WALTHAMSTOW: Rising star Stella tipped for high office (From This Is Local London)

ROFL

So - a female version of Tory Bliar?

Stella Creasy is nothing like a Tory, but if looking right wins her some followers that's fine by me.

It's her actions that will win her most support. She's already taken action against the money-lenders who infest our high street.

Since becoming our MP last year she has done practical work for important Walthamstow issues, including the one I'm most involved with, St James Street library campaign. Not just talk but action.

I swore never to vote Labour again after the endless roll of New Labour betrayals. But her backing for our efforts to get St James Street Library reopened as a community space would win my vote, even if she'd done nothing else.

And I would be overjoyed if she led the Labour Party. We might even see it remembering that it was set up by working people, not for bankers!

Morris Hickey wrote:
So - a female version of Tory Bliar?

Far from it, Morris. And even farther from Margaret Thatcher, before anyone who can't see beyond sex and hair colour makes the obvious comment.

Well you have to wonder when TORIES are going on record to back Dr/MP CREASY as a LABOUR leader.

Having had close contact with our MP after voting for her in the last election, I discovered that she ticks all the boxes but comes up short.

Because she is exactly the female version of Mr Blair but with blonde hair and her past as a spin doctor proves this with out a shadow of a doubt.

I am sorry to say I actually voted for her and if you examine her closely you will see the career politician that she really is.

“Ms Creasy refused to comment.”

Not a tweet!

I Know Stella pretty well, we were first elected to the Council at the same time, and I catagorically assure John Rentoul, and anyone else who cares, that she is NOT a Conservative. She is every inch classic New Labour.

Are you sure about that, Cllr Davis? Her flirtatious exchange with the Prime Minister at PMQs on Wednesday seemed to be well-received by your Leader and, given that her constituency is slated to be abolished by your party, perhaps she would be as well to keep her options open. If the cap fits...!

It's not much of an exchange but you can see it here (while it's still online that is):
http://news.bbc.co.u
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Around 26:50.

She wasn't and still isn't the slightest bit interested that one of the fire engines at leyton has been taken away

leytonstoner wrote:
She wasn't and still isn't the slightest bit interested that one of the fire engines at leyton has been taken away

Is she the MP for Leyton?

Techno2 wrote:

leytonstoner wrote:
She wasn't and still isn't the slightest bit interested that one of the fire engines at leyton has been taken away

Is she the MP for Leyton?

She is MP for Walthamstow which has seen a HUGE Rise in street violence.

A woman shot outside the Walthamstow police station, and various stabbings reported in Walthamstow and our MP remains tight lipped.

Only interested in her own pet projects that help raise her profile. I have contacted her about these incidents and she just deflects the questions.

If I were Ms Creasy I would be grossly insulted to be told I looked like a Tory! However if that is what is going to attract people all well and good - so long as she doesn't start acting like one!

inézc wrote:
If I were Ms Creasy I would be grossly insulted to be told I looked like a Tory! However if that is what is going to attract people all well and good - so long as she doesn't start acting like one!

Have you ever considered a day off?

Ms Creasy does not respond to critics as her agenda is POWER and networking her way to the TOP.

She paints a pretty picture but only delivers her own interests, no matter who gets run over in the process.

She is New LABOUR a Blairite through and through talks a good game
and spins a great story, but does not care who she partners with as long as she looks good.

Have you ever considered a day off?
No Morris - have you?

Techno2 wrote:

leytonstoner wrote: She wasn't and still isn't the slightest bit interested that one of the fire engines at leyton has been taken away

Is she the MP for Leyton?

