’t, unless I missed it, expect to have to lay anyone off in Gateshead. In business he said, you win some, you lose some.
Your spoiling their gloating which is unseemly enough to give a true picture of their worth and therefore valuable no matter how distasteful.
Can I have a translation of this comment please David.
@Scott_P and others this morning seemed to think that the fact that some people might lose their jobs in Gateshead which had the temerity to vote leave by 57% was a good thing because leavers deserve it, or some such nonsense. Even putting aside the fact that it was EU regulations that caused this it struck me as being in very poor taste (and, thankfully, probably untrue).
@Scott_P and others this morning seemed to think that the fact that some people might lose their jobs in Gateshead which had the temerity to vote leave by 57% was a good thing
In the words of a Brexiteer, Fuck off. Just fuck off.
I never suggested people losing jobs was a good thing.
The boss of De La Rue was on the box this morning. Seemed like a well balanced sensible chap, and didn’t, unless I missed it, expect to have to lay anyone off in Gateshead. In business he said, you win some, you lose some.
Your spoiling their gloating which is unseemly enough to give a true picture of their worth and therefore valuable no matter how distasteful.
Can I have a translation of this comment please David.
@Scott_P and others this morning seemed to think that the fact that some people might lose their jobs in Gateshead which had the temerity to vote leave by 57% was a good thing because leavers deserve it, or some such nonsense. Even putting aside the fact that it was EU regulations that caused this it struck me as being in very poor taste (and, thankfully, probably untrue).
Remainers struggling to find bad news....not clear why we should spend an extra £120million on an uncompetitive bid...
All three Parliamentary constituencies in the council swung disproportionately to Labour last year. The 12/1 looks a good bet to me and I'm on.
Yes. But the real surprise was how Burnham won the borough in the Mayoral election with 55%. It went relatively unnoticed due to dramatic Conservative wins elsewhere.
Graham Brady got 51% at the general election in Altrincham and Sale West and the Labour candidate 38%. Labour got 68% in Stretford and Urmston and the Tories 28% and 62% in Wythenshaw and Sale East and the Tories 30%
All three Parliamentary constituencies in the council swung disproportionately to Labour last year. The 12/1 looks a good bet to me and I'm on.
Yes. But the real surprise was how Burnham won the borough in the Mayoral election with 55%. It went relatively unnoticed due to dramatic Conservative wins elsewhere.
Graham Brady got 51% at the general election in Altrincham and Sale West and the Labour candidate 38%. Labour got 68% in Stretford and Urmston and the Tories 28% and 62% in Wythenshaw and Sale East and the Tories 30%
The Altrincham and Sale West result implies the Tories ~5% ahead in the key Altrincham ward (For the purposes of the Labour bet) and almost level in Ashton Upon Mersey. I expect the result will end up NOC but the implied range for the bet is far too narrow at 8-11 so Labour control it is...
I'm not sure that increase in K&C will necessarily be hopeful to the Cons. Harder to say who the change in Barnet will benefit.
It depends in which wards, K & C is divided between very wealthy rock solid Tory wards and poor Labour wards with lots of social housing with little in between
The boss of De La Rue was on the box this morning. Seemed like a well balanced sensible chap, and didn’t, unless I missed it, expect to have to lay anyone off in Gateshead. In business he said, you win some, you lose some.
Your spoiling their gloating which is unseemly enough to give a true picture of their worth and therefore valuable no matter how distasteful.
Can I have a translation of this comment please David.
@Scott_P and others this morning seemed to think that the fact that some people might lose their jobs in Gateshead which had the temerity to vote leave by 57% was a good thing because leavers deserve it, or some such nonsense. Even putting aside the fact that it was EU regulations that caused this it struck me as being in very poor taste (and, thankfully, probably untrue).
Nah, first of all show me the EU regulation which is relevant.
And secondly, no one was gloating. We were pointing out that the voters of Gateshead likely voted to Leave because they were sick of elements of society today which they felt were discriminating against them and wanted to take back control whereas, as we have been saying for months, (cf. productivity, skilled workforce) such a vote would do and has done nothing to address the underlying problems, in this case it of seems British companies being uncompetitive.
