I know Kent very well. It's sort of why I chose this username - years back I worked in an office in Kent and there was some good Kent v Sussex banter between me and them (You're from Hastings it's a dump, You lived in Brighton you must be gay v You're from Kent so you sleep with your sister...
So to recap:
Sir Michael Fallon, MP for Sevenoaks - Resigned from the cabinet.
Damian Green, MP for Ashford - Resigned from the cabinet.
Charlie Elphicke, MP for Dover - Suspended for 'serious allegations'
Craig Mackinlay, MP for South Thanet - Currently on unconditional bail awaiting trial...
Absolutely. For Hastings & Rye, the same applies to many other constituencies across the country. The size of the Labour Party and the numbers on the ground and the places they can knock on doors and call at, the people they can engage with - The Tories cannot compete with that aspect.
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You would have thought wrong then.
There's always been historically low turnouts and disinterest/disengagement in politics in those areas - This is Hastings and Rye Labour Party members and Momentum activists saying they were astounded at the response there too - people on the ground knocking...
There are far more youngsters coming through though - there are people I know both Labour and within the Conservative Association locally who can't see anything other than a Labour win next time. It was a snap and strange election earlier this year, but Labour got no real funding or backing from...
I know - my point was to do with the changing and shifting demographic in Hastings & Rye with a rising youth vote and falling 65+ vote, including those who leave the constituency.
I can handle opinions if they're sensible and informed - yours aren't, you're just trolling.
Austerity, Universal Credit, inflation, if Brexit has an effect it will be a negative one, an NHS at crisis point, low wages - if you want to go along with a fantasy that The Tories can win in Hastings...
Everyone apart from you. That 346 majority? I bet most of it is in care homes over in Bexhill now. Times are changing Comrade - you'll be voting Labour again too, like you did in June.
Hastings is a solid Labour gain whether she stays or not. Rudd isn't interested apparently in the leadership now. Private polling of party members showed she wouldn't win a leadership contest. Had the endorsement of Ruth Davidson too and also an agreement with Nicholas Soames for him to stand...
Priti Patel will be a bit miffed then because as she likes the Israeli army and enjoys visiting Uganda, I hear 'Victory at Entebbe' is her favourite DVD.