Labour and the Liberal Democrats may not be standing in the by-election caused by the resignation of David Davis but the former shadow Home Secretary won't be lonely.
No fewer than 26 candidates have signed up for the July 10th poll in Haltemprice and Howden, including Mad Cow-girl from the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, David Icke, and the former Vale of Glamorgan Tory MP Walter Sweeney.
It may not take long to count the votes on the night but it may take a while to read them out. With two dozen lost deposits expected at £500 a time, it should prove a nice little earner for the public purse.
In the spirit of public service blogging, I bring you the list in full:
Grace Christine Astley (Ind)
David Laurence Bishop (Church of the Militant Elvis Party)
Ronnie Carroll (Make Politicians History)
Mad Cow-Girl (The Official Monster Raving Loony Party)
David Craig (Ind)
Herbert Winford Crossman (Ind)
Tess Culnane (National Front Britain for the British)
Thomas Faithful Darwood (Ind)
David Michael Davis (The Conservative Party Candidate)
Tony Farnon (Ind)
Eamonn Fitzy Fitzpatrick (Ind)
Christopher Mark Foren (Ind)
Gemma Dawn Garrett (Miss Great Britain Party)
George Hargreaves (Christian party)
Hamish Howitt (Freedom 4 Choice)
David Icke (no description given)
John Nicholson (Ind)
Shan Oakes (Green Party)
David Pinder (The New Party)
Joanne Robinson (English Democrats - Putting England First)
Jill Saward (Ind)
Norman Scarth (Ind)
Walter Edward Sweeney (Ind)
Christopher John Talbot (Socialist Equality Party)
John Randale Upex (Ind)
Greg Wood (Ind)
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Thursday, 26 June 2008
Monday, 9 June 2008
Votes and anniversaries
Another Monday, and the start of what may well turn out to be Gordon Brown's worst week since the last one.
The crunch vote is on Wednesday, although it feels as if we've already been covering this story for 42 days or more.
The shadow Home Secretary, David Davis told The Times: "Whips have been ringing up the left-wing members of the Labour Party and saying, ‘Vote against 42 days on Wednesday and you get David Miliband on Thursday'."
He doesn't report whether any wavering MPs responded: "Well, what's the downside?" although presumably the tactic wasn't used on the Blairite wing.
Gordon Brown has been so busy telephoning backbenchers he probably hasn't had time to plan his anniversary for June 27. Channel 4 are starting the commemorations tonight.
The Conservatives have thoughtfully called the Henley by-election for the previous day. The first anniversary is usually "paper", although not usually of the ballot variety.
The game of managing expectations is already underway, with various newspapers already reporting internal Labour thinking that may lose its deposit.
But what's £500 when you're £20m+ in debt?
The crunch vote is on Wednesday, although it feels as if we've already been covering this story for 42 days or more.
The shadow Home Secretary, David Davis told The Times: "Whips have been ringing up the left-wing members of the Labour Party and saying, ‘Vote against 42 days on Wednesday and you get David Miliband on Thursday'."
He doesn't report whether any wavering MPs responded: "Well, what's the downside?" although presumably the tactic wasn't used on the Blairite wing.
Gordon Brown has been so busy telephoning backbenchers he probably hasn't had time to plan his anniversary for June 27. Channel 4 are starting the commemorations tonight.
The Conservatives have thoughtfully called the Henley by-election for the previous day. The first anniversary is usually "paper", although not usually of the ballot variety.
The game of managing expectations is already underway, with various newspapers already reporting internal Labour thinking that may lose its deposit.
But what's £500 when you're £20m+ in debt?
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