Browsing the archives for the Sophie Stanbrook tag
Now here’s a mystery. Since Sophie Stanbrook got named on the Suffolk Coastal Conservative short list she’s shot to the top of my search hits. Ben Gummer’s been getting a few, but less than a third of the hits.
Now why would he:
Get fewer hits than her:
Actually the mystery is solved. Bridge Ward News actually comes [...]
I’ve been getting quite a few search engines referring people looking for Sophie Stanbrook, a former Tory council candidate in Ipswich who’s been put in the last six for Suffolk Coastal despite having local roots. Now she’s got her own website at sophiestanbrook.com
She’ll probably thank me for that. She won’t thank me for highlighting this other [...]
Well done to Suffolk Coastal Conservative Association for choosing some local candidates in their short list. One of the depressing things about the professionalisation of politics has been the growth of the short lists with members who have no links to the constituency.
Another mess like Ipswich North would be too much.
North Ipswich and Mid Suffolk Tories have messed up in their refusal to name a local candidate. One of the points that is often made about the Conservative Party is that it is more democratic in its final selection than the other parties. This is true, but its preliminary rounds are almost (if not quite) [...]