All three Parliamentary constituencies in the council swung disproportionately to Labour last year. The 12/1 looks a good bet to me and I'm on.
Yes. But the real surprise was how Burnham won the borough in the Mayoral election with 55%. It went relatively unnoticed due to dramatic Conservative wins elsewhere.
Graham Brady got 51% at the general election in Altrincham and Sale West and the Labour candidate 38%. Labour got 68% in Stretford and Urmston and the Tories 28% and 62% in Wythenshaw and Sale East and the Tories 30%
The Altrincham and Sale West result implies the Tories ~5% ahead in the key Altrincham ward (For the purposes of the Labour bet) and almost level in Ashton Upon Mersey. I expect the result will end up NOC but the implied range for the bet is far too narrow at 8-11 so Labour control it is...
NOC is the likeliest result yes, there are also 3 LDs and an independent on Trafford Council
All three Parliamentary constituencies in the council swung disproportionately to Labour last year. The 12/1 looks a good bet to me and I'm on.
Yes. But the real surprise was how Burnham won the borough in the Mayoral election with 55%. It went relatively unnoticed due to dramatic Conservative wins elsewhere.
Graham Brady got 51% at the general election in Altrincham and Sale West and the Labour candidate 38%. Labour got 68% in Stretford and Urmston and the Tories 28% and 62% in Wythenshaw and Sale East and the Tories 30%
The Altrincham and Sale West result implies the Tories ~5% ahead in the key Altrincham ward (For the purposes of the Labour bet) and almost level in Ashton Upon Mersey. I expect the result will end up NOC but the implied range for the bet is far too narrow at 8-11 so Labour control it is...
NOC is the likeliest result yes, there are also 3 LDs and an independent on Trafford Council
I think Tower Hamlets must have gone on a big registration drive. Under individual registration, when an elector is added to the list at their new council they get taken off at their old council, which probably explains why Newham is down (there must be lots of people moving across the Tower Hamlets/Newham border each year).
Regarding K&C, the worry for the Tories must be there are at least 10k electors in the borough who are eligible for local elections but not national elections (mostly EU citizens)
I think Tower Hamlets must have gone on a big registration drive. Under individual registration, when an elector is added to the list at their new council they get taken off at their old council, which probably explains why Newham is down (there must be lots of people moving across the Tower Hamlets/Newham border each year).
Regarding K&C, the worry for the Tories must be there are at least 10k electors in the borough who are eligible for local elections but not national elections (mostly EU citizens)
But, but, but...we keep being told that Newham can’t cope with the deluge of immigrants.
Perhaps they are just the non-voting kind - lesser breeds without the law and all that.
All three Parliamentary constituencies in the council swung disproportionately to Labour last year. The 12/1 looks a good bet to me and I'm on.
Yes. But the real surprise was how Burnham won the borough in the Mayoral election with 55%. It went relatively unnoticed due to dramatic Conservative wins elsewhere.
Graham Brady got 51% at the general election in Altrincham and Sale West and the Labour candidate 38%. Labour got 68% in Stretford and Urmston and the Tories 28% and 62% in Wythenshaw and Sale East and the Tories 30%
The Altrincham and Sale West result implies the Tories ~5% ahead in the key Altrincham ward (For the purposes of the Labour bet) and almost level in Ashton Upon Mersey. I expect the result will end up NOC but the implied range for the bet is far too narrow at 8-11 so Labour control it is...
NOC is the likeliest result yes, there are also 3 LDs and an independent on Trafford Council
I think Tower Hamlets must have gone on a big registration drive. Under individual registration, when an elector is added to the list at their new council they get taken off at their old council, which probably explains why Newham is down (there must be lots of people moving across the Tower Hamlets/Newham border each year).
Regarding K&C, the worry for the Tories must be there are at least 10k electors in the borough who are eligible for local elections but not national elections (mostly EU citizens)
But, but, but...we keep being told that Newham can’t cope with the deluge of immigrants.
Perhaps they are just the non-voting kind - lesser breeds without the law and all that.
Newham is a dump. Prime territory for Jezza the messiah to exploit. Tories will hold most of the outer boroughs but Lab will rack up some serious numbers in Tower Hamlets.
