tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4658347591166361648.post757412631340820710..comments2024-03-28T14:21:11.202+00:00Comments on LOBBYDOG: A new challenger...Lobbydoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17622778941416233125noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4658347591166361648.post-27533819805821777682010-03-12T23:19:37.551+00:002010-03-12T23:19:37.551+00:00How wrong Paul is about Frank Haynes. He was not l...How wrong Paul is about Frank Haynes. He was not local. Firstly he was from London and settled in the area as a Bevan Boy. That was how he got into mining. Seondly he was based in Mansfield before he became PPC and then MP for Ashfield. His popularity was never high as he never surpased a ten thousand majority; considering previous Labour majorities of around 24 thousand. Talk about looking at history through rose tinted glasses! But I will agree that he was a far better MP than Geoff ever was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4658347591166361648.post-10536247940659268312010-03-12T22:47:49.694+00:002010-03-12T22:47:49.694+00:00Speaking as someone who used to live in the Ashfie...Speaking as someone who used to live in the Ashfield constituency, I have to say that Labour's apparent determination to choose another non-local candidate strikes me as utterly misguided. The best MP Ashfield ever had was the late Frank Haynes, a local man who never set the Commons on fire but was universally regarded locally as a great constituency MP. Labour should have remembered that.Paul Linfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4658347591166361648.post-25082569994843169572010-03-09T21:47:34.943+00:002010-03-09T21:47:34.943+00:00I wonder what Harry Harman would say if we asked f...I wonder what Harry Harman would say if we asked for all-men lists...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4658347591166361648.post-29111805116932786882010-03-09T15:53:27.937+00:002010-03-09T15:53:27.937+00:00She's still an outsider, no political experien...She's still an outsider, no political experience on councils or parliament, doesn't know the local setup and so it goes on. Ashfield people are quite sophisticated when it comes to working out people and if they can be their representative. That's why JZ is not getting an easy ride. Labour has blown it so it might well be the Tories who snatch it at the post. But the biggest winner will be apathy thanks to the antics of Geoff the Buffoon. That's what happened at Norwich North. Doesn't the NEC ever learn?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4658347591166361648.post-88773241334113354462010-03-09T12:41:20.440+00:002010-03-09T12:41:20.440+00:00Ashfield party members still feel slighted by the ...Ashfield party members still feel slighted by the national party’s manipulation of the contest in their constituency.<br /><br />Do they also feel that way in Erdington?Oldrightiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03192587284458430556noreply@blogger.com