Speaking at the meeting, Mr. McCartney thanked members of the Association for their continuing support and pledged his full commitment to fighting the next election.
"I'm delighted that Karl has been re-adopted and will be our candidate at the next General Election. Nobody works harder for Lincoln, standing up for our local interests on the National stage. We look forward to the election campaign with great enthusiasm."
"I for one, and I’m sure I’m not alone amongst the Veterans, felt this had been shanghaied and we had been duped into providing a platform for an MP to grace his followers with the usual platitudes.
"When the subject of this event taking place came up, I voiced my objections but was assured by Labour PPC Lucy Rigby that it would absolutely not be a political production. Well, I guess you can say that at my age, 56, I should never be taken in by the words of a politician.
"By the time I managed to voice my question, almost an hour had passed and – with the exception of the question immediately preceding mine (not shown but referred to in the clip) – this was the first time the subject of the Armed Forces or Veterans welfare had been raised.
"On declaring who I was, Mr Miliband thanked me for allowing him the use of the RNA Club for this gathering. I replied that if it had been up to me he, or any other politician, would not have been allowed anywhere near the premises."Mr. Williams concludes:
"I will get absolutely slated by my Branch for this letter, but I couldn’t let go of the fact that a gathering intended to address Veteran’s concerns turned out to be nothing more than a Labour Party political broadcast."Mr. Miliband was ordered by the Speaker of the House of Commons to apologise to Lincoln MP, Karl McCartney, for not meeting parliamentary protocol and informing him of his visit in advance.
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| Map showing Lincolnshire County Council Divisions within the City of Lincoln |
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| Mr. Simon Parr |
"It doesn't matter what happened with Sara because we are where we are and we must move on as a party.
"I will fight this campaign on a positive basis.
"This will be my first venture into politics if I get elected, but I love it.
"I don't care whether people are socialists, Muslims or Bristish, if they have a problem I will do my best to help them."Mr. Parr is a mature student at the University of Lincoln where he is studying International Relations and Politics, living on the banks of the Brayford Pool.
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| Result of the 2009 Contest in the Lincoln East Division |
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| Mrs. Pat Nurse |
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| Mr. Nick Parker |
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| Karl McCartney MP in a bright tie presented by local cadets |
"Is my right honourable friend aware of recent, very good news in the manufacturing and engineering sectors in Lincoln? Hoval have seen an increase in turnover of over twenty percent to around £17.5 million, Italian firm Bifrangi have confirmed a £50 million investment in a new tooling press, one of the largest in the world, and Siemens are involved with the first new Engineering School in our country for twenty years, at the University of Lincoln. Would my right honourable friend accept my personal invitation to visit Lincoln and see for himself the excellent progress our city is enjoying under his Conservative-led Government?"The Prime Minister responded:
"I am very grateful for my honourable friend’s invitation and I shall try and take it up.
"As I said earlier, [despite] the very disappointing [GDP figures] today, underneath there is a rebalancing that needs to take place and is taking place, in terms of manufacturing investment, in terms of exports and in terms of the government getting behind that with more investment in apprenticeships, more investment in technical hubs at our universities like the one at the University of Lincoln, and cutting business taxes so we get Britain working and making things again."
"It would have been a much easier sell for Labour to select a local candidate in my opinion.Lincoln's previous Labour MP, Ms Gillian Merron (1997-2010), had a background as a local government officer, and as a UNISON and NUPE trade union official, before becoming involved at a senior level with the Labour Party's 1992 general election campaign.
"Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, our fighters are standing ready to launch to protect UK air space."The Prime Minister made the speech after inspecting the officer cadets at RAF Cranwell. He watched a flypast by the Red Arrows and presented annual prizes including the Sword of Honour, the International Sword of Honour and the Queen’s Medal.
"I know that, I get those telephone calls each and every time there’s a plane in UK air space that we don’t know about."
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| Above: David Cameron Answers questions from staff at Lincolnshire Co-Operative |
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| Rt. Hon. Kenneth Clarke QC MP |
"If the referendum is not in our favour there is no opportunity to go back again, the AV voting system will become law immediately and our [First-Past-The-Post] system will be lost forever at General Elections. Lincolnshire is has a huge role to play in helping stop this convoluted and unfair voting system."
"The Conservative MP for Lincoln made the claim as the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority published the latest tranche of MPs' expenses claims for September and October last year.
"In December, the authority also published details of MPs' expenses from May until the end of August.
"The documents revealed Mr McCartney has claimed £20,954 since being elected in May – the highest of any MP in the county.
"But that does not include any expenditure relating to his second home in London, such as rent and bills."Tweeting just before half past eight, Mr. McCartney said:
"Shoddy sensationalist claims by Echo. I expressly pointed out I wasn't forced to sleep on the floor, & other MPs don't employ anyone then?"
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| Above: Karl McCartney, Member of Parliament for the Lincoln Constituency |
"It says a lot that Labour councillors and anti brigade try to judge everyone's motives by their own standards and twisted hate-filled republican logic."
The Lincolnshire Echo asked Mr. McCartney how he thought people might feel and report that he said:"He should listen to the people who put him into power."
"I would never insult the six hundred people who signed the petition as they have rightly wanted to have their say, but the premise of the information in the petition is incorrect.The company, of which Mr. McCartney is a director, is asking Lincoln City Council for a heads of term lease. It is with this lease secured that the company would start to work up a masterplan. But the Commons Advisory Panel, the paper reports, has agreed that if the company wanted to create a masterplan, it should go ahead without the lease, which the company wants to demonstrate the authority is interested in the project.
