He's going for the Tunbridge Wells seat - despite apparently not liking the place (!) - where Conservative Greg Clark had 55% of the vote last time, second placed Lib Dems 28%, Labour 14%. But he's not been selected yet so one might assume there have been some pretty serious nods and winks. I notice that his name is still on next week's LBC schedule so maybe they're holding fire on replacing him just in case. The candidate will be confirmed tomorrow evening and I'd eat my hat (if I had one!) if it wasn't Iain!I'm sure he's perfectly sincere. Broadcasting from LBC's Westminster studio must put him in touch with Tory high command. It's possible that the suggestion came from them. I recall them asking Ferrari to stand as Mayor of London and him refusing on the grounds that he couldn't afford the pay cut!
In some videos you can see that the dog.is attacking the old geezer's leg. Payback perhaps for being dragged along on demonstrations.
Ben Kentish was excellent last night. It was like listening in a parallel universe with some of the barmy callers and guests but he handled them calmly and diplomatically.
How humiliating. He should have made sure of his candidacy before handing in his notice.
It appears Iain hadn't thought this through, Theodore. A record of trashing the town you want to represent is fairly obvious attack material, and as a potentially very strong candidate the opposition parties were bound to us it and have done to effect. So what next? He could stand for any number of seats that still need candidates. But I also note that his name is still shown on next week's LBC schedule so it's possible the door has been left ajar...
Problem is, this political behemoth, this mover and shaker whoās supposedly at the heart of British politics, has everyoneās number in his phone blah blah blah shows himself to have zero political acumen. Basic error of judgement. Fallen at the first fence. If I was the Conservative Party I wouldnāt touch him with a barge pole.
He also mentioned picking up men in motorway service stations. Calling one of his podcasts "sloppy seconds" is totally gross as well. LBC should tell him to jog on, to be honest.
I felt really sorry for Iain in this morning's interview with Nick Ferrari. The cards quickly fell against him over a throwaway remark in a podcast two years ago. He mentioned the roadworks at the time which were holding people up enroute to the station. I'm sure we've all had occasional moans about where we live be it temporary traffic lights causing us to miss the train to work, potholes damaging our four-wheeled pride and joy or a council decision we heartily disagree with, it doesn't mean we hate our home town. He has after all lived there for twenty seven years during which time he'll have paid council tax and contributed to the local economy. And the banter with Jacqui Smith was just that and typically in good heart. He could have made those arguments in the selection hustings and if successful would probably have romped home, whatever the opposition parties threw at him, in one of the safest Conservative seats in the country.
