TIGHTCHOKE Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 5 minutes ago, sandspider said: True enough, and I understand your point. Reform do seem to be phoning it in a bit. But you could vote for an independent (if you have that option) or draw a male chicken on your ballot paper? Again, maybe somebody will notice. My current MP, a Tory, has actually done a pretty good job as far as I can tell - he's helped me, been visible in the area, tried to influence local causes etc. I like the man, but not the party. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandspider Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 As Rewulf says above. Also, our local reform candidate doesn't even live in Wales - he's in England. Not exactly local. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonepark Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 2 hours ago, Zoli 12 guage said: just called in on the way back from walking the Beagle and me and Reggie put our cross in the Reform box,even though i've never heard of the geezer 👍 Welcome to the party! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udderlyoffroad Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 1 minute ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: ? Think it's more of a question resource allocation - In a Notts safe labour seat, would be foolish to spend too much. 8 minutes ago, sandspider said: But you could vote for an independent (if you have that option) or draw a male chicken on your ballot paper? Again, maybe somebody will notice. So much this. Not voting isn't counted. Spoiled ballot/None of the above is counted. 26 minutes ago, Rewulf said: , his LinkIn profiles are virtually blank, his Facebook has virtually nothing. I dunno, seems like a good reason to vote for him! My local reform candidate seems to be the polar opposite, local boy born and bred. But he doesn’t appear to be the best at written communication - the parts of his leaflet written by him were a poorly worded, grammatically incoherent mess. Needless to say he didn’t respond to the BASC email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonepark Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 2 minutes ago, sandspider said: As Rewulf says above. Also, our local reform candidate doesn't even live in Wales - he's in England. Not exactly local. It would be worth noting that due to the snap election and non-performance of the vetting company, Reform were pushed to find candidates for some seats asap, the alternative would be seats with no one to vote for........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewulf Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 6 minutes ago, Stonepark said: It would be worth noting that due to the snap election and non-performance of the vetting company, Reform were pushed to find candidates for some seats asap, the alternative would be seats with no one to vote for........ I did consider that, but there is large support for Reform in this area generally, maybe not this constituency, but the surrounding ones. This candidate gives an address in Derby, but says he lives in Coventry, and mentions no ties to the area at all, business or otherwise. There was no one else they could have used ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Clavata Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 22 minutes ago, sandspider said: As Rewulf says above. Also, our local reform candidate doesn't even live in Wales - he's in England. Not exactly local. Is he also from what one might reasonably consider an ethnic minority? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoli 12 guage Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 if you don't vote don't bleat when lie bore walks it and they up your council tax,road tax,fuel duty (i dare bet my house that the fuel escalator goes back on) and every other tax they can wring out of you 👍 25 minutes ago, Stonepark said: It would be worth noting that due to the snap election and non-performance of the vetting company, Reform were pushed to find candidates for some seats asap, the alternative would be seats with no one to vote for........ beat me to it. they only had a couple of weeks to sort candidates out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 8 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: I would love to see Reform overtake the bloody pointless liberal Democrats and their twit of a Leader Sir Ed Davey. That's a clown worthy of a 3 ring circus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandspider Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 40 minutes ago, Raja Clavata said: Is he also from what one might reasonably consider an ethnic minority? Judging by his name (which is all I have to go on) then probably not. Why do you ask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 34 minutes ago, Zoli 12 guage said: if you don't vote don't bleat when lie bore walks it and they up your council tax,road tax,fuel duty (i dare bet my house that the fuel escalator goes back on) and every other tax they can wring out of you 👍 beat me to it. they only had a couple of weeks to sort candidates out I think there is a fair chance of lies coming out from all of them, most not being able to define either in their rush for the trough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wymondley Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 Just put my X for Reform. I read the bio' for our candidate, local well educated ex Tory who's done a lot for the community. They chose well here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12gauge82 Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 3 hours ago, Rewulf said: I was going to nip in before work