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mwooldri

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1. I guess the Tories want to lose 500 quickly...

Reply to BooScout (Original post)

Sun Sep 8, 2019, 12:39 AM

Sep 2019

£500 is the deposit that candidates pay to file to run for election. If they don't get enough votes they lose their deposit.

If the Tories do put up a candidate, then expect the other parties to campaign on behalf of the speaker.

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I guess the Tories want to lose 500 quickly... mwooldri Sep 2019 #1

I doubt they'd do that badly muriel_volestrangler Sep 2019 #2