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Michelle Dewberry Confirmed As Brexit Party Candidate

Love love love this woman! Down to earth and sensible, she will be a brilliant campaigner for TBP.  In April when NF announced the launch of his party I, along with many others I'm sure, emailed Michelle and asked her to join Farage and at last she has! 👏🏻https://mol.im/a/7684875

Sue Hammond ● 2554d35 Comments

To save anyone Googling who on earth she is, she's an ex Apprentice winner from series 2.

Freddie Francis ● 2554d

She is a very successful business woman, writer and she also stood as an Independent in 2017.  Educate yourself.

Sue Hammond ● 2554d

Thanks for taking me seriously. Your sense of humour switched off as usual, lol

Freddie Francis ● 2554d

Sue, will you be moving to Kingston-upon-Hull so you can vote for her? Or perhaps you have a second home there and have registered to vote.Nick

Nicholas Evans ● 2554d

Not that Sue needs me to defend her...but blimey, all she did was she MD is a decent candidate... I'm totally against the Brexit party obv but not everyone is a loon...

Matt Palmer ● 2554d

Don't be ridiculous Nick, you're better than that.

Sue Hammond ● 2554d

Cheers Matt. xx

Sue Hammond ● 2554d

I thought Hambro Texeura was standing in Putney but the Wandsworth page for the election shows no Brexit party candidate in Putney.

Andy Pike ● 2554d

It looks like she withdrew her nomination. Where do I find the full list of candidates?  There might only be four of them now.

Jonathan Callaway ● 2554d

There is only 4 in Putney.On the wandsworth site

Andy Pike ● 2554d

@matt. Defend her from my dig? Wasn’t a personal jibe just a comment about a possible BP candidate. Fair game in my book.

Freddie Francis ● 2554d

Sue, if you’ll forgive my mild sarcasm, I was just trying to point out that the lady you mentioned is not running in Putney, in case anyone couldn’t be bothered to use the link to the Daily Mail puff piece.Nick

Nicholas Evans ● 2553d

@Sue, she is an amazing girl.I follow her on twitter.She had a really tough childhood.Was on social services 'at risk' register throughout childhood.Spent much time as a child in a hostel with her Mum.Her Mother was helped by gingerbread when she finally left her violent partner.Hull is a working class area and over 70% Leave seat.She certainly wasn't born with a silver spoon in her mouth like many of the political elites in London.She has worked her way to the top through sheer hard work.Would be great to get her into the HOC.Go girl go👍

Paul Game ● 2553d

@Paul I find the  most insulting thing you say about Dewberry in your list is that you call her an amazing 'girl' She is a woman. Not that gender should be an issue on whether  someone is a suitable candidate to represent their community.Like Dewberry many others aiming to represent us in Parliament come from deprived backgrounds. I'm sure you're relieved that the  Brexit candidate for Putney, who comes from a privileged background, has had to stand  down thanks to Farage's decision not to stand  candidates where it might split the Tory vote. Yay on three fronts which might have put Putney voters off a) she is a woman, b) she comes from a privileged background and c) she supports Brexit which other wealthy, privileged people like Rees-Mogg and Boris do too.

Lucille Grant ● 2553d

Interesting thread as we seem to have created an argument out of nothing that's something not particularly relevant to SW15? (Dark energy at work? 🙂) The UK's a free country, Ms Dewberry is eligible to stand for parliament fr whatever party she wants to and Sue can endorse and support any candidate she wants - although obviously not vote for! Have to say I like Hull, its one of those great, grand British Victorian cities that has happened on less affluent times. Been there a couple of times on business in the last few years - there's some innovative small businesses - and that's given me an opportunity to also catch up with a Facebook friend and ex colleague (incidentally a Brexit supporter):https://flic.kr/s/aHskQ1TdnA

Michael Ixer ● 2553d

"@Paul I find the  most insulting thing you say about Dewberry in your list is that you call her an amazing 'girl' She is a woman."Ofgs chill out Lucille aka 'I Am Woman' 😂"Sue can endorse and support any candidate she wants"Very nice of you Michael ...🙄

Sue Hammond ● 2553d

OK, Sue, fair comment, perhaps I could have phrased I'd better as "anyone" rather than direct it at you personally, and you did start the thread? 😺

Michael Ixer ● 2553d

@Lucille I can imagine how offended you must have been that I called Dewberry a girl instead of a woman. How awful of me!I have to disagree with you yet again Lucille. It's great news that the Putney Brexit member has dropped out.The Putney Brexit vote will now no longer be split, but the Remain vote will be split 3 ways, so it now looks like the Tories will romp home.Good to see the residents of Putney are coming to their senses and  voting for a Brexit candidate!Maybe there are some democrats in Putney after all 🤔

Paul Game ● 2553d

@PaulThe fact that Putney's Brexit Party candidate has dropped out makes sense  and is a purely tactical move by TBP. I was very conflicted over who to vote for but this has made my decision much easier.

