tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post7598823011175259230..comments2024-03-28T07:14:01.343+00:00Comments on donpaskini: Sarah Wollastondonpaskinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05963534291677598324noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post-28578495215834018642009-08-27T12:14:29.549+00:002009-08-27T12:14:29.549+00:00Not in Totnes she wouldn't, and her Euro-scept...Not in Totnes she wouldn't, and her Euro-sceptic views suggest a pragmatic approach to the strong UKIP vote in the Totnes Constituency.<br /><br />http://quietzapple-musing.blogspot.com/2009/08/open-primary-by-post-in-totnes.html<br /><br />http://quietzapple-musing.blogspot.com/2009/08/tory-tactics-in-totnes-open-primary.html<br /><br />She doesn't sound quite so a-political as she appeared to those who preferred her to local Tory Council bigwigs in the "Open" Primary in what was a marginal Tory-Lib-Dem seat in 2005, and in which UKIP almost certainly beat the Tories in the Euro-elections last June.Quietzapplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15422598703061456846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post-83529610755276341052009-08-26T20:10:27.093+00:002009-08-26T20:10:27.093+00:00If elected, I think she'd be a quick defector ...If elected, I think she'd be a quick defector to the Lib Dems. A bit rough on the Lib Dem Totnes candidate, no doubt.Charliemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964488383299624526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post-66471662237881090832009-08-25T16:52:19.579+00:002009-08-25T16:52:19.579+00:00A Labour supporter perhaps, but I expect more actu...A Labour supporter perhaps, but I expect more actual ideology from my Labour MPs.Chris Baldwinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post-47772892495964536342009-08-25T11:23:49.198+00:002009-08-25T11:23:49.198+00:00I agree she could've been Labour in the mid-90...I agree she could've been Labour in the mid-90s, in the sense she sees herself as a non-ideological, common-sense politician, she's ambitious and she's willing to parrot a line. She seems a fairly competent career politician, but she also comes across as mean-spirited, and she doesn't seem to have anything interesting to say on the NHS - just interested in defending the narrow interests of doctors.tim fhttp://provisionalbbc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post-22074150219029820382009-08-25T08:33:26.296+00:002009-08-25T08:33:26.296+00:00I agree, she's clearly not a partisan, and cou...I agree, she's clearly not a partisan, and could have been anywhere from the Greens to the Liberals via Labour.<br /><br />However, one bit of good news for Labour - the party's also not getting the aggravating careerists I saw flocking to them in the mid-1990s.Jameshttp://twodoctors.orgnoreply@blogger.com