Apologies i thought this was under Politicos 
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MPs donāt often truly āleadā these types of projects really, though they often claim they do. They can lobby for them, but of course transport would be a TfL (ie mayoral) responsibility in London so parliament isnāt even necessarily the best place to make a difference on that issue.
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My first post.
Not a fan of the Labour Party but it seems Ellie Reeves was born, grew up and lives in Lewisham. Surely that puts her in the lead to get the nomination. Then judge her on how effective she is.
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Thereās a difference between being liberal and supporting the Lib Dems who are a social democrat party.
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Cheers Chris.
From a politics editor at The Guardian:
Wow.
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Would that mean Damon would hang out in the 'hood?
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As much as Dowd did? Probably! 
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Welcome @BringOutTheCranston. We have a dedicated Politicos section for all political debate. Itās an opt-in, if you want to join.
I can see Iām going to have fun keeping this thread on the straight and narrow! Those who should know better, consider yourselves warned.
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Great to have you on here @BringOutTheCranston 
@RachaelDunlop I always listen to your warnings so Iām being good on this thread now 
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Youāll get there Luke, BTW was lovely to meet you the other day
Haha Iām an outer, just saying
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Aw, mom, we were just saying hi to the new kid!
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Thereās now a topic that will list our local general election candiates as theyāre announced.
Itās a wiki-post, which all verified members are able to edit - please help by adding candidates as theyāre announced. Thanks! 
Looks likely from this Huffington Post piece that Ellie Reeves will be the candidate to replace Jim Dowd.
So far as I can make out, she is on the right of the party and opposed Brexit?
It seems Ellie Reeves has the nomination. Willlook forward to catching up with her.
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Not a Corbynista, but I donāt think that amounts to being on the right
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I gather she was the choice of the unions as well.