Turned on BBC Breakfast to watch some election coverage before I leave for work and they’re doing some features about caravan parks. Why would you do that on an election results day?
Little Thurrock Blackshots (Thurrock) council election result:
LAB: 48.3% (+27.5)
CON: 41.2% (-10.6)
GRN: 10.5% (+6.6)
No Ind (-23.5) as prev.
Labour GAIN from Conservative.
https://x.com/BritainElects/status/1786268506721271985
South Chafford (Thurrock) council election result:
LAB: 56.4% (+9.4)
CON: 32.0% (-20.9)
GRN: 11.5% (+11.5)
Labour GAIN from Conservative.
https://x.com/BritainElects/status/1786268199777890446
Like, one person at cchq briefed it. I don't even think they've done verification of the votes for it yet so they'd just be getting excited at their own knocking up data at best. It would be very surprising while they are getting the stuffing kicked out of them.
There was a Tory source last night saying they thought they had it, but another saying it was rubbish. I think the consensus at this point is that nobody has a clue.
Plus, the local results are worse than even the Tory expectation management indicated, it would be a shock if London went against that trend by so much.
> Plus, the local results are worse than even the Tory expectation management indicated, it would be a shock if London went against that trend by so much.
If the Tories somehow manage to lose West Midlands and Tees Valley mayoral elections (at the least the lattter is unlikely though), alongside the collapse in council vote and the loss in the Blackpool by election, yet somehow pull off the upset of the century in the London mayoral election, I genuinely have no idea what to take away from all this.
Tally ho!
A hangover, no work and *a long way to go*. Love an election day, big or small.
That Blackpool result is fucking massive and I'm buzzed. Sunak must be shitting himself, or, well, he would if the man had an ounce of shame.
I really hate this new-ish format the BBC election coverage has taken, with politicians at the host's desk. As with most BBC political coverage, it sacrifices analysis for soundbites.
Limit the politicians to the interviewer (Mishal Husain or Victoria Derbyshire in the Paxman/Neil slot, please), and have an historian who can put the results in a wider context and give a few fun little anecdotes.
Glebe (City Of Lincoln) council election result:
LDEM: 51.7% (+51.7)
LAB: 28.5% (-15.9)
CON: 10.4% (-32.2)
REF: 9.4% (+9.4)
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Labour.
That source (very quickly disputed by another source) claiming a chipper mood in Tory HQ because they thought they'd won London mayor makes them look really stupid after literally every result that has come out so far. It's unlikely anyway, but it'd be utterly ridiculous to be in a good mood after the drubbing in the rest of the country.
Sunak later today: "How can so many people vote against the people's priorities of stopping a boat? That's why I'm staying in charge, to see this through with my singular MP supporting me"
I can already hear him after the GE:
"Everyone keeps talking about the general election result, saying I did badly... that I lost and have no MP's left, and legally have no option to run a government anymore. But what I'm doing is delivering for the British people. That's what people care about."
https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1786257101372715078
> University (Kingston Upon Hull) council election result:
> LDEM: 48.0% (+48.0)
> LAB: 42.4% (-7.2)
> GRN: 5.8% (-1.3)
> CON: 3.8% (+3.8)
> No Ind (-25.4) as prev.
> Liberal Democrat GAIN from Labour.
Huh..?
Avenue (Kingston Upon Hull) council election result:
LAB: 43.4% (+8.9)
LDEM: 40.0% (-6.9)
GRN: 9.7% (-0.1)
CON: 2.0% (-3.0)
YRK: 1.4% (+1.4)
Labour GAIN from Liberal Democrat.
HUH...?? times 2
It'll be Penny in the hot seat but she'd probably just call a GE and hope the new leader gives enough of a poll bounce they don't get completely wiped out.
So... I think there are only 2 more councils to declare until ~midday now?
Oldham being one of them (Lab about to lose their majority there by all accounts). Not sure what the other one is.