this morning and vote for my local Reform candidate, then I made the mistake of checking him out, now Im not going to bother voting at all. Not that he was ever going to win, Notts north has been a labour safe seat for decades, high levels of unemployment , poverty and crime, underwritten by the totally labour controlled council that is one of the worst in the country. I just wanted Reform to get as many votes as possible, but their selection of this candidate makes no sense to me at all. His name is Golam Kadiri, he doesnt and has never lived in any part of Nottinghamshire, describes himself as an entrepreneur, but sell 2nd hand cars, he was born and educated in Bangladesh. In a 90% white working class area, racist connotations aside, why would the locals vote for someone that has no connection to the area whatsoever? You could walk into any pub in the area and pick a random bloke, and he would do better at garnering support. I can only think he has a 'mate' in the party who put him forward using the business connection part of the electoral conditions. Reform need to do better. It's probably because he was the only candidate they could get after the snap election. I'm sure reform will have ironed out the current issues by the next election and the more votes they get the better in my view, even if some of the candidates are a bit iffy at present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonepark Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 1 hour ago, Wymondley said: Just put my X for Reform. I read the bio' for our candidate, local well educated ex Tory who's done a lot for the community. They chose well here. Welcome to the party! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oowee Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 6 hours ago, Zoli 12 guage said: if you don't vote don't bleat when lie bore walks it and they up your council tax,road tax,fuel duty (i dare bet my house that the fuel escalator goes back on) and every other tax they can wring out of you 👍 beat me to it. they only had a couple of weeks to sort candidates out Fuel escalator gets my vote every time. Unfortunately no vote for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 Whole family went down en masse and voted for Reform - as a life long conservative, it’s the only opportunity I have to let conservative high command know just how hacked off I am. If Reform weren’t fielding a candidate I would have spoilt the ballot paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 (edited) Oh and here’s the letter I wrote to my local MP during one of the later nonsense covid lockdowns - before the ppe scandal, the sham that was the covid enquiry, party-gate, Truss, the party destroying itself, the economic / cost of living crisis, interest rates, the small boats, the Rwanda pipe dream, the failure to tackle the culture wars the total waste of an 80 seat majority and so on. Edited July 4 by Mungler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 I can't believe ITV have got Nicola Sturgeon on the Panel, but they can't ask her things 🙄🙄 But it's looking like SNP are getting a kicking. Little victories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Clavata Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 On 03/07/2024 at 22:31, udderlyoffroad said: Didn't our friend Raja say he was leaving if the Reform candidate won in his constituency? Interesting choice of language there and no, that’s not what I said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udderlyoffroad Posted July 4 Report Share Posted July 4 Please do correct me. I made an effort to find your post but couldn’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Clavata Posted July 5 Report Share Posted July 5 Nah. In other news nearly half way through the returns and Labour are 89 seats from a majority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewulf Posted July 5 Report Share Posted July 5 Well he didnt do too badly considering no one knew who he was Election Result: Nottingham North and Kimberley. Nottingham North and Kimberley – results Election Candidate Party Votes % Alex Norris Labour and Co-operative Party 16480 47% Elected Golam Kadiri Reform UK 7053 20% Not elected Caroline Elizabeth Henry The Conservative Party Candidate 6787 19% Not elected Sam Harvey Green Party 3351 10% Not elected David Reuben Schmitz Liberal Democrats 1336 4% Not elected Voting Summary Details Number Seats 1 Total votes 35007 Electorate 73768 Number of ballot papers rejected 200 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy H Posted July 5 Report Share Posted July 5 If you look as the results Reform got over 4,000,000 votes but the Liberal democrats only had 3,500,000 but won 71 seat,'s ?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wymondley Posted July 5 Report Share Posted July 5 51 minutes ago, Andy H said: If you look as the results Reform got over 4,000,000 votes but the Liberal democrats only had 3,500,000 but won 71 seat,'s ?. Wasn't it them that were always pushing for proportional representation? I wonder if they're still so keen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted July 5 Report Share Posted July 5 23 hours ago, Mungler said: Oh and here’s the letter I wrote to my local MP during one of the later nonsense covid lockdowns - before the ppe scandal, the sham that was the covid enquiry, party-gate, Truss, the party destroying itself, the economic / cost of living crisis, interest rates, the small boats, the Rwanda pipe dream, the failure to tackle the culture wars the total waste of an 80 seat majority and so on. Did you get a reply ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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