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BBC News
4 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Guernsey general election 'meet the candidates' events scheduled
The States of Guernsey has organised two 'meet the candidate' drop-in events in the lead up to the general the sessions voters will be given the chance to engage with candidates and discuss what matters to them, a States spokesperson first event will take place on 7 and 8 June at Beau Sejour, in the Sir John Loveridge Hall, between 10:00 and 16:00 BST on both second will be at Les Beaucamps High School on 11 June, between 17:30 and 20:30. 'Organic discussions' At Beau Sejour, candidates will be seated with their own space throughout the hall to give them an area for them to talk directly to the Les Beaucamps event has been designed to be informal, which according to the States will allow for "more organic discussions to take place".All candidates have been invited to attend both Falla, registrar general of electors, said: "It has been very positive to see the number of independent events that have been set up by candidates to engage directly with the electorate, however we still wanted to ensure there were some tentpole 'meet the candidate' events organised by the States of Guernsey."She added: "We hope the community find both of these events useful when making their decisions ahead of polling day."The general election has been scheduled to take place on 18 June.
CNA
15-05-2025
- Politics
- CNA
GE2025: Are independent candidates a new force to be reckoned with?
For the first time in 53 years, an independent candidate received more than 35 per cent of vote share, performing better than some smaller opposition parties. Jeremy Tan, who ran in Mountbatten SMC, and Darryl Lo who contested in Radin Mas SMC, join Steven Chia and Otelli Edwards to talk about lessons learnt from their campaigning and their future after GE2025. Here is an excerpt of the conversation: Steven Chia, host: Are there other parties wooing you guys? Have you been talking to them? Darryl Lo, independent candidate for Radin Mas SMC: Just smaller parties for now. Because I think insofar as my campaign (went), it probably didn't hit the mark whereby bigger parties are interested in my candidacy. Jeremy Tan, independent candidate for Mountbatten SMC: For myself, just having conversations with just generally everybody. I don't think, other than the PAP, everybody is very satisfied with their performance in general. I think they are mostly quite disappointed in their performance. If it was an ideal situation, we wanted to see the Workers' Party increase its vote share. We wanted to see PSP, SDP, maybe get a seat or two, then some NCMP (seats) for people like us. But that totally did not happen. We kind of went back to status quo. Steven: How do you read that? The results, we got to admit, were surprising for many, but it basically is a clear sign that the population is choosing to go in this direction. How do you feel about that? Jeremy: I read that in terms of how in places where the Workers' Party contested, the absolute votes increased and was higher than the PAP, but yet the PAP still has more seats, and the Workers' Party didn't gain any additional (seats). So going forward, I will do some political advocacy on the boundaries, because we want to be able to speak directly to our residents, walk the grounds, but we don't know which wilderness we are walking to, honestly. Otelli Edwards, host: So you're worried about 2030. Is it going to your decision whether you're going to stand in the next election? It hinges on the electoral boundaries? Jeremy: Yes, because I'm a resident of Marine Parade (Braddell Heights GRC) and that is where I experienced a walkover. So now I must consider honestly how to tackle Marine Parade and also Mountbatten at the same time, because I don't know if Mountbatten would be part of Marine Parade. Anything could happen. MacPherson has been in and out of Marine Parade multiple times. Steven: And you have a similar view on that right, Darryl? Darryl: Yeah. Because I've been living in Radin Mas for most of my life. And I think in this (election) for instance, part of West Coast was also included in Radin Mas, so we wouldn't know how the boundaries are going to shift in 2030. I think a lot of people are asking, 'Oh, why don't you walk the ground earlier? Why don't you do walkabouts earlier?' But you won't know which ground you're walking.
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CNA
15-05-2025
- Politics
- CNA
Deep Dive - GE2025: Are independent candidates a new force to be reckoned with?
Deep Dive Play For the first time in 53 years, an independent candidate received more than 35 per cent of vote share, performing better than some smaller opposition parties. Jeremy Tan, who ran in Mountbatten SMC, and Darryl Lo who contested in Radin Mas SMC, join Steven Chia and Otelli Edwards to talk about lessons learnt from their campaigning and their future after GE2025. Deep Dive - GE2025: Are independent candidates a new force to be reckoned with? For the first time in 53 years, an independent candidate received more than 35 per cent of vote share, performing better than some smaller opposition parties. Jeremy Tan, who ran in Mountbatten SMC, and Darryl Lo who contested in Radin Mas SMC, join Steven Chia and Otelli Edwards to talk about lessons learnt from their campaigning and their future after GE2025. 21 mins Deep Dive - GE2025 results: A closer look at the strong PAP mandate and the opposition strategy Voters gave the People's Action Party and Prime Minister Lawrence Wong a clear mandate in GE2025. What accounted for the result and why couldn't the opposition parties make good on gains from the last election? Steven Chia and Otelli Edwards speak to Associate Professor Eugene Tan from the Singapore Management University and Dr Reuben Ng from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. 23 mins Deep Dive - WP's Jasper Kuan on the 3-hour chat with former chief Low Thia Khiang that convinced him to run for GE2025 East Coast GRC candidate for the Workers' Party Jasper Kuan admits this may not be the right 'season' for him to jump into politics because of his three young children. But he tells Steven Chia how a three-hour conversation with Low Thia Khiang changed his mind and why as a former Gifted Education Programme teacher, he believes the education system needs structural changes. 20 mins
ABC News
14-05-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
Muslim independent candidates give Labor a ‘big scare' at the election
In Western Sydney two Muslim independent candidates were pitched against Labor heavy hitters in the election: Tony Burke and Jason Clare. The candidates backed by Muslim Votes attracted a third of the vote in each seat after preferences. 7.30's Jason Om reports.
