when do candidates need to be selected for a constituency
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nomination deadline is 7th June
Conservative Campaign headquarters were not expecting the summe election and they are needing to field about 200 candidates
similar for reform
Conservative Campaign headquarters were not expecting the summe election and they are needing to field about 200 candidates
similar for reform
it matters in the sense that the parties need to do background checks in each candidate
a bunch of Reform candidates had to be stood down recently as they had toxic social media history (hardly surprising given the parties platform is racism and division)
Labour and Conservatives have had issues in the past with dodgy candidates
Pretty soon. One of our friends is voting reform and has been out delivering leaflets for them. The candidate for her area had fùcked up his application form and had to re-submit them quickly but couldn’t get hold of all those that initially signed and supported his application so he asked her to be one of them. She said he's normally dressed pretty scruffily but the day he came round her house he was suited and booted. She remarked on that and he said he'd just come back from Clacton where he was supporting Nigel Farage but he had missed the milkshake throwing competition!
Really? I thought it was democracy. Don’t you believe in that?
I just find it sad that people are taken in by right wing populism
One of the sadist aspects is Reform's approach - we wont gain power just some number of MP's. This means they can say what they like and are. Pretty common practice with any party that doesn't think it can win. Farage's ideas on taxation make Truss's look sensible.
Actually this aspect has put me right of changes from 1st past the post elections. The Lib coalition rammed it home. All those sorry aspects we didn't know we couldn't do it. Also what the greens achieved in Germany.
Should we kick the manifesto habit? - REFORM
Should we kick the manifesto habit? In a matter of days, the years of wonk-work that’s been going on behind the scenes will bear fruit, and the think tank world will explode into life to analyse 2024’s crop of general election manifestos. There will be gimmicks, rabbits pulled out of hats and...
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Waffle. I wonder what it will say when they produce one. So far we have Farage thoughts and pure waffle about all sorts of things on their web site. Changes but no clue as to how or any detail.
Candidate selection is quite a problem. A very large number of sitting MPs have realised their career is over and are throwing in the towel. In other cases the incumbent is going to be defeated.
That means a lot of inexperienced unknowns have to come forward.
In some cases they have experience and local recognition as councillors.
That means a lot of inexperienced unknowns have to come forward.
In some cases they have experience and local recognition as councillors.
So what 'wing' is correct? Left?
Do you have any examples of "left wing populism", in order to judge fairly?
I have no idea what is right, left or centre. Is right bad, left good and centre ok?
To me, centre is good, and a bit left or right either side is fine.
Extremes are bad.
Extremes, especially to the right, rely on making a group or groups scapegoats, "the enemy": "commies", "foreigners", "immigrants",...............
.....and, when all else fails, they question someone's patriotism.