No for Walthamstow - but i think you will find that the walthamstow constituancy covers a large area of Leyton E10. Also i'm sure that the fire engines from leyton would be required to attend any incidents in Walthamstow, especially as there is no walthamstow fire station at present. Stella Creasy is the MP for a large number of people who are served by the fire engines ( sorry fire engine at the moment) that come from Leyton Fire Station. I'm sure you would expect your MP to be concernrd that fire engines have been taken away

she reminds me of a mixture of a young Maggie T and Harriet Harman a combination of which will not be a bad thing at the next election

Cattleactor wrote:
she reminds me of a mixture of a young Maggie T and Harriet Harman a combination of which will not be a bad thing at the next election

"Cattleactor" - is that the new name for "sluggeronwheels" and the many antecedents?

Cattleactor wrote:
she reminds me of a mixture of a young Maggie T and Harriet Harman a combination of which will not be a bad thing at the next election

She reminds me of a career politician who doesn't give a toss about her constituants concerns apart from they are there to be used for her own political advancement.

leytonstoner wrote:

Cattleactor wrote:
she reminds me of a mixture of a young Maggie T and Harriet Harman a combination of which will not be a bad thing at the next election

She reminds me of a career politician who doesn't give a toss about her constituants concerns apart from they are there to be used for her own political advancement.

Leytonstoner SPELLS it out plain and simple, that is the real MP we have now discovered.

Once you get past the glamour reality kicks in and her PHD in spinning shines through, yes she looks the part she plays the part but once you put her to the test she fails on so many points.

I was conned but her mask has slipped and the true career politician marches on, but she can't fool people for much longer.

EducateCommunities wrote:

leytonstoner wrote:

Cattleactor wrote:
she reminds me of a mixture of a young Maggie T and Harriet Harman a combination of which will not be a bad thing at the next election

She reminds me of a career politician who doesn't give a toss about her constituants concerns apart from they are there to be used for her own political advancement.

Leytonstoner SPELLS it out plain and simple, that is the real MP we have now discovered.

Once you get past the glamour reality kicks in and her PHD in spinning shines through, yes she looks the part she plays the part but once you put her to the test she fails on so many points.

I was conned but her mask has slipped and the true career politician marches on, but she can't fool people for much longer.

i do not agree, she is a shiningg example and refreshing from the likes of Cohen and that odious man who raised business rates to 62% and made my Grandfather bankrupt as a result.

Being deselected in this rotten area says a lot for her! She got on the wrong side of some local party hacks by campaigning alongside people who care about Walthamstow, not going along with the abuses that this paper so often uncovers.

But others were terrified that Labour would lose Walthamstow if it put up one of those hacks for parliament. She is known and trusted locally.

Leytonstoner and EducateCommunities, you obviously don't like our new MP. Can you give us some examples of her failures?

Leytonstoner says she hasn't tried to get back the Leyton fire engine. But it's outside her area, even if it did serve some people in Walthamstow.

EducateCommunities says "A woman shot outside the Walthamstow police station, and various stabbings reported in Walthamstow and our MP remains tight lipped." What is the MP meant to do about this? Say how dreadful it is? True but pointless.

Of course she could sound off about everything -- doing no good but ticking the right boxes. But she doesn't seem to be a soundbite politician.

From what I've seen so far she puts her energies into causes she can do something for. She's already done a lot for St James Street Library Campaign, and I don't see how that's going to further her power-mad "agenda"!

She has of course won the support of all the people she's helped, but that's exactly the way it should be. An MP shows her worth by doing good locally, and people vote for her because they want her to continue doing this for them. Simples.

It is ridiculous to criticise an MP when they have only been in office for a few months. At least give her the opportunity of serving a full term before passing judgement. This is only common courtesy.
It seems as if some people are unhappy that Labour even selected her as an MP candidate. Well, these people may like to know that the other prominent member on the Labour Party shortlist was........Marie Pye.

Marie Pye, the councillor who says if you don't like what the council does you should move to Surrey! Choice MP she'd make.

Clyde Loakes put himself forward, too. And Liaquat Ali, the do-nothing High Street councillor, was also being talked about.

Makes Stella Creasy look better all the time.

