caplin stands down
Interesting news from Hove, home of Labour MP Ivor Caplin. Always a target for the Tories at the next election, Hove must have just jumped up in their reckoning at the news that Ivor will not be standing at the next election - this looks a sure thing for the conservatives now, no? On the other hand, Caplin is so universally disliked in Hove that this might prove the filip needed to retain the Labour vote.
How Caplin voted.
(PS - yes, I have noticed that the Evening Argus displayed above is no longer the one with the nice big 'MP In Quit Shock' headline. It's changing daily. Thing is, I rather like that. So bookmark this post and come here daily to see what's on the cover of the er, Evening Argus).
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5 comments:
I once went to talk to Ivor at one of his surgeries with a friend of mine. He was pretty good, but he wrongly assumed (a) we were a couple, and (b) we were both students. Is Hove where the Greens think they have a chance of winning?
Ali will be pleased. He really hates Ivor Caplin :-)
Nope, the Greens reckon they've got a chance of unseating David Lepper in the Pavillion ward. I dunno if that's really possible - Andrew was pretty scathing about their chances when I mentioned it to him a while back.
Hove is really Tory fodder; it's pretty remarkable that Labour won it the first place.
Yep, it's definitely confirmed. Apparently Sue John is the leading candidate and some fellow by the name of Simon Burgess has confirmed that he will run.
Caplin said "This is a major decision and this announcement is about being honest about the future. There are other opportunities and other challenges I would like to pursue. This is not about policy or politics and Tony Blair will continue to have my strong support."
According to the Argus there's a meeting today to discuss candidates - presumably the one you're going to :-)
The Andrew Regan for Hove campaign starts here!
but jonathan, you're supposedly anti-labour now. the question is whether you'd vote for andrew if he did stand!
Good point. Much would depend on his willingness to push through my 'tax-breaks-for-rhythm-guitarists' initiative.
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