YBarddCwsc said:

alb1on said:

YBarddCwsc said:

Foxy said:

YBarddCwsc said:

Richard_Nabavi said:

YBarddCwsc said:

rottenborough said:

https://twitter.com/paulwaugh/status/1192152355464187904

And every now then, some Weapons Grade Idiot complains that the voice of London is not heard.

Except that she was selected by the local CLP, not parachuted in, and now she's being chucked out by London-based apparatchiks, according to her on trumped-up allegations without due process.

I am completely opposed to still more representation for London.

One of the most serious disconnects is between London/the South East and the rest of the UK.

And nothing, nothing makes more enraged than to see that the LibDems have found another Londoner to represent Wales.

While I do like local people for local places, we are not trees that cannot be moved. It is quite a common phenomenon for folk to move to London to study, then work, then move back to the regions. Indeed I did.

MPs willing to adopt and go native in their new home are fine. Liz Kendall and Jon Ashworth in Leicester are fine examples, while Treddinick has represented Bosworth but never lived anywhere near.

It has yet to be shown that Sally has any connection with Nottinghamshire.

Or even Leicestershire.

I think issues such as getting a representative mix of MPs (whether via gender or ethnicity or profession or geography) are very important.

I think, given that one of the driver of Brexit is the division between the wealthy and the left-behind parts of the country, it is very important that the left-behind parts are properly represented.

Properly represented by themselves, not by Londoners talking on their behalf.

You have still failed to address the point that she was the choice of the local people, who have been usurped by London.

Thank you. I think if you read the selection process, it was badly flawed.

The selection process should be re-run, with candidates that have a demonstrable connection to Bassetlaw.

twistedfirestopper3 said:

It won't be at this GE but over the next few, I think we will begin to see a rise of far more radical parties. It won't be Left vs Right. The likes of the Tories ,Lib Dems and Labour will be going backwards. I'm going to predict that XR will become a political party, and the Greens will gain more traction. Young people are becoming more politically aware, Greta Thunberg has become a role model for the youn'g 'uns and there will be wave upon wave of them reaching voting age.
We're dinosaurs on PB, either got our head down eating grass or in petty squabbles with other raptors. That comet is on it's way, we just can't see it in the glare of the sun.