Lib Dem candidate Tim Walker recently stood down in the ultra-marginal seat of Canterbury in favour of Labour anti-Brexiter Rosie Duffield.
He did this to make sure a Remain supporting MP was returned instead of the Brexit supporting Tory candidate.
The Lib Dem leadership however decided they prefer Brexit over supporting any Labour candidate – even a strong Remainer like Rosie – and tried desperately to persuade four other local Lib Dem hopefuls to stand against her instead.
They all refused.
So Swinson and Lib Dem HQ – against bitter protests from local Lib Dems – have parachuted into Canterbury a candidate not just from outside Canterbury – but from a completely different county altogether.
Take a bow Claire Malcomson, local luvvie and councillor on Mole Valley District Council (in Surrey) …
… now Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Canterbury (in Kent):
As an actress, I’m sure Clare will be able to get the Kent accent down to T in time for door knocking – starting tomorrow.
Pride's Purge 
They always do this, Labour does this as well, Ship in Prissy Misses and PR Professional Princesses and London Counties smug elite to areas they do not have anything to do with and no clue.
This is how prissy political career elite get into politics, go in an area which is traditional Labour and get voted in even though a smug elite
I loved the quote from a Wakefield man when they asked about the shipped in Mary Creagh. and Labour politics and attitude of social elite. of those who would “come among us”
“London socialist,” he says. “Do anything for the working class apart from a day’s work.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/general-election-wakefield-mary-creagh-labour-tories-brexit-swing-seat-workington-man-a9194201.html
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Never did trust the Lib Dems fortunately they are not standing in Bury or I might haven tempted to give them a tactical vote. Now I can vote green with a clear conscience.
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Whata joke the Liberal Democrats are, I will not be supporting this candidate. Let’s all sensible people who want to stop the Tories. Vote for Rosie.
The Liberal Democrats do not deserve local support
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Anyway, no bloody chance, Canterbury is LEAVE being on south east as all area turned into a trafficking zone and hard core criminal area and police have said they have lost control of streets and town to east european mafia. Nice to get your balls burnt with an acetaline torch. why not!! and have business owners have you up against a wall with their eat european mates around you with hand on throat and fist in crotch and vagina. (first is a mate the second was me)
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Why does aunty1960 write like English isn’t her first language?
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I’m very heartened by the odd lib Dem doing the right thing ,but why don’t they wait until the count is fixed and hq can’t shaft them.
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So we have a parachuted scab in our midst?
Sad for Canterbury, even sadder for the LibDems and their claims to be putting Remain first.
Idiots.
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aunty1960 – I’m no fan of Ms Creagh – who was ‘parachuted’ in 2005 – but Labour don’t “always” do it – in fact now that Jeremy Corbyn is leading the party, they don’t do it at all.
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aunty1960 – Canterbury is a very genteel area – hence the tory MP for 100 years until Rosie won. But then, we aren’t troubled by a bunch of embittered xenophobes here. Take a chill pill or get some therapy, please.
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I am a Lib Dems member and we could of and should off helped Rosie in Canterbury and got Labour to stand down in Thanet North instead, just what the first past post system does is divide and rule.
I shall be voting Labour
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Since I have a vote in Canterbury but I was unimpressed by any of the three main parties, I was not going to vote in this election (for the first time ever). I had always voted for the Conservatives in Canterbury until Julian Brazier turned out to be a Brexiter. So, in 2017 my vote went to the Liberal candidate for the first time ever! I was astonished when Rosie Duffield won for Labour – as I had supposed Liberals stood a better chance – but pleased that she was a Remainer.
But I would not have wanted to vote for Labour now, while Corbyn is the leader. Hence my decision not to vote. However, since this crass action by the Liberal party, parachuting in a candidate to stand against a strong Remain candidate, this has completely changed my approach! I will be voting after all: and my vote goes to Rosie Duffield. All Liberals in Canterbury should boycott the candidate the Liberals are parachuting in to upset Remain’s chances.
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Ah yes, this will help things along nicely!
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/racy-advert-may-dent-my-credibility-says-mp-hopeful-216579/
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Ah yes, this will help things along nicely! https://www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/news/racy-advert-may-dent-my-credibility-says-mp-hopeful-216579/
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I am a Labour supporter in the Forest of Dean. Really disappointed that the Lib Dems are not standing here.
Because of the deal they did with the Greens we are now being opposed by a Green Candidate (and of course our sitting Tory MP!).
A Lib Dem candidate would have united the left behind Labour. It pains me to have to fight an election campaign against a candidate whose views I overwhelmingly agree with. Especially as the Labour Party, with its rules against political pacts and alliances is responsible for this, far more than the Greens. It may well split the left vote, and hand victory to the Conservatives.
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Ha! And the Brexit party have parachuted in a candidate from a completely different country – Australia in fact. Brexit candidate for Tynemouth Ed Punchard has lived in Western Australia for the past 30 years, owns property there, and runs a successful Australian business. He’s only ever ‘passed through’ Tynemouth before. What was it the Brexit Party said about no more outside interference again?
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