Mike Hill has a pop at the two Hart councillors

[DRiddle]

Mike Hill seems rather desperate on his facebook. He seems to have a very public pop at the two Hart Ward HIG councillors because they've gone to Brussels. It's doing the rounds on some facebook pages and the Labour fans are all over it pointing out the apparent link between HIG and UKIP.

I'd be more worried about an actual Member of Parliament who represents one of the most socially deprived boroughs in the whole of Northern Europe have a pop at local councillors when he should be (a ) sorting out the shambles that is his own Labour councillors and (b ) actually trying to do something meaningful to HELP the residents of one of the most socially deprived boroughs in Northern Europe.

Crazy times.

Mike will be under a bit of pressure when Labour move to endorse a second referendum. Which they will . . .

[SRMoore]

So by Mike's logic, if he were to give me a tour around the Houses of Parliament, as I intend to ask him to do in the near future, that will mean I'm cosying up to the Labour Party and aligning myself to their policies?

You've more important things to deal with Mike.

[Stig of the Seaton Dump]

Ben Houchen is announcing a £40m deal to buy Teessside Airport.
All joined up to support the billions of pounds investment in the SOUTH Tees development area.

Yet again he delivers, yet again our MP makes noise about nothing.

What a failure we have representing us.

[Stig of the Seaton Dump]

I told a truth and now I am banned from commenting ...oh how he charms the constituents.

[Lucy Lass-Tick]

Ah, but is Doc Pothole waiting in the wings to snatch the nomination from right under Hill's nose?

[fred c]

Another Hartlepool MP who is totally devoid of any substance whatsoever, party sound bites and bull***t are his staple representation for the people of Hartlepool, I find it offensive that he feels he can have pop at 2 independent councillors whilst offering no criticism of the SCABAL at least not publicly.

I posted a comment on his page on this issue, not sure if I have had the 'block' or the post deleted, but tbh.... it's really irrelevant what his opinions are he's just another labour phart catcher.

[pensionater]

Rumour is that Yaxley Lennon is the next candidate for the HIG group.

[admin]

Rumour is that Yaxley Lennon is the next candidate for the HIG group.

We'll assume that to be a rather shabby attempt at satire.

[mk1]

Rumour is that Yaxley Lennon is the next candidate for the HIG group.

That was the tactic used in the recent Hart election.
How did that turn out for the bright new things?
Did they not announce are going to take back control Labour?
They will, they really really will, soon, one day, maybe....

How can we believe them when they have been blocked by the SCABs who have the collective  IQ of a cabbage?

[fred c]

Rumour is that Yaxley Lennon is the next candidate for the HIG group.

He would fit in very nicely with a couple of the HCLP Pixies....they have a similar approach to the deomocratic process... bullying, threats, lies, vilification

[Inspector Knacker]

Being 'attacked' by Mike Hill is like being shot with popcorn. There's nothing more to say really.

[DRiddle]

In terms of my original point though, what was he thinking? Or does he have help on social media from someone who thought this was a good idea?

I've only met the two HIG Hart Ward councillors very briefly, but i do know both of them campaigned very hard and were duly elected fair and square. Labour have lost 3 of the last 5 elections in the Hart ward and Paul Beck was only saved by his re-election coinciding with a general election, otherwise  it would most likely have been 4 out of 5.

The overt UKIP vote isn't particularly strong in Hart, but the independent vote has been strong and gathering momentum for some years now.

I honestly don't see anything to be gained by this 'tying together' of the UKIP/HIG group. Most people already know there's some synergy there.

Also, suppose there's a snap general election on the back of a second referendum.

The Labour Party will almost certainly very soon formally back a second referendum on Brexit (in my view).

That will leave our local Labour MP in a position where he may well have to support a second referendum in a constituency with one out the strongest brexit votes in the United Kindgom.

Step forward a 'leave' candidate in the form of Jonathan Arnott or someone big enough to draw the brexit vote and this could well prove to be a big own goal from Hill.

Here's a curve ball, Farage . . . imagine Farage having one last crack at a seat in Westminster and using Hartlepool as the vehicle to do so.

Stranger things have happened.

Whatever the future holds, Labour will continue to struggle in Hart unless they're boosted by a general election.

Mike Hill isn't helping their chances with posts like the one i referred to.

[Land Phil]

Yes, it would be ironic if Hill lost Hartlepool's Labour stronghold before the SCABal get booted out.

That is the problem with jobs for the boys, you get boys.

[DRiddle]

Mike spoke in Westminster a little earlier tonight in the first run of the epic Brexit debate. I flicked onto the parliament channel and spotted it.

Jeremy Corbyn 'gave way' to him and he made what looked like a pre-arranged point about state aid. JC then used it as an opportunity to refer to the EU rules on state aid and the issue of the steel works at Redcar.

I've no axe to grind with Mike Hill personally, i'm told he's a decent sort of bloke.

But for God's sake, don't use your position as an elected representative to have a largely meaningless dig at a couple of local Councillors who might actually support UKIP but are perhaps masquerading as independents.

If you insist on doing that, have a dig at at least five of your own parties Councillors who are blatantly in it for themselves, while masquerading as socialists. 

[mk1]

Here's a curve ball, Farage . . . imagine Farage having one last crack at a seat in Westminster and using Hartlepool as the vehicle to do so.

He can stand as an Independent. Farage has quit UKIP over its  links to wife-beating thug Tommy Robinson.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46448299