Turbulent Tory Take-Off at Heathrow By-Election
As the Tories announce their candidate for the upcoming Heathrow Airport by-election, there was some rather loud grumbling in the ranks last night. CCHQ have gone with the seat’s two-time general election veteran Mark Bowen. He’s the head of the Tory group on Hounslow Council and is looking to over turn the late Alan Keen’s 4,658 majority.
Given that the local press declared Bowen had “virtually accepted defeat” before polling day in May 2010, many boys and girls on the CCHQ approved list feel there should have been some semblance of an open contest, but it was all quiet from HQ. So imagine how well this email was received, hot from the Candidates Office, hours before last night’s announcement was made:
“I am expecting every candidate on the Approved List to rise to the challenge and take part in the campaign and polling day. If you are unable to visit Feltham & Heston, you can help out in other ways by joining our call centre in Millbank or at CCHQ Midlands based in Coleshill.
…
I am enclosing your Campaign Support Record Sheet. Therefore it is vitally important to print a copy and take it with you whenever you go to Feltham & Heston. This sheet will be signed by one of our Sector Agents each time you go. At the end of the campaign the completed sheet should be returned to the Candidates Department at CCHQ”
It’s not the request that is causing feathers to be spat, rather the patronising handholding and school trip worksheets, handed out in silence about how the decision was being made. So unity and vigour for December 15. It’s going to be a frosty winter on the stump..
WOW !!!
That woz a weird trip .
Thanx for link , Billy Botty x .
You had some strange *friends* , darlin !!!
Luv E xx .
That’s fine x .
SC x .
Oh , hiya SC x .
Not sure where the fuck I woz but Billy seemed to actin kinda strange an I comes outta there feelin a bit ‘soiled’ , babes .
Woz it like a mental gang-bang or somethin ???
Heavy shit .
E x .
Just think of it changing channels E.
Okies , ding donger x .
Ta for that .
E x .
Ooooo !!
Na nights
MOWBSC , darlin x .Hope ya sleeps good .
E x .
Bollox, it’s all good fun – shit panel this week, though.
lot more playing the game tonight so it was busy.
Madam
I am investigating this lot and you seem to be a victim here. Some say you have sinned youself but, between you and me *cough – chuckle*, I consider you are more sinned against than a sinner.
Of course, I will need statements, so would be pleased to hear when you might be available to take something down.
Have you got a sister at the hospital? You look remarkably familiar!
Up to you as to whether you wish to proceed. I await your advices. Evening All.
I don’t understand lefties. So humourless. So viciously hissy. So incapable of understanding why socialism doesn’t work. Only 3% of Europeans are now in the grip of leftie governments. We are the 97%!!
BBC, Polly, Jamie Oliver (doesn’t he sound like Ken Livingstone) and other champers lefties…take note.
He He, No more immigration into UK as Border Agency Quango goes on Strike.
All public sector workers should strike for a month, and then the whole economy will collapse as the Private Business that pay their wages will fold. The government will then have to levy the TAX burden onto those that are left bankrupting them. The sooner the better then we can start all over again and finish with the support for a corrupted Government with Corrupted policy and Vested interest.
> All public sector workers should strike for a month, and then the whole economy will collapse as the Private Business that pay their wages will fold
LOGIC FAIL.
AC1? You’re bright. What does MWOB stand for (in the context struck out by Ewa?)
‘Man on Waterloo Bridge’ is a poster on the DT threads and is refered to as MOWB. He posts stuff that most aficionados here would not dispute.
Stuff Dave’s pretend Tory party. Vote real Tory, vote UKIP.
Vote UKIP – get Balls
Vote Balls – get shafted. Again.
Vote Tory get Dave aka Balls.
Have you seen the UKIP candidate?
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=andrew+charalambous&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-gb:IE-Address&ie=&oe=&redir_esc=&ei=ymPPTq7sEI-q8QOIzOnhDw
His declared donations and expenses are interesting as well.
Hints he’s an ex-Conservative conservative.
