Re: Happy families
 

that's probably why its happened .. to stop people from voting ...

anyway its after 10pm now the polling stations are all closed .....

clare wont say anything due to the police being involved and investigations ongoing.

Re: Happy families
 

they wont be opened before polling day ....

they get a separate list of all those who have postal votes so then they know not to knock on their doors etc ... and in your case hyndburn council is responsible for security ... once they've received the ballot paper ..

Re: Happy families
 

all i can say is that if one day i fall out with my kids i hope it dosnt end up all over the front page of the local rag

as long as nothing gets broke it shoudl keep out of the press ;)

Re: Happy families
 

Malcolm Pritchard has won ... and will not stand as a UKIP councillor ... he will stand as an independent ... this has been on radio lancs ... yet he stood for UKIP ... so that's whats happened ...

Re: Happy families
 

so he misrepresented his colours yet again........the people of his ward have been bamboozled.
He represents all that is bad in NATIONAL politics. They say one thing but do something entirely different.

Re: Happy families
 

The people of his ward that voted fer him are either very naive,or thick as 2 short planks imho.:rolleyes:

Re: Happy families
 

Cashy I was trying to be diplomatic, but I guess you nailed it there.
The man should be thoroughly ashamed of himself.

Re: Happy families
 

Surely that is fraud.

Re: Happy families
 

That was me being diplomatic Margaret,giving n alternative.:D;)

Re: Happy families
 

Just what I thought but I have spoken to someone who knows about local politics and apparently it's not illegal, although it's certainly immoral.
Let's wait and see what the Police investigation turns up....

Re: Happy families
 

surely there is something that can be done in cases wher eits less that 24 hours after winning an election

there is a serious flaw in teh election process and it needs fixing quick

Re: Happy families
 

My well placed source was giving him 6 months before he changed his colours again, this very rapid turnaround is ridiculous, even by Malcolm's shoddy standards. I stand by what I said, he has sold himself to the electorate as one thing and now says he's another. It's not right, not moral and makes him look seriously daft.

Re: Happy families
 

Could the returning officer or the chief executive of the council not declare the poll invalid, and declare a re-election for election fraud.

Re: Happy families
 

That to me,is exactly what should happen,if the returning officer has got the balls to do it.which somehow i doubt.:rolleyes:

Re: Happy families
 

maybe a few hundred emails in his box and a facbook page shaming the fraudster and demanding a re election be set up

sadly despite my computer expertees i only ever use facebook for games and selling things but if a group started id sign and join it

imagine his reputation if a re election is forced his political career woudl be in the gutter..

well its already in the gutter but on his terms i mean fubared

if i had voted UKIP in that ward i would be fuming