[Abernathy]

Labour will be selecting its candidate to succeed Keir Starmer next week.

Zack Polanski is making noises and dropping hints that he might be going to stand as the Greens' candidate.

Binface is certain to be there.

Farage probably won't be, but you can confidently expect them to put up some swivel-eyed absolute wanker as the Reform candidate.

Read (and write) all about it on this 'ere new thread.

[Youngian]

I don't know if Andy's playing with Labour's metropolitan voters but Holborn and St Pancras has enjoyed massive urban regeneration since the Thatcher years. And has been a big success so shame on them if they don't give Burnham a vote confidence for his agenda.
The summer heatwave could give the Green's some impetus if they don't stand a swivel eyed loon banging on about Zionism.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Maybe they’ll run Andrew Feinstein. He ought to have him Stop The War and standing with David Miller chucked in his face if so.

[Boiler]

I don't know if Andy's playing with Labour's metropolitan voters but Holborn and St Pancras has enjoyed massive urban regeneration since the Thatcher years.

It's pretty much unrecognisable from when I started to commute into London in the mid-80s, although I was saddened to see the Culross Buildings go

[Youngian]

If you were waiting for the 4am milk train from Kings Cross in the 80s you'd soon find out dirty old men in macs weren't a myth that we were warned about in PIFs with Charlie the Cat and err Jimmy Savile.

[Boiler]

...nor the hookers in York Road. Not long after that DPP got done for kerb-crawling, I had a cab ride from work to the Cross and having mentioned I'd got an hour's wait for a train; the cabbie (jokingly) offered to show me where it happened, should I choose to while the time away...

[Youngian]

I'd forgotten about that sordid episode from the Major years when the Tories had stopped reading the room. They were appalled that John Prescott went for the jugular at this good chap DPP establishment character just because he was crawling for rough trade in his Daimler.

[Andy McDandy]

I vaguely remember a block of rather nice flats that was described as Britain's biggest brothel.

Sadly, the block (Chelsea Cloisters) is a good way away .

[Oboogie]

The summer heatwave could give the Green's some impetus if they don't stand a swivel eyed loon banging on about Zionism.

Nah The Greens don't talk about green stuff anymore unless it's to oppose unsightly solar farms. Their campaign will consist of shouting "Zionist" and "Terf" at Burnham and whoever the Labour candidate is.

[The Weeping Angel]

[Boiler]

WGAF what Plankski thinks?

[The Weeping Angel]

Because he will almost certainly stand.

[Boiler]

Well, let's just hope the electorate there aren't so stupid as to vote the twat in. We don't need another populist prick in Parliament.

[davidjay]

Well, let's just hope the electorate there aren't so stupid as to vote the twat in. We don't need another populist prick in Parliament.

I long ago gave up trusting in the non-stupidity of the electorate.

[kreuzberger]

With a majority that is still in overwhelmingly rude health, I'd revel in Zack winning, just for the fun of it and having a tenner on when he will get slung out for calling the Speaker a "Zionist baby-killing anti-Semite who is in hock to Trump-pharma". Or something.

[satnav]

Rupert Lowe has said that his party has no chance of winning but they are putting forward a candidate just to prove how much London has been overrun by immigrants.

[Oboogie]

Polanski winning seems unlikely, remember this from Clacton?

[satnav]

Hopefully the by-election will prove that Reform has got very little chance of winning seats in London especially if Restore field candidates against them. If Reform can't pick up seats in London it has very little chance of ever forming a government.

[mattomac]

Reform are currently second in the mayoral poll but a far behind. Greens poll rather poorly considering the council elections where they did ok in certain parts though it wasn’t replicated all over so that may have an impact.

Reform didn’t leave a mark in London during the council elections. With the Tories doing better than the rest of the country.

[Youngian]

Rupert Lowe has said that his party has no chance of winning but they are putting forward a candidate just to prove how much London has been overrun by immigrants.

If Reform are standing then so does Lowe to spite Farage. Lowe's petty vengeance is his raison d'etre. A small man with big money.