The Green's candidate in the Gorton & Denton by-election was absent this week from canvassing; she was finishing a course of plastering (she is a working plumber);
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@ChrisMayLA6 I don't recall any working plumbers sitting in the HoC. Will the planned changes about second jobs likely allow someone like her to stay qualified??
@Tony_Meredith @ChrisMayLA6 she can fix the palace of Westminster in her spare time
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@Tony_Meredith @ChrisMayLA6 she can fix the palace of Westminster in her spare time
@ianturton That also happily makes the point that a sitting MP can make billions, if the rules allow.
In reality though, I can't see the PoW renovation project getting as far as first fix plumbing in this decade. Or the next? She could be in the Lords by then - so let's see their rules aligned with MPs' too. @ChrisMayLA6 -
The Green's candidate in the Gorton & Denton by-election was absent this week from canvassing; she was finishing a course of plastering (she is a working plumber);
now some are going to spin this as a problem for the Greens, but actually if I was them I would be pointing out that this is why Hannah Spencer is more like the locals than the flown-in other candidates.
Like many working people she has to prioritise keeping her skills up to date!
#workers #Greens #GortonAndDenton
h/t FT@ChrisMayLA6 Well, the William Hill odds (decimal format) are currently:
Greens: 1.40
Reform: 3.50
Labour: 9.00
(and several other parties >100) so the betting public seem fairly certain of a Green win ! -
Not going to follow link. Something along the lines of any publicity is good publicity - say something that will get supporters chuckling and a few undecideds looking up but not actually get them arrested.
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The Green's candidate in the Gorton & Denton by-election was absent this week from canvassing; she was finishing a course of plastering (she is a working plumber);
now some are going to spin this as a problem for the Greens, but actually if I was them I would be pointing out that this is why Hannah Spencer is more like the locals than the flown-in other candidates.
Like many working people she has to prioritise keeping her skills up to date!
#workers #Greens #GortonAndDenton
h/t FT@ChrisMayLA6 who drew attention to this in the media?
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@ChrisMayLA6 I don't recall any working plumbers sitting in the HoC. Will the planned changes about second jobs likely allow someone like her to stay qualified??
That's a good Q.; although whether the rules on second-jobs will finally be enacted is a different Q.
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@ChrisMayLA6 Well, the William Hill odds (decimal format) are currently:
Greens: 1.40
Reform: 3.50
Labour: 9.00
(and several other parties >100) so the betting public seem fairly certain of a Green win !yes, I've seen the odds.... but also don't like counting my chickens...
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@ChrisMayLA6 who drew attention to this in the media?
It was a detail in the FT story about the by-election, which I thought was worth pulling out of the main story about the by-election canvassing
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It was a detail in the FT story about the by-election, which I thought was worth pulling out of the main story about the by-election canvassing
@ChrisMayLA6 it was! Thank you for being our one with the FT access!
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@ChrisMayLA6 it was! Thank you for being our one with the FT access!
you know if you have 'reader view' in your browser you can often read FT stories without going behind the paywall....
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you know if you have 'reader view' in your browser you can often read FT stories without going behind the paywall....
@ChrisMayLA6 I'm surprised - I use reader view nearly all the time [as much for focus as barrier avoidance] but just assumed a pub. as on-the-money as FT would have this well sorted. I seem to remember it was often you got the first 50 lines or so and then the subscribe link. But thanks again, I'll will actually check next time a link come up.
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@ChrisMayLA6 I'm surprised - I use reader view nearly all the time [as much for focus as barrier avoidance] but just assumed a pub. as on-the-money as FT would have this well sorted. I seem to remember it was often you got the first 50 lines or so and then the subscribe link. But thanks again, I'll will actually check next time a link come up.
I can't check as I have a (free, sorry) academic subscription... but people have confirmed in the past, so you should be fine - to be honest I think the FT is more interested in getting its reporting out as widely as possible.... so the paywall is likely to be permeable
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I can't check as I have a (free, sorry) academic subscription... but people have confirmed in the past, so you should be fine - to be honest I think the FT is more interested in getting its reporting out as widely as possible.... so the paywall is likely to be permeable
@ChrisMayLA6 True. They publicised their Covid coverage as all-free, and it was amongst the best, with their commissioned data-presentation.
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The Green's candidate in the Gorton & Denton by-election was absent this week from canvassing; she was finishing a course of plastering (she is a working plumber);
now some are going to spin this as a problem for the Greens, but actually if I was them I would be pointing out that this is why Hannah Spencer is more like the locals than the flown-in other candidates.
Like many working people she has to prioritise keeping her skills up to date!
#workers #Greens #GortonAndDenton
h/t FT@ChrisMayLA6 I love this and almost think it's intentional as a story. The more other parties bring it up the more people hear about it which I think the greens actually want. Could it all be a smart PR play?
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