Geoff Smith
@fogcat.bsky.social
Grumpy old git, socialist (no NOT Labour!), dog & cat dad, stockpiler of pitchforks & torches.
Stapleford South East (Broxtowe) Council By-Election Result:
🏘️ BA: 34.6% (New)
➡️ RFM: 21.9% (New)
🔶 LDM: 13.3% (-10.6)
🌹 LAB: 11.4% (-17.6)
🌳 CON: 9.6% (-11.6)
🙋 Ind: 9.2% (New)
No Ind (-14.7) or GRN (-11.1) as previous.
Broxtowe Alliance GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
🏘️ BA: 34.6% (New)
➡️ RFM: 21.9% (New)
🔶 LDM: 13.3% (-10.6)
🌹 LAB: 11.4% (-17.6)
🌳 CON: 9.6% (-11.6)
🙋 Ind: 9.2% (New)
No Ind (-14.7) or GRN (-11.1) as previous.
Broxtowe Alliance GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
December 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I wonder why?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK to introduce less stringent ‘common sense’ vetting system for candidates
Exclusive: Party says those who previously failed vetting are ‘strongly encouraged’ to reapply under new criteria
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I wonder why?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"When feasible" applicants will have to provide a list of all email addresses (personal & professional) used in the last decade; five years of phone nos for themselves and their families; the names of family members as well as their dates, places of birth, &countries of residence; & biometric data.
December 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
"When feasible" applicants will have to provide a list of all email addresses (personal & professional) used in the last decade; five years of phone nos for themselves and their families; the names of family members as well as their dates, places of birth, &countries of residence; & biometric data.
They should start their own contest, the 5 of them, and I suspect there would then be more.
December 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
They should start their own contest, the 5 of them, and I suspect there would then be more.