colinpants
IT CONSULTANT
- Jan 24, 2005
- 788
Yorkie said:Whichever gets Norman Baker out of office which may have to be Tory
i agree with you on this one.
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- Thread starter Brighton Breezy
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i agree with you on this one.
The Large One
Who's Next?
f***ing hell! Eight people on this board would vote Tory.
That's a bit like voting for Bill Archer to be Albion chairman...
That's a bit like voting for Bill Archer to be Albion chairman...
Lord Bracknell
On fire
The decision is the responsibility of whichever Secretary of State has responsibility for Planning.3gulls said:
At the moment, Planning is a responsibility of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Prescott has the role of Secretary of State.
Before the ODPM was set up, Planning was the responsibility of what was then the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. As it happens, Prescott was Secretary of State at the DETR.
There is nothing to stop the Prime Minister reorganising the government again and moving Planning to another Department. If that happened, the decision would be the responsibility of the Secretary of State in charge of that particular Department, even if John Prescott remained as Deputy Prime Minister.
Whatever happens, the Planning Directorate, the group of civil servants which advises the Secretary of State, remains intact and based in whatever Government Department has Planning responsibilities.
colinpants
IT CONSULTANT
- Jan 24, 2005
- 788
The Large One said:f***ing hell! Eight people on this board would vote Tory.
That's a bit like voting for Bill Archer to be Albion chairman...
lewes didtrict council put up £60,000 of our money towards the anti falmer campaign. so its get them f***ing lib dems out of lewes is what i say, loath the tories as i do.
chip
Well-known member
The Large One said:f***ing hell! Eight people on this board would vote Tory.
That's a bit like voting for Bill Archer to be Albion chairman...
F**king hell, twelve people on this board will vote Labour. Thats a bit like voting for Vlad the Impaler to chair of the Scouts board.
RexCathedra
Aurea Mediocritas
Democratic, since '76, every time.
Carter
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Mid-table results, though...
Carter
Carter Mondale Dukakis (convention delegate) Clinton Clinton Gore Kerry Mid-table results, though...
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Schrödinger's Toad
Nie dla Idiotów
- Jan 21, 2004
- 11,957
Swings regularly, but probably Tory at the moment.
The Large One
Who's Next?
Fair enough, but there is nothing quite as spiteful and anti-social as a Tory. Wreckers of society, even though Thatcher claimed there was no such thing, wreckers of communities, livelihoods, jobs etc.colinpants said:
Is Labour's showing in Lewes REALLY that bad? If people loathe the Tories and Lib Dems in Lewes that much, do they hate Labour to the same degree?
Lord Bracknell
On fire
I quote from a recent missive from our local Member of Parliament:-Yorkie said:
How you voted last time in this seat
Norman Baker Award winning MP 56%
Michael Howard's Tory 35%
Can't win here Labour 7%
Labour can't win here and Michael Howard's Tories don't deserve to.
An interesting factor in Lewes is that the Green Party have never put up a candidate against Baker, despite their relatively strong support in the constituency. They seem to rate him highly as a campaigner for their cause.
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dougdeep
New member
That's between me and the ballot box.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
Don't forget, though, that some voters in Lewes District live in the Kemptown constituency - those in East Saltdean, Telscombe Cliffs and Peacehaven.
Des Turner has every prosect of retaining the seat for Labour, especially with the Tories making a last-minute effort to find an anti-Falmer candidate to stand in Kemptown.
Des Turner has every prosect of retaining the seat for Labour, especially with the Tories making a last-minute effort to find an anti-Falmer candidate to stand in Kemptown.
ben andrews' girlfriend
Nurse Laura
First time voting and it'll be for Labour. They arent the best party in the world, but theyre not exactly doing badly with our country, it's still running, and economically we're doing well, universities are still alive and kicking and theyve banned fox hunting! All fine by me.
I'd rather be shot than vote for the backward, out of date, posh, pro-hunting, criticise anything that Labour does rather than saying what theyre going to do Conservatives
Bellotti used to be in the Lib Dems - nuff said
UKIP - dont even get me started
I'd rather be shot than vote for the backward, out of date, posh, pro-hunting, criticise anything that Labour does rather than saying what theyre going to do Conservatives
Bellotti used to be in the Lib Dems - nuff said
UKIP - dont even get me started
Stinky Kat
Tripping
Lord Bracknell said:
Oh god, if there anti community stadiums they have lost my vote
Raphael Meade
Well-known member
Biscuit said:
do you actually live in the UK still?!!!
The Large One
Who's Next?
