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Re: Election 2019, Week 1

Amber Rudd, the former Conservative work and pensions secretary, who currently sits as an independent, has announced that she won’t stand as a candidate at the election.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/poli...-a4274036.html

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The link in denphones post above also has a link to a list of MP's not standing, that could be worth keeping an eye on :)

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Likely to vote for our standing MP who is now Independent. Good bloke who cares for the area and nation and will vote against the whip if he feels it's needed.

He is also a positive campaigner. He never mentions the opposition in elections or regular updates.

Just seen from article above that he will be standing as Tory.

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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh (Post 36015500)

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Brine, unlike the vast majority of his conservative colleagues, voted against investigation into the UK's involvement in the Iraq War in November 2016. He has voted twice against equal gay rights, including same sex marriage. He voted against allowing terminally ill people to be allowed to have assisted suicide. He has previously voted in support of airstrikes against ISIL in Syria and continued deployment in Afghanistan.

He voted to allow Theresa May to trigger Article 50 and since 7 December 2016 has voted against continued membership of the EU. He almost always supported policies in the 2010 Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement.

A humorous critique of his Twitter record sums him up:

https://www.politics.co.uk/comment-a...ee-steve-brine

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7/30

Entertaining 2
Informative 3
Engaging with constituents 1
Regularity 1

Boredom interspersed with moments of genuine horror. Brine's account of his life in parliament usually revolves around archaic descriptions of visiting constituents. "Very pleasant chaps who stopped by for a chat while inside Parliament for a tour. Constituents from Chandler's Ford," he tweeted recently. Note the way he combines public school vocabulary with primary school grammar. His efforts at party-political point-scoring are toe-curling. "House of Commons is buzzing. Full Tory benches, lots of Labour - one Lib Dem. Good luck explaining that to constituents!" he writes. To which one can only reply: good luck developing a writing style which does not rob your readers of a desire to live. But every so often an unsettling predatory personality takes over, triggering revulsion and horror, like suddenly finding Tom Jones in your bedroom in the dead of night. "Take my hat & everything else (well almost everything) off to the good ppl of East Stratton 4 another cracking fete," he wrote recently. The horror.

His "finest" hour was opening Winchester's second food back in 2017:

Winchester MP Steve Brine opens new Stanmore Basics Bank

You couldn't make it up ..

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 36015486)

Good for her... good for us... one less Tory to worry about.

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Originally Posted by richard s (Post 36015539)

Good for her... good for us... one less Tory to worry about.

She's an Independant and hadn't had the whip restored, she gave up the whip.

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Bill to trigger December 12 General Election clears the House of Lords and will go to the Queen to receive Royal Ascent

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...use-Lords.html

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36015552)

Bill to trigger December 12 General Election clears the House of Lords and will go to the Queen to receive Royal Ascent

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...use-Lords.html

Twitter banning political adverts. Good.

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Its a pity Facebook ain't doing it as well though.

https://news.sky.com/story/sky-views...ebook-11849805

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Pity we can't ban them on TV.

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Pity we can't ban both Twitter & Facebook ;)

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Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36015502)

I think Steve Brine will lose his seat in Winchester. His track record, up until his recent overdue rebellion, has been a Tory party yes man. His previous voting track record does not do him many favours:

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Steve_Brine

A humorous critique of his Twitter record sums him up:

https://www.politics.co.uk/comment-a...ee-steve-brine

His "finest" hour was opening Winchester's second food back in 2017:

Winchester MP Steve Brine opens new Stanmore Basics Bank

You couldn't make it up ..

I'd agree with him on many of those above and he does engage with his constituents. The big thing the LibDem candidate is pushing is stopping Brexit, even my wife who supports the LibDems may vote against her because of that.

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Here we go then *yawn* Corbyn dives straight in with an impossible task . .

Jeremy Corbyn in election pitch against 'corrupt system'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-50242562

The Labour leader will promise to "rebuild" public services and hit out at "tax dodgers, dodgy landlords, bad bosses and big polluters". . . best of luck with that one :rolleyes:

and first chuckle of the day:

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In a speech on Thursday, Mr Corbyn will say the poll is a "once-in-a-generation chance to transform our country".

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Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36015571)

No doubt like Corbyn Bojo will come out with his own unadulterated bullshit later today as the main parties begin their campaigns with more of the same bullshit which they usually tell us.

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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh (Post 36015569)

I think the number of people who would oppose equal gay rights are very much in the minority and dropping - see http://www.brin.ac.uk/figures/attitu...ds-gay-rights/ for an interesting analysis.

His voting record especially in the areas above are not vote winners for the significant majority, quite the opposite. I know the LD candidate personally and she offers far more that Brine does. The LD policies when allied with the current Tory trajectory bodes well for her chances of winning esp. if there is degree of tactical voting.

Winchester used to be a strong LD seat so the latent support is there .. should be interesting!