Maybe Gordon the Dud should sign the Attendance Register at the HoC.
He could get a BrownStar for each day he turns up.
Mind if I see your pass, sir?
Yes.
That’s fine, carry on.
Remember the obedient boys and girls who turn in their homework are the future leaders of the party.
Your nicked, sonny!
It’s *you’re*, you dolt.
I’m only a police officer, sir, not a greengrocer.
Now move along please. if everybody was to stand there, how would all the other people get past?
”””’
Tell me why I should carry on Dyna? I’ve said some amusing things (haven’t we all?) but now I log on to view an empty pit. Are we all addicted to reading throwaway comments? I haven’t eaten in two days and haven’t had a bath since the 3rd of last month. What the fuck are you doing up at this time of night? Why, why, why? The trouble is, if I leave I know I’ll come back with some serious venom. lol. I’ve put my relationship and health in jeopardy to fart out a few pointless comments. Am I normal?
Normal as they come.
That is more than my paygrade, sir.
Can’t understand myself why anyone comes to these places. I mean, look at it! The place hasn’t had a coat of paint for years.
I am paid to do the nightshift. It is not pleasant, I assure you. But someone has got to do it. And I have my eye on this nice bungalow. It is my life’s ambition. Would you deny that to me?
Are any of us normal? I’ll leave that up to the Chief Super. That’s what he’s paid for.
Oh and sorry about that apostrophe. I realise that my response could be considered as unprofessional. But my pencil broke at the wrong moment.
Evening All.
If everybody “was” to stand here, I’d be a bit daft not to do it myself, wouldn’t I?
I’m sick of doing my homework. I’m sick of staring at this screen. I’m sick of listening toLOL !!!
Nice one , Jimmy !!!
E x .
It’s said that science … will dehumanize people … and turn them into numbers … That’s false … tragically false … Look for yourself …
Here is Ewanme … we all know … what she spеaks like … yet look underneath that strikeout … You will see that … when she is unobserved … she spеaks just as we do … yet … she appеars to be … taking instruction … from Jimmy … who himself … appеars to be in charge … of a load of kids …
This is where people … were turned into numbers. Into this blog … were flushed the ashes … of some four million sockpuppets and windowlickers …. And that was not done by gas …. It was done by arrogance … it was done by dogma … it was done by ignorance … When people believe … that they have absolute knowledge … with no test in reality … this is how they behave … This is what men do … when they aspire to the knowledge … of gods …
OK darlings … did you catch that … Is it a wrap?
You’ll have to go again, Jake. Hair in the gate.
06-00-00-00-00-00
Improve home network security.
http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/wirelessproducts/qt/macaddress.htm
I encased my router in tin foil. It kept the pigeons out and, if we ever need to use the internet, we pop into J.J. Moons.
So do I neither!
J.J. Moons. I used to live in Ealing. They have not got one there.
Спокойной ночи
That’s nonsense. A hacker can easily spoof/change their wireless MAC address to one they listened to successfully communicating with the wifi router.
^^^^^^Not if you are on cable, AC1. Think I, as old pc warrior, would trust wifi?
Guido? Sorry to pester you in bed but I just have a question for you while my brain is thinking. What time is caption comp today? I’m only askind becaise, I’m looking at the picture and there isn’t anything funny aboutt it
I may need more time to win it, /guido? Thanks. Ive given the kitchen a special Billy-clean and sorted that obstinate smear from the porcelain that seemed to have been there since I won last week’s comp. Sorry to get you up for this comment but Im a bit jittery about this weeks contest guido.
BTW – isnt Srteve Cougar Grey these days?
I just whish he could have popped in an AH HA at some point , with perhaps a casio intro “lord leveson knowing me , knowing you oh and the NOW AH HA”
*** MULTIPLE BILLY ALERT ***
They are replicating at such an alarming rate that the Home Office has upped the Billy Status to Flashing Red with Siren.
Citizens! Stay indoors! Keep your windows sealed! Tune your radio to BBC Radio 4 and when instructed put on your gasmasks and hide under the stairs!
