tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post6405942024332937241..comments2024-03-29T07:14:55.029+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: On the Lewisham East ShenanigansPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-37961270723770430892018-05-20T16:44:07.843+01:002018-05-20T16:44:07.843+01:00No problem here at all.
The CLP chose the candidat...No problem here at all.<br />The CLP chose the candidate they wanted to represent them. They felt that she was the right person to contest the seat and become their MP. Her anti Brexit stance would have helped no doubt, but she seems to be a genuinely likeable and capable person who will be a very fine MP.<br />Strikes me the outcome is precisely what we would want to see in every seat: the best person being selected to contest it.<br /><br />Steve Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-89704805972024688552018-05-20T16:08:50.838+01:002018-05-20T16:08:50.838+01:00Let's keep it simple. Janet entered a week-lon...Let's keep it simple. Janet entered a week-long race as a known local quantity who supported Corbyn in 2015 and during the #chickencoup in 2016. Crucially, she came out unequivocally in favour of the SM and CU in a strongly Remain constituency (which supported Liz Kendall's otherwise Gammon-lite campaign in 2015). <br /><br />Sakina had a lot of ground to make up, and didn't make any attempt to flex her constructively ambiguous line on Brexit; and a win for Claudia would have let another Blairite back into the NEC through the back door. With hindsight, it's not difficult to understand why the members voted as they did.Shai Masothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452453462950704943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-83721889768870678042018-05-20T14:16:35.870+01:002018-05-20T14:16:35.870+01:00You're going to have to explain.You're going to have to explain.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-69349505433552500092018-05-20T13:44:02.557+01:002018-05-20T13:44:02.557+01:00Yeah nice try Phil, but I can see straight through...Yeah nice try Phil, but I can see straight through your spinI'm not Daniel Blakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-5317227935117094352018-05-20T09:15:54.724+01:002018-05-20T09:15:54.724+01:00A very public sociologist 4 PM.
There, I said it....A very public sociologist 4 PM.<br /><br />There, I said it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com