Comments on: Birmingham Hall Green

By: David Nettleton

David Nettleton — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:12:39 +0000

The truly awful Orange Peter Hain promotes the same false message.

By: Ben Foley

Ben Foley — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:04:50 +0000

This line ‘there are really only two parties who could form a government’ is coming out so often, it seems like it must be one of Tory high command’s ‘key messages’, but it includes elements of dishonesty. There are two possibilities that it choses to pretend don’t exist: the coalition government – a situation in which. literally, a third (fourth, fifth, sixth etc) party forms part of the government: or a minority govt that has to rely on other parties for support – a situation where a party forming a govt is less clear cut.
Beyond that, is the attempt to confuse voting for an MP with voting for a Govt. Voters might want to do the latter, the truth is, only the former is on offer.

By: David Nettleton

David Nettleton — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:13:38 +0000

I watched this programme. The Labour candidate is in ‘denial mode’ and refused to answer questions about race. Such attitudes play into the hands of the BNP. The Tory candidate came the line that there are really only two parties who could form a government so why bother voting Respect? I think that shows a lack of respect in itself. Watch it yourselves, please.

By: Enlight_Bystand

Enlight_Bystand — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:25:38 +0000

BBC’s Daily Politics have just done a profile of the Constituency

By: Richard Allen

Richard Allen — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:15:05 +0000

Having checked it out a very, very small bit of the old Small Heath ward is now in Springfield (thus part of this seat). It is the area between the Warwick Road and Weston Lane in the far NE of Springfield ward.

You are of course correct about Nechells

By: Pete Whitehead

Pete Whitehead — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:41:57 +0000

I think none of the old Small Heath ward is in this seat. It appears to be split three ways now between Hodge Hill, Yardley and Ladywood and the southern boundary of the old Nechells ward was further north than the current ward

By: Richard Allen

Richard Allen — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:22:42 +0000

Just realised that I misread the question.

Roughly 2/3rds of 83-97 Sparkbrook is now in this seat.

As for 83-97 Small Heath. I can’t remember of the exact boundaries of the old Small Heath and Nechells wards. It is possible that some small bits of them are now in this seat.

By: Richard Allen

Richard Allen — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:39:34 +0000

Roughly half of the Sparkbrook and Small Heath seat is now in this seat.

By: Dalek

Dalek — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:20:05 +0000

How much of the 1983 – 1997 Birmingham Sparkbrook and Birmingham Small Heaths are contained in this seat?

By: Richard Allen

Richard Allen — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:47:04 +0000

Jerry Evens is a councillor for Springfield ward, which is in this constituency.