2019 General Election

Mikinton

Well-Known Forumite
Farewell Bigots
Bigots?

No, it's "callous smugness" we're characterised by.

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Aaronovitch in The Times
 

The Hawk

Well-Known Forumite
Result
  1. Conservative - Theo Clarke 29,992
  2. Labour - Joyce Still 15,615
  3. Liberal Democrat - Alex Wagner 3,175
  4. Green - Emma Carter 2,367
 

Bob

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Theodora Rosavelt Clarke, who lives virtually at the other end of the country and is pushing to be known as Britain’s poshest MP. The only thing she’ll be doing in Stafford is Lord Harrowby’s stepson!

Not that I care, I’ve got Bill Cash.

Yay!!!!!! Not.
 

PeterD

ST16 Represent.
People of a certain vintage, any theories why Stafford went from Conservative to a Labour seat, to a marginal to a Conservative seat? Is it the parties, or is it because the town changed?
 

Jonah

Spouting nonsense since the day I learned to talk
Result
  1. Conservative - Theo Clarke 29,992
  2. Labour - Joyce Still 15,615
  3. Liberal Democrat - Alex Wagner 3,175
  4. Green - Emma Carter 2,367
Less people voted in this election compared to 2017 but the Conservatives managed to get more votes and Labour lose over 5000..

¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 

Tilly

Well-Known Forumite
People of a certain vintage, any theories why Stafford went from Conservative to a Labour seat, to a marginal to a Conservative seat? Is it the parties, or is it because the town changed?


Labour were then a version of the Tories

Purple was the brand colour

A blend of red and blue

They were called New Labour

The first term was quite positive, some health issues were properly addressed

The branding worked

People felt secure and positive

Today , people want certainty, even if that certainty is a massive pile of dung in the middle of the yard, stinking out their homes, an ever present stench of greed, abusive power, and rhetoric


Generally speaking your average voter is a crumbling wreck of nerves and worry

Johnson , to the masses, appears a strong character. So that's why he's won

They've all ignored the fact that he's a dangerous lying psychopath .

But they also couldn't see hope anywhere else

So here we are

Or

Rather, here you are
 

proactive

Enjoying a drop of red.
Labour were then a version of the Tories

Purple was the brand colour

A blend of red and blue

They were called New Labour

The first term was quite positive, some health issues were properly addressed

The branding worked

People felt secure and positive

Today , people want certainty, even if that certainty is a massive pile of dung in the middle of the yard, stinking out their homes, an ever present stench of greed, abusive power, and rhetoric


Generally speaking your average voter is a crumbling wreck of nerves and worry

Johnson , to the masses, appears a strong character. So that's why he's won

They've all ignored the fact that he's a dangerous lying psychopath .

But they also couldn't see hope anywhere else

So here we are

Or

Rather, here you are
And nothing whatsoever to do with Corbyn and his Momentum cult being an absolute shower of shit. No doubt when Corbyn eventually goes they'll manage to move even further to the left because clearly that's what people want :roll:

Five years of Boris. hoobloodyray and all thanks to Corbyn.
 

Tilly

Well-Known Forumite
And nothing whatsoever to do with Corbyn and his Momentum cult being an absolute shower of shit. No doubt when Corbyn eventually goes they'll manage to move even further to the left because clearly that's what people want :roll:

Five years of Boris. hoobloodyray and all thanks to Corbyn.

.".But they also couldn't see hope anywhere else.."

You may have missed that quote
 

proactive

Enjoying a drop of red.
.".But they also couldn't see hope anywhere else.."

You may have missed that quote
I didn't but thought I'd lay the blame squarely at Corbyn for being such an adjective disaster on every political level rather than on the voter for having nothing to vote for.

The party I voted for lost it's leader so I'm obviously no more of a political expert than you.
 

RobUSA

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Theodora Rosavelt Clarke, who lives virtually at the other end of the country and is pushing to be known as Britain’s poshest MP. The only thing she’ll be doing in Stafford is Lord Harrowby’s stepson!

Not that I care, I’ve got Bill Cash.

Yay!!!!!! Not.

Don't they sell a cream for that?
 

RobUSA

Well-Known Forumite
People of a certain vintage, any theories why Stafford went from Conservative to a Labour seat, to a marginal to a Conservative seat? Is it the parties, or is it because the town changed?

97?

Up until then I'd always voted Conservative and been a party member. Voted Labour in 1997 because

i. the insufferable air of entitlement. I recall the Aitken incident (though I'm not sure exactly when that story broke) as an example of thinking they could get away with anything.
ii. I'd met Cameron. And wasn't that impressed.
 
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