—end—
Could we not register our names at the site linked our e-mail address – thus saving the confusion of two people accidently coming up with the same humerous name?
I am extremely humerus.
Seems like a good candidate , labour must be buying every kitchen sink going .
reduction of taxes ? : depends if you consider the current national and international workings of the economy , as behaving under standard classical ecnomics . I dont , but that doesnt mean it wont have an effect .
what do we know so far , despite Ed balls guru guide to ruinomics ,thus far .
1) stimulus packages seem not have worked and left a longer term problem
2) there imbalances to do with ecnomics
3) Bar Int developement , budget has enabled schools and NHS to undergo reform whilst keeping some/improving level of service
4) Unemployment is the problem , as in the economy , only a more sustainable and perhaps thoughtful look as to why 5mn people of working age are on benefits (and have ended up there due to changes in work) is part of the solution
5) Dont know what Labour have been thinking all these years in wonk land , but public sector is only afforded by taxing (confident)greater private sector economy .Not alas by running defecits with borrowings
6) whole system is exhausted and no reserves to re prime (well done ruin selling gold off)
7) some of public sector is too expensive , as are houses and cars (big purchases for ordinary person) so some items are becomming seperated from potential purchaser even at low interest rates , so that part of economic recovery imapired .
8) important export market is slowing , may implode , due to debts and wrong political decisions on euros longterm success , and inbuilt economic dysfunction continues , even as fiscal union is pursued without tackling debts, finance impaired to support growth.
9) Only real growth plan is one that can maintain jobs , preferably in manufacturing for home market , or foreign markets who like our exports and way of doing business .
10) Nearly every other western economy is in trouble
Basically in my view (I may be wrong) you cannot reduce taxes until private sector employment improves and you get a greater tax take , benefits bill is lessend and modest purchase/credit resumes . I dont think cutting fuel duty will make that much difference to individual incomes nor VAT reduction , as inflation has been taking up the slack . It will only come right when some cost reductions filter through and basic economy is primed and running free of inflation , then you can have a wide tax reduction . I dont rule out some specific help before hand , but this recovery is about more for less , bang for yer buck and capital projects properly delivered on time and on budget to a good quality , every aspect has to contribute to making it work , gravy train days are well and truely over
Some explaining would seem to be in order:
POLITCS EXPLAINED:
SOCIALISM
You have 2 cows. You give one to your neighbour.
COMMUNISM
You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk.
FASCISM
You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk.
BUREAUCRATISM
You have 2 cows. The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the milk away.
TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM
You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income.
AN AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyze why the cow has dropped dead.
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND VENTURE CAPITALISM
You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed
company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. You sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public then buys your bull.
A FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows. You go on strike, organize a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows.
A JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called ‘Cowkimon’ and market it worldwide.
A GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years,
eat once a month, and milk themselves.
AN ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows, but you don’t know where they are. You decide to have lunch.
A RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 2 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.
A SWISS CORPORATION
You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you. You charge the owners for storing them.
A CHINESE CORPORATION
You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity. You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation.
AN INDIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows. You worship them.
A BRITISH CORPORATION
You have two cows. Both are mad.
AN IRAQI CORPORATION
Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell them that you have none. No-one believes you, so they bomb the crap out of you and invade your country. You still have no cows, but at least you are now a Democracy.
AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows. Business seems pretty good. You close the office
and go for a few beers to celebrate.
A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION
You have two cows. The one on the left looks very attractive.
LOL!
Brilliant
CHRIS HUHNE: You have one cow. It is not much but you put up with things until you need to get re-elected. To help your chances, you dispose of your cow in 30 minutes and get a metamorphasised cow which looks as if it has been produced by Picasso on a bad acid night. It turns out that your old cow can think faster than you but needs a prod from plod.
‘A prod from plod’ – isn’t that what Alan Johnson’s wife got?