I think Tower Hamlets must have gone on a big registration drive. Under individual registration, when an elector is added to the list at their new council they get taken off at their old council, which probably explains why Newham is down (there must be lots of people moving across the Tower Hamlets/Newham border each year).
Regarding K&C, the worry for the Tories must be there are at least 10k electors in the borough who are eligible for local elections but not national elections (mostly EU citizens)
True but most of them will be quite rich and not want to pay the heavy council taxes of a Labour council either and local elections have no direct impact on Brexit
I think Tower Hamlets must have gone on a big registration drive. Under individual registration, when an elector is added to the list at their new council they get taken off at their old council, which probably explains why Newham is down (there must be lots of people moving across the Tower Hamlets/Newham border each year).
Regarding K&C, the worry for the Tories must be there are at least 10k electors in the borough who are eligible for local elections but not national elections (mostly EU citizens)
But, but, but...we keep being told that Newham can’t cope with the deluge of immigrants.
Perhaps they are just the non-voting kind - lesser breeds without the law and all that.
Newham is a dump. Prime territory for Jezza the messiah to exploit. Tories will hold most of the outer boroughs but Lab will rack up some serious numbers in Tower Hamlets.
Every councillor in Newham is currently Labour.
Labour hold 22 of the Tower Hamlets council seats, Tower Hamlets Independent hold 18 and the Tories 5 at present.
I think Tower Hamlets must have gone on a big registration drive. Under individual registration, when an elector is added to the list at their new council they get taken off at their old council, which probably explains why Newham is down (there must be lots of people moving across the Tower Hamlets/Newham border each year).
Regarding K&C, the worry for the Tories must be there are at least 10k electors in the borough who are eligible for local elections but not national elections (mostly EU citizens)
But, but, but...we keep being told that Newham can’t cope with the deluge of immigrants.
Perhaps they are just the non-voting kind - lesser breeds without the law and all that.
Newham is a dump. Prime territory for Jezza the messiah to exploit. Tories will hold most of the outer boroughs but Lab will rack up some serious numbers in Tower Hamlets.
I think Tower Hamlets must have gone on a big registration drive. Under individual registration, when an elector is added to the list at their new council they get taken off at their old council, which probably explains why Newham is down (there must be lots of people moving across the Tower Hamlets/Newham border each year).
Regarding K&C, the worry for the Tories must be there are at least 10k electors in the borough who are eligible for local elections but not national elections (mostly EU citizens)
But, but, but...we keep being told that Newham can’t cope with the deluge of immigrants.
Perhaps they are just the non-voting kind - lesser breeds without the law and all that.
Newham is a dump. Prime territory for Jezza the messiah to exploit. Tories will hold most of the outer boroughs but Lab will rack up some serious numbers in Tower Hamlets.
Every councillor in Newham is currently Labour
It can't be long then before Newham gets its roadsigns upgraded to "Welcome to Newham - Land of Milk and Honey".
I think Tower Hamlets must have gone on a big registration drive. Under individual registration, when an elector is added to the list at their new council they get taken off at their old council, which probably explains why Newham is down (there must be lots of people moving across the Tower Hamlets/Newham border each year).
Regarding K&C, the worry for the Tories must be there are at least 10k electors in the borough who are eligible for local elections but not national elections (mostly EU citizens)
But, but, but...we keep being told that Newham can’t cope with the deluge of immigrants.
Perhaps they are just the non-voting kind - lesser breeds without the law and all that.
Newham is a dump. Prime territory for Jezza the messiah to exploit. Tories will hold most of the outer boroughs but Lab will rack up some serious numbers in Tower Hamlets.
Every councillor in Newham is currently Labour.
Labour hold 22 of the Tower Hamlets council seats, Tower Hamlets Independent hold 18 and the Tories 5 at present.
Nah, one of them was expelled from Labour, and sits as an Independent.
I think Tower Hamlets must have gone on a big registration drive. Under individual registration, when an elector is added to the list at their new council they get taken off at their old council, which probably explains why Newham is down (there must be lots of people moving across the Tower Hamlets/Newham border each year).
