Election News

[rob62]

The big election News that potentially will impact those living in the County is that thr Tories have lost the Alveley by elections to the Lib Dems.
The Tories majority on the Council is now wafer thin.
The next full Council elections in 2025 will be interesting.

[mattmw]

The Chairman of the Ludlow Conservative group seems to agree that forthcoming local and national elections are going to be tough for the Conservatives

www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/south-shropshire/ludlow/2023/10/16/leading-conservative-warns-that-county-by-election-illustrates-partys-battle-to-retain-rural-seats/

Locally the vote on the planning application for the North West Relief Road is coming up, which is a controversial topic, be interesting to see how the Councillors vote on that application, and whether they will already have an eye on the next local election when they vote

[rob62]

I expect the vote wil largely be on party lines, with Tory Councillors being told to vote in favour.
Whatever the merits of the road, it doe very little for people In the North or South of the County apart from increase their Council Tax

[kenwood]

Oct 20, 2023 22:37:51 GMT 1 rob62 said:

I expect the vote wil largely be on party lines, with Tory Councillors being told to vote in favour.
Whatever the merits of the road, it doe very little for people In the North or South of the County apart from increase their Council Tax

Exactly what Ive been saying.
However , as our MP has managed to secure additional funding according to him I can see this project being voted through . Apart from anything else our Council has already spent a small fortune on it. 
Mark Harper has promised additional funding after the government have pulled HS2 but no mention of time scales as far as I am aware . 
Interesting to see what comes next but I think it’ll go through .

[rob62]

Of course even if it gets planning permission which I think it will there is no guarantee it will ever get built.
The MP is desperate for it to be started before the election so he has an achievement to campaign on.
Of course we will most likely have a change of government late next year, ihave no idea if Labour will fund the road.

Im still of the opinion it won't get built in my lifetime

[martinshrew]

It should've been built 20 years ago, nevermind in another 20 years.

What's the point in a ring road that's not a ring? Battlefield to the hospital should be 5-10 minutes in the opposite direction to now, not near 1/2 hour.

The sooner the better!

[zenfootball]

the last council election showed voters views are changing also with the huge numbers of houses been built were many new people have moved to Shrewsbury i think the voting landscape may have changed, we have a useless conservative council and MP, i hope we have a change because they cant be any worse than the ones we have currently got.
with the by election results our Shrewsbury MP will be looking over his shoulder

[rob62]

I do expect the next General Election in Shropshire to be interesting with both the Tory candidates for both Shrewsbury and Ludlow constituency (south Shropshire) to be at risk.
The Lib Dems are the clear Challengers in the Ludlow seat, and no doubt will be encouraged by recent Council by election successes.
Looking at national opinion polls it is easy to assume that Shrewsbury will go Labour, but a lot can happen between now and the election which pundits think will be in the autumn

[rob62]

I do expect the next General Election in Shropshire to be interesting with both the Tory candidates for both Shrewsbury and Ludlow constituency (south Shropshire) to be at risk.
The Lib Dems are the clear Challengers in the Ludlow seat, and no doubt will be encouraged by recent Council by election successes.
Looking at national opinion polls it is easy to assume that Shrewsbury will go Labour, but a lot can happen between now and the election which pundits think will be in the autumn

[Worthingshrew]

The Israeli-Gaza situation has the potential to blow the Labour Party apart and erode their carefully won electoral lead.

[sheltonsalopian]

Oct 30, 2023 22:14:53 GMT 1 Worthingshrew said:

The Israeli-Gaza situation has the potential to blow the Labour Party apart and erode their carefully won electoral lead.

Highly doubt it, I think when an election comes around this issue won't be at the forefront of many voters priorities.

[kenwood]

Oct 30, 2023 22:14:53 GMT 1 Worthingshrew said:

The Israeli-Gaza situation has the potential to blow the Labour Party apart and erode their carefully won electoral lead.

I’ve been thinking the same.
This could be the end of Starmer if he plays this wrong. Mind you the Government have taken a position similar to Starmer and, of course the two parties have more or less agreed to agree on calling for a humanitarian pause as opposed to a ceasefire .It could well be that come the GE the two parties have decided to do away with their current leaders and we could be seeing two new politicians in charge .
A whole new ball game then but in the meantime Starmer has not helped his standing with those left leaning members of his party with
at least 13 front bench Labour MP’s criticising his approach. 
So, you may be right, the Israeli- Gaza situation could well blow the Labour Party apart. 

Unlike the Conservative Party where collective responsibility is everything and total loyalty is called for the Labour Party do tend to fragment into waring factions and this current issue could highlight that . 
Here’s hoping that sheltonsalopian is right but the damage may have been done by then.

[rob62]

Indeed no one can forsee what external events may impact on our domestic politics.
The left in Labour are likely to become increasingly vocal on Gaza which will test Starmers leadership.
No one should assume that Labours current poll lead will remain as high as it is now

[SeanBroseley]

Next week there is a by election for a new Hackney mayor. The story behind the resignation of the mayor is absolutely wild. The result could be interesting.