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Originally Posted by Gayle
What I meant, was that because there is no sitting MP restanding it levels the playing field a bit more.
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It does indeed. As I see it, all the parties in all the constituencies where MP's are being forced out will be seeking local people as their prospective candidates - they won't want people parachuted in from outside. In Hyndburn in Labour's case it means Jones & in the Tories it's Britcliffe.(Forget about the Liberal democrats). Both of 'em will be fully tarred with the brown matter of their party's parliamentary corruption. Therefore any reasonably-well known, local, untainted independent will therefore pick up votes from the main parties and if they have the right manifesto which encompasses a promise of transparency, accountability and service to their constituents and not whoever is in Downing Street, then they should win.