Regarding K&C, the worry for the Tories must be there are at least 10k electors in the borough who are eligible for local elections but not national elections (mostly EU citizens)
But, but, but...we keep being told that Newham can’t cope with the deluge of immigrants.
Perhaps they are just the non-voting kind - lesser breeds without the law and all that.
Newham is a dump. Prime territory for Jezza the messiah to exploit. Tories will hold most of the outer boroughs but Lab will rack up some serious numbers in Tower Hamlets.
Every councillor in Newham is currently Labour.
Labour hold 22 of the Tower Hamlets council seats, Tower Hamlets Independent hold 18 and the Tories 5 at present.
I'm guessing the 5 Tories are on the far west of Tower Hamlets.
I think Tower Hamlets must have gone on a big registration drive. Under individual registration, when an elector is added to the list at their new council they get taken off at their old council, which probably explains why Newham is down (there must be lots of people moving across the Tower Hamlets/Newham border each year).
Regarding K&C, the worry for the Tories must be there are at least 10k electors in the borough who are eligible for local elections but not national elections (mostly EU citizens)
But, but, but...we keep being told that Newham can’t cope with the deluge of immigrants.
Perhaps they are just the non-voting kind - lesser breeds without the law and all that.
Newham is a dump. Prime territory for Jezza the messiah to exploit. Tories will hold most of the outer boroughs but Lab will rack up some serious numbers in Tower Hamlets.
I think Tower Hamlets must have gone on a big registration drive. Under individual registration, when an elector is added to the list at their new council they get taken off at their old council, which probably explains why Newham is down (there must be lots of people moving across the Tower Hamlets/Newham border each year).
Regarding K&C, the worry for the Tories must be there are at least 10k electors in the borough who are eligible for local elections but not national elections (mostly EU citizens)
But, but, but...we keep being told that Newham can’t cope with the deluge of immigrants.
Perhaps they are just the non-voting kind - lesser breeds without the law and all that.
Newham is a dump. Prime territory for Jezza the messiah to exploit. Tories will hold most of the outer boroughs but Lab will rack up some serious numbers in Tower Hamlets.
Every councillor in Newham is currently Labour
It can't be long then before Newham gets its roadsigns upgraded to "Welcome to Newham - Land of Milk and Honey".
I think Tower Hamlets must have gone on a big registration drive. Under individual registration, when an elector is added to the list at their new council they get taken off at their old council, which probably explains why Newham is down (there must be lots of people moving across the Tower Hamlets/Newham border each year).
Regarding K&C, the worry for the Tories must be there are at least 10k electors in the borough who are eligible for local elections but not national elections (mostly EU citizens)
But, but, but...we keep being told that Newham can’t cope with the deluge of immigrants.
Perhaps they are just the non-voting kind - lesser breeds without the law and all that.
Newham is a dump. Prime territory for Jezza the messiah to exploit. Tories will hold most of the outer boroughs but Lab will rack up some serious numbers in Tower Hamlets.
Every councillor in Newham is currently Labour.
Labour hold 22 of the Tower Hamlets council seats, Tower Hamlets Independent hold 18 and the Tories 5 at present.
I'm guessing the 5 Tories are on the far west of Tower Hamlets.
Probably, Canary Wharf is in Tower Hamlets so I imagine they are concentrated around there
Its early yet and I am in shock about events down under but has he not done better than anyone since 2001? He probably didn't beat Blair in 97 but then who did?
I just logged on and read this comment and assumed that there'd been a natural disaster or a terrorist attack or something really serious during the night... Now, scrolling up, I see it's just blather about some sporting event or other which, like all sporting events, I don't follow.
Either "shock" isn't an appropriate word to use about sporting events or maybe, with the state of the world at present, I'm just conditioned to expect the worst.
I think Tower Hamlets must have gone on a big registration drive. Under individual registration, when an elector is added to the list at their new council they get taken off at their old council, which probably explains why Newham is down (there must be lots of people moving across the Tower Hamlets/Newham border each year).
Regarding K&C, the worry for the Tories must be there are at least 10k electors in the borough who are eligible for local elections but not national elections (mostly EU citizens)
But, but, but...we keep being told that Newham can’t cope with the deluge of immigrants.
