UKIP leader

I found out which one you meant - Trudie McGuinness. She's worked in Further Education for years and is a member of ATL, which is the a very moderate teaching union. I was a member of ATL for years. Before that, I was a member of SOGAT. I don't think anybody would bother giving details of my union membership on my CV, but I suppose I might if I were applying to be a Labour politician.

Well blow me petra someone just has

I hope for labours sake nobody remembers the tweet that Gareth Snell posted last September.
Soft Brexit, hard Brexit
Massive pile of shit
Sloppy Brexit, messy Brexit
Quit Quit Quit.

I just tried to pass on the info I received , this was strange ? mmmm

True, I just thought it was a strange thing to highlight.

you could say:
'What's wrong with being a woman?' as neither got selected.

Nobody said there was anything wrong with it

Which one was that?

What's wrong with being a union activist?

That does sound right , he was standing for selection and the other two on the short list were women , one has been a GMB activist

He was up against two women, one use to be a GBM Activist

Is he any good?

A Gareth Snell, at one time he ran the Newcastle under Lyme council

Doh!!! My brains clearly not up to standard

I also meant have you got any info on candidate?

In December he said on the Andrew Marr show that he was committed to keeping the NHS in public hands. Here is also pretty convincing evidence that he has a fake cv.

www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/dec/04/ukip-leader-paul-nuttall-under-fire-over-phd-claim-and-nhs

Tristam Hunt whitewave

Who's that annie ? Hunt?

Labour has selected a remainer who use to work with Hunt to stand

I can remember the odd one or two who said they supported UKIP

Exactly - and I'm surprised you know for sure that there are any, daphnedill.

daphne but would any own up

There are UKIP supporters on GN. Maybe they could enlighten us about any positives in UKIP's policies.

No sunseeker I am saying that they should think very carefully about where their vote could lead. It's probably scaremongering to claim that voting for a single UKIP MP would lead to a fascist state, but the working class, ordinary people in early 1930s Germany were duped in exactly the same way.

I can understand why people in Stoke think the way thay do. If you haven't watched John Harris' video, I suggest you do. However, my question to any UKIP canvasser turning up on my doorstep would be "So what are YOU going to do?" UKIP specialises in negative rhetoric, but it doesn't have any answers.

sunseeker in my opinion if political parties are not answering the voters needs then of course they must change their allegiance. But blimey UKIP!!!!! There is a limit

If people didn't see this video from Stoke when it first appeared just before the referendum, it's an interesting watch:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/video/2016/jun/14/labour-supporters-brexit-stoke-on-trent-eu-referendum-video

dd sorry I don't understand the point you are trying to make there. Are you saying that voters should stick with the same parties who have failed them simply because it is safer to stick with the status quo?