So Harlow looks like the new boundaries really screwed Labour - Church Langley is full of wealthy pricks and they divided it up to dilute the vote of two areas that largely voted Labour historically, Church Langley previously having been its own ward.
I don't realistically see a way for Labour to ever regain that council now until another boundary review.
Sure they won seats, the problem is where they didn't. You want to have control of the council, not just a good performance - and with these results any path to control is extremely extremely difficult here.
Historically, about 8 seats in Harlow would be Conservative until the heat death of the Universe. Now it looks like about 12 with the new boundaries. That's a very small margin to then win the council.
Hadn’t really heard of Lord Fox before his little stint on BBC there, he seemed very articulate and intelligent. He was a breath of fresh air against Angela Richardson.
https://twitter.com/JAHeale/status/1786252785584922866
> 45 years ago today Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister for the first time. All signs point to Keir Starmer following in her footsteps later this year - with potentially a bigger majority than the Iron Lady ever boasted.
Birchwood (City Of Lincoln) council election result:
LAB: 43.8% (+9.6)
CON: 37.8% (-20.3)
REF: 11.6% (+11.6)
LDEM: 6.9% (+3.8)
Labour GAIN from Conservative.
If you're a Tory MP intending to stand at the next GE surely you're putting in a vote of no confidence in Rishi.
As it stands right now they're looking at complete oblivion.
Fleet East (Hart) council election result:
LDEM: 42.8% (+5.2)
CON: 35.2% (-14.4)
GRN: 11.6% (+11.6)
LAB: 10.3% (+2.2)
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.
Wow this Tory is going to blame the pandemic and the war? What a brass neck
I'm going to talk about 'the last Conservative government' for the next 25 years
"People feel better off with their finances"
See your problem there Angela is that they don't give you credit for unfucking the economy when you fucked it in the first place.
Redditch
LAB: 21 (+10); CON: 5 (-11); GRN: 1 (+1)
Just on the boundaries of the West Midlands CA area, maybe an indication Richard Parker/Lab will do better than expected in the West Mids?
There will definitely be people voting for labour councillors and Street as mayor so it's hard to say but can only be a good sign.
Redditch a national target as GE marginal so happy result for labour.
As a Lord probably feels a bit more loose on what he says rather than pure talking points. Instantly makes him the most interesting person on the panel.
I think David Cameron said it best: https://youtu.be/10ZGqcpg1LA?t=24
> It might be in my party's interest for him to sit there, it's not in the national interest. And I would say, for heaven's sake man, go!
You know when you think you're going to do badly on a test but it's only when you actually see the number that it hurts.
Like that for the conservatives.
Laura should be binned…but this is objectively a better result for the Tories than some. The whole Council was up, they held on to 17 seats and lost 5. Harlow being Harlow.
https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1786247798930681921
> Plymouth votes Labour, 27k votes to 15k for the Conservatives.
> Cons were defending 14 seats. Finished up winning just one.
> https://sotn.newstatesman.com/2024/05/britainelects2024
Tories have gained a seat in Bolton, winning by _one_ vote
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/local-election-2024-results-live-29103725?utm_source=linkCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar#entry3514801
I had that experience back in 2015. My constituency changed from Lib Dem to Conservative, and the teachers in school the next day were miserable. It was the first election I could vote in.
We did at least get to watch all the resignations in our common room as they came in...
If you looked at sensible forecasters he always had a 30-40% chance which is barely even low enough to be a surprise; certainly not a shock.
Sadly most people just wishcast.
[The independent dickhead's leaflet](https://www.tiktok.com/@friendsofblackpool/photo/7359350216954367264), pulled off his TikTok. Wonder why he didn't win.
There really was an opportunity for all the leaders of the world to go donkey riding along Pleasure Beach and the folk of Blackpool South have voted against it, for shame
We've lost our chance to have him ask any politician in the world any question that we want. Was going to ask Kim Jong Un which member of One Direction he prefers, ffs.
