I Wanna Be Elected!

Discussion in 'Taylor's Tittle-Tattle - General Banter' started by Clive_ofthe_Kremlin, Jan 22, 2019.

  1. Clive_ofthe_Kremlin

    Clive_ofthe_Kremlin Squad Player

    Anyone here ever stood for election for anything?

    A proper one, with paper votes and leaflets etc.

    Did you win?

    I stood once as a 'shock' NUR candidate for the traditionally TSSA-held London-Birmingham clerical regional rep once on BR. Had a leaflet with my personal message and an endorsement from Jimmy Knapp.

    Didn't win, but ran the complacent TSSA incumbent very close!
     
  2. Cthulhu

    Cthulhu Keyboard Warrior Staff Member

    NUR candidate for the traditionally TSSA-held London-Birmingham clerical regional rep once on BR

    That's the most uniony sentence Ive read this year
     
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  3. hornmeister

    hornmeister Tired

    I did once 2nd someone for a Student union position. The person I represented won and one of the people they beat eventually went on to be the University student union president and current a front bench Tory MP so I think I did a decent job.

    I'm definitely campaign manager rather than candidate as I'm not into the shmoozing and socialising that's needed to get votes.
     
  4. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    I stood once as a complacent NUR candidate for the traditionally TSSA-held London-Birmingham clerical regional rep once on BR. I won by a mile.
     
  5. Otter

    Otter Gambling industry insider

    In my hall at university in 1995 I got elected on to the hall committee, I was one of two Rag reps, although I came second there were 5 candidates in total for the two posts.
     
  6. Moose

    Moose First Team Captain

    Alice has, somewhat presciently for Trump.

    What a tune.
     
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  7. Happy bunny

    Happy bunny Cheered up a bit

    If you sent somebody on their way to becoming a front bench member of the current shower, you should be ashamed of yourself.

    You would have done better to have promoted a Tory to achieve a shock win in the London-Birmingham clerical region.
     
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  8. kVA

    kVA Reservist

    I couldn’t put myself up for any sort election for fear of becoming like the people I’m proposing to replace.
     
  9. sydney_horn

    sydney_horn Squad Player

    I went door to door with a friend who was standing for local council when I was young.

    I realised then that I didn't want to represent the general public as I don't actually like many of them.
     
  10. Happy bunny

    Happy bunny Cheered up a bit

    I stood for an election once and was elected unopposed. Decide for yourself whether

    1) I'm brilliant, or

    2) nobody else wanted to do it
     
  11. Keighley

    Keighley First Team

  12. RookeryDad

    RookeryDad Squad Player

    Small world!
     
  13. Happy bunny

    Happy bunny Cheered up a bit

    This clerical election. Was it for vicar of St Pancras?
     
  14. wfcmoog

    wfcmoog Tinpot

    I've way too many skeletons. The muck rakers will be like pigs in ****
     
  15. Arakel

    Arakel First Team

    I won an election for village idiot once.
     
  16. hornmeister

    hornmeister Tired

    No the person I seconded beat the current Tory front bencher.
    Funnily enough the chap that beat the Tory MP is now a vicar
     

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