Do you have any examples of this? "Genuine question", as they say, as I have tried in the past to watch him with an open mind, but not once did I find anything he said funny.

Incidental and irrelevant note: my parents and his parents used to be friends when they lived in Bexhill.

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

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I'm not the biggest fan these days but some of these are alright.

Red and Blue Army!

Was it an all female short list? The selection process would be interesting to have some insight into.

I am against any party dumping a candidate , the decision should rest solely with the local constituency party folks who do the work.

Local connections are important, so few MP's have any proper connections until they are elected.

The Greens had 57% of the vote in 2019, a man in a dress is probably Labour's best chance to win that seat.

Edited by HKOwen (04 Aug 2023 10.31pm)

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

I would be interested to here from Eddie or Suzy why he thinks he would make a good MP.

What are his qualifications?

This is a general point about politicians and also applies to Laurence Fox when he stood for London Mayor, same question?

To clarify my point. Clement Attlee spent the best part of 10 years working in the East End of London (Limehouse) doing social work. He was well known and liked by the locals which is why the Labour party asked him to become their candidate to try and dislodge the sitting Liberal MP which he did.

Edited by Badger11 (05 Aug 2023 1.31pm)

One more point

Absolutely. All kinds of conflicting emotions on this one.On the onehand LOL, in a good way. And yet, on the other, LOL in a bad way.

But surely the selection process must understand how badly this can potentially go down with at least an element of the electorate in Brighton? Ignore all the mentally illness stuff around pretending, sometimes/when it suits, to be a woman, just the Palace supporting stuff should have been sufficent to mean he never got selected.

I would never vote for an openly Brighton-supporting constituency MP up in here in South London.

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - 1984 - George Orwell.