| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East 12:05 - May 16 with 3777 views | unbelievablue |
Labour: she won last time around with a huge 33% majority. I was not particularly impressed by her, especially with her responses on mental health issues both locally and nationally. Her unwillingness to discuss Jeremy Corbyn whatsoever was frustrating, and I thought she had an air of arrogance which was particularly unbecoming.
Lib Dem: she is a very impressive woman, and someone whom I feel I could trust. She ran the equality for mental health campaign a few years back so she immediately had my attention when I noticed she was being put forward. I am unconvinced by her knowledge of broader politics, though she aligns closely with my views on the EU.
I have attempted to speak with the Conservative candidate, but had no luck whatsoever.
I have a meeting with the Green candidate next week, with all to play for.
I won't bother talking to the UKIP candidate, as I despise her politics: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/27/ukip-anne-marie-waters-islam-pe
Labour will win the seat, whatever happens, with or without my vote. [Post edited 16 May 2017 12:12]
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| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 13:36 - May 16 with 2493 views | The_Last_Baron |
I made it half way through the second paragraph before becoming very bored. A waste of a post. Just vote Lib Dems and feel good about yourself. Then watch the blue train of romp home. That'll be the Brexiteers at work. |  |
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| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 13:57 - May 16 with 2467 views | unbelievablue |
| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 13:36 - May 16 by The_Last_Baron |
I made it half way through the second paragraph before becoming very bored. A waste of a post. Just vote Lib Dems and feel good about yourself. Then watch the blue train of romp home. That'll be the Brexiteers at work. |
Not sure what you're getting at there to be honest. | |
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| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 14:08 - May 16 with 2449 views | jpr_23 |
I'm surprised by that. Heidi Alexander is really good on health and was doing really well as the Shadow Health Minister until all of the Labour frontbench resigned. What was she saying about mental health that you didn't like? |  |
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| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 14:10 - May 16 with 2445 views | unbelievablue |
| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 14:08 - May 16 by jpr_23 |
I'm surprised by that. Heidi Alexander is really good on health and was doing really well as the Shadow Health Minister until all of the Labour frontbench resigned. What was she saying about mental health that you didn't like? |
The conversation was in confidence and off the record as such so I won't go into detail, but suffice to say I did not feel that her understanding of local issues was as complete as I had expected. | |
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| (No subject) (n/t) on 14:10 - May 16 with 2445 views | J2BLUE |
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| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 14:32 - May 16 with 2417 views | itfcjoe |
I wish I could be bothered to speak to mine - but I live in a sh*t constitiuency where the residents of Whitton are bunched in with those of Framlingham.
Conservative MP - With a 20k, 38% majority just phones it in
Labour - A councillor from Hounslow bussed in, in 2015 election it was a 23 year old who lived at home with his Mum and Dad
Lib Dem - A councillor from Cambridge bussed in, never heard of him despite being a member and them sending me what feels like 10 e-mails a day
Green - One policy party round here with regards to Sizewell
UKIP
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| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 14:35 - May 16 with 2403 views | unbelievablue |
| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 14:32 - May 16 by itfcjoe |
I wish I could be bothered to speak to mine - but I live in a sh*t constitiuency where the residents of Whitton are bunched in with those of Framlingham.
Conservative MP - With a 20k, 38% majority just phones it in
Labour - A councillor from Hounslow bussed in, in 2015 election it was a 23 year old who lived at home with his Mum and Dad
Lib Dem - A councillor from Cambridge bussed in, never heard of him despite being a member and them sending me what feels like 10 e-mails a day
Green - One policy party round here with regards to Sizewell
UKIP
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Ha, that isn't an appealing landscape I'll admit.
If I get really cheesed off with everything I might vote for this bloke:
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/may/08/millwall-candidate-willow-winst | |
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| (No subject) (n/t) on 14:36 - May 16 with 2401 views | unbelievablue |
| (No subject) (n/t) on 14:10 - May 16 by J2BLUE |
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| (No subject) (n/t) on 14:39 - May 16 with 2392 views | J2BLUE |
| (No subject) (n/t) on 14:36 - May 16 by unbelievablue |
Empty reply? |
Internet cut out. I tried to edit and the same thing happened. Here goes attempt 3...