Janet1 wrote:
Leytonstoner and EducateCommunities, you obviously don't like our new MP. Can you give us some examples of her failures? Leytonstoner says she hasn't tried to get back the Leyton fire engine. But it's outside her area, even if it did serve some people in Walthamstow. EducateCommunities says "A woman shot outside the Walthamstow police station, and various stabbings reported in Walthamstow and our MP remains tight lipped." What is the MP meant to do about this? Say how dreadful it is? True but pointless. Of course she could sound off about everything -- doing no good but ticking the right boxes. But she doesn't seem to be a soundbite politician. From what I've seen so far she puts her energies into causes she can do something for. She's already done a lot for St James Street Library Campaign, and I don't see how that's going to further her power-mad "agenda"! She has of course won the support of all the people she's helped, but that's exactly the way it should be. An MP shows her worth by doing good locally, and people vote for her because they want her to continue doing this for them. Simples.

You obviously haven't been listening Stella's constituancy covers the area covered by the fire engines from leyton. Although she is the MP for Walthamstow, alot of her constituancy boundaries cover the E10 postcode. Therefore to represent the concerns of her constituants you would think she would agree they deserve to be served by two fire engines and not one. An issue she has yet to support her contituants on.

Quite right she is the best of a BAD BUNCH but this does not excuse her for jumping on the BANDWAGON and championing certain causes.

When her role is to WORK for her constituents after voting for her I am shocked at the POOR attention she has displayed with YOUTH VIOLENCE and CRIME, yet ran as a candidate for youth banging on about the boys scouts etc.

What about the YOUTH WHO SUFFER FROM YOUTH CRIME as we see every other week like the school boy chased to his DEATH in WALTHAMSTOW on the 24th Jan 2011.

NOT A WORD FROM MP CREASY ?
Yet she can TALK at length about the DOG TRACK / CINEMA / LOAN SHARKS etc. All great causes but shrink in SIZE to more SERIOUS ISSUES LIKE OUR YOUTH BEING KILLED ON THE STREETS OF WALTHAMSTOW.

Having raised these issues with her directly I am still awaiting any response maybe if a BOY SCOUT was Murdered she might SPEAK UP.

I do not dislike the good DR/MP I just wish she would deal with ISSUES raised by her Constituents and seriously address YOUTH CRIME like her opposite MP IDS.

EducateCommunities wrote:
Quite right she is the best of a BAD BUNCH but this does not excuse her for jumping on the BANDWAGON and championing certain causes.

When her role is to WORK for her constituents after voting for her I am shocked at the POOR attention she has displayed with YOUTH VIOLENCE and CRIME, yet ran as a candidate for youth banging on about the boys scouts etc.

What about the YOUTH WHO SUFFER FROM YOUTH CRIME as we see every other week like the school boy chased to his DEATH in WALTHAMSTOW on the 24th Jan 2011.

NOT A WORD FROM MP CREASY ?
Yet she can TALK at length about the DOG TRACK / CINEMA / LOAN SHARKS etc. All great causes but shrink in SIZE to more SERIOUS ISSUES LIKE OUR YOUTH BEING KILLED ON THE STREETS OF WALTHAMSTOW.

Having raised these issues with her directly I am still awaiting any response maybe if a BOY SCOUT was Murdered she might SPEAK UP.

I do not dislike the good DR/MP I just wish she would deal with ISSUES raised by her Constituents and seriously address YOUTH CRIME like her opposite MP IDS.

How many more youth deaths or gun & knife incidents before MP CREASY makes a STATEMENT in the HOUSE OF COMMONS or the MEDIA.

Here you go I made it double official hopefully she will finally respond this time.

All I require is for her to address this ISSUE with the same vigor as her loan shark debate or the dog track, after all this is why I cast my vote for her in the first place. It's not personal in fact it's her duty.

Walthamster wrote:
Marie Pye, the councillor who says if you don't like what the council does you should move to Surrey! Choice MP she'd make.

Clyde Loakes put himself forward, too. And Liaquat Ali, the do-nothing High Street councillor, was also being talked about.