Interestingly, the Green Party in Brighton's line about the stadium is that they 'will abide by the decision by John Prescott', which is what Norman Baker also said.Stinky Kat said:
Who is going to squeak first when Prescott says YES? My money's on Baker.
Dover
Home at Last.
Just be warned. Keith Taylor (Green) is standing on for the Muslei Hill part of Brighton, and is fully against Falmer.
That is unless he has stood down as an earlier post intimated.
That is unless he has stood down as an earlier post intimated.
Dover
Home at Last.
From The Green Party Web Site
Labour tries to gag Green hope for Westminster
11th Jan 2005
Green councillor under investigation for defending public interest over airport expansion
The Green Party's best prospect to win its first seat in Westminster, Cllr Keith Taylor, is facing a possible five year ban from holding office in local government, as a result of a move from the local Labour Party in Brighton and Hove.
Councillor Keith Taylor, convenor of the Green Group of Councillors on Brighton and Hove City Council and the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Pavilion, has been reported to the Local Government watch dog, the Standards Board for England, by a leading member of the local Labour Party, Councillor Don Turner.
Taylor's 'crime' was making public his reasons for resigning from the Shoreham Airport Owning Authorities Board at the start of its inaugural meeting in November last year.
Turner, who chairs the Board, has complained to the watchdog that Keith Taylor should have kept quiet about the Board's proceedings and cleared any contact with the media with him as chairman first.
Commenting Keith Taylor said: "This is a shabby move by New Labour to stifle democratic debate by gagging me and damaging my prospects to become the Green Party's first Member of Parliament in the forthcoming General Election.
"The expansion of Shoreham airport is bitterly opposed by local residents and I only agreed to join the Board on the basis that I would be able to represent the voice of local residents and influence it to consider imaginative alternative uses for the land.
"However, from the outset of the inaugural meeting it became clear that board members were expected to rubber stamp recommendations from officials to expand the airport and keep our traps firmly shut.
"The Board's terms of reference, which demanded secrecy, were not issued ahead of the meeting and I felt that I and other members were being put into an untenable position. Quite apart from the fact that we were being asked to keep local people in the dark, I was not prepared to be bounced into agreeing to anything.
"The Council's own consultation showed nearly 80% of local residents against lengthening the runway to accommodate larger and more frequent aircraft. With that kind of opposition and a General Election looming, it is no wonder that the Labour Party wanted to keep the public in the dark. I am confident that the Standards Board investigation will recognise I do not have a case to answer and local voters will punish the Labour party where it hurts - in the ballot box."
Labour tries to gag Green hope for Westminster
11th Jan 2005
Green councillor under investigation for defending public interest over airport expansion
The Green Party's best prospect to win its first seat in Westminster, Cllr Keith Taylor, is facing a possible five year ban from holding office in local government, as a result of a move from the local Labour Party in Brighton and Hove.
Councillor Keith Taylor, convenor of the Green Group of Councillors on Brighton and Hove City Council and the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Pavilion, has been reported to the Local Government watch dog, the Standards Board for England, by a leading member of the local Labour Party, Councillor Don Turner.
Taylor's 'crime' was making public his reasons for resigning from the Shoreham Airport Owning Authorities Board at the start of its inaugural meeting in November last year.
Turner, who chairs the Board, has complained to the watchdog that Keith Taylor should have kept quiet about the Board's proceedings and cleared any contact with the media with him as chairman first.
Commenting Keith Taylor said: "This is a shabby move by New Labour to stifle democratic debate by gagging me and damaging my prospects to become the Green Party's first Member of Parliament in the forthcoming General Election.
"The expansion of Shoreham airport is bitterly opposed by local residents and I only agreed to join the Board on the basis that I would be able to represent the voice of local residents and influence it to consider imaginative alternative uses for the land.
"However, from the outset of the inaugural meeting it became clear that board members were expected to rubber stamp recommendations from officials to expand the airport and keep our traps firmly shut.
"The Board's terms of reference, which demanded secrecy, were not issued ahead of the meeting and I felt that I and other members were being put into an untenable position. Quite apart from the fact that we were being asked to keep local people in the dark, I was not prepared to be bounced into agreeing to anything.
"The Council's own consultation showed nearly 80% of local residents against lengthening the runway to accommodate larger and more frequent aircraft. With that kind of opposition and a General Election looming, it is no wonder that the Labour Party wanted to keep the public in the dark. I am confident that the Standards Board investigation will recognise I do not have a case to answer and local voters will punish the Labour party where it hurts - in the ballot box."