Immanuel by election result - Page 2

Gayle · 24-07-2009, 14:27

Well done Judith.

jaysay · 24-07-2009, 16:15

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Originally Posted by katex

Noticed the Labour party were pushing the council expenses in a leaflet this week along with a letter from Dorothy (including the rise in overnight stay .. not going into this one again, will set Garinda off

). There was plenty of mention of the Labour party too !

I feel sad that Dorothy did not win this seat as was definitely voted on National Issues, and not which candidate could prove the most useful at this time. Cannot bring myself to congratulate Judith, as was not due to her capabilties itself, however, that is probably a little unfair and, hopefully, being new to the council, she will throw herself into the job with great alacrity ... so will wish her best of luck.

Unfortunately kate this is what happens in local elections, it was exactly the same for the Tories back in the mid nineties when we lost councillors on the alter of national politics, so excuse me if I don't feel any sorrow for Dorothy what so ever, you pays your money and you plays your cards, pity Labour have a bloody bad dealer at the moment and yo've also got to remember that we are a tad proctorial here in Ossy

katex · 24-07-2009, 16:29

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Unfortunately kate this is what happens in local elections, it was exactly the same for the Tories back in the mid nineties when we lost councillors on the alter of national politics, so excuse me if I don't feel any sorrow for Dorothy what so ever, you pays your money and you plays your cards, pity Labour have a bloody bad dealer at the moment and yo've also got to remember that we are a tad proctorial here in Ossy

I understand Jaysay, am a realist .. just a shame we should lose someone like Dorothy, there again this Judith may be turn out to be better eh ?

What does 'proctorial' mean .. no, not being sarcatic, just can't understand what word you should have typed.

It's amazing isn't it that this part of Lancashire was very Labour supported due to the workers suffering under other governments, and now times have changed ... probably because we haven't as many manufacturing industries so need for any party to support the working man's cause.

Just one complaint about the Conservative leader at the moment ... wish he would get his blooming adenoids seen to ... LOL.

MargaretR · 24-07-2009, 16:32

That word 'proctorial' had me baffled - so I googled
Proctorial - definition of Proctorial by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
....and I am still baffled

katex · 24-07-2009, 16:38

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

That word 'proctorial' had me baffled - so I googled
Proctorial - definition of Proctorial by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
....and I am still baffled

Teehee. I looked in my Oxford Dictionary, and now realise is a derivative of a proctor ... think our Jaysay may be being metaphoric or summat ?

jaysay · 24-07-2009, 16:42

Calm down girls, calm down, It was meant to be parochial or the love of local things or people, I keep trying to tell you lot that English ain't my first language, and my spell check kicked in and came up with the wrong word, must pay more attention

garinda · 24-07-2009, 17:05

'Narrowly restricted in scope or outlook'

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/parochial

I've used the term on here as a term of derision.

Still, if some people see it as a positive attribute, so be it.

katex · 24-07-2009, 17:18

Had to laugh Garinda when you mentioned that Judith Addison was pushing the fact that she was a preacher in her profile. Doubt whether she would have done this if she had been standing for Central Ward ....

katex · 24-07-2009, 17:21

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Originally Posted by garinda

'Narrowly restricted in scope or outlook'

parochial - definition of parochial by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

I've used the term on here as a term of derision.

Still, if some people see it as a positive attribute, so be it.

So Jaysay is calling the voters of Immanuel narrow minded then .....

jaysay · 25-07-2009, 09:25

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Originally Posted by katex

So Jaysay is calling the voters of Immanuel narrow minded then .....

Not at all kate, there are a lot of people who still think things were better when we had the old UDCs and that big is not always beautiful, that is why Ossy Tories never put an outside candidate up for election, in fact since reorganisation and the forming of HBC only once has an outsider stood in Ossy and that was at the county elections of 1985 when Tim Fenton stood, I was not living in Ossy at the time and would have opposed it. I was told the reason he stood was he was engaged to an Ossy Girl and was going to live in Ossy

garinda · 25-07-2009, 10:12

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Not at all kate, there are a lot of people who still think things were better when we had the old UDCs and that big is not always beautiful

...and who abolished the old Urban District Councils in 1974, by passing the Local Government Act of 1972?

Why, it was Edward Heath's Conservative government.

jaysay · 25-07-2009, 10:20

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Originally Posted by garinda

...and who abolished the old Urban District Councils in 1974, by passing the Local Government Act of 1972?

Why, it was Edward Heath's Conservative government.

Didn't make it right though, maybe the logic was, but they should have got rid of two tier systems at the same time, which would have been better

Bernard Dawson · 25-07-2009, 10:24

I doubt very much whether there are many people up Ossy who remember the former Urban Council days. Although having said I do remember one Ossy Councillor in the
1970's going on about sand bagging Union Rd

I don't think he was to keen on the idea of Hyndburn

garinda · 25-07-2009, 10:26

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Didn't make it right though, maybe the logic was, but they should have got rid of two tier systems at the same time, which would have been better

...but they didn't, and you presumably voted for them.

I didn't.

Being only seven at the time I was sat in my primary school, in a class full of crying childern, devastated because Thatcher, Thatcher the nasty milk snatcher had flown through on her broomstick.

Bernard Dawson · 25-07-2009, 10:41

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Originally Posted by garinda

...but they didn't, and you presumably voted for them.

I didn't.

Being only seven at the time I was sat in my primary school, in a class full of crying childern, devastated because Thatcher, Thatcher the nasty milk snatcher had flown through on her broomstick.

I remember that, Thatcher the milk snatcher was the saying wasn't