Are the people of Stoke Central ever likely to want THIS as their MP?

Paul Nuttall is parachuting into Stoke-on-Trent Central and intends to conquer the constituency for UKIP [Image: PA].

Despite This Site’s warnings of dire humiliation if he follows this course, UKIP leader Paul Nuttall has ignored my good advice and barged the 10 other possible candidates from his party out of the way to stand in the Stoke Central by-election.

Apparently the 10(!) other possible UKIP candidates stood aside to make way for their leader, who is from Bootle, and is therefore being ‘parachuted’ into the constituency.

The people of Stoke-on-Trent Central have prior experience of ‘parachuted-in’ candidates – Tristram Hunt, whose resignation forced this poll, is from Cambridge. His selection was extremely unpopular with Labour Party members in the constituency, leading to him getting the lowest turnout and majority of any MP in the current Parliament.

Labour has yet to choose a candidate. If the party decides on somebody from the constituency, who supports Jeremy Corbyn and accepts the decision of the EU referendum (Stoke Central supported Brexit), then Mr Nuttall is cruising towards his fifth consecutive defeat in a Parliamentary election.

Even more potentially humiliating is the possibility that he has overruled better candidates – who might win – in order to fail in his ambition yet again.

UKIP leader Paul Nuttall will stand in the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election on 23 February, the party has said.

Mr Nuttall was confirmed as the UKIP candidate after the 10 other people on the shortlist withdrew to make way for their leader.

Mr Nuttall is striving to become UKIP’s second MP, joining Douglas Carswell who became its first MP in 2014.

It will be Mr Nuttall’s fifth attempt to win a seat in Parliament.

Source: UKIP leader Paul Nuttall to stand in Stoke Central by-election – BBC News

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6 Comments

  1. Nick January 21, 2017 at 2:34 pm - Reply

    my view on Paul is that he has nothing of any decent values to offer the people of stoke so should not even be standing ?
    having said that the people of stoke may wont something fresh on offer like trump who knows ?

  2. Fibro confused January 21, 2017 at 2:36 pm - Reply

    He really is up there with Farage on the vileness stakes……ugh…shudders

  3. Neilth January 21, 2017 at 3:29 pm - Reply

    A self deluding autocrat! Who does this remind me of?

  4. Roland Laycock January 21, 2017 at 6:11 pm - Reply

    Evil

  5. Barry Davies January 22, 2017 at 12:00 am - Reply

    Hardly News he was presented as the candidate the day after Hunt resigned.

    • Mike Sivier January 24, 2017 at 11:33 am - Reply

      He was presented as a possible. Now he is the candidate, having barged 10 of his own people out of the way.

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