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In reply to the discussion: Who's your MP? [View all]LeftishBrit
(41,307 posts)9. I would always be suspicious of an applicant for any job...
who basically says that his aim is to do as little as possible, and to reduce the activity of the organization that he wants to join.
If the Tory candidate's main point is that people 'shouldn't vote for him if we want government to solve everything in answer to anything', then why is he standing? No one expects government to solve EVERYTHING; but if his main point is that he doesn't want/expect government to solve things, then why is he trying to be an MP?
'The UKIP candidate stood in 2010 and came across as a total fruitloop who was rather too reliant on quoting the UKIP manifesto verbatim.'
Well, at least that means that he knew what was in it, unlike his party leader!
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Still Steve Brine, as a carefully worded card through the letterbox this morning reminded me
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2019
#36
2 recent MRP polls both show the Lib Dem leading there, but with quite different margins
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2024
#49
Liz Jarvis, the Lib Dem, took Eastleigh, as had seemed likely, but not certain
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2024
#54
The independents with a Gaza stance were one thing not predicted much
muriel_volestrangler
Jul 2024
#55