I think we should push Labour to give us PR while they are seemingly open to anything. It's crap having a vote and having it wasted. Our system is ridiculous and PR would be so much fairer. I've never heard a good argument against it. We have Tories and Labour voters saying it wouldn't work but that's a load of crap. I didn't read the story but I saw an article the other day saying the Conservatives were the only ones now opposed to PR. I'm not sure that's true but we should be demanding it. | |
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| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 14:42 - May 16 with 2381 views | itfcjoe |
She sounds fascinating, much more so than the other rubbish! | |
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| (No subject) (n/t) on 14:45 - May 16 with 2376 views | unbelievablue |
| (No subject) (n/t) on 14:39 - May 16 by J2BLUE |
Internet cut out. I tried to edit and the same thing happened. Here goes attempt 3...
I think we should push Labour to give us PR while they are seemingly open to anything. It's crap having a vote and having it wasted. Our system is ridiculous and PR would be so much fairer. I've never heard a good argument against it. We have Tories and Labour voters saying it wouldn't work but that's a load of crap. I didn't read the story but I saw an article the other day saying the Conservatives were the only ones now opposed to PR. I'm not sure that's true but we should be demanding it. |
Yeah, FPTP is ridiculous.
I think Alexander will win the seat, but I am interested to see how much a few issues eat into her majority:
1. New Den development saga. Labour took a serious hiding in the local press and among 'Wall fans.
2. UKIP voters flocking back to Tory? 7.2% upwards swing last time round which will surely be wiped out now.
3. Lib Dem revival? They were second overall in 2010 and suffered a negative 22% swing in 2015.
I'm predicting something like a 14% majority rather than the 33% last time out. | |
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| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 14:47 - May 16 with 2362 views | PrideOfTheEast |
I'm impressed they meet with people. Was it 1-1?
My ignorance completely but what scope would a local MP have to dictate national policy on mental health? |  | | |
| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 14:53 - May 16 with 2344 views | unbelievablue |
| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 14:47 - May 16 by PrideOfTheEast |
I'm impressed they meet with people. Was it 1-1?
My ignorance completely but what scope would a local MP have to dictate national policy on mental health? |
Over the phone.
The local bit is more important and I chucked in the national bit as an aside but things can still be done. Nationally it's almost exclusively lobbying, whether that be parliamentary colleagues (health minister the obvious example), discussing local examples in the commons, joining national charity campaigns, joining or setting up nationally recognised policy units or trusts (e.g. as the Lib Dem candidate Emily Frith has done) etc.
In any case, my interest in her thoughts on wider government policy are mainly a yardstick for whether I'd like her to represent me in the commons. I'm not expecting miracles. | |
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| (No subject) (n/t) on 14:55 - May 16 with 2326 views | GlasgowBlue |
| (No subject) (n/t) on 14:45 - May 16 by unbelievablue |
Yeah, FPTP is ridiculous.
I think Alexander will win the seat, but I am interested to see how much a few issues eat into her majority:
1. New Den development saga. Labour took a serious hiding in the local press and among 'Wall fans.
2. UKIP voters flocking back to Tory? 7.2% upwards swing last time round which will surely be wiped out now.
3. Lib Dem revival? They were second overall in 2010 and suffered a negative 22% swing in 2015.
I'm predicting something like a 14% majority rather than the 33% last time out. |
Electoral Calculus are predicting a Labour majority of 22% this time aground.
http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/cgi-bin/seatdetails.py?seat=Lewisham%20East |  |
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| (No subject) (n/t) on 15:08 - May 16 with 2303 views | unbelievablue |
What do I know, eh? | |
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| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 15:10 - May 16 with 2302 views | Swansea_Blue |
Our Labour candidate is invisible. Not literally I'd imagine, although I don't know as although we've had a name there is no information about her anywhere on line that I can find other than a text listing on Labour's website. She may well be invisible in that case for all I'd know.
So not a good start from Labour in the constituency where the only lost out by 14 votes last time (they got 37%).
The standing Tory MP (37.1%) is the opposite. He's very much a self-publicist, so we know all about him although not so much about his policies. As far as I can tell his main aim is to oppose anything the local Labour council does; I'm not sure if there's anything he stands for in his own right. But the farmers put up lots of big banners for him.
UKIP (11.2%) were next last time, but hopefully they'll disappear up their own orifices (they went back to Tory in the council elections recently). So that's probably the Tories well ahead if their share is again inflated by kippers.
Plaind (7%) and LD (3.6%) and Greens (2.7%) brought up the rear last time, and I'd expect similar again.
Shocking result for the LD's last time.
And we've got a Pirate standing in the constituency this time!
