indiana wrote:

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I suppose they could be on the non rabid wing of the Monster Raving Loony Party - ie. pretty much main stream raving loony.

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Are you thinking about Phil's Union Jack hat  and waist coat by any chance

Jan wrote:

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Sorry to be ignorant - who is Toby, please?

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Topemp, as he is on here, stands for TOby PErkins MP.  He represents Chesterfield.

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Bob in Spain wrote:

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indiana wrote:

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I suppose they could be on the non rabid wing of the Monster Raving Loony Party - ie. pretty much main stream raving loony.

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Are you thinking about Phil's Union Jack hat  and waist coat by any chance

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 Not sure I could pull that off to be fair, and in the interests of the country and everyone living here I think I'll give that a wide berth ;)

LOL I said NOT on the rabid wing

Btw, turns out our mystery candidate is actually favourite in the betting odds at the moment but it's still going to take some winning - effectively a 3-way marginal and the top two could well be desperately close.

Toby, meanwhile is 25/1 on (i.e. 1/25) which is mightily impressive for someone who edged a marginal against the odds in 2010 and whose party has slipped in the polls considerably since.

I do like the idea of philwrig standing for the MRLP, or perhaps for the Fuzzy Balls Party

steven wrote:

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LOL I said NOT on the rabid wing

Btw, turns out our mystery candidate is actually favourite in the betting odds at the moment but it's still going to take some winning - effectively a 3-way marginal and the top two could well be desperately close.

Toby, meanwhile is 25/1 on (i.e. 1/25) which is mightily impressive for someone who edged a marginal against the odds in 2010 and whose party has slipped in the polls considerably since.

I do like the idea of philwrig standing for the MRLP, or perhaps for the Fuzzy Balls Party

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 It was a boyhood dream of mine ;)

Just had a look at the betting odds for our mystery man and wow he is favourite. Imagine going back 10 years and forecasting his party would be favourite for that seat, you would taken away and assessed at a certain institution.

Etienne wrote:

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I could become a county councillor today (but almost certainly won't) but very impressed that we could have two MPs on the forum.

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Good luck to you, Etienne. No idea who your opposition is but you'd probably get my vote !

Like you, the thought of two MPs (or would-be MPs) on the forum is pretty awe-inspiring - and just slightly depressing - why can't they sort out the LTA ????? (Yes, I know, they might just have more important things than tennis to deal with but...)

Accepting the caveat that they are different elections, with different voting motivations, based on the results from the locals, and the % change in regions and nationally, we're probably headed to the biggest single landslde in history.
If the Conservatives perform even better still at the General - wherein real Brexit authority is exercised, and so needs even more forceful underlining by its supporters - then we could effectively become a one party state. Particularly in England.

UKIP will be wiped from the map, but they have actually won. The Conservatives now standing for almost everything that that former party did.

There is a major boundary commission review in 2018. 50 constituencies will disappear and be divided up amongst others. This means all 600 constituencies could (probably will) have their boundaries redrawn. Unless there is some heretofor unprecedented anomaly, this will go as it always does: heavily gerrymandered to the favour of the ruling party.
Historically, an absolute majority party redesigning the boundaries to further ensure their success, means just that.
We could be in for approaching 20 years of unbroken Tory power.