tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19208183.post7960607105700381726..comments2023-10-22T14:14:16.419+01:00Comments on J. Arthur MacNumpty: Brown: "The Future is Ours To Win" - McAvoy: "I'm Offski!"Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978812670312106107noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19208183.post-78517773262206303012010-03-10T20:27:50.227+00:002010-03-10T20:27:50.227+00:00"Thanks for the welcome update, Andrea - has ..."Thanks for the welcome update, Andrea - has Ted called it right?"<br /><br />The Final 6 for Labour nomination: <br />Tom Greatrex (Special Adviser to Secretary of State for Scotland), Allan Falconer (local councillor), Liz Anne Handibode (daughter of a local councillor; works for the council), Doug Maugham (stood in Perth last time), Matthew Kerr (Glasgow councillor), Paul Devlin (don't know)Andreanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19208183.post-6475543068361575872010-03-10T19:35:44.389+00:002010-03-10T19:35:44.389+00:00Thanks for the welcome update, Andrea - has Ted ca...Thanks for the welcome update, Andrea - has Ted called it right?<br /><br />By the way Ted, just on the point of the Co-Op Party, I find it somewhat symbolic that Rochdale, the cradle of the Co-Operative Movement, has a Liberal Democrat MP...Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978812670312106107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19208183.post-72971013952057760212010-03-10T10:25:11.270+00:002010-03-10T10:25:11.270+00:00Labour shortlist for Hamilton West is out...and th...Labour shortlist for Hamilton West is out...and there will no need to replace McCabe at Holyrood.Andreanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19208183.post-64376395484701827782010-02-21T16:56:52.160+00:002010-02-21T16:56:52.160+00:00Don't forget that the McAvoy family may come u...Don't forget that the McAvoy family may come up with a candidate. <br />After all, it must be difficult for them to let too much go all at once when we had Tommy as long incumbent MP. with his tame MSP Tom Kelly, and the brother Eddie McAvoy as head of the South Lanarkshire Council. Perhaps a candidate could be summoned from any members of the McAvoy familiy already working for South Lanarkshire council?<br /><br />Incidentally, for all that Tommy McAvoy is a Labour Cooperative Party MP (yes the ancient remnants of the Coop Party are still around) he seemed to do nothing to save the local Somerfield supermarket in his constituency, and a short walk from his house, being shut down within a short time of it being taken over by the Coop. Well done caring, sharing Cooperative as this will leave the locality without any decent shopping facility unless a 'big bad' private sector operator takes it over.Ted Harveynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19208183.post-5763452066591441502010-02-20T20:23:32.740+00:002010-02-20T20:23:32.740+00:00Good point, BC, though I use terms such as 'bi...Good point, BC, though I use terms such as 'big hitter' with an element of relativity. McCabe was seen as Dewar and McLeish's 'fixer', and despite being caught up in McConnell's Bonfire of the Cabinet, was brought back into the fold to dig Jack out of a deepening hole, so he clearly has something about him in Labour circles. Even if it's not necessarily visible beyond them...<br /><br />Many thanks, Subrosa - most of this required a just few quick checks of the facts (and I admit to guessing re Tom McCabe, though all the pieces seem to fit) and going through the background work that I've already done for the new boundaries - the only thing that's truly new is the 'bonus' swing, which I'll probably put together a separate post for, so as to give it a bit of extra discussion space...Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10978812670312106107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19208183.post-62880889292866837532010-02-20T19:02:36.978+00:002010-02-20T19:02:36.978+00:00Tom McCabe - he's the curfew man isn't he?...Tom McCabe - he's the curfew man isn't he? The best Labour can offer is Eastern European style curfews of our<br />young peopleBella Caledoniahttp://www.bellacaledonia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19208183.post-71960197591340627292010-02-20T18:52:06.516+00:002010-02-20T18:52:06.516+00:00Great analysis Will. I knew I could count on you ...Great analysis Will. I knew I could count on you for it. Thanks.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.com