tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post7928618540262000489..comments2024-01-11T10:25:57.007+00:00Comments on Labour of Gove: Bolton South Labour: Making History by ... Picking a Dyed in the Wool SocialistChris Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-15126409264220218202007-09-09T01:13:00.000+01:002007-09-09T01:13:00.000+01:00Looks like the BNP are set to get a good result th...Looks like the BNP are set to get a good result then!tonydjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495127574778752224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-72853449812269695112007-08-28T17:27:00.000+01:002007-08-28T17:27:00.000+01:00I heard that all but one of Nargis's transfers wen...I heard that all but one of Nargis's transfers went to Yasmeen.<BR/>Nargis ran a v.good campaign but Yasmeen had been in the race quite a bit longer and the view is that those who wanted a muslim woman candidate (which is a laudable ambition after all) made sure that they didn't split their vote and voted for the first competent credible muslim woman candidate who'd asked them. Nargis came out of the campaign with a lot of credit and I,like you, hope she gets selected somewhere soon. It is true that Yasmeen may well be the first Asian muslim woman MP but Nargis, if selected and elected, could still be the first British born Asian muslim woman mp. Not a nerdish point I don't think but a real landmark to celebrate when it happens. Good luck to Yasmeen. Some of the comments in the Bolton Evening News do make you despair though don't they?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-72842086691943826322007-08-28T16:24:00.000+01:002007-08-28T16:24:00.000+01:00She has some links to the area and is more tenuou...She has some links to the area and is more tenuously connected than these old guys at the Labour Club would want (and she's not a bloke like them) but not an obvious frontline parachutist ... making Mike Ion's remarks about the clown Twigg even more remarkable really.<BR/><BR/>She probably has the parachute regiment handbook at least.<BR/><BR/>Still hoping that Nargis and Rupa find winnable seats, and soon. <BR/><BR/>Of course Rupa has EU experience working for Carol Tongue as well as on the NW list so that's possible ... but perhaps not in NW.Chris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-25152902353701944832007-08-28T16:13:00.000+01:002007-08-28T16:13:00.000+01:00"But then again no-one is really 100% happy with c..."But then again no-one is really 100% happy with carpet baggers and parachutists insofar as YQ is one"<BR/><BR/>but is she a parachutee?<BR/>She doesn't sound as the party 100% loyalist that regional offices and national party usually like to get selectedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-12585941601266018052007-08-28T15:35:00.000+01:002007-08-28T15:35:00.000+01:00[speculation]Were 2 and 3 quite close? Because I'd...[speculation]Were 2 and 3 quite close? Because I'd imagine NK might have got the lion's share of no 2's transfers??[/speculation]Chris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-88877031983803304732007-08-28T15:34:00.000+01:002007-08-28T15:34:00.000+01:00Indeed they are. But then again no-one is really 1...Indeed they are. But then again no-one is really 100% happy with carpet baggers and parachutists insofar as YQ is one. Except say Mike Ion whose analysis re West Derby is quite remarkable!!Chris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-80539040308604506452007-08-28T15:15:00.000+01:002007-08-28T15:15:00.000+01:00Some of the comments after the Bolton News piece a...Some of the comments after the Bolton News piece are scary...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com