24% was in fact a drop in share from 2010 though overall votes remain pretty much the same. The massive swing to Jim Dowd’ of 9.5% was largely due to the collapse of the LibDem vote. LibDems came in 2nd in 2010.
Given the majority opinion on Brexit, and that local hero John Russell is standing I’m going to guess the LibDem’s will do much better this time out.
I’d be surprised if the Conservatives bother to put up a good candidate for any Lewisham constituency. Which begs the question why wouldn’t you vote for the best person for Lewisham West & Penge.
I think the Conservatives put up someone quite reasonable last time. They might not have much of a chance here and now, but it’s a way for them to try out someone who might later move on to a more winnable seat, or if this seat becomes more winnable. How do they stand up to pressure? Can they deal with nutters without causing unnecessary offence? - there are a lot of nutters about. As long as a party holds out reasonable hopes of getting someone to be an MP, there’s no reason why it should have to offer anywhere a no hoper, even in a no hope constituency.
A quick reminder that this thread is in the main forum not Politicos and not the place for declarations of political allegiance or allegations of shenanigans
He might have a serious chance of winning if the Greens stood down and supported him.
Does anyone know whether the new Labour candidate was (or is) pro-remain?
What she says:
One of the things that has come up on the doorstep is the question of hard Brexit – people really want to see Labour showing that we are opposed to the hard Brexit that the Tories are pushing through.
What we are saying is that on day one of a Labour government we would guarantee the rights of the 3 million EU citizens living in this country.
We would also seek to negotiate remains part of the Single Market – because that’s the way we are going to secure jobs and prosperity for people in Lewisham West and Penge, and it’s a message that really resonates here.
I don’t think that is the key issue anymore. It is rather whether she will obey the party whip when the House votes.
You’ll find that this is Theresa May’s priority too, but its the charming EU who are playing bully.
I suspect our mods will move this last comment to the Politicos section …
That’s cool.
I won’t move anything if you could just move yourselves… This is a very tricky thread to moderate but it’s so important and interesting, I am hoping members will help me by remembering why we have a Politicos section. A few of the more recent comments would justify being relocated, but if the members concerned refrain from further infractions, I’ll turn a blind eye.
Quite right. The future of our country is a minority interest and should be left to politics nerds. It would be incredibly irritating for the rest of us, who want to read about coffee shops,craft beer etc, to be constantly distracted by people droning on about health, education, housing, Brexit etc, which are after all quite irrelevant to us in Forest Hill Village.
No one suggested politics is unimportant.
It’s simply that we have a well-established group for it on the forum. A group that people are free to opt in to if they want to.
We’ve been over this a number of times, and it’s not fair on the original poster of this topic to continue the debate about our Politicos group here.
Let’s stay on-topic and respect the fact that this political topic is in the open area of the forum so it is not the place for ping-pong debates about general politics, or the strategy of this forum.
Just been having a chat with the Green Party candidate for Lewisham West & Penge and it’s a young lady called Karen Wheller -
There is rumour that Liberty GB may stand again. This time they’re hoping to top 100 votes.
He’s got a bigger family now, has he?
If someone does stand for Liberty GB, I’ll have to give warnings for posts like those last two. What IS the world coming to?
To be scrupulously fair, @starman’s was a perfectly valid statement of fact. They got about 80 votes last time. My comment? Maybe not so much a statement of fact - just trying to make the world a safer place for intelligent discourse by remorselessly ridiculing outrageously offensive candidates.
I’ll get my coat…