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LeftishBrit

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11. I would doubt that most Rotherham voters are hugely influenced by the Torygraph. Hope not, anyway.
Thu Nov 29, 2012, 07:56 AM
Nov 2012

In the Torygraph ideal world, Prime Minister Michael Gove- if not John Redwood -would be off to a pre-Christmas summit meeting with President-elect Romney; and Pat Robertson, or perhaps Rick Santorum, would just have immigrated to these shores to take up the post of Archbishop of Canterbury. (I realize that neither of these is an Episcopalian, but I don't suppose it would matter in Bizarroland.)

I would expect Croydon North to remain Labour, though I don't have my ears to the ground there.

I certainly hope that ALL the seats stay Labour.

ETA: Interesting to see some of the minor parties' names. I doubt that a party called '9-11 Was an Inside Job' would get a huge number of votes in the UK. Maybe they'll end up on the DU Creative Speculation Forum.

MP's expenses: Denis MacShane resigns as MP dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #1
Ooh....................local by-election T_i_B Nov 2012 #2
I should also add at this point... T_i_B Nov 2012 #3
Well, of current Labour MPs, I think my top-hate is Liam Byrne.. LeftishBrit Nov 2012 #4
Maybe they could actually elect a Labourite as Labour M.P. this time Ken Burch Nov 2012 #6
In Rotherham related news... T_i_B Nov 2012 #5
What is Champion like? Ken Burch Nov 2012 #7
Ah, the murky world of Rotherham politics T_i_B Nov 2012 #8
3 by-elections today T_i_B Nov 2012 #9
Can't see Labour losing Middlesbrough - they've been working very hard there. non sociopath skin Nov 2012 #10
I would doubt that most Rotherham voters are hugely influenced by the Torygraph. Hope not, anyway. LeftishBrit Nov 2012 #11
Looking at the 2010 election results.... T_i_B Nov 2012 #12
Labour retains Rotherham; UKIP comes 2nd, BNP 3rd muriel_volestrangler Nov 2012 #13
BNP percentage share of the vote was actually down fedsron2us Nov 2012 #14
Lib Dems came 8th! T_i_B Nov 2012 #15
Let's just hope that she doesn't spontaneously combust .... non sociopath skin Nov 2012 #17
Not so much my own sentiments.... T_i_B Nov 2012 #19
Much truth in what you say, though better an imposed hospice chief ... non sociopath skin Nov 2012 #24
Glad that Labour won it comfortably; not so happy about the fringenut parties LeftishBrit Nov 2012 #16
I'm relieved that we've been spared ... non sociopath skin Nov 2012 #18
The more I saw of Respect...... T_i_B Nov 2012 #20
A professor of American History ... non sociopath skin Nov 2012 #21
Not absolutely everyone else at the Torygraph... LeftishBrit Nov 2012 #22
Apologies, LB. Wrong wacko! non sociopath skin Nov 2012 #23
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