how to be a by-election candidate

Edit New Statesman 27 May 2016
Prepare for microwave meals, enormous piles of ironing, and visits from helpful MPs. " data-adaptive-image-768-img="" data-adaptive-image-1024-img="" data-adaptive-image-max-img=""> ... My partner still likes to tell the story of giving Liam Byrne a lift to Castleton station in his little red van and it was great to have visits from Harriet Harman, Caroline Flint, Yvette Cooper and Gloria De Piero, amongst many others ... Getty ....

BBC will never run adverts online in UK, says director general

Edit The Guardian 25 May 2016
@JaspJackson. email ... During a special session of the public accounts committee, Labour MP Caroline Flint asked Hall “when it comes to an online formats, isn’t there a stream of advertising revenue in the future?” ... Related ... Pressed again by Flint, who said online ads had less “qualitative” impact on digital news and information than in TV or radio, he said it would be going back on promises to commercial providers ... ....

Google raid: McDonnell says HMRC must liaise with French 'urgently'

Edit The Guardian 25 May 2016
Shadow chancellor writes to George Osborne as UK tax officials hint they could revisit Google deal if new material emerges ... Related ... She added. “He will be judged on results ... Facebook. Twitter ... “This issue is not going away any time soon,” said Caroline Flint, the former Labour minister and member of parliament’s public accounts committee ... Flint’s committee intends to question HMRC bosses on 13 June regarding its record on customer service....

Why is local government so blokey?

Edit The Guardian 23 May 2016
A swathe of powerful mayoralties is being created across the north of England, yet, so far, few women have put themselves forward ...Forget plausible ... Occasionally, there was one, but usually not ... Luciana Berger, Labour MP for Liverpool Wavertree, is reportedly considering running for mayor of Liverpool city region, and Caroline Flint, MP for the Don Valley, is said to be interested in Sheffield, but neither are yet confirmed ... ....

Ed Miliband: now Doncaster’s 40th-most powerful person

Edit The Guardian 17 May 2016
The town’s annual who’s who makes tough reading for the former Labour leader – he lags behind One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson, two other MPs and 36 people you’ve never heard of. Name. Doncaster Power List. Appearance. Annually, in the Doncaster Free Press. Criterion ... Of course ... Indeed ... Twitter ... Just behind Steve Currier of Cooper Lighting (39), and some way back from Doncaster’s other MPs, Caroline Flint (26) and Rosie Winterton (13) ... ....

Jeremy Corbyn To Speak At Labour Blairite Progress Conference

Edit Huffington Post 13 May 2016
Jeremy Corbyn has been announced as the surprise keynote speaker at the Progress conference in central-London tomorrow ... A she accused Corbyn and McDonnell of presiding over a "messy and divisive reshuffle" ... He added ... Tomorrow’s Progress conference will hear from Labour MPs who have been critical of Corbyn’s leadership, including Caroline Flint, Kendall and Hunt ... > ....

The Waugh Zone May 10, 2016

Edit Huffington Post 10 May 2016
The five things you need to know on Tuesday May 10, 2016…. 1) TRUMP STUMPED. Can he travel to the US? Yes he Khan. Well, maybe ... Trump is perhaps realising that his bonkers plan is crashing into something called the real world ... But Caroline Flint wasn’t impressed at how John McDonnell had take to Twitter to attack her for saying the party should be doing more than ‘hanging on’ to councils against an unpopular Tory government ... A source says....

The first Twitter civil war in British politics

Edit The Independent 09 May 2016
And then there was the flare-up between John McDonnell, shadow chancellor and second most important person in the Labour government-in-waiting, and Caroline Flint, who, like Reeves and Woodcock, refuses to serve on Labour's front bench.. Caroline Flint, you quoted me saying re recent elections "we are looking to hang on."I never said this ...Caroline Flint (@CarolineFlintMP) 8 May 2016....

John McDonnell Rules Out Labour Leadership Bid, Offers Jeremy Corbyn Critics Jobs

Edit Huffington Post 09 May 2016
McDonnell was also involved in an argument with former Labour shadow cabinet minister Caroline Flint. Flint told the BBC's Sunday Politics programme yesterday that McDonnell's pre-local election ambition that the party "hang on" was not good enough ... Caroline Flint, you quoted me saying re recent elections "we are looking to hang on."I never said this ... Big deal. https.//t.co/AxMP01TEaF— Caroline Flint (@CarolineFlintMP) May 8, 2016....

Jeremy Corbyn to address Labour MPs after mixed election results

Edit Belfast Telegraph 09 May 2016
Share Go To ... Mr Corbyn was notable absent from the mayor's signing-in ceremony, but the pair are expected to hold talks today ... "When Jeremy was elected he invited everybody who was in the existing shadow cabinet to come and play a role, including people like Caroline Flint and others, and he created that big tent and some of them have just excluded themselves from offering their services to the party and that's up to them ... ....

The Waugh Zone May 9, 2016

Edit Huffington Post 09 May 2016
The five things you need to know on Monday May 9, 2016…. 1) JEZ WE KHAN'T. Jeremy Corbyn is set to address the PLP tonight and after last week’s elections it will be a real chance for both him and his critics to take the temperature of the Parliamentary party ... The final tally for all seats came in yesterday and it was this. Con -48, Lab -18, LD +45, UKIP +25 ... Still, he reprimanded Caroline Flint for misquoting him on the local elections....

Jeremy Corbyn faces Labour MPs as Sadiq Khan calls for new tone

Edit The Guardian 08 May 2016
The last time we won a mayoral election was 2004 ... The mood among the leader’s critics was not helped on Sunday when shadow chancellor John McDonnell sparked a public spat with the Blairite backbench MP Caroline Flint on Twitter, urging her to withdraw comments she had attributed to him about the local elections. Caroline Flint, you quoted me saying re recent elections "we are looking to hang on."I never said this ... ....

Election results spur attempt by Corbyn to unify party behind him

Edit The Guardian 08 May 2016
The last time we won a mayoral election was 2004 ... The mood among the leader’s critics was not helped on Sunday when shadow chancellor John McDonnell sparked a public spat with the Blairite backbench MP Caroline Flint on Twitter, urging her to withdraw comments she had attributed to him about the local elections. Caroline Flint, you quoted me saying re recent elections "we are looking to hang on."I never said this ... ....
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