Consultant gynaecologist Daniel Poulter has this evening been selected to succeed Sir Michael Lord as Conservative candidate for Central Suffolk & North Ipswich. Graham Dines has the full story HERE on the East Anglian Daily Times website.Poulter was also a finalist for Beckenham, which selects next week. He beat five other candidates: Katy Bourne, Tim Clark, Joanna Gardner, Dominic Schofield, and Claire Strong.
He was the only 'local' candidate in the Beckenham final six next week. Now he will obviously not go forward for that selection maybe this will let through another candidate (atleast 3 local Cllrs applied and failed to make the final 6) or will the local party proceed with 5 candidates?
ReplyDeleteWhat about you Iain, after Bracknell. Are you keen on anything else or are you sitting it out now it has got so near to the election itself?
That's for me to know and you to guess!
ReplyDeleteWell, this landlord guesses Dale's lining something up, then! It would be a rubbish secret if he was planning on sitting it out!
ReplyDeleteSeems like another one that `Dave`s` parachuted in....
ReplyDeleteOrpington CVs go in on Monday, Iain. Don't delay!
ReplyDeleteDave & Central Office seem to have got their timing all wrong with latest email missive on Copenhagen Summit.
ReplyDeleteRead the responses. 99% against the Tory posn on this boondoggle.
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ReplyDeleteIain
Any thoughts on the Tories ignoring the UKIP offer not to stand in the next GE providing Dave guaranteed us our referendum?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/28/tories-ignore-ukip-offer
Now I am intrigued Iain!
ReplyDeleteYou could argue that a gynecologist is far more important than a politician....
ReplyDeletebut that would be uncharitable?
'gynaecologist'
ReplyDeleteHe's in trouble already. Just waiting for the obvious comments...
Well let me be the first to say that Daniel has not 'had a bad day' given this news.
ReplyDelete(I geneuinely thought the Tories had picked the singer who turns out to be Daniel Powter when I saw the title.)
Least its good to have someone who will be qualified to discuss the problems with the NHS instead of having someone who has no experience of working in a hospital yet is telling them what to do. Doctor David Bull would have been a good one but he's dropped out
ReplyDeleteah yes, ...the ignoring of the UKIP offer not to stand ....
ReplyDeleteNot like you Iain to miss a big political story....
Tory Bear missed it as well
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don't want to talk about it ?
Are we getting a lot of Doctors as candidates?
ReplyDeleteBetter than lawyers.