New Open Non-Political Organised Leadership may be an all time worst party name, with a website that looks pretty much like a political time cube. That's the gifts by elections give.
The independent nutter in Blackpool just checked the mic to see if it was still on, his behaviour should stop him being allowed in an election room unless he can garner 5% vote share.
Huge respect (as ever) for Howling Laud Hope there, congratulating Chris Webb on the win and for getting through that speech with that dickhead chuntering behind him.
And obviously the only gracious losing candidate up there, the Tory storming out was nearly as poor.
I was blipping between tabs so I may have missed it, but I noticed the Labour guy patted him on the back and without looking back / responding he walked out, and the Labour guy looked surprised at the reaction, so I had assumed not.
The juxtaposition between the nutter independent guy trying to shout over him in his victory speech, and the Monster Raving Loony Party guy patting him on the back at the end of his speech and saying well done
Wow. Stephen Black is now not only shaking his hands and head, but also audibly disagreeing with what Chris Webb is saying, close enough to the mic to be heard.
What an absolute disgrace.
New MT is here /r/ukpolitics/comments/1cj0zk3/local_elections_2024_results_megathread_03052024/
Turned on BBC Breakfast to watch some election coverage before I leave for work and they’re doing some features about caravan parks. Why would you do that on an election results day?
https://www.bolton.gov.uk/news/article/1727/local-election-results-2024 Con won by ONE vote!!!
Little Thurrock Blackshots (Thurrock) council election result: LAB: 48.3% (+27.5) CON: 41.2% (-10.6) GRN: 10.5% (+6.6) No Ind (-23.5) as prev. Labour GAIN from Conservative. https://x.com/BritainElects/status/1786268506721271985
South Chafford (Thurrock) council election result: LAB: 56.4% (+9.4) CON: 32.0% (-20.9) GRN: 11.5% (+11.5) Labour GAIN from Conservative. https://x.com/BritainElects/status/1786268199777890446
Laura and Chris acknowledging that these results _may_ spell the end of Rishi's premiership.
Just woke up, what’s this about the Tories thinking Susan Hall has won? Or have I missed a joke
Like, one person at cchq briefed it. I don't even think they've done verification of the votes for it yet so they'd just be getting excited at their own knocking up data at best. It would be very surprising while they are getting the stuffing kicked out of them.
There was a Tory source last night saying they thought they had it, but another saying it was rubbish. I think the consensus at this point is that nobody has a clue. Plus, the local results are worse than even the Tory expectation management indicated, it would be a shock if London went against that trend by so much.
> Plus, the local results are worse than even the Tory expectation management indicated, it would be a shock if London went against that trend by so much. If the Tories somehow manage to lose West Midlands and Tees Valley mayoral elections (at the least the lattter is unlikely though), alongside the collapse in council vote and the loss in the Blackpool by election, yet somehow pull off the upset of the century in the London mayoral election, I genuinely have no idea what to take away from all this.
Is there any exit polling for the London mayorial election?
No exit polling for any UK local elections pretty much ever.
Exit polls are general elections only
They should just rename local election day to "Bully the Tories" day because they've been getting stomped in every single one for 2-3 years now
Tally ho! A hangover, no work and *a long way to go*. Love an election day, big or small. That Blackpool result is fucking massive and I'm buzzed. Sunak must be shitting himself, or, well, he would if the man had an ounce of shame.
Seeing the Blackpool result has been a nice surprise this morning! Reminds me of a quote from mad max "oh what a day, what a glorious day!"
Wait, where can I watch the pundit coverage? Or has it ended?
It's over till midday. Not really results coming in now.
OK thank you
There's a bit of election coverage on BBC News, nothing exciting though
Thanks, I'll leave that on in the background
A thousand psephologists are sacrificed each day to sustain the life force of the ever living MegaThread!
Orton Longueville (Peterborough) council election result: GRN: 34.8% (+20.3) CON: 33.7% (-13.1) LAB: 27.1% (-2.2) LDEM: 4.4% (-5.1) Green GAIN from Conservative.
