Local Elections 2018
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cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Social Democrats, not Liberal Democrats, real Democrats.
Liberal Party, Liberal Democrats, Social Democrats - it reminds me of this...
crossthebreeze
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that's a good one too!
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
from here
they did have a presence in Slough until fairly recently - for a few years in the mid 2000s, slough borough council was run by a coalition of everybody but labour - tories, lib dems, liberals and a few collectives of independents (mostly ex labour for one reason or another)
Alleged money. No one has actually come above the parapet yet, so they obviously won't be running in these elections. If they exist,they are clearly playing the long game.
chilango
Hypothetical Wanker
Fictitious capital?
Maybe, maybe not. So far all we've really had is a single article in the Observer quoting a figure of 'up to' £50 million and a single name, Simon Franks, who , whilst rich by everyday standards, is unlikely to have £50 million all by himself.
Everything else is pure speculation.
not a trot
Well-Known Member
So I'm cutting the hedge in our front garden on Friday afternoon. Tory boy comes along canvassing, wife in her wheelchair is unseen on the other side of the hedge. Tory boy starts to speak, wife calls out "we don't vote for your sodding lot". And he was gone.
chilango
Hypothetical Wanker
Park Ward of Reading. Part of the Reading East constituency that recorded one of the shocks of the GE electing a very surprised Labour MP. Currently a Green incumbent on the council.
Green Posters outnumber Labour by about 4 to 1. No other Party posters up at all.
Largest number of posters on the streets with the bigger houses and wealthier residents. Plummets in the narrow terraces, but Green still outnumber Labour, probably 2 to 1 but with a much smaller sample size!
No sign of the wave of Labour posters that appeared in the GE.
Leads me to predict a Green hold. Labour % well down on the GE no doubt leading to all kinnds of people missing the point and blaming Corbyn rather than the Labour Administration here. More useful to compare with 2014 %.
Green Posters outnumber Labour by about 4 to 1. No other Party posters up at all.
Largest number of posters on the streets with the bigger houses and wealthier residents. Plummets in the narrow terraces, but Green still outnumber Labour, probably 2 to 1 but with a much smaller sample size!
No sign of the wave of Labour posters that appeared in the GE.
Leads me to predict a Green hold. Labour % well down on the GE no doubt leading to all kinnds of people missing the point and blaming Corbyn rather than the Labour Administration here. More useful to compare with 2014 %.
philosophical
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When Tories knock on my brother's door he simply shouts 'fuck off fascist'.
My approach is to keep them talking, humming and hawing about this and that, the more time they waste with me, the less chance of influencing others.
bemused
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I can't see Labour doing anything but well. I'm hoping for a good turnout, local elections are so woefully attended. If Labour does well I'm sure we'll be rewarded with endless stories of Momentum coups in all these councils for the next few years.
I'm hoping for a non-loony independent, I simply can't bring myself to vote for any of the major parties.
I'm hoping for a non-loony independent, I simply can't bring myself to vote for any of the major parties.
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chilango
Hypothetical Wanker
Park Ward, Reading. Labour vs. Green
2018: ?
2017: Labour 49% Green 2.0% (GE)
2016: Labour 1,011 Green 1,375
2015: Labour 33% Green 6.4% (GE)
2015: Labour 36% Green 43.3%
2014: Labour 29.9% Green 53.3%
2012: Labour 40.8% Green 46.4%
2011: Labour 33.2% Green 43.4%
2010: Labour 26.8% Green 38.8%
2008: Labour 33.7% Green 33.1%
2018: ?
2017: Labour 49% Green 2.0% (GE)
2016: Labour 1,011 Green 1,375
2015: Labour 33% Green 6.4% (GE)
2015: Labour 36% Green 43.3%
2014: Labour 29.9% Green 53.3%
2012: Labour 40.8% Green 46.4%
2011: Labour 33.2% Green 43.4%
2010: Labour 26.8% Green 38.8%
2008: Labour 33.7% Green 33.1%
chilango
Hypothetical Wanker
Just one ward.
They've targeted a neighbouring ward in previous elections too, but are some way behind.
Reading is not a city.
No it's not. My bad.
Meanwhile in Derby I saw my first election poster this morning, for one of the five existing Libdem councillors.
Neither Labour nor any of the opposition parties seem to be making much effort at all at the moment to be honest......
Fozzie Bear
Well-Known Member
Tory councillor leaflet for my ward is artful in its minimalism. Nothing about specific issues just where to contact them if you have anything you want to discuss.
Hackney Council right now:
The Tory candidates in my ward are traditionally (Ultra) Orthodox Jewish so there is an awful religious/ethnic dimension to it all.
The Greens came second in most wards last time. But none with a decent margin that I have seen.
Hackney Council right now:
- Lab 50 seats + 1 directly elected mayor
- Con 4 seats
- Lib Dem 3 seats
The Tory candidates in my ward are traditionally (Ultra) Orthodox Jewish so there is an awful religious/ethnic dimension to it all.
The Greens came second in most wards last time. But none with a decent margin that I have seen.
Has anyone heard of British Independents?
They are running a candidate in a ward next to mine
British Independents - News
They are running a candidate in a ward next to mine
British Independents - News
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
not so sure they look like a standard issue far right sect. opposed to nuclear weapons, for instance, not sure the same can be said of the usual suspects, certainly the 2010 bnp manifesto insisted they'd keep it. what's your reasoning?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Might be a new minor party record if they garner fewer than seven
I'm in Hackney too (Hackney North & Stoke Newington). Unlikely to be anything other than Labour round here. Even so, I have decided to vote for Pauline Pearce (the woman who was viewed on You Tube berating the 2011 rioters). Pity only LibDem would take her...
Streathamite
ideological dogmatist
But Sass, that's precisely what led to the Left unseating the Blairite leadership in Haringey - to stop them doing the same there.
Didn't think you'd ever stand in line with Momentum, Sass!
Streathamite
ideological dogmatist
I'm with Nye - they are LOWER than vermin.
josef1878 2.0
Well-Known Member
I've just read a flyer that includes "I was convicted of 'racial abuse' in 2010." He's also whining about bin collections and pot holes. He's a piss poor comedian who got knocked on his arse when he tried his act on the wrong person round here
Sorry, who are we talking about here?
josef1878 2.0
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James O'Neill standing in the Ince ward, Wigan
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