Hartlepool by-election

[chilango]

They don't usually poll for by elections do they?

Dunno. There's been that one so far (based on polling from across the North).

 

[killer b]

Dunno. There's been that one so far (based on polling from across the North).

that doesn't really count though - they were doing a 'red wall' MRP and one of the seats happened to be Hartlepool rather than a specific Hartlepool poll.

 

[Dom Traynor]

I seem to remember the only byelection polling will be commisoned by the parties for internal consumption

 

[lazythursday]

So Thelma Walker duly selected as the NIP candidate for Hartlepool. The online buzz around the party is infectious, so hope they do well enough to give Labour a bloody nose.

 

[JTG]

Qualifier: she's endorsed by them but don't think their registration is going to come through in time for their name to be on the ballot paper

 

[discokermit]

if the north fucks off, and wales and scotland fucks off, im gonna campaign that the black country fucks off, or joins wales or something. if we had a new mercia the brummies would want to run it. fuck that.

 

[PR1Berske]

Qualifier: she's endorsed by them but don't think their registration is going to come through in time for their name to be on the ballot paper

It's really strange, they applied for inclusion in good time for May so no idea why the Electoral Commission is taking so long.

 

[ska invita]

So Thelma Walker duly selected as the NIP candidate for Hartlepool. The online buzz around the party is infectious, so hope they do well enough to give Labour a bloody nose.

I hadn't heard of her...

"On 18 November 2020, almost a year after losing her seat, she resigned her membership of the Labour Party on the evening after Keir Starmer declined to return the whip to Jeremy Corbyn. She later explained that she left because she felt Starmer was being spiteful towards Corbyn, even prior to his suspension, and because she had concerns about the party's positions on the Covert Human Intelligence Sources Bill and on schools being open during the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]"


Perfect shit stirring candidate

 

[discokermit]

tainted by being a former mp. and a headmistress.
and is that a whippet in their logo?

 

[PR1Berske]

tainted by being a former mp. and a headmistress.
and is that a whippet in their logo?

It is a whippet. And the colours are from the traditional/historic flag of Northumbria.

 

[discokermit]

a whippet suggests an underlying lack of seriousness.

 

[PR1Berske]

So Thelma Walker duly selected as the NIP candidate for Hartlepool. The online buzz around the party is infectious, so hope they do well enough to give Labour a bloody nose.

 

[discokermit]

standing for the nips, with a whippet, stepping in a line of doody.
i feel inspired.

 

[discokermit]

It is a whippet. And the colours are from the traditional/historic flag of Northumbria.

they should have gone with hen ogledd, then they could have united with the scots, irish, welsh and cornish in a pan celtic confederation. then, when the fortunes of "the celtic dragon™" far outshine london, you can march east and south and drive the saxons back to germany or wherever.

 

[JTG]

Yeah I know it's that Swindon person but I really hope this is true

 

[zahir]

Qualifier: she's endorsed by them but don't think their registration is going to come through in time for their name to be on the ballot paper

 

[PR1Berske]

The For Britain Movement, supported at one stage (still?) by Morrissey, has decided to focus on standing in the upcoming Hartlepool Council elections, dismissing the by-election as a circus. They already have councillors on the council after previous elections.

 

[killer b]

Yeah I know it's that Swindon person but I really hope this is true

loads of those leftish cranks are saying stuff like this for clicks on twitter. I don't think it's real.

 

[teqniq]

It would appear to be:

 

[killer b]

I don't mean the thelma walker bit not being true, I mean the starmer's top team fuming bit.

 

[killer b]

(I mean, maybe they are, but I doubt Rachel Swindon has the inside line)

 

[teqniq]

Yes, it would seem unlikely.

 

[PR1Berske]

(I mean, maybe they are, but I doubt Rachel Swindon has the inside line)

I always bring the salt pot whenever I see tweets like hers (and for most tweets from her.) "Sources close...." "My friends tell me..." "I believe that..." It's very easy to get picked up on Twitter with stuff like that.

 

[JTG]

It doesn't really matter and it's fun to think about so who cares really

 

[brogdale]

Has Walker previously shown any particular support for Northern devolution or secession?

 

[killer b]

It doesn't really matter and it's fun to think about so who cares really

You can think about it without signal boosting the unsourced hustling of the crank left though.

 

[Dom Traynor]

Has Walker previously shown any particular support for Northern devolution or secession?

She was a member of the Hannah Mictchell Society which campaigned for Northern Devo I believe

 

[brogdale]

She was a member of the Hannah Mictchell Society which campaigned for Northern Devo I believe

Interesting; I'll look that up.

 

[PR1Berske]

The continuation SDP have nominated David Bettney, an ex-serviceman, here.

 

[PaulOK]

Yeah I know it's that Swindon person but I really hope this is true

I think Labour will be very disturbed at this news. She's an ex Labour MP. It is an incredible coup for a brand new Party. If anyone will save the NIP deposit it will be her.