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Um dos melhores parlamentares do noroeste anunciou nesta semana em que está de pé aos trinta e quatro anos. William Wragg só representa Hazel Grove desde 2015. Ele teve problemas de saúde, mas sua decisão de sair tem implicações políticas significativas. Ele estava ao lado de Graham Brady quando o deputado de Altrincham (presidente dos 22) fez suas frequentes participações na TV anunciando o vencedor depois de Johnson e Truss Reignations este ano. Wragg pediu que ambos os líderes fossem. Cerca de trinta comprimentos nos conservadores de dente geralmente desistem. Desta vez, os comentaristas esperam muito mais que não gostam de aquecer os bancos da oposição sob um governo trabalhista. It is possible that the grown-up leadership we are getting from the Prime Minister and Chancellor could win the Tories a fifth term in office, but such a recovery is going to come too late in the North West by elections, first in Chester next Thursday, then Stretford and Urmston in December, followed sometime by West Lancashire.
He has been an independent voice on the backbenches and was so well respected by his colleagues that he gained a place on the influential 1922 Committee. He was beside Graham Brady when the Altrincham MP (chair of the 22) made his frequent TV appearances announcing the winner after Johnson and Truss resignations this year. Wragg had called for both leaders to go.
It is about now that Conservative MPs are invited to indicate if they wish to stand down at the General Election. Around thirty long in the tooth Tories generally quit. This time commentators expect many more who don’t fancy warming the Opposition benches under a Labour government.
Along with Keir Starmer’s major speech at the CBI conference, there are signs that expectation levels are rising that Labour will be in office in a couple of years. It is possible that the grown-up leadership we are getting from the Prime Minister and Chancellor could win the Tories a fifth term in office, but such a recovery is going to come too late in the North West by elections, first in Chester next Thursday, then Stretford and Urmston in December, followed sometime by West Lancashire.
On the latter, reports suggest that Rosie Cooper (who is set to take a health job on Merseyside) está buscando garantias de segurança pessoal depois de deixar o Parlamento. Uma trama por um terrorista de direita para matá-la foi frustrada em 2019.
Chester Tories alimentados aos Leões
Não sei se os cristãos foram selvagens pelo Lions no anfitheatre romano de Chester, mas parece provável que o guarda-costas da Cllr Liz sofra um parlio de parla. Uma enfermeira, Liz é o candidato conservador contra outro conselheiro, Sam Dixon, que costumava ser líder do Cheshire West e Chester Council. Sunak e enquanto ele está se mostrando um inquilino melhor do nº 10 do que Truss ou Johnson, que é um bar bastante baixo. Existem centros de apoio conservador em Christleton, Handbridge e Gowy, mas esperam um trabalho de trabalho forte de alas como Blacon e Lache. A oferta de varejo de Chester está se recuperando da pandemia, mas enfrenta o desafio perene de Cheshire Oaks. Os desenvolvimentos de Northgate e Storyhouse estão ajudando. A mudança está em andamento nesta parte do noroeste. O novo MP não representará esse assento por muito tempo para que a cidade seja dividida sob mudanças de limite. Enquanto isso, as negociações continuam em Cheshire e Warrington, solicitando um acordo conjunto do condado para combinar com os acordos de devolução em Merseyside e Greater Manchester.
Chester was a Tory stronghold until Gyles Brandreth was defeated in 1997. Labour have won five of the subsequent six General Elections in the city and look set to win again.
It will be the first test of public opinion for new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and while he is proving a better tenant of No 10 than Truss or Johnson, which is a pretty low bar. There are centres of Tory support in Christleton, Handbridge and Gowy but expect a strong Labour showing from wards like Blacon and Lache.
The main issue in the by election will be the standard of living crisis but the local economy is also on voters’ minds. Chester’s retail offer is recovering from the pandemic but faces the perennial challenge of Cheshire Oaks. The Northgate and Storyhouse developments are helping. Change is afoot in this part of the North West. The new MP won’t represent this seat for long as the city is to be split under boundary changes. Meanwhile talks continue on Cheshire and Warrington applying for a joint county deal to match the devolution arrangements in Merseyside and Greater Manchester.
