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Just checked the bookings odds. Lab / Con look about neck and neck.
Hartlepool by-election
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The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Dunno if this is real but with his MILF tweet I keep seeing Dr Paul Williams morph into Dominic West's Doctor character in Brassic
steeplejack
trapped lbw for a duck
Given that Mike Hill has been forced out for sex pest type behaviour, doesn't look like his replacement is bombproof on that front either, leering over women on twitter. Been a genuinely disastrous candidate to date.
Whilst NIP won't win they may do quite well and poll enough to deny Labour a win in much the same way that the Brexit party did for the Tories in 2019. The Tory candidate looks guff as well however and pretty remote from what is a fiercely partisan and parochial electorate.
The other gubbins outfits are just scrambling for relevance.
Whilst NIP won't win they may do quite well and poll enough to deny Labour a win in much the same way that the Brexit party did for the Tories in 2019. The Tory candidate looks guff as well however and pretty remote from what is a fiercely partisan and parochial electorate.
The other gubbins outfits are just scrambling for relevance.
steeplejack
trapped lbw for a duck
Four elections on the same day in Hartlepool: Crime Commissioner, Tees Vallery Mayor, Local Council, Westminster
Suspect this may hurt the smaller parties and for the NIP the by election has come a little too early.
Sur Kieth meanwhile did a toe curling visit to the local power station to point meaningfully at the nuclear reactor's dials and make stentorian pronouncements in a hi-vis jacket.
Suspect this may hurt the smaller parties and for the NIP the by election has come a little too early.
Sur Kieth meanwhile did a toe curling visit to the local power station to point meaningfully at the nuclear reactor's dials and make stentorian pronouncements in a hi-vis jacket.
lazythursday
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Do the extra elections make much difference? I'd assume it will be a low turnout, as by-elections usually are even without the pandemic effect.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Dunno if voters will judge candidates in each individual election or just follow a party across the board. The Tees Valley Mayor election will be quite interesting. Houchen the Tory Mayor got elected by 500 votes , Stockton and Darlington had him in first place vote , the other areas including Hartlepool had the Labour Candidate in first place . Since then he has bought Teeside Airport back into public control and was behind the bid for the Tees ValleyFree Port .
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kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
I've noticed on that he's been getting support - on SM - from lots of 'national', high status Tories, not just now but for at least a year - the airport thing has been a big focus of that.
Long game?
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
I've got a couple of friends who live in that area who think he's got support now from cross party voters. It will be interesting as to whether support for him feeds across into other Tory candidates in the other elections on the same day or whether a bloc Labour vote has an impact on him.
steeplejack
trapped lbw for a duck
I hear the same. Will be very surprised if Houchen is replaced.
ska invita
back on the other side
Who is she KB? You seem to have good files on the Twitterati
Rachel Swindon? Just a very prolific left-wing meme-tweeter. Very much focused on reach above accuracy. The centrists all say she's a racist, but I've not seen anything convincing on that.
IIRC she had a bit of press coverage a few years ago, Owen Jones interviewed her if you want to find out more.
ska invita
back on the other side
How is she a crank?
discokermit
Well-Known Member
shes after the money.
I don't have any specifics sorry - I've not really paid attention to those guys since December 2019. She's probably not as cranky as some, I just mentally group all the skwawkbox/Canary orbiting commenters as crank left for convenience.
Shechemite
Be the sun and all will see you
Didn’t she tweet something about Rothschild’s oil in Israel?
Shechemite
Be the sun and all will see you
A little cranky 
strung out
💩 🤣 🍆 💦 🧐 👻 🐝 🐈⬛
Buzzfeed did an article on her a couple of years ago: Meet The Woman Leading Jeremy Corbyn's Twitter Army
steeplejack
trapped lbw for a duck
I meant more in terms of folk being arsed to vote different parties in different elections, rather than in turnout.
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
REFUK John Prescott? 
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Presumably the Refuks think that saying "proud father" signals that their candidate isn't gay?
ska invita
back on the other side
Proud British Self Employed Father
Makes you want to stand up and salute the man
Makes you want to stand up and salute the man
steeplejack
trapped lbw for a duck
Richard Tice clearly sees his post-Farage farrago has little to no chance and so can't be arsed standing himself. The SDP have adopted some ex-military veteran so the "family, community, traditional values" supporters have a couple of names on which to squander a few hundred votes between them.
steeplejack
trapped lbw for a duck
When do nominations close? The loon parties are a bit slow off the mark, disappointingly. Still no news if the Workers' Party of Britain's North Korean sub has surfaced off the Headland yet.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Quite surprised that the vermin couldn't find at least one local candidate.
As someone unfamiliar with the region, I'm not convinced that a "farmer from North Yorkshire" is the most obvious fit for Hartlepool?
steeplejack
trapped lbw for a duck
The Liberal Democrat candidate bravely shouts "Contact!!" as his electoral Sopwith Camel is fired up for a dogfight with a squadron of Mig fighters.
The seasoned by-election mechanics look on sagely as he wobbily takes off, muttering "poor sod" under the breath as he heads off into battle, never to be seen again.
A local pub landlord will run as an independent, with a campaign focused on child poverty, the destitution caused by lockdown, and education. I don't know him but he seems a decent fellow from this article. Exactly the kind of guy Hartlepool has elected in the past (cf H'Angus the Monkey).
Meanwhile a fat floppy blond tit calling himself the Prime Minister appeared yesterday for a walkabout, presumably to escape pesky questions about his love life being asked by no one, and what can probably be described as a "glacial" atmosphere at home. A harmless meet & greet at a pahrmaceutical firm but the Tories are making the most of mayor Houchen, who accompanied him everywhere.
The seasoned by-election mechanics look on sagely as he wobbily takes off, muttering "poor sod" under the breath as he heads off into battle, never to be seen again.
A local pub landlord will run as an independent, with a campaign focused on child poverty, the destitution caused by lockdown, and education. I don't know him but he seems a decent fellow from this article. Exactly the kind of guy Hartlepool has elected in the past (cf H'Angus the Monkey).
Meanwhile a fat floppy blond tit calling himself the Prime Minister appeared yesterday for a walkabout, presumably to escape pesky questions about his love life being asked by no one, and what can probably be described as a "glacial" atmosphere at home. A harmless meet & greet at a pahrmaceutical firm but the Tories are making the most of mayor Houchen, who accompanied him everywhere.
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