Local By-Election Preview : March 23rd 2017

Local By-Election Preview : March 23rd 2017

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Yesterday, Westminster was attacked. If the aim was to stop democracy, then it clearly failed. Higher Croft on Blackburn with Darwen (Lab defence, death of sitting member) Result of council at last election (2016): Labour 45, Conservatives 16, Liberal Democrats 3 (Labour majority of 26) Result of ward at last election (2015): Labour 1,283 (46%), United Kingdom Independence Party 927 (33%), Conservative 570 (21%) EU Referendum Result (2016): REMAIN 28,522 (44%) LEAVE 36,799 (56%) on a turnout of 65% Candidates…

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Article 50 will be invoked next week with the country still totally split over whether it is the right thing to do

Article 50 will be invoked next week with the country still totally split over whether it is the right thing to do

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The YouGov tracker is not shifting either way If the Prime Minister was hoping that the ending of the parliamentary approval process for Article 50 would swing opinion more behind the move then she is going to be disappointed. The latest YouGov tracker came out shortly before the Westminster terror attack and as can be seen in the chart the country is still totally divided on whether it is a good thing or a bad thing. There’s been very little…

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Reports two people shot outside Parliament

Reports two people shot outside Parliament

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'Explosions' outside UK parliament, two men 'shot by cops' https://t.co/8DoNibqIn6 pic.twitter.com/rht5gnv3yB — The Sun (@TheSun) March 22, 2017 Firearms incident near #Parliament: What we know so far pic.twitter.com/0GP5EeFRaK — Sky News (@SkyNews) March 22, 2017 There was an "almighty crash" as a vehicle hit the railings outside Parliament, a witness tells Sky News pic.twitter.com/ubgSsntZPm — Sky News (@SkyNews) March 22, 2017   Let’s hope this doesn’t escalate TSE  

The great REMAIN LEAVE divide reflected in the areas that have Premiership football clubs

The great REMAIN LEAVE divide reflected in the areas that have Premiership football clubs

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Footballing success comes to the places that voted against BREXIT Correlation, of course, is not causation but we hear so much these days about whether a particular area voted LEAVE or REMAIN that I thought it might be interesting to examine how this worked out in the English Premiership League. I’ve taken the BREXIT splits in the local authority areas where each of the 20 current members of the league are. Note that the two Manchester clubs have different numbers…

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Don’t expect a Street Coronation in the West Midlands Mayoral election

Don’t expect a Street Coronation in the West Midlands Mayoral election

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A look at the Mayoral elections betting ‘The young princes who now stride the parade ground with the confidence born of aristocratic schooling can never be afraid. They never have been. Like latter day Pushkins drilled in the elite academy of Brownian blitzkrieg, they are bursting with their sense of destiny.’  Is part of a text that will be studied throughout history as one of the great polemics of our era. Anyway, not withstanding there are a couple of mayoral…

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BREXIT backer George Galloway enters the race for Manchester Gorton – which voted 62-38 for REMAIN

BREXIT backer George Galloway enters the race for Manchester Gorton – which voted 62-38 for REMAIN

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LAB campaigners fear he could split their Gorton vote The controversial ex-LAB and RESPECT MP, George Galloway has announced that he’s standing in the Manchester Gorton by-election. He’s no stranger to shock by-election victories as we saw five years ago in Bradford West. On the face of it even in these troubled Labour times Gorton looked a pretty safe bet for a LAB hold. At GE2015 the party held the seat with a whopping 57% majority making it one of…

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