Originally Posted by andrewb (Post 772765)

Forgive me

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 772750)

...and yet the people of Hyndburn, as a whole, twice rejected him as their M.P.

Perhaps his popularity doesn't travel much further than the St. Andrew's ward boundary.

We'll see what happens for a third time, now he's declared an interest in standing yet again....if he's selected.


:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Bernard Dawson (Post 772754)

Come election time I think you are going to see a few of Graham's posters in Ossy. We can always shove one through your door if you want one.

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 772785)

You would have to be a total optimist to think any Tory would have won Hyndburn in either 1997 or 2001. As for his popularity Maybe it should spread further than St. Andrews Ward, its evident that he has got it right over many years and the people know this, If given the choice maybe the whole Borough would benefit, but there again the Tory's have run Hyndburn for the last ten years and are doing a first class job, not my words but those of the Audit Commission, If you keep listening to Jones Dawson and that nice lady from Clayton,:D you'll be as daft as they are

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 772850)

But the only actual proof of his popularity outside of his Oswaldtwistle ward, comes from when he stood to represent Hyndburn in the General Election, but was twice rejected.

The people of Hyndburn didn't elect him as the leader of the council, and besides a few die hard chums, he doesn't seem to have that much borough wide support evident on this forum.

Given the unpopularity of the government he's never stood a better chance than in the forthcoming election, and the party, both locally and nationally, must be very excited at the prospect of him standing a third time.

:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 772855)

Theres only one person not excited and thats Jones:cool:

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 772706)

I guess I'm just unlucky to have had one every year, for the past three.

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 772855)

Theres only one person not excited and thats Jones:cool:

Originally Posted by Neil (Post 772870)

I think the Tories send them to you on purpose just to annoy you, I know I would :rolleyes::D:D

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 772874)

Never having met him, or spoken to him, I wouldn't know

Originally Posted by Neil (Post 772881)

I have met him a couple of times. I enjoyed our conversation in the Brewers very much. In fact I was hoping he was going to turn up at the last boozy session we had.

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 772886)

Awww, perhaps you could do a calendar together?

Pushing him on the swings, running through the daffodils together, playing hide-and-seek in the bushes.

Hang on, you've already done that with Peter.

:D

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 772886)

Awww, perhaps you could do a calendar together?

Pushing him on the swings, running through the daffodils together, playing hide-and-seek in the bushes.

Hang on, you've already done that with Peter.

:D

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 772892)

I'm just glad they got rid of the tennis courts in Rhyddings Park, because there might have been an argument about which one of you was going to be the scratcher.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Girl_thumb.jpg

:D