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May 2022
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They’re on June 23rd, an auspicious day

The last time we voted on that day we lost a prime minister shortly afterward
May 2022
8:01pm, 27 May 2022
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Mushroom
The candidate list for Wakefield is pretty long - 15 names.

BBC News - Wakefield by-election candidates confirmed
bbc.co.uk
May 2022
9:36pm, 27 May 2022
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Fields
Paul Bikerdike’s (Christian Peoples Alliance) has made his pitch clear - he states on his flyer that he has never sexually assaulted anyone.
May 2022
9:42pm, 27 May 2022
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richmac
That's a great list, 7 candidates of varying degrees of eye rolling mental right-wingness, (Zorba would be spoilt for choice) to dilute the Tory vote.

Really need soft pedalling from lib Dems, i'd also say from the greens but it's Yorkshire.

It's a run of between labour and monster raving looney as far as I can tell.
May 2022
11:17pm, 27 May 2022
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Fields
Yorkshire party reminds me of this hale & pace sketch

https://youtu.be/dT5moPr26A0


Who are the northern Independence Party?
May 2022
11:40pm, 27 May 2022
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paulcook
The Northern Independence Party made a lot of noise about doing well in Hartlepool by-election but eventually lost their deposit, though I think technically the candidate had to stand as an independent due to electoral rules and the party only just being registered. That's a prod to how new, young the party is.

It's a very left-wing, socialist party, I think much borne out after Starmer took over as Labour leader.

And as for the definition of northern, it's based on the old Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, hence takes in Northumberland, but also County Durham, Cumbria, Lancashire, Yorkshire, and maybe further afield.
May 2022
11:42pm, 27 May 2022
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paulcook
Meanwhile, as for left-wing alliances, I see Labour has formed some sort of (unofficial ?) coalition with the Lib Dems and yes the Conservatives, to oust a SNP-Green alliance in Edinburgh council.
May 2022
11:44pm, 27 May 2022
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Lip Gloss
We must be the laughing stock of world by now. The man is completely insane
May 2022
11:51pm, 27 May 2022
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paulcook
Well the French reaction was, "Johnson looks more and more like Donald Trump".
May 2022
12:01am, 28 May 2022
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Lip Gloss
Well the French reaction was, "Johnson looks more and more like Donald Trump".
aw

More and more like Donald flamin Duck I'd say

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