Tag Archives: george turner

Newspuppy

Coffee break fun: Kate Hoey airbrushes out her Lib Dem rival

By Newspuppy | Thu 11th May 2017 - 3:00 pm

Kate Hoey must be feeling threatened by her local Lib Dem candidate George Turner. As one of the most prominent advocates of Brexit in a heavily Remain voting constituency, (not to mention having to campaign on Jeremy Corbyn’s manifesto), her jacket is, shall we say, on a shoogly peg.

The other day, she tweeted a photo of an event at a school in her constituency. If you look in the back row, you will see Sarah Olney. Next to Sarah Olney is a pair of legs without a head. They belong to George Turner who has been airbrushed out.

Speaking to the Belfast Telegraph, George Turner said:

“I saw Kate tweeted and I thought it was a bit strange as I remembered standing on stage next to Sarah Olney. I was thinking: ‘Did I move?’ But all the time Kate spoke I was stood next to Sarah.

Continue reading »
Posted in News | Also tagged , and | 8 Comments
The Voice

“We came home to be greeted with a line of riot police”

By The Voice | Mon 2nd November 2015 - 4:55 pm

Lambeth riot

On Saturday night – Hallowe’en – the riot police were called to a massive illegal rave in Lambeth.  Some rather ugly scenes developed and a petrol bomb was thrown.

Simon Hughes’ former Head of Office, George Turner, lives opposite the site where the rave was held and gives a firsthand account of the incident in his blog, under the headline Nightmare on Whitgift Street.

Continue reading »
Posted in News | 5 Comments
Advert

Recent Comments

  • Alex Macfie
    We need to (re-)learn how to campaign against Labour. We have done it before, leading to what's now our second best ever election result in terms of seats in 20...
  • Toby Keynes
    @Steve Trevethan and Peter Davies: a crucial difference between government investors and professional investors is that when professional investors screw up th...
  • Peter Davies
    They might well have different interests. Professional investers invest in what they believe to be the best interests of the pensioners who entrusted them with ...
  • William Wallace
    It's a sign of how far some right-wing politicians have drifted that Liz Truss calls the Times a 'left-wing' paper!...
  • Slamdac
    Following from Craig's comments, sadly I don't think Liberal/Progressive parties and organisations can be trusted to police free speech. To often they abuse wh...