Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,915
One of the local town councillors who went into the local elections with the slogan .....
Political parties should play no part in local councils .....
You guessed it, he's going to become a political reform party councillor soon!!!!!!!
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Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,056
Who's that Keef?
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"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,915
Leave that for you to investigate Bob
You appear to pick up things early
Looks like you have slipped up on this one lol
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Weird Granny Slater
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 7 Jun 2017
- Posts: 3,063
When a member of your country's self-serving elite tells you that your country is not a democracy, you should believe him (especially if he's so deliciously stupid he doesn't realise that's what he's just done).
'Pass the cow dung, my dropsy's killing me' - Heraclitus
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,915
Bob
You have to laugh at those comments !
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,056
Admit it. We've all done smething like this.
The MP was previously accused of getting a friend's dog drunk in 2017, paying for sex from a male escort in 2014 and drunkenly 'kicking chairs and poking people' at a Last Night of the Proms concert as recently as last August.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13322451/MP-Mark-Menzies-Tory-whip-money-bad-people-campaign-funds.html"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,915
Just watching the Tory on question time and looking at the publicity out out by the national conservatives , the minister spent the night blaming Labour in Wales for all the woes of the country .
Very negative anti Labour coming out of publicity rather than positive Conservative publicity
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Neil Moors- Registered: 3 Feb 2016
- Posts: 1,299
Chris Philp and his Rwanda/Congo Question Time muddle. Enjoy:
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,915
Watched it
He looked completely lost .
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,870
That display of ignorance just shows the quality we get with far to many career politicians.
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,915
I have to say this guy as much as I dislike the party , usually comes across ok.
I also dislike Wes Streeting but his eyes at the Tories reply said it all
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Neil Moors- Registered: 3 Feb 2016
- Posts: 1,299
Seems like they aren't organised enough to dispose of Sunak, even after such a shockingly bad set of election results. Interesting to see where it goes from here, the usual suspects are already bleating for tax cuts again - not for the masses of course, but for their narrow self interest.
Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
- Posts: 3,705
Whilst i often disagree with what Cummings says and find him to be many of the things he accuses others of being, there is some interesting stuff on the linke that WGS posted here -
https://www.dover.uk.com/forums/my-dover-forum/dom-cummings particularly with regard to the inability of the political classes to understand what is happening and what if anything they can do about it.
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,056
'our' Natalie defects to Labour!
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,056
'The Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke has defected to Labour, hitting out at the “broken promises of Rishi Sunak’s tired and chaotic government”.
The Dover MP crossed the floor in the Commons just moments before Prime Minister’s Questions.
She said: “I have carefully considered this decision. The change has been dramatic and cannot be ignored.
“For me key deciding factors have been housing and the safety and security of our borders.”'
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,531
Don't ever comment on the politics forum normally, but she doesn't come across as a Labour type. Just a political nobody really. So self-interest?
Don't Labour already have an election candidate? Do Labour want her?
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Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
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Natalie Elphicke's statement in full :-
Today I announce that I have decided to join the Labour Party and that I will sit in Parliament as a Labour MP.
When I was elected in 2019, the Conservative Party occupied the centre ground of British politics. The party was about building the future and making the most of the opportunities that lay ahead for our country.
Since then, many things have changed. The elected Prime Minister was ousted in a coup led by the unelected Rishi Sunak. Under Rishi Sunak, the Conservatives have become a byword for incompetence and division. The centre ground has been abandoned and key pledges of the 2019 manifesto have been ditched.
Meanwhile the Labour Party has changed out of all recognition. Since 2019, it has moved on from Jeremy Corbyn and now, under Keir Starmer, occupies the centre ground of British politics. It has accepted Brexit and its economic policies and defence policies are responsible and can be trusted.
Most significantly for me, the modern Labour Party looks to the future – to building a Britain of hope, optimism, opportunity and fairness. A Britain everyone can be part of.
I have carefully considered this decision. The change has been dramatic and cannot be ignored. For me key deciding factors have been housing and the safety and security of our borders.
From small boats to biosecurity, Rishi Sunak’s government is failing to keep our borders safe and secure. Lives are being lost in the English Channel while small boat arrivals are once again at record levels. It’s clear they have failed to keep our borders secure and cannot be trusted.
On housing, Rishi Sunak’s Government is now failing to build the homes we need. Last year saw the largest fall of new housing starts in England in a single year since the credit crunch. The manifesto committed to 300,000 homes next year – but only around half that number are now set to be built. Renters and leaseholders have been betrayed as manifesto pledges to end no fault evictions and abolish ground rents have not been delivered as promised.
The last couple of years have also seen a huge rise in homelessness, in temporary accommodation and rough sleeping - with record numbers of children now in temporary accommodation, without a secure roof over their head.
Meanwhile Labour plan to build the homes we need, help young people onto the housing ladder and care about the vulnerable and homeless. That’s why I’m honoured to have been asked to work with Keir and the team to help deliver the homes we need.
We need to move on from the broken promises of Rishi Sunak’s tired and chaotic Government. Britain needs a Government that will build a future of hope, optimism, opportunity and fairness. A Britain everyone can be part of, that will make the most of the opportunities that lie ahead. That’s why it’s time for change. Time for a Labour Government led by Keir Starmer. The General Election cannot come soon enough.
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,531
Nobody noticed
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,056
Karlos wrote: Just a political nobody really. So self-interest?
' I’m honoured to have been asked to work with Keir and the team ' - which will be much better paid than the comparatively low pay of an MP?
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Karlos- Location: Dover
- Registered: 1 Oct 2012
- Posts: 2,531
According to a BBC journo she's planning to stand down before the election anyway.
