General Election 2017
-
- Posts: 1397
- Joined: Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:33 pm
- Location: Oldham
Re: General Election 2017
Matthew Wilson is standing in Honiton & Tiverton for the Lib Dems
-
- Posts: 1945
- Joined: Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:36 pm
Re: General Election 2017
I am confident that Theresa May will be elected in Maidenhead as there is an unexpected split in the Loony vote. The Official Monster Raving Loony candidate Howling Laud Hope has an independent Loony standing against him Lord Buckethead. The latter is, in fact, the sole representative of the Gremloids Party and stood previously against both Margaret Thatcher and John Major. Investigative journalists are endeavouring to find out what happened to his Lordship in the years between 1992 & 2017 and whether it's the same person who has materialised from some other planet far, far, away. Maybe it's the son of the original "Buckethead, I am your father". Leastways if his manifesto this time is the same as before - which included demolishing Birmingham and replacing it with a StarBase - we might see an unexpected winner.
-
- Posts: 8838
- Joined: Fri Aug 06, 2010 2:34 am
- Location: London
Re: General Election 2017
Michael Basman listed here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/cons ... /E14000770
(BTW, don't be confused by James Berry being given as the incumbent in the results from 2015, and a Michael Berry standing this time around, his full name is Michael James Ellwood Berry - another example of sloppy journalism...)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/cons ... /E14000770
(BTW, don't be confused by James Berry being given as the incumbent in the results from 2015, and a Michael Berry standing this time around, his full name is Michael James Ellwood Berry - another example of sloppy journalism...)
-
- Posts: 4551
- Joined: Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:04 pm
- Location: writer
Re: General Election 2017
Mike says the sum of £500 spent nn a potentially lost deposit is money well spent. It helps enable him to get his views across. I declined the opportunity to have a bet with him on how many votes he will get. He seems confident that it will reach double figures.
-
- Posts: 2153
- Joined: Thu May 15, 2008 1:37 am
Re: General Election 2017
If his 10 nominees at least vote for him, he'll reach double figures.Stewart Reuben wrote:I declined the opportunity to have a bet with him on how many votes he will get. He seems confident that it will reach double figures.
-
- Posts: 5247
- Joined: Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:51 pm
- Location: Millom, Cumbria
Re: General Election 2017
Though not even managing that has been known......
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
-
- Posts: 9085
- Joined: Sat May 30, 2009 5:18 pm
- Location: Oldbury, Worcestershire
Re: General Election 2017
This is the one that I remembered: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_N ... _the_2000sMatt Mackenzie wrote:Though not even managing that has been known......
-
- Posts: 5247
- Joined: Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:51 pm
- Location: Millom, Cumbria
Re: General Election 2017
That may well have been a miscount, but there are several genuine instances of it happening.
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
-
- Posts: 5835
- Joined: Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:28 pm
Re: General Election 2017
"If his 10 nominees at least vote for him, he'll reach double figures."
But many of us remember Lt Cdr Boaks (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Boaks) who stood regularly years ago and on many occasions scored single figures.
Good chap.
But many of us remember Lt Cdr Boaks (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Boaks) who stood regularly years ago and on many occasions scored single figures.
Good chap.
-
- Posts: 607
- Joined: Mon May 16, 2011 3:45 pm
Re: General Election 2017
And of course there's this chap.Alex Holowczak wrote:This is the one that I remembered: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_N ... _the_2000sMatt Mackenzie wrote:Though not even managing that has been known......
-
- Posts: 5247
- Joined: Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:51 pm
- Location: Millom, Cumbria
Re: General Election 2017
This thread has been rather quiet?
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
-
- Posts: 8838
- Joined: Fri Aug 06, 2010 2:34 am
- Location: London
Re: General Election 2017
Anyone care to make a prediction? The result seemed obvious, but less so now.
-
- Posts: 2069
- Joined: Fri Apr 04, 2014 1:28 pm
- Location: Morecambe, Europe
Re: General Election 2017
The resulting Parliament will be little different, either in quality or personnel, from the last one. The main effect of the whole affair will be that it will have ditched the Lib Dems efforts to secure a fixed term Parliament at the first hurdle (actually, before the first hurdle).
-
- Posts: 1732
- Joined: Sat Aug 14, 2010 12:15 pm
Re: General Election 2017
Surprisingly high young person turnout for labour resulting in a hung parliament.Christopher Kreuzer wrote:Anyone care to make a prediction? The result seemed obvious, but less so now.
-
- Posts: 4662
- Joined: Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:26 pm
Re: General Election 2017
We might as well dream, before ghastly reality hits on Friday morning, with May coming close to smiling with her new 80 seat majority, and claiming that this is the vote of confidence in her to deliver a "good" brexit ..Nick Burrows wrote:Surprisingly high young person turnout for labour resulting in a hung parliament.Christopher Kreuzer wrote:Anyone care to make a prediction? The result seemed obvious, but less so now.