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Friday 23rd April 2010 SH (Editor)

Bradley Stoke Election Forum: Have your say

Candidates from the three main political parties attended last night’s Election Forum in Bradley Stoke, an event organised by The Stokes and Patchway Churches. The would-be MPs were asked questions on: the economy, global terrorism, climate change, family breakdown, race & immigration, religious freedom and morality. The event attracted a large audience, despite clashing with the national leaders’ debate taking

Polling Station Sign (photo by Paul Downey).

Wednesday 21st April 2010 SH (Editor)

Election candidates officially announced

Voters in the new Filton and Bradley Stoke constituency will have a choice of eight candidates when they go the polls on Thursday 6th May. Previously announced Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat, Green, UKIP and BNP candidates have now been joined by Ruth Johnson of The Christian Party and ‘Mr Vote Zero-None-Of-The-Above‘ (formerly known as Eric Mutch). The Electoral Register closed

Monday 19th April 2010 SH (Editor)

Christians to quiz FABS General Election candidates

Candidates of the three main political parties are to be quized later this week at an Election Forum organised by local churches. The Stokes and Patchway Churches group has organised the event to allow local Christians to meet the General Election candidates and “listen to them answer questions on key policy areas”. Members of each Church have been asked to

Monday 12th April 2010 SH (Editor)

Lib Dem candidate passes through town on ‘Walk to Westminster’

Peter Tyzack, Liberal Democrat candidate for Filton and Bradley Stoke (FABS), called into town on Saturday on a charity walk spanning the breadth of the constituency that he hopes to represent in the next parliament. The event, ambitiously titled ‘Walk to Westminster’, saw Mr Tyzack set off from Severn Beach at 9am and arrive at Staple Hill by 2:40pm –

Sunday 11th April 2010 SH (Editor)

Mr ‘None of the Above’ Zero set to stand in Filton and Bradley Stoke

A Bristol man who recently changed his name by deed poll to ‘None of the Above Zero’ says he plans to stand as a candidate in the Filton and Bradley Stoke (FABS) constituency at the General Election. Bristol 24-7 reported last week that Mr Zero, formerly known as Eric Mutch, intended to stand as a candidate in Bristol South, where

Thursday 1st April 2010 SH (Editor)

FABS General Election news roundup (March)

With an announcement of the date of the General Election seemingly just days away, The Journal takes a look at how the main political parties have been building up their campaigns in the fight for the new Filton and Bradley Stoke (FABS) constituency. The last few days have seen the first election leaflets dropping on doormats in Bradley Stoke. In

Tuesday 23rd March 2010 SH (Editor)

Latest news from the FABS General Election candidates

The Journal is pleased to announce that our Filton and Bradley Stoke 2010 General Election page is now carrying automatically updated news alerts from the local candidates of all three major party candidates. Following a request from The Journal, Conservative candidate Jack Lopresti has now fixed the RSS feed on his jacklopresti.com website, which enables us to automatically grab his

Monday 15th March 2010 SH (Editor)

BNP to contest Filton and Bradley Stoke seat

The British National Party (BNP) has announced that it is to contest the Filton and Bradley Stoke (FABS) parliamentary seat at the upcoming General Election. The news, which the BNP claims will “shock the party’s opponents”, was revealed in a posting on the far-right party’s website on Saturday (13th March). The article names “lifelong Bristol resident” David Scott as the

Saturday 13th February 2010 SH (Editor)

Local students quiz prospective Members of Parliament for Filton and Bradley Stoke

Over 130 sixth form students at Patchway Community College took local politicians to task on Friday (12th February) over issues facing the country in the next General Election. In a tutorial session earlier in the week students had discussed key issues of particular interest to them and prepared some questions that were put forward to prospective parliamentary candidates from the

Houses of parliament/Westminster Palace, London [photo by Sir James; licence: cc/by-sa/3.0]

Tuesday 9th February 2010 SH (Editor)

Conservatives odds on to take Filton and Bradley Stoke in General Election

Bradley Stoke is likely to represented by a Conservative MP after this year’s General Election if odds recently published by Ladbrokes prove accurate. The bookmaker has installed the Conservative candidate for the new parliamentary constituency of Filton and Bradley Stoke as the 1/6 favourite. The Liberal Democrats are second in the betting at 6/1, followed by Labour at 10/1. Bradley