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- Local sense despite the apparatchiks - Gerard November 12, 2019, 9:54 am
- Re: Local sense despite the apparatchiks - Gerard November 12, 2019, 10:36 am
Posted by Gerard
on November 12, 2019, 9:54 am
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"The Green Party has tactically withdrawn its candidate to support Labour’s Faiza Shaheen’s bid to unseat Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith in the upcoming general election in Chingford & Woodford Green. John Tyne, who had been the Green Party candidate for Chingford & Woodford Green, said that the veteran Tory’s record as Works and Pensions Secretary and the suffering Universal Credit had caused meant he was “unfit for office.” “The Green Party has long believed the most vulnerable members of society need to be protected,” said Mr Tyne. “The actions of Iain Duncan Smith as the architect of the failed rollout of Universal Credit mean that we believe he is unfit for office. “The party believes that its withdrawal from this election offers the best chance for voters to register a concerted vote against him and his failed policy.” In the 2017 election, the Green Party secured 1,204 votes in the North East London constituency, with the Conservative majority drastically reduced from 8,386 to 2,438 votes. The absence of a Green Party candidate on the ballot will increase the possibility of a Labour victory for popular Chingford local Faiza Shaheen." https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/greens-stand-aside-to-help-labour-unseat-iain-duncan-smith-in-chingford-and-woodford-green/11/11/ Labour have a very good chance of unseating the Tory (Royston Smith), in my constituency anyway....I've no problem voting for Corbyn |
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