Crewe and Nantwich
 

Gwyneth Dunwoody sadly died on the 17th April 2008 which has resulted in a by election for Crewe and Nantwich.

Her daughter is running in her place for Labour, while the Conservatives have Edward Timpson and the Lib Dems Elizabeth Shenton. Although apparently the Lib Dems have practically given up and are focusing on Boris Johnsons seat now that he has become the new Mayor of London.

So your resident pollster is here to get your views. :D I'll include every candidate up for election so I can't be accused of not putting 'others' :p

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Perhaps if you included current majority so we can see how 'close' a seat it really is.

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2005 results were:

Labour: 21240
Conservative: 14162
Liberal Democrats: 8083

I should have made the vote public, who the heck thinks the monster raving loony party will win?

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Is this a variation on the grand national betting thread? :rolleyes:

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Me...as a paid-up member of said party, I am confident that we will march onwards to victory, claiming our first ever parliamentary seat! :D

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Why not.........They are in power at the moment..are they not?

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I hope to meet you campaigning in Crewe over weekend then. :D

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So a turn of 3.5K labour voters needed to snatch victory. Definately achievable if the candidate has an ounce of credibility.

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It's achievable, but it would require a big swing.

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No need for me to be there. Our glorious leader Howlin' Laud Hope will be giving Nick the Brick all the support he needs to achieve electoral triumph. My thoughts, of course, will be with them as I raise a pint or two of foaming Black Sheep bitter to my lips! :cool:

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stop tryin to hi-jack me mate, we got a date.:D

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Has this got anything to do with Accy? Bit random isn't it Cyfr mate? Am I missing something?

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Current affairs, I know its Accringtonweb but it doesn't necessarily have to be directly Accrington related does it?

Although saying that it does have national implications 'mood of the moment' kinda thing.

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Who us? When might that be. :p

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how about joining us in the stop on sat aft, sod the campaigning.:p

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I'm in Hull if I don't go to Crewe :p

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Ya Cyfr leave Wynonie alone he's not got time for electioneering on Saturday, its his round:D:cheers::drink::drink:

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See what you're missing, Cyfr...an afternoon of fun and frivolity with Accyweb's oldest teenagers! :D

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Flippin' 'eck, Cyfr, my lad's certainly giving your lad a run for his money in the prediction stakes! :theband:

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Indeed, more so than Labour :D

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Even the Waxman has given Gordon the elbow:

BBC NEWS | England | London | PM 'voted out' of Tussauds place

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hardly suprising, the media/business always turn on labour, Blair had to virtually become a tory, just so labour was electable, a legacy of the kinda society that bitch created.:rolleyes:

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Who you talking about cashy:D

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I'm going to see this singer tonight cashman:

YouTube - Frank Turner -03- Thatcher ****ed The Kids

:D

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good to see ya have a sense of humour cyfr:eek:, very funny, ya'll have a good night. the tragedy is its very true.

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Haha I've had to give my ticket up to go to an event that David Davis is at instead :p

Oh the irony ;)

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nowt like avoiding the truth.:p

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My friend is interviewing him tonight. He'll be quizzed on attending Eton I bet ;)

'Him' being Frank Turner the singer, of course, as Davis never attended Eton. :)

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Thought this would be more your thing Cyfr. It's probably one of Cashman's favourites.:D:D


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb4XgGcn0dA

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It's gonna be a close one.

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Had to laugh at the latest development - the Labour party got two blokes to dress up as top-hatted toffs to highlight the fact that the Tory feller is an upper-class, public-school educated type - a tactic which was approved by old Gord no less. It now turns out that one of these fellas went to public-school himself (although not the same public school as the aptly-named Ed Balls). Mr Bean strikes again!

Vote Monster Raving Loony - you know it makes sense! :D

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The class warefare Labour have tried to stir up is disgracful. I hope it backfires on them greatly.

For starters the Labour candidate is not just an 'unemployed single mother of 5' she is on Burkes Peerage and Gentry list which the Conservative candidate is not on. (http://bp0.blogger.com/_EQc_hLHXONE/...toff_totty.jpg)

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Their all would be Tories Andrew, why do you think New Labour was born because the other shower were unelectable:mosher::mosher::mosher:

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The Conservatives turned the Labour 7000 majority into a 8000 Conservative one. Absolutely outstanding, never expected such a big win.

