Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election

[PR1Berske]

It's being reported that Boris, upon receiving the draft report from the Privileges Committee, has resigned as an MP with immediate effect.

 

[PR1Berske]

 

[PR1Berske]

Constituency map.

 

[Indeliblelink]

Wonder what he'll do now. Can't imagine him staying out of the limelight for too long.

 

[Bingoman]

I bet the member who reselected a few months ago must thinking why did he bother?

 

[brogdale]

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Wonder if William Tobin will stand again for a PB of 6 votes?

 

[Dogsauce]

Watch the lib Dems pretend they have a chance and fuck up the Labour vote letting the tories back in. Enabling cunts.

Though Labour will no doubt select some centrist marionette who has only ever had a job in a think tank. A pox on all their houses, including the second homes in Dorset.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Thank fuck for that - goodbye yer lying cunt

Boris Johnson resigns as MP with immediate effect over Partygate report

Committee found former prime minister had misled the House of Commons and recommended lengthy suspension

www.theguardian.com

 

[cupid_stunt]

His resignation will trigger a second tricky by-election for Mr Sunak, after his close ally Nadine Dorries also quit the Commons earlier on Friday.

Excuse me, whilst I piss myself laughing.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Constituency map.

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I had a bit of a fling with someone from Ruislip thirty years ago. And no, it wasn't that twat in case any smart arse suggests otherwise.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

He's clearly a chicken - why not fight a byelection if the recall petition triggers one. Bless.

 

[cupid_stunt]

In a lengthy resignation statement Mr Johnson said: “I did not lie, and I believe that in their hearts the committee know it.

“But they have wilfully chosen to ignore the truth because from the outset their purpose has not been to discover the truth, or genuinely to understand what was in my mind when I spoke in the Commons.

“Their purpose from the beginning has been to find me guilty, regardless of the facts. This is the very definition of a kangaroo court.”

Boris Johnson resigns as MP over partygate report

He warned that the 'kangaroo court' investigating him over partygate is determined to find him guilty

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[kebabking]

He's clearly a chicken - why not fight a byelection if the recall petition triggers one. Bless.

His 'brand' gets tarnished if he gets a spanking by the electorate - this way he can cry treachery and his supporters can tell themselves he's a force that can return.

It's very Trumpian, same moral code, same result.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

His 'brand' gets tarnished if he gets a spanking by the electorate - this way he can cry treachery and his supporters can tell themselves he's a force that can return.

It's very Trumpian, same moral code, same result.

You're right, but hopefully his stock, such as it was, has fallen in recent years as the lies have caught up with him. One can live in hope I suppose.

 

[Elpenor]

Outer London by election will give the blue wall a bit of a shakedown won’t it

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Hillingdon Borough covers more than just this constituency (I'm not sure which council wards do) but looks like the lib dems aren't very strong there, and greens were in third place and LD's some way behind across the borough at last year's council elections.

And LD's a distant 3rd in the constituency in 2019.

Would imagine that the LD's will concentrate their efforts on nadine dorries' middle earth constituency and labour on uxbridge, but you never know...

 

[tim]

I don't know where I've been for the last three hours to have missed this. Anyway it was excellent to see the lack of grace in his resignation letter! There's a little bottle of some vile East European plum brandy within easy reach, so I shall post his demise with the dregs. I can't see that long awaited honours list going through now, so Nadine won't be wearing ermine anytime soon.

 

[not-bono-ever]

the squirrel killing carpetbagger LD filth are now hopeful again. vermin

 

[prunus]

I don't know where I've been for the last three hours to have missed this. Anyway it was excellent to see the lack of grace in his resignation letter! There's a little bottle of some vile East European plum brandy within easy reach, so I shall post his demise with the dregs. I can't see that long awaited honours list going through now, so Nadine won't be wearing ermine anytime soon.

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I think it is going through, but she wasn’t on it. She’s livid

 

[PR1Berske]

Wonder if William Tobin will stand again for a PB of 6 votes?

I have just checked up on him. He's been dead for nearly a year so there's that hurdle to be cleared first.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I have just checked up on him. He's been dead for nearly a year so there's that hurdle to be cleared first.

would probably be a better constituency MP than that twat johnson, although there may be some annoying red tape preventing him standing as a candidate...

 

[danny la rouge]

would probably be a better constituency MP than that twat johnson, although there may be some annoying red tape preventing him standing as a candidate...

I think there would be a procedure to stop them taking the seat if they won, but dead people can still stand:

Ronnie Carroll: 113 vote for former Eurovision singer and election candidate who died in April Ronnie Carroll: 113 vote for former Eurovision singer and election candidate who died in April

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I think there would be a procedure to stop them taking the seat if they won, but dead people can still stand:

being serious, i think you're probably not allowed to be nominated if you're already dead, but not sure what the procedure is if a candidate dies after the nominations have closed and the ballot papers printed. i have a vague memory that there were one or two council seats last month where the poll or count was stopped because one of the candidates died either on election day or the day before, although the rules may be different for parliamentary elections.

 

[The39thStep]

I think there would be a procedure to stop them taking the seat if they won, but dead people can still stand:

Ronnie Carroll: 113 vote for former Eurovision singer and election candidate who died in April Ronnie Carroll: 113 vote for former Eurovision singer and election candidate who died in April

My mum used to like Ronnie Carroll ( as a singer)

 

[danny la rouge]

not sure what the procedure is if a candidate dies after the nominations have closed and the ballot papers printed.

Seriously, if they belong to a mainstream party, the election is postponed; if they are independent it goes ahead and people may vote for the deceased candidate.

 

[rubbershoes]

I'm calling this for Count Binface

 

[Cerv]

being serious, i think you're probably not allowed to be nominated if you're already dead, but not sure what the procedure is if a candidate dies after the nominations have closed and the ballot papers printed. i have a vague memory that there were one or two council seats last month where the poll or count was stopped because one of the candidates died either on election day or the day before, although the rules may be different for parliamentary elections.

Happened when I lived in Hampstead & Kilburn 2015. Candidate died only a couple of days after nominations had closed.
There was just a notice on the polling place entry saying that if the deceased won there would be an immediate by-election.

A moot point when the living Labour candidate won with nearly 50%.
edit:
Found the guy. I was looking at the wrong year.

Ronnie Carroll - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Cerv]

Though Labour will no doubt select some centrist marionette who has only ever had a job in a think tank. A pox on all their houses, including the second homes in Dorset.

They already selected ages ago.
Danny Beales. CV has him as a councillor (in Camden) head of policy at an AIDS charity (who took NHS England to court to force access to PREP).

Born in Hillingdon and has moved back there. So probably already spent more time in Uxbridge than Johnson ever had or will.

 

[MickiQ]

being serious, i think you're probably not allowed to be nominated if you're already dead, but not sure what the procedure is if a candidate dies after the nominations have closed and the ballot papers printed. i have a vague memory that there were one or two council seats last month where the poll or count was stopped because one of the candidates died either on election day or the day before, although the rules may be different for parliamentary elections.

They certainly did one of them was Hilton where I live, one of our three sitting Tory councillors pegged it during the count apparently. The election is being rerun this Thursday.

 

[eatmorecheese]

I hope my thick as shit sister in law and her complacent husband, who live in the constituency, have the decency not to bother turning up to vote this time. I laughed in their faces when they told me they voted for Johnson, didn't go down well