Tuesday 14 July 2020

Independent Thought

"The Conservative majority here at North West Durham would double in 2024 even if no one switched from Labour, as plenty of people are going to do. That majority is 1,144. By then in his seventies, Watts Stelling would be highly unlikely to make a fourth attempt. And most or all of his 1,216 votes would go to Richard Holden."

As I wrote yesterday. But the Independents in these parts are no fools. In return for not fielding one of their several well-known and highly active figures in this highly marginal seat, they will be requiring specific expenditure in each ward that they held. And there are going to be several more of those next year. We have real politics now.

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