tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post6904905867476684406..comments2024-03-02T02:56:21.007+00:00Comments on ......SHOT BY BOTH SIDES: Lies, damn lies and Lib Dem statisticsKerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377996092374137641noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-19279174602998682822010-02-16T01:23:32.204+00:002010-02-16T01:23:32.204+00:00I used to think Liberal Democrats (as opposed to l...I used to think Liberal Democrats (as opposed to liberals, what I is) were basically decent sorts, except in Gloucester, where we were afflicted with a regrettably seedy strain. Now I think that whichever the constituency, the Lib Dems are the enemy of honesty, and if one tells me it's light at noon, I'll always pop outside to check for myself.Jokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10745194366145706393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-24698581226388686472010-02-10T08:36:22.261+00:002010-02-10T08:36:22.261+00:00Thanks Kerry :)Thanks Kerry :)Bristol Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13143336218499645984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-63724419722528658182010-02-09T15:54:13.132+00:002010-02-09T15:54:13.132+00:00Just want to say that I'm not entirely happy w...Just want to say that I'm not entirely happy with the comments attributed to me in today's BEP coverage of said issue, as they were given to the paper last week, when the Mirror first ran with the story. At that stage, very little was known about the candidate's debts, it was all a bit of a mystery, hence my comment that she really needed to explain. Obviously that information is now in the public domain anyway, and it seems a fairly straightforward case of a speculative property venture gone wrong, which makes me think she'd have done better to have given her side of the story to the paper. <br /><br />As for boundary changes... they're looked at every ten years, and the aim is to keep each constituency roughly the same size, c.65,000 voters. Even a small development of a few thousand houses can have a knock-on effect, and in the new Bristol West for example there have been big changes such as lots of flats being built round the harbourside, more student accommodation, more houses turned into flats meaning more adults at each address. The population of the new east Bristol would have been more stable, although there have been quite a lot of house into flat conversions and some new build, but I think it's probably developments in the inner city that mostly triggered the changes. Paul Smith might have a view on this? And if the Government's house-building programme goes ahead over the next few years, then we could see some major boundary changes in another 10 years too.<br /><br />And to the person on the BEP site who said that I'd be taking on too much, spreading myself too thin, with Fishponds coming into the new constituency... That doesn't take into account the fact I'd be losing Lawrence Hill and Easton wards, which generate a lot of issues and casework.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377996092374137641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-66951526270958081682010-02-09T10:57:16.759+00:002010-02-09T10:57:16.759+00:00I can't decide whether I should blog about or ...<i>I can't decide whether I should blog about or not</i><br /><br />Given the tone of your recent blog posts I'd say you probably will though, eh?<br /><br />Since you've been so good at explaining PMQs and general parliamentary procedures, are you able to explain in a nutshell why boundary changes happen? I've never worked it out, as I thought it was to ensure an equal-ish number of voters in each constituency but surely the population in each number can't change <i>that</i> much?Bristol Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13143336218499645984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-90908001713246487952010-02-08T23:57:25.784+00:002010-02-08T23:57:25.784+00:00"I can't decide whether I should blog abo..."I can't decide whether I should blog about or not "<br /><br />FWIW I'd say leave it well alone for a number of reasons: firstly and most obviously of course because we're the nice party and, secondly, because the last thing you need is a collapse in the tory vote. The job of sabotaging Ms. Shafi's campaign is best left to Harry Cole who is doing a marvellous job. I only wish more tory candidates could benefit from his unique brand of campaign magic.Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542633492362670045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-45588845870934732542010-02-08T23:55:07.873+00:002010-02-08T23:55:07.873+00:00oi uv got that slogan for me im sure i said that t...oi uv got that slogan for me im sure i said that to that lib dem women a minute ago uv not given me credit im dissapointed in you haha im only jokeing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com