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Congrats on winning a small battle... but the war still goes on.. you tory twit!

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the BBC site says it a 17% swing , what would that mean nationally in number of seats of a conservative majority at Westminster ?

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If the people of Crewe vote for ..and get a tory goverment this nation will very soon see the weak,frail,one parent families,unemployable, people in our SOCIAL community targeted
The "fat cats" must be slurping at their fine wines at this moment!!!!

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by SOCIAL community do you mean the Social Security Community ,
maybe its time to get the low IQ unemployables , out of their beds , stop them breeding and get them back to useful work
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...ne/7414311.stm

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I'm glad Crewe didn't listen to that sort of incorrect scare-mongering.

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I mean the community.. normal working people helping those who may not be able .. not a tory community were if you are rich or a bully you get by .. that is a SOCIAL community.

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I don't think you understand. The Conservative party are not about the 'rich'. You might have heard Labours stupid arguments in Crewe that tried to make it into a class war. The Conservatives are all for helping people help themselves. We are all for community, why not? What shouldn't we be?

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Why would that be incorrect?.. for 200 yrs the tories have rejected

Child labour laws
The National health service
The right for women to vote
Invalid income laws
Why ..in over 200yrs have you changed now?

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Can't remember the exact figure but is was around 120 plus majority over labour

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I'm sorry, but I see that now under a Labour government...

Just need to walk into the job centre during the week and see many 'weak, frail, unemployable' people struggling to find work. Why doesn't the Labour Government fix it whilst they still have control? They either can't or they just don't care. Either way, I feel like they've failed the working class and are now focusing on other social groups because they've caused too much damage that can't be repaired. Thankfully it seems that people are seeing through their act and voting for a party that can and will fix the problems as much as it possibly can. The fact that they have been privately educated and have wealthy backgrounds should be irrelevant.

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Ive never heard such tripe. Ive actually heard a new "class" introduced recently, which I thought was a joke but apparently it exists - the welfare class. Once you have severed the bovine excrament from this ridiculous definition it roughly translates as "I get paid to sit at home and watch the never ending stream of 24 hour cable crap - like a sad character out of little Britain - so who's the mug, me? Or you who work for a living?"

Lets just be clear about this, there is no element of current conservative policy that includes taking benefits away from those that actually deserve them - those who are genuinely disabled or those that are elderly and actually need state support. A policy introduced several months ago aimed to reduce benefits to those who didnt want to work and I cant see how that's unfair! Why should those who get up everyday, facing the same problems as everyone else, and still got to work to earn their living have to stump up for those who cant be bothered or expect things handing out on a plate for them??? The welfare state should be there for people who need it, as a safety net - not a comfort blanket. This government has put the sword to the workers of the country and wonders why there is a backlash when those who work are facing every increasing pressures and those who dont can sit outside and enjoy the sunshine.

Absolutely fantastic result in Crewe - Lots of people will now be talking about how that would translate in a General election, if ever there was a need for a good, sensible and fair Conservative government then this is that time.

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Sky are reporting if it were to happen at a general it would translate into a 338 Conservative majority:

494 Conservative
101 Labour
25 Lib Dem
+ others

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You mean like Mr & Mrs Blair and their cronies.

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Quite right yerself, this shower were elected on a platform of Whiter than White Government, the bigest load of thieving chisellers we've ever seen. Its never been the rich and famous that elected Tory Governmets, I have been a member of the party for 47 years and I was born in a two up two down terraced house to a hard working family.

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I think what people really care about is what the Conservative party will do for them in 2010, rather than dwelling on the past.

But since it matters deepy to you:

• Child labour laws, brought in by a Conservative government.
• The National Health Service, treasured by every Conservative government since Labour established it. Things are no different with Cameron, he is committed to an NHS, wanting to remove the politics from it so it can run better than it is now.
• Universal sufferage, brought in by a Conservative government.
• Not sure what invalid income laws mean.

If you're going to attack them, and I suspect you would whatever they proposed, at least get your facts right.

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thats a dictatorship , no chance of constructive opposition , majorities like that and common sense goes out of the window

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It's not a dictatorship if they're voted in. Anyway that won't happen because by elections always have bigger swings so its not a brilliant measure of what sort of majority they'd have if the people ask them to govern.