Mr Preston is standing again!

[asredastheycome]

If he wins again ,,,then what ? , does that make people stupid ? or maybe he strikes a chord & people are ok with him outside of political leanings .

Interesting times ahead ?

Outside of political leanings. That's all Preston and fat Ben are about politics.

 

[jam69]

Who’s this?

The labour fella, isn't he a Councillor? So he got elected , therefore electable
Always found the phrase "unelectable " strange.
Anyone who wins enough votes us electable
They used yo say corbyn was unelectable, yet he was elected numerous times as a MP and also elected leader, ironicly when people said he was unelectable and they was no point him standing for leadership

 

[Alexander Supertramp]

Andy is from linthorpe / acklam area originally isn’t he?

Obviously just done very well for himself

 

[BlindBoyGrunt]

Remember this after Dave Budd's team worked round the clock to get the big weekend?

Andy Preston promises annual festival after Big Weekend success

New mayor wants to capitalise on positivity created by the Radio 1 event, and also wants to introduce monthly music festivals in the town centre

www.gazettelive.co.uk

To be fair, he isn't claiming that event as his own, just that it was a success and that he would like to repeat it on a smaller scale.

 

[Uwefuchs]

To be clear Chris Cooke is everything that Andy Preston isn’t.

He’s honest
He cares about the people of our town
He lives in the town

He’s happy to set agendas and let the experts do their jobs.
He wants much more openness in the council, it’s currently like a secret society.

A little about him..

He has a degree in IT, and worked n schools for a number of years, he then moved to the third sector where he helps run a charity in Middlesbrough. I’m sure Chris will have lots to say in the next few weeks.

Chris needs to say a lot more if he wants to beat Preston.

I'm no Tory but the likes of Preston and Houchen play the social media game a lot better than the local Labour mps and councillors. I think its style over substance most of the time with Preston and Houchen but that wins votes.

Chris might have the substance but he's got to sell that to the local voters.

 

[TheLodger]

To be fair, he isn't claiming that event as his own, just that it was a success and that he would like to repeat it on a smaller scale

He likes a good story, like this, very little materialises, most of the good stuff that has happened in the last 4 years was started by Dave Budd.

 

[Alexander Supertramp]

Madness in Albert park

 

[newyddion]

The labour fella, isn't he a Councillor? So he got elected , therefore electable
Always found the phrase "unelectable " strange.
Anyone who wins enough votes us electable
They used yo say corbyn was unelectable, yet he was elected numerous times as a MP and also elected leader, ironicly when people said he was unelectable and they was no point him standing for leadership

If folks who are going to be voting day they don’t like Andy Preston but they fonk rate the other guys either.. that makes them unelectable. Nothing to do with him being elected as a councillor or Jeremy Corbyn.

 

[MolteniArcore]

The lodger seems to want us to get involved in his public spats so I had a look on his twitter page and he implies he abandoned Corbyn in 2017

Haha I knew it!!

 

[jam69]

If folks who are going to be voting day they don’t like Andy Preston but they fonk rate the other guys either.. that makes them unelectable. Nothing to do with him being elected as a councillor or Jeremy Corbyn.

Anyone standing is electable, it's just a case of convincing enough people your the best person for the job

 

[newyddion]

Not a clue. Think he was involved in commercial property wasn’t he??

Obviously been very profitable for him, anyway.

Good to have a successful businessman like that running the town. Someone who understands how the wheels of industry turn and what it takes to get projects off the ground

As long as it’s not to the detriment of the town.. and his position isn’t just being used to boost his property portfolio.

 

[BoroLioness]

And that counts both ways.
The original comment was along the lines of the bully being a bully., is that not a comment about somebody's character also ?

There was a report commissioned by the council who actually pointed out that he and his executive have bullied and have a culture of bullying

 

[Norman_Conquest]

Chris worked in IT in schools.

I do find it odd that some are asking what Chris's background is, yet not once asked what Preston's background was.

We were told he was a Hedge fund manager, the only thing that we know is this.

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I know Chris very well and exactly what his background is. He hasn't had an easy start in life and deserves any success he does get. If he decides he is going to do something he will certainly get it done and can be a bloody thorn in your side whilst he is trying to get it done. He does tend to hold a grudge though.

I still don't think he is the right man for this job and feel that Labour has made the wrong choice here.

 

[Benjiboy]

Nice lad , but unfortunately failed to solve a problem in the local area ......3 came ,had a look , never seen again, that handed votes in our area to Preston who actually went door to door one night & pushed certain parts of council to act ...6 months after the 3 first showed up.

 

[TheLodger]

NewRegister

register.fca.org.uk

You‘ve not looked very hard then.

Your right, I've better things to do, like work for my residents.

 

[SmallTown]

Andy is from linthorpe / acklam area originally isn’t he?

Obviously just done very well for himself

Yeah, if I wanted to pick a proffesiom that reflected the hard working, altruistic,selfless people of Middlesbrough I'd have chosen a hedge fund manager

 

[Randy]

Yeah, if I wanted to pick a proffesiom that reflected the hard working, altruistic,selfless people of Middlesbrough I'd have chosen a hedge fund manager

So a scaffolder/chemical engineer/dock worker/car salesman/brickie (delete as appropriate) would be a better choice then?

 

[Benjiboy]

Don't aspire or achieve then kids of Boro ..don't become a bloody hedge fund manager etc !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Priceless as ever

 

[Alexander Supertramp]

Yeah, if I wanted to pick a proffesiom that reflected the hard working, altruistic,selfless people of Middlesbrough I'd have chosen a hedge fund manager

You’ve let yourself down a bit there, haven’t you

 

[Benjiboy]

So by that logic , i should be born into a "real" Boro area, work at British steel, till paid off, moaned about the dole , never better myself ......... best ever from you this one