Sep
12
Election Results
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I don’t have the exact results to hand but we were rather disappointed at the Stoke by-election last night; the Lib Dems won as expected with around 890, we recieved 414 and Labour around 200. It is the second least Tory ward in Guildford so a win was never on the cards and we did [...]
Sep
12
Stoke By-election
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We have a council by-election in Stoke (Guildford) and today is polling day so after a manic week it is finally over. It’s unlikely we will win it despite best efforts by Frank Young and everybody else involved because it would take such a huge swing but it’s been great experience and somewhat tiring with [...]
Aug
7
FT Article
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So after months of speculation the FT article was finally published to mixed reviews. I was at the Exeter ball and in Crewe when the journalist was around and to be honest it could have been a whole lot worse; I’ll leave my personal thoughts on his choice of companion at the Exeter ball by [...]
Jul
25
“Political Earthquake” at Glasgow East!
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DC on GlasgowAnother crippling blow for Gordon as John Mason MP for the SNP overturned a massive 13,000 majority and the Tories move up from 4th to 3rd place. Crewe and Nantwich anyone? Poor Labour.
A fabulous quote from the Labour candidiate - “Labour is a cause not a career” - I bet she’s feeling that [...]
Jul
7
Headfirst for Henley!
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First of all Henley was fantastic and that cannot be disputed, but secondly and somewhat unfortunately I learnt a few things about internal cf politics that weren’t quite as ideal…
I spent about 10 days there in total and it was gorgeous and sunny and compared to Crewe we had an incredibly positive reception from the [...]