Perhaps they are just the non-voting kind - lesser breeds without the law and all that.
Newham is a dump. Prime territory for Jezza the messiah to exploit. Tories will hold most of the outer boroughs but Lab will rack up some serious numbers in Tower Hamlets.
I think Tower Hamlets must have gone on a big registration drive. Under individual registration, when an elector is added to the list at their new council they get taken off at their old council, which probably explains why Newham is down (there must be lots of people moving across the Tower Hamlets/Newham border each year).
Regarding K&C, the worry for the Tories must be there are at least 10k electors in the borough who are eligible for local elections but not national elections (mostly EU citizens)
But, but, but...we keep being told that Newham can’t cope with the deluge of immigrants.
Perhaps they are just the non-voting kind - lesser breeds without the law and all that.
Newham is a dump. Prime territory for Jezza the messiah to exploit. Tories will hold most of the outer boroughs but Lab will rack up some serious numbers in Tower Hamlets.
Every councillor in Newham is currently Labour
It can't be long then before Newham gets its roadsigns upgraded to "Welcome to Newham - Land of Milk and Honey".
Get a free Corbyn mug when you enter the borough!
Some odd gardening going on in Newham to be honest. Whats with the hideous off orange and white diamond paving?
I think Tower Hamlets must have gone on a big registration drive. Under individual registration, when an elector is added to the list at their new council they get taken off at their old council, which probably explains why Newham is down (there must be lots of people moving across the Tower Hamlets/Newham border each year).
Regarding K&C, the worry for the Tories must be there are at least 10k electors in the borough who are eligible for local elections but not national elections (mostly EU citizens)
But, but, but...we keep being told that Newham can’t cope with the deluge of immigrants.
Perhaps they are just the non-voting kind - lesser breeds without the law and all that.
Newham is a dump. Prime territory for Jezza the messiah to exploit. Tories will hold most of the outer boroughs but Lab will rack up some serious numbers in Tower Hamlets.
I think Tower Hamlets must have gone on a big registration drive. Under individual registration, when an elector is added to the list at their new council they get taken off at their old council, which probably explains why Newham is down (there must be lots of people moving across the Tower Hamlets/Newham border each year).
Regarding K&C, the worry for the Tories must be there are at least 10k electors in the borough who are eligible for local elections but not national elections (mostly EU citizens)
But, but, but...we keep being told that Newham can’t cope with the deluge of immigrants.
Perhaps they are just the non-voting kind - lesser breeds without the law and all that.
Newham is a dump. Prime territory for Jezza the messiah to exploit. Tories will hold most of the outer boroughs but Lab will rack up some serious numbers in Tower Hamlets.
Every councillor in Newham is currently Labour
It can't be long then before Newham gets its roadsigns upgraded to "Welcome to Newham - Land of Milk and Honey".
Get a free Corbyn mug when you enter the borough!
Some odd gardening going on in Newham to be honest. Whats with the hideous off orange and white diamond paving?
Indeed. In 2017 though he had Brexit shoring up his moderate flank, as a lot of socially liberal moderates swallowed their misgivings about Corbyn as their primary motivation was not giving the Conservatives carte blanche to indulge their Brexit zealots. If you look at polling now, more Labour supporters think we should stay in the EU (however that's achieved) than think Corbyn will make a good PM. The question is, whether that can hold until the next election, and I don't think it can in most scenarios - as short of Corbyn demanding a second referendum and campaigning properly this time, it will either be a non issue, if we get a decent deal and abandon some of the sillier notions of Rees-Mogg et al, or Corbyn will be seen as complicit in the disaster.
May is heading to the softest of soft Brexits where disruption or indeed change will not be noticeable to the majority of people. So far, remarkably, she has brought the wildest Brexiteers along with her and she seems increasingly confident about facing them down. The economy is trundling along reasonably well, still generating more jobs, soon to start delivering real wage increases again and putting chunky sums into public services, notably health. If you add the £4bn for the wage deal to the sums in the last budget we are more than half way to the £350m a week already.
There is lots and lots that can go wrong yet but right now quite a lot is going right.
