General Election 2019

in which the majority of Islington’s people live.

Is that true?

Yes there are plenty of estates, but does that actually make up the majority of residences?

Also worth pointing out that many of those estates have had huge investment and pretty nice with excellent playgrounds, outdoor spaces, etc.

m8 he's been to morleys

Her husband is a High Court judge.

@mashton for the leader!

Fwiw as a non-Labour supporter I rate Emily T.

Every time I've heard her speak she's smashed it, evening when having to BS. Compared to JC and Diane Abbott she's head and shoulders above them in terms of presenting as a convincing politician.

That video is well jeans and schoux

shut up minor gangster

I’d like Blair to come back or someone with a bit or charisma. Maybe David Lammy.

Sounds like you know her personally, maybe your judgement is skewed

I think Phillips/Starmer or Phillips/Lammy would give the Tories the most trouble as a PM/Deputy pairing (either way round really). I think Johnson would have a lot of trouble any of those three.

Blair and Lammy in a snap pre-Christmas pantomime tour 🐴

My order of preference:

1. Emily Thornberry
   
2. Clive Lewis
   
3. Keir Starmer
   

Clive Lewis

Clive “get on your knees bitch” Lewis

also clive, y not nandy?

Sounds like you know her personally, maybe your judgement is skewed

I do know her. I was her Election Agent. I have seen her at work. I know how activists from throughout the party and voters warm to her. I have heard her speak on numerous occasions. She is inspirational.

I know her. Maybe my judgment is based upon first hand knowledge and not tabloid slurs.

Is that true?

As a rough guide the average ranking on Indicies of Multiple Deprivation of English Local Authority Districts in London
https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/indices-of-deprivation

Barking and Dagenham 5th
Hackney 7th
Newham 12th
Tower Hamlets 27th
Islington 28th
Lewisham 35th
..
Kingston upon Thames 270th
Richmond upon Thames 297th

Also Islington has less green public space than any other London Borough

also clive, y not nandy?

I don’t know so much about Nandy. She May be good but she hasn’t impressed me in the way that the others have with their charisma. We need photogenic politicians, ones who perform well in the media. This is perhaps sad but also true. Maybe Nandy has it. I just haven’t seen it yet.

Emily Thornberry was at one time the chair of the All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group. What else do you need to know?

Also worth pointing out that many of those estates have had huge investment and pretty nice with excellent playgrounds, outdoor spaces, etc.

Islington Council has done an amazing job despite a 70% - yes 70% - reduction in funding. There is still huge deprivation on those estates. They need money spent on them. There needs to be more social housing. The money simply is not there.

That’s good to hear. But a lot or people will judge her solely on the tabloid slurs, especially the England flag nonsense. Does the party need a leader with so much baggage when it is already seriously diminished?

I don’t think it does.

Charlie. You must be pleased with Claudia’s election as MP for a Leicester seat. Rowena Champion, her replacement as chair of Islington’s environment Committee is excellent.

If elected leader they will have many other things to attack her on and the public will see a lot more of her. They will like what they see.

That incident was quite a few years ago. Think how many worse things Johnson has done in the past month.

FFS!

Riiiiiiighhht.

Here we go.
https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/health-profiles/data#page/0/gid/8000073/pat/6/par/E12000007/ati/202/are/E09000019/nn/nn-7-E09000019

This is data from public health england and shows how islington is doing next to its nearest cipfa neighbours (areas most like it) and benchmarked against England.

I'd have a look through there.

London, has a massive inequality within areas. You can have LSOAs bumping up against each other that are massively different.
When new measures come out and show an area improving overall compared to other parts of the country/london, it's worth pointing out it's not always an improvement. The other areas might be getting shitter.

For the more granular picture
https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/local-health/data#page/0/gid/1938133180/pat/101/par/E09000019/ati/3/are/E02000554

Just because some very rich people live there doesn't mean it's not shit for others.

As I said earlier I met her canvassing and she was a really inspiring and warm person.

What England flag comments? All she did was post a picture of a house draped in England flags. Her tweet made no comment other than it was in Rochester. The media turned it into a story.