Haven't spoken to any of them and I doubt I will tbh. |  |
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| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 15:11 - May 16 with 2300 views | unbelievablue |
| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 15:10 - May 16 by Swansea_Blue |
Our Labour candidate is invisible. Not literally I'd imagine, although I don't know as although we've had a name there is no information about her anywhere on line that I can find other than a text listing on Labour's website. She may well be invisible in that case for all I'd know.
So not a good start from Labour in the constituency where the only lost out by 14 votes last time (they got 37%).
The standing Tory MP (37.1%) is the opposite. He's very much a self-publicist, so we know all about him although not so much about his policies. As far as I can tell his main aim is to oppose anything the local Labour council does; I'm not sure if there's anything he stands for in his own right. But the farmers put up lots of big banners for him.
UKIP (11.2%) were next last time, but hopefully they'll disappear up their own orifices (they went back to Tory in the council elections recently). So that's probably the Tories well ahead if their share is again inflated by kippers.
Plaind (7%) and LD (3.6%) and Greens (2.7%) brought up the rear last time, and I'd expect similar again.
Shocking result for the LD's last time.
And we've got a Pirate standing in the constituency this time!
Haven't spoken to any of them and I doubt I will tbh. |
Vote pirate. | |
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| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 16:24 - May 16 with 2245 views | Coastalblue |
Huge Labour majority of 17K in my ward, might get interesting though as we have an independent standing who is very much dressed in Labour's cloth, but is intent on calling out the lack of local work the standing incumbent manages to dirty his hands with.
It does actually get quite interseting here with corruption and fraud featuring recently, and banned people attempting to stand once more. |  |
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| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 16:30 - May 16 with 2235 views | GlasgowBlue |
| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 16:24 - May 16 by Coastalblue |
Huge Labour majority of 17K in my ward, might get interesting though as we have an independent standing who is very much dressed in Labour's cloth, but is intent on calling out the lack of local work the standing incumbent manages to dirty his hands with.
It does actually get quite interseting here with corruption and fraud featuring recently, and banned people attempting to stand once more. |
Do you live in Bradford? | |
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| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 16:36 - May 16 with 2226 views | Archer4721 |
| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 14:32 - May 16 by itfcjoe |
I wish I could be bothered to speak to mine - but I live in a sh*t constitiuency where the residents of Whitton are bunched in with those of Framlingham.
Conservative MP - With a 20k, 38% majority just phones it in
Labour - A councillor from Hounslow bussed in, in 2015 election it was a 23 year old who lived at home with his Mum and Dad
Lib Dem - A councillor from Cambridge bussed in, never heard of him despite being a member and them sending me what feels like 10 e-mails a day
Green - One policy party round here with regards to Sizewell
UKIP
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Driving around Ipswich all I see are Vote Labour signs everywhere. I haven't yet seen one Tory sign. Have you? |  | | |
| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 16:37 - May 16 with 2223 views | GlasgowBlue |
| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 16:36 - May 16 by Archer4721 |
Driving around Ipswich all I see are Vote Labour signs everywhere. I haven't yet seen one Tory sign. Have you? |
Maybe all of those volcanoes in Suffolk are blocking your view? | |
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| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 16:39 - May 16 with 2218 views | Swansea_Blue |
| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 15:11 - May 16 by unbelievablue |
Vote pirate. |
I'm thinking of getting the costume at least.
Ah ha me hearties | |
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| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 17:16 - May 16 with 2182 views | StochesStotasBlewe |
| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 16:36 - May 16 by Archer4721 |
Driving around Ipswich all I see are Vote Labour signs everywhere. I haven't yet seen one Tory sign. Have you? |
Was going to put up a Tory poster but Mrs Pinewood as an avid leftie threatened to wipe her a#se on it. Typical. Will have to put it in my white van now then. Hope you get to see it. Come on the blues. |  |
| We have no village green, or a shop.
It's very, very quiet.
I can walk to the pub. |
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| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 17:18 - May 16 with 2174 views | Archer4721 |
| I've now managed to speak to 2 of the 5 candidates for Lewisham East on 17:16 - May 16 by StochesStotasBlewe |
Was going to put up a Tory poster but Mrs Pinewood as an avid leftie threatened to wipe her a#se on it. Typical. Will have to put it in my white van now then. Hope you get to see it. Come on the blues. |
Pinewood isn't Ipswich is it?
As for white van man and and the tories...good luck with that!
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3386621/tories-ready-to-hit-white-van-man-with-tax [Post edited 16 May 2017 17:24]
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