Like Church, Baxenden, and Altham?
Which Karen didn't know she'll also be expected to represent, according to her website.
Perhaps knowing the local area will be an important attribute after all.
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Like Church, Baxenden, and Altham?
Which Karen didn't know she'll also be expected to represent, according to her website.
Perhaps knowing the local area will be an important attribute after all.
....and we could supply Karen with detailed instructions and a map, to make sure she knew where the venue was in the area.
Just in case.
Is she not being supplied with a car? Or do the local Tories think they'll have nothing to chau ffer it?
Bum tish I thangyou!
Oh beggar, someone's nicked my coat I'll have to work home in the rain.
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That's now been taken off her website.
She must have popped her letter of resignation in the relevant letterbox, and is already living amongst us.
Wow, that was quick.
I hope she does. I think Hyndburn deserves high quality candidates.
I used to think that was lawyers, barristers, business people, bankers but there credibility is low too. I hope that our MP will live and breath the air here, not like Kitty Usher.
James Mawdsley went to Rishton in a rented terrace. I understand the political gain. Try and capture big support in the northern towns. Mind you living in Oswaldtwistle didn't work last time either so I do not know where to recommend. Probably a lot of kudos if Karen lived in the heart of Woodnook?
if shes not popular enough to stand in her own town what the hell makes her think we want her
she should stick to been a solicitor ( i prefer english terms) if she wants to settle here because at least then she will have a section of the population that would find a use for her.
even the die hard tories of our town dont want her , even as unpoular as labour are right now only a moron would vote for her thinking that she actualy gives a toss about any single person from hyndburn and if accrington is so great why did her parents leave
if she does live amongst us it will be in what the better off call a " second home " or " rented flat "
jesus christ graham if you cant beat this out of town no good bitch we really are a guilable set of idiots and i am far from your biggest fan but at least your local and have tried to do your best here and actually contributed to accrington and not simply been given orders to show your face here and hope labour are unpopular enough that you will get elected no matter who you are
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OK , know I'm an outsider , but can anyone tell me what the "local lads" Greg Pope and Ken Hargreaves have actually done for the area (Hyndburn) ? how many jobs, private sector or Govt. jobs have they managed it finangle to the area through their influence at Westminster ,or any private members bills they have introduced (not supported) to better the life of "man-kind" . If I was voting for someone I would be asking "whats in it for me" maybe selfish, but my family come's first ,and sod the rest of the world , not my responsibility, 
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i dont know much about polotics but despite been a tory i do know that ken hargeeves did a lot for his constituants and have heard from many people how he helped them with many matters and gregg pope respectivly has the same reputation for helping out his constituants,
someone shoved into our town from another area renting or having a second home may not have our interests at heart except during a run up for an election where as a person who actually lives here legitimatly and has an established record for helping out our comunity will continue to do so and look out for our interests
to put it bluntly i would much rather trust somone local who has to live with us if they cock up than trust someone who can cock up and run off back home.The local person has more incentive to look after our interests
someone shoved into our town from another area renting or having a second home may not have our interests at heart except during a run up for an election where as a person who actually lives here legitimatly and has an established record for helping out our comunity will continue to do so and look out for our interests
to put it bluntly i would much rather trust somone local who has to live with us if they cock up than trust someone who can cock up and run off back home.The local person has more incentive to look after our interests
Don't necessarily disagree with you, but think a local MPs job is more than getting passport problems sorted , a good local politician doing his job knows who to phone about pot holes in the street or who in the Chief Constables office about local yob problems, but this isn't the job of an MP........
Think one question which should be asked of prospective MPs when they come knocking on your door is ........where do you prefer local youth in the armed forces to die .... Afghanistan (fighting the War on Terror and at the same time supporting the local Opium growers) or defending British oil interests in the Falklands/Malvinas against an Argentinian invasion ....... lets face they can't be in both places .
Maybe all candidates should produce their passports as proof of foreign experience , stamps for Juan Les Pins and Benidorm being exempt
OK , know I'm an outsider , but can anyone tell me what the "local lads" Greg Pope and Ken Hargreaves have actually done for the area (Hyndburn) ? how many jobs, private sector or Govt. jobs have they managed it finangle to the area through their influence at Westminster ,or any private members bills they have introduced (not supported) to better the life of "man-kind" . If I was voting for someone I would be asking "whats in it for me" maybe selfish, but my family come's first ,and sod the rest of the world , not my responsibility,
Greg Pope rebelled against his party, and the government, over the 10p tax change. Knowing it would affect the lives of the many low paid constituents in Hyndburn.
BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Government defeats 10p tax rebels
When deciding who to vote for I honestly try and decide what I think would be best for society, weighed against the attributes of each candidate. I suppose that's sort of what you're saying in a way, because it's the society I'd want to live in, so that's similar to your 'what's in it for me'.
My grandad was a big influence on me. He was a staunch Methodist, and he couldn't see how he could be anything other than a socialist, if he truly followed his religious beliefs, even though the Labour party he supported taxed him at 95%. He saw it as trying to bring about a fairer society. I hope a little of his principles have rubbed off on me, even though I'm an atheist.
I'd just like to clarify, before some people start jumping up and down, shouting 'here's the proof he's a flaming Commie', that my grandad was only one influernce on me, and how I view politics.
On the otherside of my family, my Nan, who I knew for a much longer period of time, was a war widow, and relatively poor, compared to my dad's parents. Her own parents were socialists, and my Nan worked hard all her life, trying her best to bring up her daughters, with no husband, and with very little help from the state.
She became a Tory after Thatcher improved the lot of war widows, after the Falkland Wars. She also became friendly with Ken, Peter, and Jaysay, and saw how hard they worked for the people of the area they represented.
I loved all three of the grandparents I knew, and knew them all to be good, hardworking people, who cared about the society they lived in, even if they saw change being brought about by differing political means.
I think this is why I can say I'm non-partisan. That, and not always blindly voting for the same party, but deciding which I think is the better option at the time of an election.
I said I would not post on this thread again, in which I meant about the candidate because I have no interest. I did know Garinda's Nan very well in fact we were good friends and Joan and myself spent many a Saturday night sitting on the next table in Ossy Con. I can honestly say the only time I ever saw Lily without a smile on her face was at the cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday. I am also friendly with Rindi's Mother and sadly also with his late Father, two really genuine people. Unfortunately I have never had the pleasure of meeting Rindi, but have always admired the way he handles his illness more so since seeing the feature about Parkinson's on Granada reports. We may not see eye to eye on a few things, but that's where it ends, well it does as far as I'm concerned
Hi everybody!
This is Mossy here!
Just to let you know that although I may well be a Tyke/Cockney opportunist, careerist Tory toad, you people in Hyndburn will always be in my hearts, so much so that I have changed my name by deedpoll to Mr Tealeaf.
I shall now be standing as an indepependant Tory candidate.
I'm sure all your votes will be assured
.This is Mossy here!
Just to let you know that although I may well be a Tyke/Cockney opportunist, careerist Tory toad, you people in Hyndburn will always be in my hearts, so much so that I have changed my name by deedpoll to Mr Tealeaf.
I shall now be standing as an indepependant Tory candidate.
I'm sure all your votes will be assured