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(odds for the Dulwich & West Norwood seat at the next) General Election


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Nope shorter, if you put ?100 on Labour and they won you'd get a measly ?20 profit back, whereas the same bet on the Tories (if they won) would give you ?350 profit. I thought the Lib Dems were second here last time? If so, 20/1 is the value bet!


Edited to shorter not longer!

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At the last election the LibDems were up 9.2% from the previous whereas labour was down 9.5%. Although they still got 54%


The level of conservative support has remained relatively static. Probably due to the fact that you aren?t allowed to subdivide the houses in the Village and sell the flats off to first time buyers.



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Indeed, Gerry Bowden was the MP until 1992 of the old Dulwich constituency. Tessa won the same seat in 1997 and then won the merged Dulwich and West Norwood one in 2001.


However there is yet ANOTHER boundary change in 2010 where only Village (SE21), College (SE21/SE22) and East Dulwich wards will be part of Tessa's patch along with a big patch of Lambeth. The rest of our postcode transfers over to Harriet Harman's Peckham and Camberwell constituency.


The Tory vote seems to be at it's strongest in Village and College wards.

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Tessa Jowell's popularity has waned over the past few years- partly due to her cabinet role and not being seen around DAWN ( Dulwich and West Norwood). Secondly- her husband did not help the situation with all the goings on with the Italian PM, for which he now may receive a jail sentance. Tessa has been seen in East Dulwich - she was in North Cross Road apparently a few weeks back. I do a lot of community work and used to bump into Tessa frequently at various events -I don't think we have been at the same events over the past 3 plus years.

One person I do bump into frequently at Community Events is the Lib. Dem. PPC - Jonathan Mitchell. I hear from associates in Lambeth that he spends a great deal of time on that side of the fence as well ( more than Tessa it seems) The Tory candidate for DAWN has been seen on a couple of ocassions.

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budur Wrote:

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> The Tories have a good chance round here I've

> heard. A lot of Tory voters have moved in over the

> last few years. Let's hope so.



Not if you value society.


I just hope Tory voters get what they deserve.

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Are you all seriously so blinded by class prejudice that you think Labour are the best option? Gordon's views are unprincipled, small-minded and represent the politics of envy. All he is interested in is being PM and for him that is enough - at least Blair wanted to be PM in order to do something. Gordon wants to penalise hard work and re-create class divides - ultimately everyone will suffer.
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It's 2011 and Ratty prepeare to write the longest "I told you so" post EVER....


So for the record I'm with ratty at this early stage. And whilst the Blair/Brown thing is done and needs to be swept away, I don't see anything to back up the statement "Gordon wants to penalise hard work and re-create class divides "


And yes Brendan there are more than two choices, but given the current voting system the canny voter has to play the long game and not waste the vote

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So you think that we should be judging the next government one year after the election? No doubt in 1998 you were there saying that Blair needed time to make a difference because the Tory years had left the country in such a terrible state. Funny how people forget when the situation's reversed.


Whoever wins, it's going to be years before the economy is remotely robust again. If Labour win, Gordon will increase taxes on employment - eg income tax and NI (including employer contributions which will help to deter recruitment). To my mind, that is penalising rather than encouraging hard work. He has also announced plans to save literally hundreds of pounds by abolishing the childcare voucher scheme for anyone earning effectively more than minimum wage - which will act as a deterrent to women to return to work after having a child because the amount you would need to earn pre-tax just to cover nursery care and travelling expenses out of the net pay is higher than the average wage. Whereas, if the allowance were to be increased, it would help women to return to work and the tax take from their employment would be significantly higher than the savings from the cuts. But that wouldn't tie in with his mission to screw anyone he perceives as "middle class".

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