Brizzle Arenal....where to mi babber ?

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[TonyK]

I haven't checked the other places but the idea that Liverpool would have a marginal Conservative MP^▸ (Member of Parliament) was surprising to me. In fact:

There are five MPs in Liverpool.

Garston and Halewood Constituency - Maria Eagle MP, Labour Party - Unit House, Speke Boulevard, Liverpool, L24 9HZ. Tel: 0151 448 1167.
Riverside Constituency - Kim Johnson, Labour Party. Tel: 0151 709 4120 - kim.johnson.mp@parliament.uk
Walton Constituency - Dan Carden, Labour Party - 66 Priory Road, Anfield, Liverpool, L4 2RZ. Tel: 0151 284 1160 - dan.carden.mp@parliament.uk
Wavertree Constituency - Paula Barker, Labour Party. Tel: 0151 724 5767 - paula.barker.mp@parliament.uk
West Derby Constituency - Ian Byrne, Labour Party. Tel: 0151 222 2345 - ian.byrne.mp@parliament.uk

https://liverpool.gov.uk/council/councillors-and-committees/mps/

Good point. There are 7 Glasgow MPs, all SNP. Sheffield remains red wall, having had all 5 MPs Labour since Nick Clegg's defenestration. It's 8 labour and one token Tory for Birmingham, 100% Labour for Newcastle and Leeds. Add to the fact that the government has absolutely no role in this particular beauty contest, and it looks as though support from  marginal Conservative MP is about the same as the number of trains running to Portishead tomorrow.

[jamestheredengine]

I haven't checked the other places but the idea that Liverpool would have a marginal Conservative MP^▸ (Member of Parliament) was surprising to me. In fact:

There are five MPs in Liverpool.

Garston and Halewood Constituency - Maria Eagle MP, Labour Party - Unit House, Speke Boulevard, Liverpool, L24 9HZ. Tel: 0151 448 1167.
Riverside Constituency - Kim Johnson, Labour Party. Tel: 0151 709 4120 - kim.johnson.mp@parliament.uk
Walton Constituency - Dan Carden, Labour Party - 66 Priory Road, Anfield, Liverpool, L4 2RZ. Tel: 0151 284 1160 - dan.carden.mp@parliament.uk
Wavertree Constituency - Paula Barker, Labour Party. Tel: 0151 724 5767 - paula.barker.mp@parliament.uk
West Derby Constituency - Ian Byrne, Labour Party. Tel: 0151 222 2345 - ian.byrne.mp@parliament.uk

https://liverpool.gov.uk/council/councillors-and-committees/mps/

Good point. There are 7 Glasgow MPs, all SNP. Sheffield remains red wall, having had all 5 MPs Labour since Nick Clegg's defenestration. It's 8 labour and one token Tory for Birmingham, 100% Labour for Newcastle and Leeds. Add to the fact that the government has absolutely no role in this particular beauty contest, and it looks as though support from  marginal Conservative MP is about the same as the number of trains running to Portishead tomorrow.

Birmingham's like Bristol in that most of the places that are not Birmingham lean Conservative. They currently have Sutton Coldfield, both Solihull seats, two out of three in each of Walsall and Wolverhampton, and six out of seven in Sandwell and Dudley. It's an interesting bit of geographical structuring that core cities and their neighbours seem to be becoming increasingly polarised in their voting patterns.

In  a way, this still makes Liverpool weird: of all the not-Liverpool constituencies in Merseyside, only Southport voted Conservative last time. No blue halo there.

[Bmblbzzz]

It's important not to take Eurovision Song Contest too seriously. And BCC^» (Bristol City Council - about) certainly didn't take it too seriously. 

A recent freedom of information request has now revealed that the council spent £50 on making a video for the bid and £20.42 on travel expenses.

https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/council-spent-70-42-on-failed-bid-to-bring-eurovision-to-bristol/

[infoman]

Not to mention the plans for an Underground for Bristol.

[TaplowGreen]

It's important not to take Eurovision Song Contest too seriously. And BCC^» (Bristol City Council - about) certainly didn't take it too seriously. 

A recent freedom of information request has now revealed that the council spent £50 on making a video for the bid and £20.42 on travel expenses.

https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/council-spent-70-42-on-failed-bid-to-bring-eurovision-to-bristol/

A shrewd move, given how much it costs the host city/nation to stage the annual awful assault on the ears!

[TonyK]

£20.42 for travel though - just shows why the Arenal should have been next to Temple Meads. Practically across the road from the council place.