By-Election

[mk1]

Oh dear oh dear.  The first real test of new new labour in Hartlepool and they fall flat on their ar*ses.
I suspect the record response times for rubbish clean-up in Seaton are  a thing of the past-the present Labour candidate being the last time we will see a  swift swift removal of garbage!

[mk1]

https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/921141154867040256

[mk1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuc2d-pd4_8

[kevplumb]

excellent result 
ms marshall fell flat on her fat  *ss again despite all the bluster 

[mk1]

Taken at the count I presume?  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154951610290233&set=p.10154951610290233&type=3&theater&ifg=1

[Lord Elpus]

At Least Marshall and Carl Richardson will have a few weeks to apply plenty of ointment and let the chaffing clear up before the next by election.

[mk1]

Imagine the spinning that will be going on today. I expect a lot of  'the wrong type of snow' bleating.



https://youtu.be/dz8QBOfnxc0?t=4m12s

[fred c]

A result for common sense and moral decency........well done to Leisa Smith and the voters of Seaton.

[DRiddle]

Yeah it was taken at the count. She seemed to be in a foul mood all night. Maybe she'd seen the exit polls. 

Right at the start when Peter Devlin was welcoming everybody and going through the formalities of the evening he said "The Seaton Carew Ward by-election . . . " and she growls over him "There is NO Seaton CAREW by-elction".

Then at the end, when it had become obvious her mate her taken a beating, Peter was reading out the official results. There was a bit of chatter from a few people as he did this and she yelps "Have some respect!". Within seconds Peter announced the winner and the vast majority of people in the room applauded, except of course her and the entire Labour group. They all sat there, arms folded, stoney faced, looking a bit shocked. That's when the photo was taken.

There were a few new, young Labour members there last night. Teenagers maybe, or early 20s at the most. It's them i feel sorry for. Young, idealistic, probably inspired by Jeremy Corbyn and i don't doubt they're genuinely in it for the right reasons. However, their 'mentors' appear to be SAB and Cranney.

I don't see it ending well.

[Stig of the Seaton Dump]

Thank you for the reminder mad dog ...

Thank you to the voters from Jutty Road too that helped  Leisa win.

[fred c]

Labour would have expected the voters of the Jutty Road area to have backed Ann Marshall, maybe they over estimated the OFCA Effect....but it looks as though they had sussed the labour candidate out.

[mk1]

Seems the excuse for failure  will be the low turnout.

Strangely I never heard that mentioned when Barclay won  a by election  in 2013 with a 16% turnout.
Or McLaughlin won in a by election in May on a 24.4% turnout.

Oh by the way it was 'the best' Labour local election campaign Hartlepool has ever seen.




https://www.facebook.com/annmarshallforseaton/

[kevplumb]

Imagine the spinning that will be going on today. I expect a lot of  'the wrong type of snow' bleating.



https://youtu.be/dz8QBOfnxc0?t=4m12s

na it was the leaves on the path 

[Inspector Knacker]

https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/921141154867040256

I see the Terracotta Army of politics were on standby with their patronising quips looking down their noses at the result while seething that no one shared their enlightened vision of politics.

[Inspector Knacker]

Seems the excuse for failure  will be the low turnout.

Strangely I never heard that mentioned when Barclay won  a by election  in 2013 with a 16% turnout.
Or McLaughlin won in a by election in May on a 24.4% turnout.

Oh by the way it was 'the best' Labour local election campaign Hartlepool has ever seen.




https://www.facebook.com/annmarshallforseaton/

If it was a low turnout, doesn't she realise it looks even worse for her. Or does she live in a fantasy world where apparently only the Labour vote was a low turnout, in which case it looks even worse still.
As regards 'Ann Marshall for Seaton', should it now be changed to 'Ann Marshall NOT for Seaton'.