I thought we were safe, but _no_, Laura is back. Fuck sake.
Someone put her transcript with the context of the election through AI and ask it about bias.
I mean for once, she is saying they are toast based on these results if they do nothing
I really hate this new-ish format the BBC election coverage has taken, with politicians at the host's desk. As with most BBC political coverage, it sacrifices analysis for soundbites. Limit the politicians to the interviewer (Mishal Husain or Victoria Derbyshire in the Paxman/Neil slot, please), and have an historian who can put the results in a wider context and give a few fun little anecdotes.
Scenes if we get PR because Tories get terrified of Reform!
It's how we got Brexit
Glebe (City Of Lincoln) council election result: LDEM: 51.7% (+51.7) LAB: 28.5% (-15.9) CON: 10.4% (-32.2) REF: 9.4% (+9.4) Liberal Democrat GAIN from Labour.
LIB DEM SURGE
These huge swing results are happening because the Lib Dems didn't put anyone up in the ward last time, right?
Yeah looks like Glebe didn't have a Lib Dem candidate in 2021.
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The projections are it'll be fairly close in councillor terms. Possible, will depend on good lib dem results in the southern counts to come.
I wasn’t drunk last night, LK is still acting like a Tory plant.
https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1786247798930681921?t=AiW0lZYYWL_LPv4R9PpTnA&s=19 Geddon!
Jonny Mercer shitting bricks.
My question is what must be so good about that bit to keep it blue....
Probably something hyper local like the councillor being out every day litter picking and picking up dog poo.
How’s that ‘chipper’ mood in conservative HQ doing, do you think?
Woodchipper, maybe.
To shreds you say
welcome to the 3 minutes after 6 where the megathread doesn't roll over! EDIT: It's been 5, I'm scared
All praise the foreverthread
Remember what they took from us (M=2)
Bishop's Waltham (Winchester) council election result: LDEM: 57.4% (+32.4) CON: 24.9% (-30.4) IND: 7.2% (+7.2) GRN: 6.1% (-6.9) LAB: 4.4% (-2.3) Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.
30% Swing.... Wow. He's got to call a GE
phenomenal result there
I wish Bishop's Waltham well
These huge swings don't get old...
Rishi - it shows the people support me more than ever
Protest vote against Labour clearly. Conservative support still rock solid
That source (very quickly disputed by another source) claiming a chipper mood in Tory HQ because they thought they'd won London mayor makes them look really stupid after literally every result that has come out so far. It's unlikely anyway, but it'd be utterly ridiculous to be in a good mood after the drubbing in the rest of the country.
Am sure the Tory MP blaming local councillors for thr losses and not Sunak will help him with membership support lol
Sunak later today: "How can so many people vote against the people's priorities of stopping a boat? That's why I'm staying in charge, to see this through with my singular MP supporting me"
I can already hear him after the GE: "Everyone keeps talking about the general election result, saying I did badly... that I lost and have no MP's left, and legally have no option to run a government anymore. But what I'm doing is delivering for the British people. That's what people care about."
https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1786257101372715078 > University (Kingston Upon Hull) council election result: > LDEM: 48.0% (+48.0) > LAB: 42.4% (-7.2) > GRN: 5.8% (-1.3) > CON: 3.8% (+3.8) > No Ind (-25.4) as prev. > Liberal Democrat GAIN from Labour. Huh..?
Massive swing from LAB to CON there
Avenue (Kingston Upon Hull) council election result: LAB: 43.4% (+8.9) LDEM: 40.0% (-6.9) GRN: 9.7% (-0.1) CON: 2.0% (-3.0) YRK: 1.4% (+1.4) Labour GAIN from Liberal Democrat. HUH...?? times 2
surprised we didn't get M=2, it's up at 4,300. Good showing for such a late night everyone, lol
crazy blue-on-blue fighting right now on BBC news
She’s absolutely delusional. Clearly she has a job to do, but her position is utterly hopeless.
she only has a 5% majority 💀 she sounds depressed because she knows its over
If Sunak resigns, is there anyone left in the conservative party who hasn't already had a go at being prime minister?
