Paid Members nfc90210 Posted May 3, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted May 3, 2013 How many council seats do the Green Party have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted May 3, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted May 3, 2013 22. But I think they have an actual MP as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members nfc90210 Posted May 3, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted May 3, 2013 (edited) 22. But I think they have an actual MP as well. Â Actually, it took a while to find it as it seems the media tends to ignore the Green Party. Â http://greenparty.org.uk/news/2013/05/03/g...p-protest-vote/ Â ...The Green Party now has 141 principal authority councillors, with a net gain of five councillors from yesterday Edited May 3, 2013 by nfc90210 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted May 3, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted May 3, 2013 (edited) Oh, sorry, I was going by the BBC's live update thing but obviously not every part of the UK was voting. My bad. You're a Green Party guy these days, right? Edited May 3, 2013 by SpursRiot2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members nfc90210 Posted May 3, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted May 3, 2013 Nah, the last time I read the Green Party manifesto it seemed well meaning but impractical. I was wondering about how many seats they have as I wanted some perspective on just how important UKIP's newly acquired council seats were in the grand scheme of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted May 3, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted May 3, 2013 Eh, I don't see it translating into anything meaningful in a general election, really. They'll probably do really well at the next set of European elections though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted May 3, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted May 3, 2013 22. But I think they have an actual MP as well. Â Actually, it took a while to find it as it seems the media tends to ignore the Green Party. Â http://greenparty.org.uk/news/2013/05/03/g...p-protest-vote/ Â ...The Green Party now has 141 principal authority councillors, with a net gain of five councillors from yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted May 4, 2013 Author Share Posted May 4, 2013 Perhaps more disturbing than the actual votes secured by UKIP in the local elections is the statement made by David Cameron afterwards that the 'Tories have to "work really hard to win back those voters" who switched from Conservative to UKIP. Â He claims the Conservatives "hear the message, we get it, we understand what people are saying." Â Fucking hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members nfc90210 Posted May 4, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted May 4, 2013 If Nigel Evan steps down due to his legal issues then that will trigger a by election, right? Â What kind of following do UKIP have in Ribble Valley? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Up Chuck Posted May 4, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted May 4, 2013 6.7% at the last General Election, up 4% from 2005 which was the first time they ran. It looks like a safe Tory seat - Evans hasn't got less than 50% there since 1999. Last time out, Tories and UKIP both gained while Labour and Lib Dems both lost, so it took a big swing to the right. UKIP won't win it and I really doubt the Tories would lose it, but if some anti-Tory sentiment brews, UKIP could make enough of a dent in the Tory vote to make a very safe seat look a lot more precarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MungoChutney Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 I've just found out there's going to be a public meeting about the Bedroom Tax (yes, I know it isnlt actually a tax) in the building I work in. I was really pleased because although I've been at a few in the surrounding areas the area where I work and live hasn't had a public meeting or information event as yet. However, I then found out that the woman who was in booking the room to have the meeting was stirring up support for it by telling people that Muslims are exempt if they decide to class a spare bedroom as a prayer room. Fucking hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 I see UKIP leader Nigel Farage had the opportunity to meet face to face with what some of us up here in Scotland call the TopShop Socialists;  The leader of the UK Independence Party, Nigel Farage has described protesters who confronted him in an Edinburgh pub as 'fascist scum'. Mr Farage had to be given a police escort through an angry crowd as he tried to take his party's anti-EU message to Scotland.  The Ukip leader was holding a press conference in Edinburgh's Cannons Gait pub when protesters started to arrive and heckle him, before police cleared them out.  A hostile demonstration then started outside the pub, to shouts of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpursRiot2012 Posted May 17, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted May 17, 2013 A hostile demonstration then started outside the pub, to shouts of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted May 17, 2013 Author Share Posted May 17, 2013 Yeah! Go back where you came from, you English bastard! We hate racists! Yeah, I think that seemed a bit lost on them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnum Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Sounds like a bit of an irony explosion on both sides, to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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