Sue Hammond ● 2553d

I must confess I had never heard of Michelle Dewberry until now.  She has done remarkably well to overcome an awful start in life. Not that I agree with her politics but that’s a separate matter. Someone I had the privilege of meeting at the Edinburgh Book Festival, and more recently at the British Library when he was awarded the PEN Pinter prize, is Lemn Sissay.  He’s just written an autobiography although the focus is on his struggle with the care system and his much later success in suing the local authority responsible for his awful early life experiences. An incredibly moving book.  No idea what his politics are but that too is quite another matter. There are some heartwarming examples of people overcoming massive early life disadvantage.  One can only admire those who succeed. Sadly far too few of them.

Jonathan Callaway ● 2553d

Was she one of the Apprentice candidates branded 'idiotic' as 11 out of 12 'don't know when WW2 happened' nor how long it lasted ?Probably was as most Brexit Party members think we are still fighting it !!

John Hawkes ● 2553d

Dewberry was one of the earlier Apprentice winners when they didn't have to rely on idiots  to bring in the TV viewing  figures.

Lucille Grant ● 2553d

What a gawdelpuss!

Frances Clarke ● 2552d

Well it's a bizarre thread!Why should anyone in Putney care about a fringe candidate in Hull?And why does anyone think that the winner of a TV talent contest some years back is amazingly successful? If Ms Dewberry was successful, she would be doing something better with her time than losing an election - Brexit Party Corp (a company, not a real party) will not win any seats anywhere.Look her up - is she building a business - no -she has spent the intervening years cashing in on her minor TV success. Maybe she will eventually follow Anne Widdecombe into the panto industry.

Michael Winstanley ● 2551d

Michael, why shouldn’t Michelle Dewberry cash in on her minor tv success?  She left school at 16, after a difficult start in life.  She is not doing anything illegal or anything to be ashamed of. I think she is admirable and a likeable person. 

Martine Guy ● 2551d

Michael, I have taken your advice and looked  her up:“Leaving school at 16, she started her career as a YTS in St John’s Ambulance before moving into one of Hull’s biggest employer’s - KCOM and starting at the bottom (juggling this with part-time work on the checkout at Kwik Save].”  I have watched all The Apprentice series, and if I remember correctly, she had her own successful telecoms business, before winning The Apprentice in her late 20s.A hard working, and successful self made woman.

Martine Guy ● 2551d

Is she a gawdelpus? Must admit I had to look that up and she seems neither a helpless person or impoverished labourer (depending on reference)? It's a good question: why are we in Putney discussing a fringe candidate in Hull? Perhaps its because even if that fringe candidate doesn't win she might attract evough votes to skew the result in Hull, and perhaps we wouldn't be discussing it now if the people in Putney had been more concerned about the plight of people in Hull (and similar towns with economic problems) a couple of decades ago?

Michael Ixer ● 2551d

@Michael Winstanley, Michelle Dewberry has also:Suffered a miscarriageOvercome skin cancerRun the London Marathon twiceWhat a woman!  She is 40.

Martine Guy ● 2551d

What is a gawdelpuss, please?  I have looked it up but cannot find any meaning that makes sense....  Thank you.

Ivonne Holliday ● 2551d

"Well it's a bizarre thread!Why should anyone in Putney care about a fringe candidate in Hull?"Why shouldn't they?  Should we only start threads that are full of left-leaning reports from the Guardian?  Or Brexit bashing threads?  Or threads taking the pi$$ out of the Daily Mail, and its readers?  Those are the  threads that I find bizarre considering that those (on here) who consistently exhibit a superiority complex, cannot stop reading it!

Sue Hammond ● 2551d

Made-up word by a childish imbecile?

Sue Hammond ● 2551d

@Jonathan 14.11 Our Brexit candidate was one of the 317 who stepped down when Farage decided not to stand candidates in seats they had no chance of winning. It Countrywide list of all candidates below:https://news.sky.com/story/general-election-who-is-standing-to-be-an-mp-in-your-area-11862009

Sue Hammond ● 2551d

It's a great post Sue.Michelle is exactly the sort of candidate we need in the HOC.The negative comments on here are clearly coming from the London Remain elites who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths and probably haven't encountered any hardship in their lives, unlike Michelle herself.

Paul Game ● 2551d

The two definitions I found for gawdelpus (other spellings used) on the internet were "helpless person", " an impoverished labourer" - I discounted the one relating to a domesticated ox with a tufted tail as being too rude even for some on this forum. To be honest, neither of those definitions seems to fit this person. Although I obviously disagree with her views she seems to have overcome difficulties and takes advantages of her opportunities - one has to respect that in my opinion. (I still hope she loses! 🙂) 

Michael Ixer ● 2551d

"The negative comments on here are clearly coming from the London Remain elites who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths and probably haven't encountered any hardship in their lives"Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

David Ainsworth ● 2551d