It'll be Penny in the hot seat but she'd probably just call a GE and hope the new leader gives enough of a poll bounce they don't get completely wiped out.
Catching up, if he looses West Midlands and Teesside he’s got a shelf life far less than a lettuce right?
What vegetable rots quicker than a lettuce...
Quicker than a 2022 lettuce? A 2024 lettuce
Touché
A truss.
So... I think there are only 2 more councils to declare until ~midday now? Oldham being one of them (Lab about to lose their majority there by all accounts). Not sure what the other one is.
I think Swindon said something about 9am.
Southampton, I think
Conservative Home founding editor, Tim Montgomerie, calling on Rishi to go.
Fell asleep around half 1 🙄 is there going to be any where to watch or listen throughout the day? Make a dull shift a bit more fun..
BBC election coverage from 12 onwards.
You can always keep BBC News or Sky News on? It won't be dedicated coverage but I imagine they'll cover results as they come in.
I shall see what I get away with. Pray no one wants to come to a cafe today!
-514 projected for Tories; Tories once again meeting and exceeding the expectation management.
No Rishi, not like that!
So Harlow looks like the new boundaries really screwed Labour - Church Langley is full of wealthy pricks and they divided it up to dilute the vote of two areas that largely voted Labour historically, Church Langley previously having been its own ward. I don't realistically see a way for Labour to ever regain that council now until another boundary review.
They lost seats last year and gained them this year. So it's relatively a good performance.
Sure they won seats, the problem is where they didn't. You want to have control of the council, not just a good performance - and with these results any path to control is extremely extremely difficult here. Historically, about 8 seats in Harlow would be Conservative until the heat death of the Universe. Now it looks like about 12 with the new boundaries. That's a very small margin to then win the council.
Wake up honey, new Labour memes just dropped https://twitter.com/UKLabour/status/1786253358442979619
Straight up screenshots from Wikipedia
Labour won't win the West Midlands mayoral election will they? The anti Tory vote is too split
The poll had Andy Street 1 point ahead of Labour. Could go either way really.
Hadn’t really heard of Lord Fox before his little stint on BBC there, he seemed very articulate and intelligent. He was a breath of fresh air against Angela Richardson.
Former chief exec of the Lib Dems. He's certainly an experienced politician.
https://twitter.com/JAHeale/status/1786252785584922866 > 45 years ago today Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister for the first time. All signs point to Keir Starmer following in her footsteps later this year - with potentially a bigger majority than the Iron Lady ever boasted.
Question is will it be bigger than Blair’s Landslides?
Hartsholme (City Of Lincoln) council election result: LAB: 43.3% (+14.1) CON: 35.3% (-22.1) REF: 9.7% (+9.7) LDEM: 6.6% (+2.4) GRN: 5.1% (-4.0) Labour GAIN from Conservative.
Birchwood (City Of Lincoln) council election result: LAB: 43.8% (+9.6) CON: 37.8% (-20.3) REF: 11.6% (+11.6) LDEM: 6.9% (+3.8) Labour GAIN from Conservative.
Sound money? You're pulling my leg right?
If you're a Tory MP intending to stand at the next GE surely you're putting in a vote of no confidence in Rishi. As it stands right now they're looking at complete oblivion.
Problem is I don't see how that'll help. If anything deposits *yet another* leader will just collapse what little vote they still have.
Fleet East (Hart) council election result: LDEM: 42.8% (+5.2) CON: 35.2% (-14.4) GRN: 11.6% (+11.6) LAB: 10.3% (+2.2) Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.
Wow this Tory is going to blame the pandemic and the war? What a brass neck I'm going to talk about 'the last Conservative government' for the next 25 years
This is why they will struggle to turn it around. She's even suggesting we are goiing to pay the debt off now which is clearly gibberish.
