Election 2017 Candidates - Shaun Bailey (Conservative)

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#21

You want your Forum to be a safe space for our candidates?

#22

I want a decent, inclusive debate that avoids needless mudslinging. As you can see, no one has touched your posts or banned you from entry (so this is nothing like a safe space)

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#23

But, like @JohnRussell on Twitter, you want somewhere where I can’t challenge them?

#24

Boys. Boys. Why don’t you take your little spat private as neither of you are helping much. I’m sure PCC’s have to have thick skins so any perception of mud slinging isn’t going to hurt them. This could be seen a mild compared to what a Tory candidate in Lewisham can expect on the doorstep and in hustings.

I’m sure Bailey is a big boy. He seems to use social media and could come on here to defend himself, or have others do it for him in his absence.

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#25

As for Tim’s accusation I recall that Lewisham Tories said before Bailey’s nomination their candidates would fight for every singe vote. So taking time out to campaign for another candidate in I think Bailey’s own home constituency during a short campaign with scant few weeks to get your message across can be seen in negative light. Particularly when youve only just got the nomination for Lewisham West and Penge.

Frankly I dont see what his role in the London Assembly has to do with it.

Others have suggested he may be a rising star of the party doing his dues by sitting in an unwinnable seat. So he probably is just going through the motions.

#27

Not a hugely substantive or critical article, but for those of us interested in Shaun’s campaign:

#28

Shaun Bailey hits the headlines today:

Here is the original article by Emma Dent Coad, back in the 2010 general election:

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#29

Guido reaching for a headline shocker

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#30

I’m curious - did you read what this Labour MP wrote about Shaun? If so, do you think that’s acceptable?

Perhaps it’s okay if it comes from the Kinder Gentler Touchier Feelier Party?

Or perhaps it’s a non-story because Guido happens to have reported it?

#31

Just done so for the second time and must admit I thought she was quoting a local resident. Maybe not.

Just to clarify, am I meant to be shocked that she called him a local boy or a ghetto boy?

I’m also more than happy that guido spends his time and resources looking into 7 and a half year old posts on blogspot.

#32

The whole world spent huge time and resources obsessing over a private quip Trump made twelve years ago. So when an MP makes a written racist remark about a young man at the start of his political career seven years ago? And in fact an MP of a supposed “kinder” party campaigning for equality and diversity? Yes, I think that’s noteworthy.

#33

Chris this is the first time we’ve got into a verbal left vs right political tit for tat thing here and the last thing I want for either of us to do is start hyperlinking old posts to each other where politicians have said or supported something dodgey to each other all night.

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#35

This doesn’t really make sense when she actually said that the area he comes from is not exactly ghetto.

#36

He’s a really decent bloke and no one deserves to be called a “token ghetto boy” - regardless of what subsequently gets said about their area.

Here’s what Dent Coad wrote:

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As reported by Guido:

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