Makes Stella Creasy look better all the time.

I must protest in the strongest possible terms about your characterisation of Liaquat Ali as a do nothing councillor.

It's widely accepted in LBWF that he has done far less than that.

I don't know whether she looks like a Tory. But she certainly looks like the career politician that no doubt she is.
Which is probably one of the reasons why Walthamstow will remain the s***hole that it is (a place of low expection, limited vision and high corruption), while Ms Creasy is busy building her career.

BarryTLemur wrote:

Walthamster wrote:
Marie Pye, the councillor who says if you don't like what the council does you should move to Surrey! Choice MP she'd make.

Clyde Loakes put himself forward, too. And Liaquat Ali, the do-nothing High Street councillor, was also being talked about.

Makes Stella Creasy look better all the time.

I must protest in the strongest possible terms about your characterisation of Liaquat Ali as a do nothing councillor.

It's widely accepted in LBWF that he has done far less than that.

That's probably a good thing, Larry. He gets paid more for sitting on committees and public bodies -- some of which may take more than an hour or so a month -- than than most people in Walthamstow earn in full-time jobs. Just think how much we'd have to pay if he actually did anything.

It's a SAD state of affairs when Ian Ducan Smith is the most clued up politician in Waltham Forest and Labour are back peddling and they run the council.

I think I will vote for the GREEN PARTY next time.

EducateCommunities wrote:
It's a SAD state of affairs when Ian Ducan Smith is the most clued up politician in Waltham Forest and Labour are back peddling and they run the council.

I think I will vote for the GREEN PARTY next time.

MP Creasy has been in this Labour run council and even mayor of Walthamstow for quite some time now, and still has NO idea about the PEOPLES NEEDS.

So talking about she has only been in post as MP for a limited time has no effect on her progress or lack of it.

In fact she should have a clear view of things and made some changes for the better.

After all this is a Labour run borough so her influence and power should create change not more good intensions.

Walthamster wrote:

BarryTLemur wrote:

Walthamster wrote:
Marie Pye, the councillor who says if you don't like what the council does you should move to Surrey! Choice MP she'd make.

Clyde Loakes put himself forward, too. And Liaquat Ali, the do-nothing High Street councillor, was also being talked about.

Makes Stella Creasy look better all the time.

I must protest in the strongest possible terms about your characterisation of Liaquat Ali as a do nothing councillor.

It's widely accepted in LBWF that he has done far less than that.

That's probably a good thing, Larry. He gets paid more for sitting on committees and public bodies -- some of which may take more than an hour or so a month -- than than most people in Walthamstow earn in full-time jobs. Just think how much we'd have to pay if he actually did anything.

But how else could this champion of the people afford to run his Bentley without all those extra minutes of hard graft? He hasn't changed models for at least two years now, so the recession must be hurting him just like it is the rest of us.

BarryTLemur wrote:

Walthamster wrote:

BarryTLemur wrote:

Walthamster wrote:
Marie Pye, the councillor who says if you don't like what the council does you should move to Surrey! Choice MP she'd make.

Clyde Loakes put himself forward, too. And Liaquat Ali, the do-nothing High Street councillor, was also being talked about.

Makes Stella Creasy look better all the time.

I must protest in the strongest possible terms about your characterisation of Liaquat Ali as a do nothing councillor.

It's widely accepted in LBWF that he has done far less than that.

That's probably a good thing, Larry. He gets paid more for sitting on committees and public bodies -- some of which may take more than an hour or so a month -- than than most people in Walthamstow earn in full-time jobs. Just think how much we'd have to pay if he actually did anything.

But how else could this champion of the people afford to run his Bentley without all those extra minutes of hard graft? He hasn't changed models for at least two years now, so the recession must be hurting him just like it is the rest of us.

Inopportune perhaps but I can't remember the last time I p***ed myself laughing so much!

I was thinking of changing my screen name to Gerry.

Gerry Mandering that is :-)