A SCOTTISH CORPORATION
You have two cows. The cows are paid for by an English corporation, who also pay for the food. You give the milk away. You decide to become independent and wonder why the cows go hungry.
You forgot the last line. ‘You then blame the English for not continuing to send food.’
I suggest we accept the amendment
You have two cows, you dont have the finance to get your farm up and running. You go into partnership with the English farmer who lends you the money. As a consequence you revolutionise Cow farming and introduce all manner of technologies which makes your farm the richest in the world, your inventiveness is second to none and you create farms all over the Planet. Only problem is your English farmer gets jealous and moans about the money he invested , failing to see the benefits it brought. Another problem is the nearby Welsh Farmer is caught have sex with your cows.
A TRAVELING FOLK CORPORATION
You have no cows then somehow you get hold of two cows that belong to someone else. Then the local setteld folk take you to court. eleven years later and twenty lawers richer, the courts say that the cows (now long dead) didn’t belong to you, and you must be re-housed
These things can only improve. Excellent.
A LABOUR CORPORATION
You have no cows but take a photo of somebody else’s two cows and claim they belong to you and that they are the best cows in the world and that you should be proud that Labour have procured these cows for you. Naturally the (non-existent) best-cows-in-the-world require huge amounts of money to be kept in the manner to which they have become accustomed and so Labour employ six million people to look after the two cows. When the country runs out of money looking after the non-existent cows they blame the banks. And the Am*ri*ans.
The Country then vote Liebour out and a Tory-led coalition have to clean up usual the Augean stables we always leave behind.
A Welsh Corporation.
You have two cows. You swop them both for
one attractive sheep. Then rejoice in the WRU.
A GREEK CORPORATION:
You have no cows. You tell 10 different buyers that you have 6 cows and promise to sell them to them at some indeterminate time in the future in return for cash now. You spend all the cash on retsina, souvlaki and filterless cigarettes. You go to sleep for 10 years and upon awaking start a riot because the buyers are demanding you deliver on your promises.
Cow Dairy Swaps?
Not sure about the Socialism one. It needs beefing up.
You have 2 cows. You get paid whether they are milked or not.
Someone else has two cows, you steal them and the farm they belong to before running the business into the ground. A famine ensues so you begin to shoot people you dont agree with. You console yourself by telling everyone that next time will be different.
Needs even further beefing up – suggest adding – “You go on strike for better pay and conditions. You blame the management, the government and the banks when the dairy closes.”
BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION
You have two cows. You think they fart a lot, so you paint them green and stuff corks up their arses to save the world. This science is so settled it becomes a lucrative religion. The cows explode proving you were right about how dangerous they were. You charge everyone for breathing in air that you have ‘purified’. Breathing detector vans check for evaders and many dead people are successfully prosecuted or beaten up for not allowing strangers to search their homes.
Socialist cows are imported. They are given individual shippons, hay without pay and live happily forever after, sending excess hay back home.
I see two people arguing and fighting over a cow, one pulls the cow by the tail and the other has hold of the cow by the horns. While they struggle with the cow and shout abuse at each other I pull up a little stool and milk the cow. I charge them 3,000 quid a day for my service.
I have no cows whatsoever, in fact Im famous simply for having no cows.
There are no cows.
Dear Mr Spartacus,
We’re very impressed with your financial wizardry, viv-a-vis:
“ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND VENTURE CAPITALISM
You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed
company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. You sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public then buys your bull. “
We’ll soon be in power again, thanks to our good friend CallMeDave and wondered if you would be available for consultancy work? There could be a Peerage or two in it for you.
Yours,
Ed Millibrain (Look, I’m the Leader – I’m just as amazed as you are.)
Ed No-Ball (Sieg Heil. Mein Fuhrer, I can walk!)
Don’t have a cow, man!
Here’s your Campaign Support Record Sheet
Don’t it look nice and tiddly and neat?
(We had to give Dave summat to do
Pending fresh orders from the EU)
It don’t matter how it gets filled in
It’ll only wind up in the bin
You must know that in the end we’ll pick
Some soft, obedient, In-Crowd prick
Has anyone seen my codpiece ?
