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Mark Prisk to step down

Posted: Mon 09 Sep, 2019 2:07 pm
by JohnSmith
Mark Prisk has announced that he will not be standing at the next general election (whenever that is).

Re: Mark Prisk to step down

Posted: Mon 09 Sep, 2019 5:55 pm
by Steve

Re: Mark Prisk to step down

Posted: Wed 11 Sep, 2019 12:18 am
by Steve
And a day later the LibDems announce their candidate

https://www.hertford.net/local-news/?id=259

Re: Mark Prisk to step down

Posted: Wed 11 Sep, 2019 12:56 pm
by codek2
hehe good dragging out of the stats to show how low they've dropped! I'm not sure any political party has ever had so much potential, and done so little with it.

Re: Mark Prisk to step down

Posted: Wed 11 Sep, 2019 2:52 pm
by JohnSmith
Unsurprisingly, Mark Prisk stepping down, the Lib Dems announcing their candidate nor Charles Walker's knighthood are deemed newsworthy by the Hertfordshire Mercury.

Re: Mark Prisk to step down

Posted: Wed 11 Sep, 2019 9:23 pm
by Toady
… but cat gets stuck up tree on Ware Road - front page.

I could stand on a Tory ticket in East Herts and get in. Even now..

Re: Mark Prisk to step down

Posted: Thu 12 Sep, 2019 8:19 pm
by Smudger
It's a shame the Magical Musical Mystery Tour didn't happen this year as well, I've enjoyed it in the past

Re: Mark Prisk to step down

Posted: Fri 13 Sep, 2019 1:59 am
by Steve
Smudger wrote:
Thu 12 Sep, 2019 8:19 pm
It's a shame the Magical Musical Mystery Tour didn't happen this year as well, I've enjoyed it in the past
Is that a comment on the Mercury's coverage of this year's event?

I'm not sure how the Musical Mystery Tour relates to our MP standing down.

Re: Mark Prisk to step down

Posted: Sat 26 Oct, 2019 8:55 am
by JohnSmith
Our next MP will be Julie Marson who was chosen, mainly by the members of the Stortford branch of the Conservative party, to replace Mark Prisk.

She is a hard line Brexiter who failed to win the Dagenham and Rainham seat in the last two elections.

As far as I'm aware she has no previous links to the Hertford & Stortford constituency.

Re: Mark Prisk to step down

Posted: Sun 27 Oct, 2019 3:28 am
by Steve
JohnSmith wrote:
Sat 26 Oct, 2019 8:55 am
Our next MP will be Julie Marson who was chosen, mainly by the members of the Stortford branch of the Conservative party, to replace Mark Prisk.

She is a hard line Brexiter who failed to win the Dagenham and Rainham seat in the last two elections.

As far as I'm aware she has no previous links to the Hertford & Stortford constituency.
Selection was somewhat controversial, as the seat wasn't advertised and a longlist imposed by CCHQ

https://www.conservativehome.com/parlia ... -tale.html