Norwich North by-election thread

[policywonk]

Just getting in there early.



Tories expected to gain from Labour, Greens might overtake LibDems for third place, former boxer Terry Marsh and FO irritant Craig Murray are standing, and the BNP candidate is a farking Reverend (do you think he's fundamentally misunderstood his own religion a bit?)

[policywonk]

at Thready

That's what's disappointing about it Hassled - Norwich is their second-strongest area (after Brighton). I think they were aiming for 11-12 per cent. Being beaten by fricking UKIP makes it even worse.

[Threadworm2]

oh yes, I see they tripled their vote in absolute terms. And up by a couple of percent. So quite good in that sense. N.ot enought though

[Threadworm2]

couple of percent in share-of-vote terms, I mean

[policywonk]

The Greens did win the Goldsmid ward in Brighton and Hove on Thursday (council by-election), making them equal-second-largest group on the council (together with Labour - Tories are largest group by some distance). It's regarded as an important result; a Tory win would have meant that they held the balance of power on the council. And it represents a big advance for the Greens in Brighton in terms of the number of votes and the proportion (compared with the results in that ward at the last council election).

I realise that this is an object lesson in straw-clutching, but I thought I'd throw it out there.

[policywonk]

Heh. Someone on one of the political blogs I read is saying that the LibDems and Greens fighting over third place is like watching two bald men fighting over a comb.

[policywonk]

Interesting article here saying that Richard Reed, the Greens' candidate in NN, was an extremist who scared mainstream voters. Have no idea whether this was actually the case.