Yeth Gordon, It’th thtill on my bedthide table. I worship it
There are times – lots of times – when the Tories look as stupid as any other political party.
This Feltham business is straight out of Labour’s playbook. Further proof, if any was needed, that Call-Me-Heir-to-Blair is not a Tory.
Who cares about this lowlife.
The important question is are UKIP putting up a candidate ?
What would be he point? Most UKIP “cadidates” are moronic losers in life’s great race anyway!
I just got a Sistine Chapel type static shock from that one, God. What shoes are you wearing today?
That’s what they used to say about the S&P in Scotland.
Look at them now. A majority – something Labour couldn’t rig even when they designed the system to keep the S&P out of power. Labour thrown out on their arses.
…and troughers as well.
The two UKIPers stood with their banners outside the HS2 exhibition where I live looked like they’d just got back from their post mortems.
Unlike our scrupulous existing MPs…
As the public show support for UKIP, more and more will join.
In the short term Labour may gain. But the country needs to go through the transition from Con to UKIP.
Once it has happened we will have politicians who think more about this country rather than blowing all our money grandstanding around the world and war mongering.
WE NEED A FUCKING BIG CHANGE
May I punch your card ?
May I punch your face?
As we keep saying, they are all the same aren’t they? Harman’s husband parachuted into a female safe seat in the midlands.
Any one who bothers to vote for conliblab parties is voting for a United States of Europe anyway.
You get what you deserve so don’t moan if you vote for any of them.
How is this unreasonable?
Firstly, to stand by the local candidate who has put sweat and tears into this seat twice already strikes me as absolutely the right thing to do. If they had elbowed him out, you would be complaining about that!
Secondly, some people on the candidates list time did sweet fanny Adams at the general election. If you want to be MP, you need o demonstrate you’re willing and able to campaign.
If he’s twice had a bite of the a the apple and got nowhere then he’s a loser , find someone else NOW, if you Liebour or Blue Labour or Libdums you lose, your not wanted anymore.
My first thought was to support the guy having a third bite of the cherry but since this is a southern constituency then there had to be some real hope for it to go blue in 2010. After all – it ain’t Scotland or Northern England.
Reading between the lines it sounds as if the defeated candidates for the T*ry nomination were less than enthusiastic about canvassing. It sounds like they need a whole new set of candidates if they can’t work to defeat the common enemy. And, as history has showed, Labour are the enemy within.
Just make sure his second abode is in the tail-wind of my Bird of Prey
How had he declared defeat before polling day?
The local rag’s story was published on the night of the election (from the count) when candidates had been able to see the piles of votes coming in.
Just sayin’…
No Conservative has got a chance in this constituency, it is the very model of New Labour’s political engineering – 95% immigrant population. Dosvedanya and Boaz.
I’ve been waiting all week for this
“Black Friday”
FTSE 100 5106.13 – -21.44
It will get worse as the day goes on !!!
Splendid news. I am now showing quite a good profit on my shorted positions. I would kiss you for this news, Billy, except I know that you are not gay.
The FTSE to dip below 5,000 this afternoon ??
YES! YES! YES!
FTSE 100 5086.42 – -41.15
Get in there and go short,you know it makes sense !
Do you ever sleep Cat, you seem to spend a lot more than your wasted youth on this blog.
Come on. I’m a cat ffs. What do you expect?
I have been asleep for most of the time that this thread has been up. Didn’t even stay up to spеak to my GF for too long *swooons*. I am now working on installing a wood-burning stove, ready for the winter. I have a busy life.
What do you do with your time?
Very little Cat , sit on my arse, go out to play, come back pissed and hey we have another day, so start again.
… and who pays for it?
Thank you for this information. Any tory who is as big an idiot as to go along with tihs nonsense is clearly unsuitable for elected office at this level, though they may make admirable parking meter inspectors in some local authority some day when they learn to tie their own shoe-laces.
