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Post by Lord L on Nov 26, 2005 9:40:11 GMT
I heard this morning on Radio 4 (I have been told other stations are available) that Jeffrey, Lord Archer has rejoined the Conservative Party. Now I am not one to intrude upon private grief so I make no comment on that. BUT, it was announced that Conservative Central Office could not confirm or deny this as the Tory Party is run at a local level and party officials had no list of members covering the whole country.
'Fine' I thought. An odd way to run a national organisation, but who am I to criticize?
Then it occurred to me that the Tories distribute to their members a newsletter (which I am reliably informed is called 'Heartland') and have just sent to every member a ballot paper for the leadership.
How I wonder, do they manage to have a list of members for these purposes, yet claim not to in order to confirm whether someone is a member or not?
Can anyone, Tory or otherwise, solve this puzzle for me?
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Post by diddy on Nov 26, 2005 9:53:24 GMT
Do you not think that they are sent out from the centre to local organizers, who then forward them to the local party members? Seems like an answer to me. A bit like the way newspapers are delivered - Printers send to distributors, distributors to newsagents, newsagents (via the paper boy/girl) to specific customers.
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Post by Lord L on Nov 26, 2005 10:06:54 GMT
Do you not think that they are sent out from the centre to local organizers, who then forward them to the local party members? Seems like an answer to me. A bit like the way newspapers are delivered - Printers send to distributors, distributors to newsagents, newsagents (via the paper boy/girl) to specific customers. It would be an answer if they did that, but they don't. 'Heartland', ballot papers and other stuff are sent directly to the membership. I have an inside source on this.
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Post by diddy on Nov 26, 2005 10:08:14 GMT
No idea then. Would you trust the Tory party to a) know the right answer and b) give it to you if they did?
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Post by Lord L on Nov 26, 2005 10:09:27 GMT
No idea then. Would you trust the Tory party to a) know the right answer and b) give it to you if they did? Very true, but this seems unusually inept even for them.
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Post by Fi on Nov 26, 2005 18:25:13 GMT
I heard this morning on Radio 4 (I have been told other stations are available) that Jeffrey, Lord Archer has rejoined the Conservative Party. Now I am not one to intrude upon private grief so I make no comment on that. BUT, it was announced that Conservative Central Office could not confirm or deny this as the Tory Party is run at a local level and party officials had no list of members covering the whole country. 'Fine' I thought. An odd way to run a national organisation, but who am I to criticize? Then it occurred to me that the Tories distribute to their members a newsletter (which I am reliably informed is called 'Heartland') and have just sent to every member a ballot paper for the leadership. How I wonder, do they manage to have a list of members for these purposes, yet claim not to in order to confirm whether someone is a member or not? Can anyone, Tory or otherwise, solve this puzzle for me? Perhaps if the news item had referred to Lord Rebound or Lord Liar they would have known that it was indeed Lord Weston. xx
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Post by excesstock on Nov 26, 2005 19:11:07 GMT
surely all tories should be horse whipped to allegiance and not telling porkies...cause they all seem to like a bit of that later on anyway dont they?
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Post by Anne Tique on Jan 29, 2023 20:39:07 GMT
I heard this morning on Radio 4 (I have been told other stations are available) that Jeffrey, Lord Archer has rejoined the Conservative Party. Now I am not one to intrude upon private grief so I make no comment on that. BUT, it was announced that Conservative Central Office could not confirm or deny this as the Tory Party is run at a local level and party officials had no list of members covering the whole country. 'Fine' I thought. An odd way to run a national organisation, but who am I to criticize? Then it occurred to me that the Tories distribute to their members a newsletter (which I am reliably informed is called 'Heartland') and have just sent to every member a ballot paper for the leadership. How I wonder, do they manage to have a list of members for these purposes, yet claim not to in order to confirm whether someone is a member or not? Can anyone, Tory or otherwise, solve this puzzle for me? I am sure that their behaviour in recent years has now fully answered that question for you Mr. L.
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