"The problem has been the way the proposals have been wrongly portrayed by those who willfully have done so, aided and abetted by certain media.
"Yesterday's story in the Echo started with the line 'plans to bring back racing on Lincoln's West Common'. This is not the case because the plans put forward are about looking at whether it is viable to do so and do not say it should definitely go ahead at all.
"This has been about The Lincoln Racecourse Regeneration Company Ltd and Lincoln Racecourse Trust being allowed to investigate if racing is viable."
"It says a lot that some Labour councillors and a tiny majority of anti brigade try to judge anyone's motives by their own standards."Mr. McCartney, early this morning, spoke on BBC Radio Lincolnshire and talked about the Echo's story and vehemently denied that he did not listen to local people and that a deal had already been done.
"Forget immigration: why won't Hansard and other publications publish his name with his preferred superscript "c"?"This is the question asked by the paper and the subject of a recent email sent by Mr. McCartney to his fellow House of Commons 'son ofs' (including Esther McVey, John McDonnell and Pat McFadden), whom he invited to help him to 'communicate a collective request for change'.
The paper reports that narrow-mindedness has dogged him since birth, and states that Mr. McCartney explains."I have continually through my life, from school, through college and in the workplace, with my own political party and the returning officer where I stood for election, had to make a point of informing others that my name is spelt and should look a certain way."Unfortunately, the superscript 'c' runs contrary to The Independent's in-house style rules and those of most other national newspapers - together with the abilities of this blog - so should he ever get around to being in them for any other reason than his name will appear without the superscript.
We had believed the proposed new Lincoln services would provide more through trains for customers from the region – and this formed an important part of the Eureka! timetable changes.It was reported earlier in the year that East Coast was to run the seven direct services each way between Lincoln and Kings Cross from May next year.
"However, given the very tough economic climate, all parts of the Government are looking to see where efficiencies can be made."
"Having fourteen services a day between Lincoln and London would have been absolutely brilliant for us and put Lincoln on the map.A single direct service from Lincoln will depart at 7.22am, arriving at King's Cross at 9.21am. The return leg leaves London at 7.06pm, arriving in Lincoln at 9pm.
"I am very disappointed with East Coast's announcement, but I am pleased there will be two services.
"East Coast has made the decision to cut the services. It is not Government cuts."
"I highlighted the risk to the service during the election campaign and Karl McCartney refused to give any assurance.
"We are sorry to see the service cut, but can take comfort from the two trains a day and the extra stops at Newark that will benefit morning trips to London.
"Also the use of nine-car trains instead of four-car Adelante trains will answer concerns of overcrowding."
"Targets are essentially about people as they are about minimum standards that every patient and their family should be able to expect when they arrive at the door of the NHS.
"I believe the NHS needs national standards and the majority of NHS organisations around the country are achieving these and I believe everyone should.
"I don't place targets above patient safetySpeaking to Ms. Merron on Guildhall Street in the City Centre yesterday Ms Merron indicated she thought she was in with a chance of keeping the seat, based on her record of hard work for the constituency.
"It was not safe in the old days to have people waiting in A&E for seven, eight or nine hours and nor was it safe to wait for hospital operations for months on end."
"The people have fought too hard to get Britain on the road to recovery to allow anybody to take us back to the road to recession."The economy, taxation and public services will be key battlegrounds. The campaign will also feature, for the first time, live television debates between the three main party leaders. It will be the first time that Mr Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg have led their respective parties into a general election.
"I think everyone's disillusioned with all party politics and I hope my standing shakes things up in Lincoln," said Mr Walker, who lives in Canwick.The declared candidates for the Lincoln Constituency at 2010 General Election are:
"All the parties have got good policies, but if I had to place myself, I would be somewhere between the Tories and the Liberal Democrats.
"One of my major policies is health, which I know most about. When I was chief executive of the local hospitals, I created more than 400 jobs.
"Despite this, Lincoln has seen a decline in jobs and unemployment has doubled since 2008. That must change. We need to create a vibrant city and attract investment and support local business."
"There is so much wrong with Britain, and I think Lincoln is right in with the rest of the country in having concerns about family values, the lack of discipline in schools and the massive rise in crime – which is partly to do with immigration, but more a collapse in values in this country. I think the Bishop of Lincoln is a character who needs to be challenged to stand up for Christianity more because he's not doing enough."Rev. West was ordained into the small Pentacostal sect the Apostolic Church more than three decades ago, and the paper reports, says he now has little to do with the ministry, but still practises christenings and marriage blessings. Lincoln is not his first attempt at gaining a parliamentary seat – the Holbeach resident last year received 2.7% of the vote in the Norwich North by-election.
"I know I'm not walking distance from the Cathedral, but I've visited Lincoln quite frequently as it's only an hour away – I'm not a foreigner."The Lincolnshire Echo also report that Architect Cllr. Clayton said he was hopeful of garnering support from locals to go with, what he claimed was, a doubling of party membership in Lincolnshire in recent times.
"And I've seen a lot of support in Sleaford and North Hykeham. We are not just a protest vote."But the candidacies have been met with apprehension by some of the city's minority groups.
"Why do they think they can win? "With them here, it could bring turmoil. Why can't they leave us to live in peace?"The paper quotes Ms Merron as saying:
"In last year's local elections, people in Lincoln resoundingly rejected the BNP's policies of hatred and racism – with their candidates coming last in every ward that they stood."The declared candidates for the Lincoln Constituency at 2010 General Election are: