Who will win Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, 2017

[Sylvaforever]

MarshPhantom said:

Sylvaforever said:

MarshPhantom said:

Still wouldn't be surprised if UKIP won, they do have rather low standards.

Keeping the NHS free at point of delivery and scrapping NHS PFI initiative's?

I meant UKIP voters.

Thankyouverymuch for that insight however the issue isn't UKIP voters. It is enlightening that May has copied the UKIP manifesto in a bid to ward off the inevitable, however it remains to be seen if she will be successful.
Never liked Nuttal and his attitude to the rest of the UK outside of England however he would still get my vote if only to stop May getting too bloody smug.

[FN2TypeR]

I'm still calling a Labour hold on this one, has anybody changed how they voted/predicted since the thread started up?

[Hayek]

FN2TypeR said:

I'm still calling a Labour hold on this one, has anybody changed how they voted/predicted since the thread started up?

I'm inclined to agree with you but it feels similar to expectations about how the EU referendum would turn out on voting day.

[Digga]

Hayek said:

FN2TypeR said:

I'm still calling a Labour hold on this one, has anybody changed how they voted/predicted since the thread started up?

I'm inclined to agree with you but it feels similar to expectations about how the EU referendum would turn out on voting day.

The 'right' answer - and in this instance, there most certainly is a correct answer - is to not vote that oaf into office. The people of Stoke will be rightly vilified and ridiculed if the decide to have that moron as their parliamentary representative.

[rscott]

Digga said:

Hayek said:

FN2TypeR said:

I'm still calling a Labour hold on this one, has anybody changed how they voted/predicted since the thread started up?

I'm inclined to agree with you but it feels similar to expectations about how the EU referendum would turn out on voting day.

The 'right' answer - and in this instance, there most certainly is a correct answer - is to not vote that oaf into office. The people of Stoke will be rightly vilified and ridiculed if the decide to have that moron as their parliamentary representative.

It's a tough choice though, isn't it. Labour oaf, or UKIP Walter Mitty..

[Murph7355]

rscott said:

It's a tough choice though, isn't it. Labour oaf, or UKIP Walter Mitty..

LibDems FTW!

[FN2TypeR]

Murph7355 said:

rscott said:

It's a tough choice though, isn't it. Labour oaf, or UKIP Walter Mitty..

LibDems FTW!

Good one

[Halb]

FN2TypeR said:

I'm still calling a Labour hold on this one, has anybody changed how they voted/predicted since the thread started up?

O had to check, but I haven't, I called a Labour win back then...but I have changed my mind on COpeland.

[Digga]

FN2TypeR said:

Murph7355 said:

rscott said:

It's a tough choice though, isn't it. Labour oaf, or UKIP Walter Mitty..

LibDems FTW!

Good one

F = Fumble

[Halb]

Greens for the win.

[Digga]

Halb said:

Greens for the win.

AT least 10 (a day).

[Halb]

Digga said:

Halb said:

Greens for the win.

AT least 10 (a day).

Beetroot and blueberries are also important.

[jjlynn27]

So, when are we expecting to know more?

I'm actually hoping Nuttall will win, as if he doesn't I'm afraid UKIP will just fade away.

[Digga]

jjlynn27 said:

I'm actually hoping Nuttall will win, as if he doesn't I'm afraid UKIP will just fade away.

I'm surprised to hear you, of all people, saying that.

Do you like them for amusement value, or do you actually think one of the 'promises' they're delivering on is keeping other parties honest and throwing light onto established laziness and duplicity?

[turbobloke]

Halb said:

Digga said:

Halb said:

Greens for the win.

AT least 10 (a day).

Beetroot and blueberries are also important.

It's OK being even handed with reds and blues, but broccoli - don't forget broccoli. The humble garden pea is also very worthy.

[turbobloke]

MarshPhantom said:

Interesting times. The area being so pro-Brexit last time is only going to encourage the anti-brexits to get out and vote a hell of a lot more than they did last time...

Possibly so, then again Blair tipping in recently may have tipped it towards UKIP.

MarshPhantom said:

...as absolutely nobody expected Remain to lose.

Not quite; biased politicians / the expertariat / pollsters / media hacks may have predicted a Remain win but I thought there were quite a few punters who made good money on Leave, as happened with the Cameron majority.

[jjlynn27]

Digga said:

jjlynn27 said:

I'm actually hoping Nuttall will win, as if he doesn't I'm afraid UKIP will just fade away.

I'm surprised to hear you, of all people, saying that.

Do you like them for amusement value, or do you actually think one of the 'promises' they're delivering on is keeping other parties honest and throwing light onto established laziness and duplicity?

I'm surprised to type that as well. Purely for comedy value. I think Nuttall has great potential to deliver on that front. At the moment he's not a patch on Farage, but with time, I hope he can evolve into something that will deliver time after time. To keep other parties honest, and I do see where you are coming from (ie someone is needed to keep both Con and Lab in check), they would need to have a whiff of respectability. My English will probably get better of me here, but I think that they pissed that one up the garden wall.

ETA: Both main candidates (Lab & UKIP if I understood this right, didn't pay that much attention) are the same choice as 'merikens had. Two terrible candidates.

Edited by jjlynn27 on Thursday 23 February 17:02

[johnxjsc1985]

UKIP 9/4 Labour 8/15 think it might be tighter than some think. Once again it shows the lack of quality people have to select an MP from.

[B'stard Child]

johnxjsc1985 said:

UKIP 9/4 Labour 8/15 think it might be tighter than some think. Once again it shows the lack of quality people have to select an MP from.

What are the Conservative and Unionist Party odds?

Bit late for a bet but with all the UKIP bad press and Labour under Corbyn being useless I fancy the Government to sneak one in

[w00tman]

I'm afraid I voted for Labour, as the thoughts of UKIP was all too much.