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

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Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, 2017
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_Centr...

Labour Tristram Hunt - 12,220 - 39.3% - +0.5 swing
UKIP Mick Harold - 7,041 - 22.7% - +18.3 swing
Conservative Liam Marshall-Ascough - 7,008 - 22.5% - +1.5 swing
Independent Mark Breeze - 2,120 - 6.8

Could be very interesting.

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He can get a bit too excited.
The bloke who left UkiPs a while back would have bene a good choice.

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buggalugs said:

I can't believe they've put someone with a name like Tristram up here. It's like they WANT to loose.

Yip, that meant a surefire loss.

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rscott said:

Brave choice - if he doesn't get in, then he's finished as their leader.

Multiple losses didn't stop Farage.
There doesn't seem to be any viable alternatives to Nuttalls?

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alfie2244 said:

Any chance Tories might vote UKIP to give Corbyn a bloody nose?

I would think, under current conditions, a bloody nose for UKiPs would be preferable for the Torys.

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buggalugs said:

"Have you ever actually been to 123 Letsbe Avenue?"

"no"

Need to watch this.

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Erm, OK after watching that, the reporter is a knobhead. I shouldn't be surprised considering the state of 'so-called' reporters in the UK. The scouser answers the question quite plainly, but the dipst typical weasel word reporter tries to constantly make it out like it's wrong.

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buggalugs said:

Why do you think he put that address down?

To show he's relocating he (and fam if he has one) to Stoke.

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Digga said:

I don't normally like to make predictions, but given the Labour party are fielding this twit, I simply cannot see them winning. TBH, even if you were anti-Brexit, this guy's Tweets come across as the rantings of a six-form common room socialist, not a modern, informed and intelligent politician. I can't see the people of Stoke voting for this.

Wonder if he posts on PH?

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FN2TypeR said:

I wondered the same thing - that tweed suit was despicable.

And how about Fred Dibnah's cap?

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Parachuting candidates is done by all parties, I don't like it myself, I think there should be a rule/law on locals only being short-listed.
This will be interesting if nothing else.

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I think JC has (or had) the bravery to go and stand for what he wants, but the slimy weasels (Blairites) in his party have hamstrung his path so much that it's very messy now.
He beat them, soundly, but he is stuck with them, and so has to struggle on with that weight taking him all over the show.

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Do not ask for whom the bell tolls...

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brenflys777 said:

It's certainly getting nasty in the campaign. I hope Nuttall hasn't lied about being at the scene of a disaster like Hillsborough, it happened with some US politicians claiming links to 9/11 and of course Hillary and her run through sniper fire...dreadful.

I'm in the Midlands and the coverage of the by-election is missing something - interviews with the Labour candidate. It seems odd but then a friend of mine who's a local Labour councillor sent me this and voiced her despair at the candidate, Corbyn and the self destructive place her party are going. If it's genuine it's probably best if he keeps quiet.

Indeed, if he has lied he'd have been extremely foolish, with how much passion things like that can fuel.
Nuttal doesn't seem the sharpest knife in the drawer so we shall see.

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What did Lord Star of the Key do/say to irritate that Snell bloke so much?

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Some of them are funny, I wonder if he's trying to channel the Trump Zeitgeist... Or maybe he's just being honest.

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Hmm yeah, looks bad. The lie abut losing friends is one thing, if the other accusation proves correct, he'll be done, for good.

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VolvoT5 said:

And what about this then? It contradicts what he said only yesterday doesn't it?

The man is a total dhead.

In deed.
That now removes the culpability of any dozy media aid. Nuttall has lied directly about losing close friends. He'll be sunk in his home town, he'd better win Stoke now.

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rscott said:

i guess at least the voters know for sure that one of the candidates is happy to lie to further his own career, rather than just suspect it.

Rather, might win him votes in some places?