Please public a list of all who the children comply so we can avoid them in future.
I think the fact that they feel forced to try and coerce supporters of unsuccessful Tory candidates to campaign against the common enemy suggests a deeply divided local party. Labour must be wetting themselves laughing.
Sorry jgm2 throwing water to the flames to try and dowse the fire is a bit late, they need to throw petrol on it and start again, with new people, you can take a horse to water etc, but a braindead voters have already seen this loser and don’t like him, otherwise they would have voted for him.
Why waste your vote on dave’s plastic Tory party?
UKIP is now the real Conservative Home
so what happened to open primaries?
The ‘wrong’ people get elected.
They primaries are open. The strike isn’t until next week.
Welcome. Would you like a cup of tea?
Surely were all cameroons now?cchq really are a sad bunch of kids aren’t they???
There is a pattern among labour female MPs. Loud mouthed, posturing, and look at me. Liz Kendall on QT last night, Caroline Flint, every time she speaks in the house are two examples.
My comment at 9:44 under moderation. Yet again.
The moderator continues to be a fuckwit.
Get a fucking grip you tosser.
I think your paranoia may require the help of a brain doctor.
You will never require the help of a brain doctor.
There is a pattern among labour female MPs. Loud mouthed, posturing, and look at me. Liz Kendall on QT last night, Caroline Flint, every time she speaks in the house, are two examples.
Why is Dave trying his best to put this country out of business?
Boris airport makes total sense but Dave is fannying about with train sets, windmills and foreign aid.
Well done to Grant Shapps for taking on Humphrys this morning. Second time in a week that the Tories have bitten back at the BBC.
More please!
Pity that he’s been bought by the land bank corporations.
Candidates dept failed to attach the Candidate Record Sheet so I will of course be taking the non-existant sheet with me every time I go and on it will record my non-existant attendance
Look friends – whilst Ewa is sleeping, what does MWOB stand for?
Urban Dic is no help.
I’ve found (Money Over White Bitches). Could that be it?
I am sure you will all want to help a poor cat find true love…
Take your pick..
Making Our Way Better
Making Our Wilderness Bloom
Mount Orab Western Brown
Mustered Out With Battery
Money Over White Bitches
Making Our World Better
Month of Wetware Bugs
Make Out With Belle
Ministry of Wellbeing, Bondi
Man Waterloo On Bridge
*sound of girly snoring*
*so overcome with passion that I can’t think of anything to put in between these stars*
Hold on…??
False alarm, yet again.
Go snіgger.
WHAT HO!
PM David Cameron: “Government will shortly pass a new bill where ethnic minorities will be moved back into their homelands, this means all Africans will go back to Africa, all Chinese will go back to China, all Indians will go back to India. This means the only race left will be the White Britons.”
Journalist:”Prime Minister, what about those of mixed race?”
PM: “They will stay in the airport.”
Hmm.
Those who came over with William the Conqueror back to Normandy.
Danes back to Scandinavia.
Saxons back to Lower Saxony.
Angles back to Frisia.
Jutes back to Jutland.
Celts back to Belgium.
The Picts get their country back.
Shame about the Neanderthals.
Five of those chocolate muffins and a large latte, over here.
Not a skinny latte I assume
Any mention from Tom of other newspapers apart fron News International.
I will be relaxing next week. http://bit.ly/rpLF5a
….at the tax payers expense, but I deserve to relax for all the good work I do.
Off topic but I don’t care, did anyone see Chris Huhne last night? Not a worry in the world, why because he knows the deal was done months ago, no charges and a big I am sorry it took so long!!
What is the point of the Conservatives spending anytime and money on this by-election. It’s a safe Labour seat, and as with all by-elections in seats held by the main opposition party, they will easily retain it. Especially with the amount of postal voting in that area!
“Given that the local press declared Bowen had “virtually accepted defeat” before polling day in May 2010″
The above is untrue. The acknowledgement was made *after* the process of counting ballot papers had started.
I fight every campaign with 100% effort until the end.