Saturday, 7 May 2011
Blue Candidate red faced and in Hot House over movie role
All is not well at 1A. Following the sad departure of two councillors, it really is a no brainer to go through selection processes to find a successor. Or so you would expect.
Especially after the complete shambles of selecting a former independent candidate at Earls Court last time every care was taken to select a "safe pair of hands".
Hornet was given a tip off the candidate for Brompton, Lloyd North, a BA air steward was also an ardent fan of former PM and Chelsea resident Maggie Thatcher. So much adulation in fact that he started his own facebook fan page, that you can read here.
It should have been a shoe in for Mr North and the Tories. Brompton last time had a majority of almost 700 votes, so it all looked good.
Then suddenly the candidate withdrew and the powers that be ushered in replacement quicker than you can say "Hot House entertainment"
So what has happened? Why the sudden change of heart and reversal of fortune from the previous Colville candidate in May 2010? Did the mock up picture cause offence to The Iron Lady and she handbagged the local chiefs?
Apparently not. Apparently also most of the Conservative Group are in the dark about exactly what happened unlike those on the opposition benches who, it would seem have known for some time.
Someone has let it slip that the candidate has allegedly appeared in a porn movie some years ago and this is simply far too much for the local Tories to stomach.
Especially after the complete shambles of selecting a former independent candidate at Earls Court last time every care was taken to select a "safe pair of hands".
Hornet was given a tip off the candidate for Brompton, Lloyd North, a BA air steward was also an ardent fan of former PM and Chelsea resident Maggie Thatcher. So much adulation in fact that he started his own facebook fan page, that you can read here.
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Then suddenly the candidate withdrew and the powers that be ushered in replacement quicker than you can say "Hot House entertainment"
So what has happened? Why the sudden change of heart and reversal of fortune from the previous Colville candidate in May 2010? Did the mock up picture cause offence to The Iron Lady and she handbagged the local chiefs?
Apparently not. Apparently also most of the Conservative Group are in the dark about exactly what happened unlike those on the opposition benches who, it would seem have known for some time.
Someone has let it slip that the candidate has allegedly appeared in a porn movie some years ago and this is simply far too much for the local Tories to stomach.
Time heals all wounds.
ReplyDeleteHis eventual rehabilitation is par for the course. The Council operates on the basis that residents forget promises if given enough time. The local Tory party appear to operate on a similar basis: the electorate will forget "things" if given enough time. Perhaps local Tory party members do too?
ReplyDeleteGiven the average age of the typical Tory party member the odds of them remembering anything, let alone the "minor misdemeanor" of starring in a porn film, are pretty low.
DeleteIf he's standing again it isn't in one of the Tory Wards.... Maybe they couldn't find anyone to replace him in Colville?
ReplyDeleteWhy are the Conservatives being so coy about announcing their candidates?
ReplyDeleteBecause we're about to unleash our secret weapon and win ever seat.
DeleteWa ha ha.
The tragedy for young people nowadays is that so many of their indiscretions are up on the Internet for eternity. We managed to get away with our youthful peccadilloes. We need to remember that Lloyd was in a foreign country, he was in thrall to a much older, manipulative man and what he did was not illegal. But his two films are easily accessible – both the one he admits to, in which he is a “bystander” but also the second one, where he is not just a “bystander”.
ReplyDeleteThe two films may have ended up on the net without any action on Lloyd's part but young people are posting all their "misdemeanors" on to the likes of Facebook willingly and despite plenty of advice to the contrary. The first may be a tragedy but the second is quite simply foolish. In particular as Facebook has a track record of ignoring its own privacy policy.
DeleteCllr Blakeman's finest moment came rescuing the Ruling Party.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Private Eye (No 1323 p. 13) the Leader of the Labour Party was rewarded with an agreeable lunch courtesy of Tory cabinet member Cllr Tim Ahern.
Meanwhile, her intervention ensured the election of Louis "Boy" Mosely, great-grandson of Britain's most famous fascist.
Aint life grand!
http://fromthehornetsnest.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/no-such-thing-as-free-lunch.html
It’s good to see that the Dame’s correspondents are no longer engaging in the ghastly homophobic rants that this story produced the first time round. Lloyd has redeemed himself since he was economical with the truth. If he wants to become a councillor, let him. He will be a far better one than most of the moribund voting fodder currently on the Tory benches, or the loud-mouthed and ignorant Inspector Palmer.
ReplyDeleteThe Hornet's audience has clearly improved since 2011.
DeleteYou are quite correct that he could well be a better Councillor than the "voting fodder" on the Tory benches. Sadly I suspect we're not going to find out any time soon. Whether or not Llloyd has redeemed himself he is most likely to end up fighting a non-winnable seat in the north of the borough. Specially when the likes of Cllr. Palmer scarper southwards and take winnable seats away from more able candidates.
Rum business
DeleteNorth IS standing in Colville. That came from his own mouth.
DeleteHe's cannon fodder then. Colville is unwinnable.
DeleteGood luck to the cove. Fine looking fella
Delete11.00 is right. Who are the Conservative candidates? Some we know. The Dame introduced "Rinker Dinker" to her readers..
ReplyDeleteBut who are the new candidates in Redcliffe and whatever Cremorne Ward is called now?
Let's hope the chosen candidate in the new Cremorne (Chelsea Riverside?) shapes up. The Tory party's record in selecting poor candidates for this part of the borough is unprecedented. Jenny Kingsley, Steven Redman, James Cecil and Mathew Neal have all been massively disappointing. Mark Daley foolishly got himself in to pickle thanks to Phelps. Here's hoping for someone half-decent this time round.
DeleteI've never met Lloyd North. But I have heard that he works hard campaigning locally. This, more often than not, translates into someone who will make a good Ward Councillor.
ReplyDeleteWith the imminent move to wherever of the local Conservative Association-I can see a lot of activists drawing a line and retiring from campaigning. The Conservative Association, as a campaigning machine, is a shadow of itself from 20 years ago. And it's getting worse year by year.
No doubt he will, anyway it's not fair to tease as LN has been feeling a little queer and has been under the doctor for a while. Let's hope he will be feeling Perky again soon.
Delete18.48, this is such a silly and homophobic comment - Dame, please remove it. It is not worthy of your exemplary blog.
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