It was disruptive change through immigration which led to Brexit.
Ending that will be enough for many people.
The support for Liam Fox to bestride the world conducting trade deals is, I suspect, somewhat niche.
Freedom of movement will end in some symbolic way. In practical terms it will stay pretty much as it is - especially at the bottom end. The country will not make the sacrifices needed for a fundamental change.
It is no sacrifice to restrict low and no skilled immigration.
It is if it leads to higher prices and higher taxes.
And how does it do that ?
Perhaps you could explain how we have lower prices and lower taxes because thousands of Eastern European Roma now live in Rotherham ?
It was disruptive change through immigration which led to Brexit.
Ending that will be enough for many people.
May could have ended non-EU immigration at any point during, what felt like, the 115 years she was Home Secretary but chose not to do so. Whatever Brexit does or doesn't do reducing immigration won't be one of its manifold and bountiful gifts.
I don't think May chose to do anything when Home Secretary.
What is the kremlinology of the Bolton appointment? Trump has often been critical of the Bush-era neocons, and Bolton is no fan of Russia, so that is two reasons not to appoint him.
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The Labour ground game looks good too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Manchester_mayoral_election,_2017
As I recently posted, several EU countries like France have a mistaken belief that protectionism is good for their country.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/nov/18/guernsey-files-islanders-nazi-occupation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RWX4nk1xF8
Disclaimer - this is RT and I am a little reluctant to give them credibility.
England increases from 501 to 503 MPs vs. the current review
Scotland decreases from 53 to 51 MPs
Wales increases from 29 to 30 MPs
NI decreases from 17 to 16 MPs
Looking at England the 10 constituencies with the most electors are:
Isle of Wight 109,938 - Con
Milton Keynes South 92,011 - Con
North West Cambridgeshire 91,982 - Con
West Ham 90,695 - Lab
Sleaford and North Hykeham 90,229 - Con
Milton Keynes North 88,630 - Con
Manchester Central 88,488 - Lab
South Northamptonshire 87,516 - Con
Bury St Edmunds 87,193 - Con
North East Bedfordshire 87,143 - Con
The 10 with the fewest electors are:
Wolverhampton South West 59,080 - Lab
Newcastle upon Tyne East 58,877 - Lab
Northampton North 58,324 - Con
Berwick-upon-Tweed 57,860 - Con
Stoke-on-Trent Central 57,802 - Lab
Wirral South 56,931 - Lab
Blackpool South 56,850 - Lab
Preston 55,937 - Lab
Wirral West 55,084 - Lab
Newcastle upon Tyne Central 53,420 - Lab
In Wales, Cardiff S and Vale of Glamorgan are the only constituencies near the quota with Arfon only having 40k electors
In Scotland, The top 5 with the most electors are:
Linlithgow and East Falkirk 85,694 - SNP
Falkirk 82,919 - SNP
Livingston 80,478 - SNP
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow 79,214 - SNP
Gordon 78,532 - Con
In Scotland, The bottom 5 with the fewest electors are:
Ross, Skye and Lochaber 53,300 - SNP
Glasgow North 52,931 - SNP
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross 46,584 - LD
Orkney and Shetland 33,975 - LD
Na h-Eileanan an Iar 21,227 - SNP
The 2 Isles constituencies are protected in the legislation
In NI, Upper Bann is the largest with 80k. All the Belfast seats are undersized, which will eventually increase the likelihood of a 3 seat Berlfast (to the detriment of the DUP). It would probably be in the DUP's interest to vote for the current review as a new review would likely be worse for them.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289403/
If there had been one German troop for every three civilians in France (as there was in the CI) I doubt there would have been much of a resistance there either....
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/nov/18/guernsey-files-islanders-nazi-occupation
There were approximately 40,000 German troops in the Channel Islands during the occupation and a total of approx 66,000 civilians. Not sure what TSE would have done but I'm sure he would have been at the front of the assaults on the bunkers and defences that make Normandy look like a mere walk in the park...... But for me those numbers and seeing the defences every day as I do it's pretty clear that this was a case where resistance was futile!
