Islington North - who to vote for?

I see, thanks. That is very intolerant of them in my opinion. Not everyone qualifies for IVF on the NHS unless things have changed. Anyway, this is not relevant now, thanks for explaining.

Praful Nargund's family business runs IVF clinics. His mother is a gynaecologist. There is nothing hidden about this. He is a local councillor and it's all declared on the register of interests. You can google him and find out lots of information what they do.The hard left Corbynites who are opposed to private healthcare disapprove, of course.

What is their stated/unstated with IVF clinics please?

Corbyn had shed loads of people canvassing for him - there were 10 people standing outside Canonbury station the other evening - 10! and it is a tiny station. I got three leaflets about him, a knock at the door and i saw canvassers on the street three or four times. I think he has a strong personal following and lots of people I spoke to did not like the labour candidate because of his involvement with private health care and IVF clinics nor the way Corbyn had been kicked out and this other bloke imposed against the will of the local party.

Mandelson said the problem in your constituency was that people said 'Oh yes, we always vote Labour, we'll be voting for Jeremy Corbyn as usual'. A one-term problem.

Harriet Harman had some angry words to say about Jeremy on Channel 4!

That's interesting. It does look like most of that 22% Labour drop has gone to Corbyn ( althoughbthe Lub Dems and Greens have gone pretty hard Left too so may be lending their votes to him) but most people in the constituency dont want him. I thought he was a shoe in there. Even if he did win, he would just basically do what he did under the last Labour government - vote against it over and over again. At least this time, he won't be able to cosy up to terrorists by pretending to have any influence in the government. He may as well be honest and sit on the opposition benches.

The arrest is about the 'honeytrap' scandal. The BBC story says, Police arrested a man in his mid-20s on suspicion of harassment and offences under the Online Safety Act in London on Wednesday

Praful Nargund is in his 30s and J Corbyn is obviously not a member of the Labour party. The person may have been arrested in Islington, but it's nothing to do with the candidates.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpvv3lq79dro

Maybe they are trying to make the election more exciting . . .

Something has happened in Islington today but the details are sketchy

https://x.com/breeallegretti/status/1805958062303256853?s=46&t=WHoOZ_3Kv5G6-FyQuvE0LQ

https://x.com/losfisher/status/1805960964610654622?s=46&t=WHoOZZ_3Kv5G6-FyQuvE0LQ

Obviously Labour or corbyn

No one with half a brain cell is going to vote Tory over one single issue (which I feel passionately about)

On Labour, I wonder how Rosie Duffield is feeling? Unless I’ve missed it, no one has come out to condemn the people who’ve made it impossible for her to attend hustings.
The radio silence doesn’t make me exactly trust them on women’s rights.

*edited as autocorrect changed ‘Rosie Duffield‘ to ‘Driffield’!

Coincidentally, I did actually type in my original post "...or do you just not like Nigel Farage" but thought that might be a rather simplistic thing to write

They’ve kind of got it covered just by having Nigel Farage as their leader.

I think calling someone else's voting decision "stupid" is a bit strong. The beauty of democracy is that someone can vote how they want rather than how other people want and it's no ones business but theirs.

Not a Reform voter so haven't checked their Contract but in what way do they actively hope to promote all these "-isms"?

I am still undecided as to whether to vote Reform (as a protest vote)

WTAF @CorbynSchmorbyn ? Seriously? That's the most stupid thing I've heard in a long time. A vote for racism and sexism and every other ism going, as a protest?

I've heard it all now.

Anything but tory.

Another tweet from Sonia. Doing a great job of applying the pressure, to continue to shift Labour's position.

https://x.com/soniasodha/status/1805615429311713563

Yes I've seen that thread by Sonia, and it's right to challenge Labour on their position and to keep challenging them. Sonia isn't saying Labour's position is crap therefore don't vote for them. I think that is the nuance that a lot of people in the GC movement, including JKR, are missing. It's really good to ramp up the pressure on them during this election for sure, but not to go as far as eg voting for Reform which some women are planning to do.

Oh that's so reassuring. So we can all vote Labour in the certain knowledge that they won't fuck us over.

You are either fooling yourself or trying to fool us.

At least you don’t have to worry about the Tories sneaking through due to the Labour split vote!