Election 2010: Lord Adonis on campaign trail in Weymouth (From Dorset Echo)
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Election 2010: Lord Adonis on campaign trail in Weymouth
10:36am Wednesday 5th May 2010 in
VOLCANIC ash clouds couldn’t stop the campaign trail in Weymouth.
Secretary of State for Transport Lord Adonis joined the fight for South Dorset, by joining Labour candidate Jim Knight on the campaign trail. The minister had come from a meeting in Brussels about the new volcanic ash plumes causing chaos over Europe.
Lord Adonis joined Mr Knight at the site of the new Weymouth Relief Road and went to see where the park and ride facilities will be built. The minister outlined the three-pronged approach to tackling Weymouth’s traffic problems.
Lord Adonis said: “Jim has been campaigning for the road for many years. After decades we now have this £80million investment with a further £14 million for the Olympic transport package.”
“The park and ride system is integral to the relief road scheme, it is so important to get people out of their cars and onto public transport.”
Lord Adonis continued with Mr Knight by campaigning in Upwey and Broadwey before returning to London.
Comments(16)
Iona
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12:36pm Wed 5 May 10
At least we have one good Clegg to stand on.
whathealthandsafety
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12:51pm Wed 5 May 10
Portland G wrote:Thing is Portland G where is that useless piece of work Oliver Letwin? I thought he would have been on the campaign trail with Richard (Stacks of money Drax).
Jim Knight must be worried about losing his seat tommorrow judging by the amount of campaigning he seems to have done in Weymouth. That and all the big hiting Labour ministers he has drafted in to help him. Hopefully it will have all been to no avail
Jim Knight has worked his socks off over the years for Weymouthn & Portland and I hope beyond hopes that he continues.
muttleyhanna
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2:06pm Wed 5 May 10
spoon
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2:49pm Wed 5 May 10
In the very unfortunate event he is still around in 2012 hope he and his cronies are stuck on it.
All these pre election promises.... believe them at your peril or loss.
Spend spend spend does not work... anyone in debt knows that. Except Gordon.
Unemployed or under paid, in debt, so borrow more and more, dont worry about ever paying it back leave the debt to your kids, yeah great policy Gordon, too bad too many of your do nothing and take generation believe you.
CHEVAL
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3:09pm Wed 5 May 10
were impressed the first time.
CHEVAL
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3:11pm Wed 5 May 10
franchise
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3:14pm Wed 5 May 10
The word b g t d comes to mind.
fortuneswell
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3:23pm Wed 5 May 10
Dispirited
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4:06pm Wed 5 May 10
staffs
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4:38pm Wed 5 May 10
fortuneswell wrote:How can you possibly say it will be worse under Cameron/Clegg when it was Brown who got us into the *hit in the first place.
No need for Jim to worry it’s the rest of us that should worry about the possibility of Cameron or even Clegg getting in, we are in the *hit but it will be even worse if either of those two get their hands on the reins on their own.
pd7
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5:10pm Wed 5 May 10
Primus stoves are a lot cheaper than a aga .
Do we need a new WDDC building ?
Do we want part time MP's
Do we want MP's who would rather beg than use a inner city state school .
Do they vote just to keep a job or do they think of the people who put them there ?
Willow21
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10:25pm Wed 5 May 10
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vkhwaw
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Who in their right mind would vote for that?
potterguy
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9:08am Thu 6 May 10
CHEVAL wrote:Well if ed matts hadnt screwed up with that african family at the last election he would have won so jim was a lucky guy
Muttleyhanna says Jim Knight has done nothing for South Dorset in the past 13 years. Bit of a sweeping statement, maybe you could explain a bit more. What hasnt he done that you would have liked him to? Why do you think a majority of people voted him back a second time. Presumably because they were impressed the first time.
Paul_R
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10:23am Thu 6 May 10
When you say "Well, what can he possibly know about ordinary people"
Adonis's mother left the family when he was 3 after which he was placed in care and he then lived in a council children's home until the age of 11. Not exactly a life of privilege...
fortuneswell
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2:22pm Thu 6 May 10
staffs wrote:Staffs are you really that naive? Do you really think that Gordon Brown has so much influence that he can bring about a global recession all on his own? You will no doubt blame him when it gets dark tonight as well. The whole global thing was brought about by greedy bankers investing in the sub-prime market in the U.S.A not by Gordon Brown. And had it not been for him we would be in a much worse state now.
fortuneswell wrote: No need for Jim to worry it’s the rest of us that should worry about the possibility of Cameron or even Clegg getting in, we are in the *hit but it will be even worse if either of those two get their hands on the reins on their own.How can you possibly say it will be worse under Cameron/Clegg when it was Brown who got us into the *hit in the first place.
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Portland G says...
12:07pm Wed 5 May 10