For many Medway residents, the general election will not be the only time they head for the polls this year.
Residents in Gillingham North, Gillingham South, Rainham Central, River, Rochester East, Rochester South and Horsted and Rochester West wards all face the prospects of a second visit to the polling station weeks after the general election.
Of [...]
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Labour Councillor Bill Esterson has been selected to fight the Sefton Central constituency at this year’s general election, ahead of a local councillor and a civil servant.
Cllr Esterson, who held his seat on River ward in 2007 whilst his colleague lost to the Conservatives’ Craig MacKinlay, is looking at a notional majority of 4,950, according [...]
Labour’s candidates for the 2011 local elections have been announced – via one of the candidates’ twitter feed.
Amongst the selections for the two wards are the three sitting councillors in Chatham Central and Medway blogger Tristan Osborne for what was once Labour’s safest seat, Luton and Wayfield.
Chatham Central councillors Vince Maple (pictured), Julie Shaw and [...]
Political attacks and spin by Labour bloggers have backfired today as research by AlanWCollins revealed the truth behind the claims.
Medway blogger Tristan Osborne claimed that “leaked” documents showed a Conservative fundraising deficit of up to ?5,000 in two Medway constituencies.
Osborne also claimed more spitefully that the Conservatives mis-spelt the name of his local constituency Rochester [...]
On of the Tory fear tactics employed by Labour activists and bloggers going into this all-important general election year is the claim that the Conservatives will raise VAT to 20%.
Indeed this claim, whether true or not (I have not independently verified the facts as of yet), was carried by Medway Labour blogger Tristan Osborne.
Now it [...]
