General Election 2017

[Steely Dan]

Wright jumped before he was pushed. Excellent news for Labour and Hartlepool. He's been useless.

Massive decision for Hartlepool Labour. Get the right man and Labour will walk it. Get the wrong man and UKIP could have their only MP.

If Labour want to hand it to UKIP they need only choose Belcher. UKIP would have a landslide.

[rabbit]

Tony Blair.
He will waive his M.P. pay etc.
Could move back to Trimdon.

[mk1]

If Labour want to hand it to UKIP they need only choose Belcher. UKIP would have a landslide.

You would think so but the track-record proves otherwise. I can think of a good number of politicians of all  parties who are not that bright. Trump made no secret of his drive to get the 'uneducated' on his side and it worked 'biggly' for him. 
I believe in the not too distant future we will see moves by the elite to disenfranchise the undesirables and prevent the morons from being elected. You can see it happening in London where wholesale shipping out of the poor is underway. They are exporting the 'D's  as far away as possible and you only have to look at the USA to see modern Republicans enacting a raft of voting conditions that are designed  only to impact on non-whites and deny them the right  vote.

[rabbit]

There is at least one well known local labour supporter languishing in prison who will miss their chance to vote in June.

[fred c]

As for the man who can't be named, I could actually see him winning in Hartlepool..... Doh

You've lost me Fred. Who is this?

Nige...... i think he would stand a real chance 'If he stood'........ i have come to the conclusion that the Labour candidate, like the next CEO should be from outwith the local area.

[steveL]

Wright jumped before he was pushed. Excellent news for Labour and Hartlepool. He's been useless.

Massive decision for Hartlepool Labour. Get the right man and Labour will walk it. Get the wrong man and UKIP could have their only MP.

If Labour want to hand it to UKIP they need only choose Belcher. UKIP would have a landslide.

Not really true.

Labour have made it clear that all sitting candidates will be standing (if they want to) with no de-selections. The local CLP may have been planning to ditch Wright before 2020 but the unplanned nature of the GE has caught them off guard.

Wright had a good case to stand again. Corbyn will resign on June 9th and maybe Labour would sort itself out but maybe Wright knows better. Maybe he knows that the large increase in membership means that another Islington clone would simply take Corbyn's place.

If he sees no future for Labour, just perpetual opposition, then why stay - life's too short, as they say.

[Riqueti]

Welshman ... what's his name again 🤔

[The Great Dictator]

   Don't make me laugh Dowager, he's never lived in Hartlepool for 25 years and he's a retard.

[kevplumb]

Welshman ... what's his name again 🤔

Kinnock 

[Inspector Knacker]

Massive decision for Hartlepool Labour. Get the right man and Labour will walk it.

Get any man, woman, stuffed mammal or house plant and Labour will crawl over the line.
I'd love to know who the 'right man' could be, anyone will do in reality.

[mk1]

You never know-could end up being a straight (if one is permitted to say that ) fight between The AB Family and The Wells Family!

[kevplumb]

You never know-could end up being a straight (if one is permitted to say that ) fight between The AB Family and The Wells Family!

would be worth following 

they would both be throwing skeletons , half truths and supposition about right up to the end

[jeffh]

You never know-could end up being a straight (if one is permitted to say that ) fight between The AB Family and The Wells Family!

would be worth following 

they would both be throwing skeletons , half truths and supposition about right up to the end

Now come on - SAB - half truths? - if that's the case he's starting to become honest

[testing times]

Look North covered the Wright story and featured both Philip Broughton and Alan Clarke on

[DRiddle]

I'll be disappointed if UKIP put up Broughton again. Having had a few face to face conversations with him, he strikes me as nothing more than a charicature politician and to be frank, a bit of a prat.

He he gets the gig I don't see the seat going anywhere other than staying with Labour.

I'm hoping Nuttall or even Farage pulls rank on him.

If they do, then the seats really up for grabs. If it's Broughton, one of the current Labour lot will be in for a life changing career.