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I see the Royal Mail van, parked on the Pavement about 10am each day, as in the Photo.
Depends on what you mean by 'blow-in'. So M. S-C has done the rounds a bit then? Learnt her trade? I don't have a problem with that. As I said above, that's par for the course for all those 'careerist' politicians as some would call them. I lived in Brighton Pavilion constituency when Caroline Lucas got 'blown in', as some would put it, ousting a local Green (Keith Taylor) who had worked ...
Didn't think it could get any worse.
Molly Scott-Cato also stood in Presili Pembs in 1997 and 2005, she went to Aberystwyth University - so she has lived in Dyfed. Aber uni and CAT both have strong links with eco/sustainability projects all over Wales. Pembrokeshire Council, Stroud Council and Bristol West all have vibrant eco-movements/communities which Scott-Cato has been a part of for many years, from low impact living in ...
@leatash - that Stanley Johnson and Boris Johnson look like each other may have something to do with the fact that they are father and son! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Johnson_(writer)
Got the Lib Dem flyer for the General Election; Isn't that Independent Councillor Alison Foden photographed standing behind Maria Chadwick and holding the famous Lib Dem yellow diamond?
I'm aware of Cllr Ford and Barnsely Central. Imagine someone from Trusham where house prices are on average £500-600K representing the centre of Barnsley? It's farcical. I would love to hear a southerner waxing lyrical about Barnsley's people, the issues the town faces and how committed they are to passionately representing them in Westminster. And what if she couldn't understand the ...
And what is deemed to be a local connection by some may not be deemed to be so by others. Does Molly Scott Cato the Green Party candidate for Bristol West now live in that constituency? She might, I don't know. All I can find online is that she was born in Wales, grew up in Bath and at some time it looks as though she was living/working in Stroud, Glos. So does that count as a local ...
I think he came from Cornwall but if it's the same Stanley Johnson he is a environmentalist i have a book of his called Survival the strange thing is he is a dead ringer for Boris but not related. Anyway Lynne you are correct thats what parties do and always will it gives there candidate experience on there way up the political ladder.
It is not in the least bit unknown for candidates in a general election to stand for election in constituencies a bit of a distance from where they live. This usually, but not always, occurs where the seat is deemed as 'safe' for one party so any candidates from any of the others are paper candidates. It enables those paper candidates to learn the ropes and then, if they wish, to look to be ...