tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post5238603056672894600..comments2024-03-14T12:42:51.995+00:00Comments on Chris Whiteside's Blog: Forthcoming Copeland By-Election: the task aheadChris Whitesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-82136516494598934122016-12-31T14:41:33.386+00:002016-12-31T14:41:33.386+00:00Well, I don't know what the Labour party have ...Well, I don't know what the Labour party have been doing other than standing around in Whitehaven Market place holding up posters, but the Conservatives were already expecting a set of County Council elections in May 2017.<br /><br />Before we had any idea that Jamie Reed was going to announce his impending resignation we had already printed tens of thousands of newspapers, leaflets and survey forms making points and asking questions respectively about the issues we expect to be important in the County Council election.<br /><br />There are one or two issues - you can probably guess which - which we will need to make much more of going forward but there is a huge overlap of expected issues. Essentially the material we had already printed will also by highly relevant to the by-election when it is called.<br /><br />The original plan was to get a few thousand out in mid December and deal with the rest through January. But as we have suddenly had rather a lot of help over the past fortnight we've completed in 2016 the work we were expecting to do in January 2017.<br /><br />No doubt in January we will be able to find things to say to the electorate of Copeland and survey their views of general political rele3vance to the area, but we will not be asking for or canvassing support in the by-election until it is actually called.Chris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-41858633902338767772016-12-31T05:01:54.076+00:002016-12-31T05:01:54.076+00:00That is the bit I don't get. As you say &quo...That is the bit I don't get. As you say "the election has not even been called yet and to the best of my knowledge nobody has taken any decisions about who will be standing."<br /><br />So why exactly is there already a campaign, with nothing to campaign for?Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373005279697295131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-34781265910839951452016-12-30T22:45:00.416+00:002016-12-30T22:45:00.416+00:00Jim, the election has not even been called yet and...Jim, the election has not even been called yet and to the best of my knowledge nobody has taken any decisions about who will be standing.<br /><br />I could make the political point that if the Conservatives win it would send a very strong signal to Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour party that Corbyn's anti-nuclear policies are regarded as disastrous by the people of this area.<br /><br />It is early days yet but I am sure that when the election campaign actually begins all the candidates will, if they want the votes of intelligent voters in Copeland, have to give much more detail about what they will do for the area if elected.Chris Whitesidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-64312940834333106872016-12-30T16:12:05.511+00:002016-12-30T16:12:05.511+00:00Why?
What exactly will change for the people of Co...Why?<br />What exactly will change for the people of Copeland if you do win?<br /><br />People are sick and tired of false promises, we want details, this will happen that will happen, kind of stuff, and it has to be C**k on the block things, so when it does not happen well you know.<br /><br />Thats why the turnout will decide the vote, once again, and because the general understanding is they are all the same, then "my mother would turn in her grave" will more than likely win it for the chimp with the red rose<br /><br />Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373005279697295131noreply@blogger.com