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Astral Dancer · 19-01-2005, 03:16 PM

In a TV interview after june 2004 RK said he could win Camborne without putting up a candidate

ops: (splutter), in a recent local bi-election ukip came 5th of 5 candidates, this seems to be much the pattern from my observations

TheVoiceOfReason · 20-01-2005, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Wilde

I've heard that it is a well-known maxim among activists in the three old parties that unless a party holds at least one local council seat in a constituency, that party has virtually no hope of winning that constituency in a general election.

Has anybody else heard this? Does anybody know if it is true?

For what it is worth, I know that George Galloway's Respect are very confident about Bethnal Green since they got a local councillor (and for a couple of other reasons), and at the other end of the spectrum the BNP are being careful to ensure that anywhere with a BNP councillor will get a general election candidate. So wisdom or not, it seems everyone believes it.

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19-01-2005, 03:16 PM	#11 (permalink)
Astral Dancer Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 34	In a TV interview after june 2004 RK said he could win Camborne without putting up a candidate ops: (splutter), in a recent local bi-election ukip came 5th of 5 candidates, this seems to be much the pattern from my observations