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Hopefully all the candidates will be there. And does anyone know the process for submitting questions to the candidates?
With all the chat going on about local councillors on some of the other threads it made me think about this one. Anyone know of any developments?
@leatash - i do not doubt what you say for one moment. those of us who are interested in politics (both local and national) will be aware of who is who and what is what. but those not interested in politics, probably haven't got a clue who their mp is (or was to be technically correct) let alone councillors. Politics for the non political is like sport is for me. It, and the people involved ...
I never said Cllr Wrigley being a Lib Dem parliamentary candidate wasn't newsworthy. or that now that he isn't a candidate isn't newsworthy. So thank you, or should I say thank you North Devonian, for letting us all know that he was a candidate until a few weeks ago but now isn't. And if you think this story is so newsworthy then I suggest you contact our local press. And then if they ...
i believe i have made my points @Andrew . Oh dear! I didn't give any examples of Labour candidates standing for election outside of where they live. How remiss of me! Wonder if that makes me a labour supporter? Might do in the eyes of some I suppose. People will and can assume whatever they wish. Is there a time scale then for how long a (would-be) MP takes to learn the ropes? I'll tell ...
It struck me that you were having a bit of an issue about a particular someone who lives in this constituency being, until recently, a candidate in the upcoming GE in another constituency. This person is a Lib Dem. So I pointed out that this is a not uncommon occurence. And gave a Tory example. You, yourself have given a UKIP example.. That party has no MPs yet you query my referring to ...
and talking of local connections and Green Party candidates. I've just had the Green Party election leaflet delivered. So I looked up the candidate. It reads as though she lives in Plymouth. Anyone know if that is correct?
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 ...
@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)
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 ...