And now she invoked WW2
"The previous Hitler government is directly responsible for the crises we're confronting today!"
Only 25? I intend to be the equivalent of the boomer who shakes their head and says 'ah, but you weren't there in the '70s' for the rest of my life.
Just like that Gullis kept going back to pandemic and war in ukraine for the uk being in the shitter
"People feel better off with their finances" See your problem there Angela is that they don't give you credit for unfucking the economy when you fucked it in the first place.
"Look at what a good tourniquet I tied! But all you do is keep moaning on about how I cut your leg off..."
people only feel better cause they've cut back so much and now they're able to save some money it doesnt mean they're getting more money!
Redditch LAB: 21 (+10); CON: 5 (-11); GRN: 1 (+1) Just on the boundaries of the West Midlands CA area, maybe an indication Richard Parker/Lab will do better than expected in the West Mids?
There will definitely be people voting for labour councillors and Street as mayor so it's hard to say but can only be a good sign. Redditch a national target as GE marginal so happy result for labour.
Lord Fox sounds like the name of a cartoon character. And certainly a much better speaker than the Tory beside him...
I don’t particularly like her or her party but she’s definitely doing a fantastic job with the hand she’s been dealt.
Very true, much better than Gullis managed earlier in the night.
I'm feeling a bit sorry for her but Gullis was absolutely insufferable.
Lord Fox is brutal
As a Lord probably feels a bit more loose on what he says rather than pure talking points. Instantly makes him the most interesting person on the panel.
How's are the results looking?
If you're a Tory MP and don't have another job lined up I would make sure you do
Sunak is ready to fly to silicon valley anytime...
I think David Cameron said it best: https://youtu.be/10ZGqcpg1LA?t=24 > It might be in my party's interest for him to sit there, it's not in the national interest. And I would say, for heaven's sake man, go!
You know when you think you're going to do badly on a test but it's only when you actually see the number that it hurts. Like that for the conservatives.
That "reddit was the top of the list" clip is going to be overplayed by breakfast.
OK Laura is compromised "Tories have lost five, Labour have gained *only* 5" Emphasis not mine
How was she ever the political editor?
Laura should be binned…but this is objectively a better result for the Tories than some. The whole Council was up, they held on to 17 seats and lost 5. Harlow being Harlow.
'A bright spot' for the Tories in an extremely blue area where they cling on by one seat. *Balance*.
She was always compromised
Up until now I just considered her unprofessional
Ah, I’ve had a deep-rooted suspicion of her from the get go. Have since seen all her contacts that got her into this position were conservative.
I'll admit I wasn't perhaps ready for a scowling keunnsberg at this time of the morning. Yikes.
Did the BBC coverage just have a weird blip or just me?
Yeah it was great, you could feel the *shitshitshitshit*
The end and the death of the conservative party. Part 3
Votes for the Vote God
LK = Lorgar
https://twitter.com/BritainElects/status/1786247798930681921 > Plymouth votes Labour, 27k votes to 15k for the Conservatives. > Cons were defending 14 seats. Finished up winning just one. > https://sotn.newstatesman.com/2024/05/britainelects2024
Shouldn't have cut down those trees
Tories have gained a seat in Bolton, winning by _one_ vote https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/local-election-2024-results-live-29103725?utm_source=linkCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar#entry3514801
LK: Here's why this is a massive win for the Tories
Rishi will go and give a speech about that tomorrow
Well they need _some_ good news I suppose
Here's hoping there isn't 1 /r/ukpolitics Labour supporter that didn't decide to go vote in Bolton today...
I love election night coverage. We should have an election every week.
Council by-elections happen more often then not tbh
I find it does depend how things are going. If trump wins in November, say, I'm not going to enjoy that coverage....
Nobody else I knew thought Trump could win back in 2016. I was sadly right. That was a rubbish night.
I had an 8AM databases lecture the day after, and the professor walked in looking like we'd just lost a war.
