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Stoke-on-Trent Central Heading For An All Woman Short List


11 Mar 2010
Posted by Tony Walley
Reports are reaching us that the NEC and Regional Office of the Labour Party are trying to impose an all woman shortlist on Stoke-on-Trent Central following Mark Fisher MP's decision to stand down on health grounds. The NEC and the regional officers will also have a massive say on who goes forward to the Constituency for selection. Members of the NEC and the Regional Office will advertise the Vacancy.
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BREAKING NEWS: - Mark Fisher MP Stands Down


10 Mar 2010
Posted by Tony Walley
AUDIO INTERVIEWS NOW ONLINE! Stoke-on Trent's longest serving Member of Parliament Mark Fisher is to stand down and will not contest the upcoming election. The veteran Labour MP is the former Minister for the Arts and has served the Constituency of Stoke-on-Trent Central since being elected to Parliament in 1983. Although no official reason has been given for his decision, it is known that he has been in ill health for a while. Mr Fisher recently underwent surgery and is understood to be on the
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The Retirement of Mark Fisher MP


11 Mar 2010
Posted by Tony Walley
Commenting on the retirement of Mark Fisher MP, Conservative Parliamentary candidate, Norsheen Bhatti said: [quote]"It is very sad that ill health has forced Mark to retire, and I thank him for everything he has done for Stoke. However at the next election local people face a very clear choice between 5 more years of Gordon Brown making things worse, or a chance for change with David Cameron and the Conservative Party.
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Norsheen & The Local Conservatives Stand Up For The Coachmakers


09 Mar 2010
Posted by Tony Walley
Stoke Central Conservative PPC Norsheen Bhatti and the local party intend to stand up for the local pub community and support The Coachmakers campaign against it's proposed closure. Recent figures show that a net 3,690 local pubs have closed under Labour. On top of Gordon Brown’s above-inflation rises in alcohol duty imposed in the Budget local pubs will face above-inflation hikes in their Rateable Values – and thus their tax bills.
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Labour - Dead As A Dodo!

08 Mar 2010
Well done Gary Elsby, Barry Stockley and Mick Williams for finally taking a stand in that they are taking legal action against their treatment by the local Labour Party. I only wish I had done so when I could, and should have done. Needless to say, any assistance I can give, I will gladly do so. I know with the meetings I went to that there was no way Gary Elsby was going to be Labour candidate.
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Knapper's Outrage At Birches Head Proposals.


08 Mar 2010
Posted by Tony Walley
Berryhill and Hanley East City Councillor Adrian Knapper is shocked and outraged to read within Friday nights Sentinel that the Conservative/Independent Liberal Democrat Alliance that now runs Stoke-on-Trent City Council wants to expand Birches Head School by an extra 300 pupils when residents within the Bucknall area want a new School at the Mitchell site.
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Become your own boss, Conservative plans for Stoke Central’s public sector workers


26 Feb 2010
Posted by Tony Walley
Public sector workers across Stoke Central could become their own boss and deliver better services under new Conservative plans, backed by Norsheen Bhatti, the Conservative Parliamentry Candidate for Stoke Central, this week. Under bold proposals, public sector workers would have a powerful new right to form employee-owned co-operatives to take over the services they deliver.
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Nationwide Labour Party Shenanigans

15 Feb 2010
It would appear that the issue surrounding the selection of candidates in the Labour Party is not exclusive to Stoke-on-Trent. In this week's Tribune, the magazine for Labour supporters, there is an article by Chris McLaughlin which exposes yet another example of candidates imposed or excluded against the wishes of the rank and file membership. In this case it is the last remaining London seat to select a candidate Leyton & Wanstead.
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Mark Fisher

Mark Fisher MP Labour Stoke-on-Trent Central

From Wikipedia
Mark Fisher (born 29 October 1944) is a British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central since 1983, and also spent a short time as Minister for the Arts. A backbencher, he is one of the more rebellious Old Labour MPs, as opposed to the more right-wing New Labour flank.

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Conservative hoping to be Stoke Central’s next MP has published a clean expenses and fair campaign pledge.


07 Feb 2010
Posted by Tony Walley
The Conservative hoping to be Stoke Central’s next MP has published a clean expenses and fair campaign pledge.    The contract for honesty and transparency was made by Norsheen Bhatti and follows the scandal
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