Labour only need to gain six to win a majority.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/nov/18/guernsey-files-islanders-nazi-occupation
There were approximately 40,000 German troops in the Channel Islands during the occupation and a total of approx 66,000 civilians. Not sure what TSE would have done but I'm sure he would have been at the front of the assaults on the bunkers and defences that make Normandy look like a mere walk in the park...... But for me those numbers and seeing the defences every day as I do it's pretty clear that this was a case where resistance was futile!
Alderney had three concentration camps, so that put the number of troops there out of proportion.
https://movie.visitguernsey.com
Altrincham from 3rd with an 11.7% swing from the previous election is the toughest ward to crack but there is a substantial green vote there to munch on for Labour.
Ashton Upon Mersey is also difficult as is Daveyhulme West.
If Labour gets those 3, they'll more than likely have overall control.
Though I thought it was passport consumers not taxpayers that footed the bill for this so not sure how it works.
"The dossier sent to Leonard, seen by the Record, also alleges that he bizarrely called a young Muslim boy “Jew boy” because he knew he would be circumcised. "
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/labour-racism-row-councillor-accused-12228722
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43497063
I never suggested people losing jobs was a good thing.
https://twitter.com/news_letter/status/976793165012328448?s=21
https://order-order.com/2018/03/22/corbyn-was-member-of-second-anti-semitic-facebook-group/
Council Change in electors % change
Tower Hamlets 20289 12.0%
Barnet 17907 7.5%
Kensington and Chelsea 5752 6.2%
Redbridge 9873 4.9%
Southwark 8836 4.3%
Hackney 6379 3.8%
Wandsworth 6148 2.7%
Brent 5906 2.7%
Harrow 4843 2.7%
Haringey 4511 2.7%
Lewisham 4973 2.6%
Havering 4618 2.5%
Barking and Dagenham 2859 2.2%
Waltham Forest 3858 2.1%
Sutton 2332 1.6%
Richmond upon Thames 2189 1.6%
Hounslow 2930 1.6%
Lambeth 3123 1.4%
Enfield 2810 1.3%
Greenwich 1984 1.1%
Westminster 1342 1.0%
Hammersmith and Fulham 1088 0.9%
Bexley 1385 0.8%
Bromley 1592 0.7%
City of London 16 0.2%
Hillingdon 452 0.2%
Merton 24 0.0%
Kingston upon Thames -148 -0.1%
Newham -1193 -0.6%
Croydon -3080 -1.1%
Camden -2137 -1.4%
Islington -2192 -1.4%
Ealing -6055 -2.5%
I'm not sure that increase in K&C will necessarily be hopeful to the Cons. Harder to say who the change in Barnet will benefit.
I expect the result will end up NOC but the implied range for the bet is far too narrow at 8-11 so Labour control it is...
And secondly, no one was gloating. We were pointing out that the voters of Gateshead likely voted to Leave because they were sick of elements of society today which they felt were discriminating against them and wanted to take back control whereas, as we have been saying for months, (cf. productivity, skilled workforce) such a vote would do and has done nothing to address the underlying problems, in this case it of seems British companies being uncompetitive.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Lq7HWWYxfhvh-9FH655q0ClnwHrY508bImlQbJKS28E/edit?usp=sharing
Regarding K&C, the worry for the Tories must be there are at least 10k electors in the borough who are eligible for local elections but not national elections (mostly EU citizens)
Perhaps they are just the non-voting kind - lesser breeds without the law and all that.
Labour hold 22 of the Tower Hamlets council seats, Tower Hamlets Independent hold 18 and the Tories 5 at present.
He is just sticking to Russian lines over and over again.
Does he really believe that Russia would take his Human Rights concerns seriously?
Of course they wouldn't. They would dismiss him like the pygmy he is.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/blue-brexit-era-passports-to-be-made-by-european-firm-3xjx0h5rw
Either "shock" isn't an appropriate word to use about sporting events or maybe, with the state of the world at present, I'm just conditioned to expect the worst.
I’ve had every collection since Italia 90.
https://twitter.com/mirrorfootball/status/976818294727610369?s=21
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Perhaps you could explain how we have lower prices and lower taxes because thousands of Eastern European Roma now live in Rotherham ?