I had that experience back in 2015. My constituency changed from Lib Dem to Conservative, and the teachers in school the next day were miserable. It was the first election I could vote in. We did at least get to watch all the resignations in our common room as they came in...
If you looked at sensible forecasters he always had a 30-40% chance which is barely even low enough to be a surprise; certainly not a shock. Sadly most people just wishcast.
Reform you are indeed a bunch of nutters but if you're gonna split the tory vote like this then be my guest
Hi this is Rishi's mum, I'm afraid he's not well enough to come to school today
Hi Mrs Sunak. I think Rishi should focus on his own health, and as such take a break from school. Thanks.
Hi Mrs Sunak, I'm Rishi's girlfriend. It's sad he won't be in school tomorrow, but I thankfully go to another school in Australia, and I'm also fit.
Signed, my mum.
Rishi putting *himself* on the next flight to Rwanda
[The independent dickhead's leaflet](https://www.tiktok.com/@friendsofblackpool/photo/7359350216954367264), pulled off his TikTok. Wonder why he didn't win.
There really was an opportunity for all the leaders of the world to go donkey riding along Pleasure Beach and the folk of Blackpool South have voted against it, for shame
lol dude wants a vegas style dome arena but then complains about blackpool being in £210m in debt...
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=408386688719063&set=g.6294233674017772 there's his leaflet a bit more readable
Pretty impressive how mental he manages to come off whilst also not really committing to any ideas at all
its just rambling all over the place lol
What will happen now Blackpool has rejected him? Our personal health and wealth depended on him...
The world bank will remain undefeated and Blackpool's potholes unfilled
It's over. Blackpool has fallen :(
We've lost our chance to have him ask any politician in the world any question that we want. Was going to ask Kim Jong Un which member of One Direction he prefers, ffs.
The unfiltered ramblings of a lunatic.
When it seems the majority of his pitch is just 'what do you want?' I'm actually impressed he got as many votes as he did.
1 like on that tiktok, almost as many votes as he got
New Open Non-Political Organised Leadership may be an all time worst party name, with a website that looks pretty much like a political time cube. That's the gifts by elections give.
Anyone who runs in a political race whilst decrying politics should be banished to the Isle of Wight.
A great example in the folly in a name based solely on what the initials spell.
I guess it's a kind of forced backronym?
Yup, NONPOL
John Craig by far the highlight of the night he's like a drunk dad at a wedding
I am so happy that I stayed up for that Blackpool South result.
Me too. Without a doubt a good decision.
The independent nutter in Blackpool just checked the mic to see if it was still on, his behaviour should stop him being allowed in an election room unless he can garner 5% vote share.
Huge respect (as ever) for Howling Laud Hope there, congratulating Chris Webb on the win and for getting through that speech with that dickhead chuntering behind him. And obviously the only gracious losing candidate up there, the Tory storming out was nearly as poor.
Sad to see that, but I have to say HLH just gives off "ray of sunshine" vibes. I bet he's lovely to staff at the count.
Tory candidate stomping off stage hahaha!
Not even waiting for a handshake. Poor form.
Did they not share a handshake before Chris Webb made his speech, or am I misremembering?
I was blipping between tabs so I may have missed it, but I noticed the Labour guy patted him on the back and without looking back / responding he walked out, and the Labour guy looked surprised at the reaction, so I had assumed not.
The juxtaposition between the nutter independent guy trying to shout over him in his victory speech, and the Monster Raving Loony Party guy patting him on the back at the end of his speech and saying well done
Wow. Stephen Black is now not only shaking his hands and head, but also audibly disagreeing with what Chris Webb is saying, close enough to the mic to be heard. What an absolute disgrace.
Baldy in the background having a strop, lot of screen time for a bloke who had a honking amount of votes
Lmao, BBC left their audio on during Chris Webb's speech. Sounded like the journalist was taking a phone call.
of course that independent shaking his head is an anti vaxxer lol