Local Elections May 5th 2022

[nottsgirl]

Everyone forgot about student fees thingy

And the coalition?

 

[pbsmooth]

Lib Dems always do OK in local elections don't they? I guess it's also some wet Tories protest voting.

 

[Ax^]

you have to select the region on the bbc to see the result

cannot make the tory's look bad because of Nadine and her wank fantasies about bojo

 

[nottsgirl]

Lib Dems always do OK in local elections don't they? I guess it's also some wet Tories protest voting.

I feel a bit better now.

 

[pbsmooth]

The main headline is "Tories lose hundreds of seats..." so you can probably overdo the BBC bias tinfoil hat stuff

 

[Ax^]

at the moment its been tories lose whilst the lib dems make great moves

the rest is how labour has not made enough gains to put johnson at risk

*shrugs

bbc tinfoil hat btw

laura kuenssberg

 

[steeplejack]

Where is this total? Guardian has -397 and I couldn't even see a count on the BBC News site. Am I blind?

Yes I'd be curious to know where -478 comes from. I've only seen it here.

 

[weepiper]

Yes I'd be curious to know where -478 comes from. I've only seen it here.

This is on the BBC live blog

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-61235136

 

[magneze]

Weird I saw 340 on there just a little while ago but it's been updated now.

 

[nottsgirl]

They just said 340 on the radio 4 news.

 

[magneze]

480 though. LOL

 

[bluescreen]

They just said 340 on the radio 4 news.

Wasn't that just England?

 

[steeplejack]

This is on the BBC live blog

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-61235136

Grauniad latest. The confusion is that if -397 were England only, why does it include SNP / PC on the chart...

 

[petee]

meanwhile....

Assembly election: North on brink of having first ever nationalist first minister

Sinn Féin on track to be largest party at Stormont, as Alliance experiences ‘surge’

www.irishtimes.com

 

[Ranbay]

And the coalition?

Yeah and that

 

[Ranbay]

That’s -129 and not full for England yet.

With Scotland and Wales to come , could be over 400/500 seats lost
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I should play the lottery

 

[lazythursday]

I think the number depends whether you're contrasting with the number of councillors as it was yesterday, or comparing with the results that happened when these seats were last elected. Not all media calculate the gains and losses the same way.

 

[steeplejack]

No surprise to see the right-wing Guardian minimising / playing down Tory losses....

 

[Puddy_Tat]

it can of course both be true that the tories have lost 480 seats, and have a net loss of 397 seats - they have gained a few seats as well...

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Basically yeah, as far as I can tell. There is some scope locally for anti-LTN types to vote Tory I guess.

The local Orthodox Jews are not monolithic but I think a lot of them will vote en masse how community leaders suggest they do.

Not seen a breakdown but there isn't usually a particularly large turnout either.

Turnout was 49%

 

[The39thStep]

No surprise to see the right-wing Guardian minimising / playing down Tory losses....

wrestling with its conscience

 

[two sheds]

and the conscience loses

 

[RD2003]

No surprise to see the right-wing Guardian minimising / playing down Tory losses....

Can't agree that the Guardian is right wing. It reflects the concerns and aspirations of the well-to-do elements of the liberal left (a poison to society). As does, to all intents and purposes and for all the well-off liberal lefties wring their hands about it, the contemporary Tory party,

 

[steeplejack]

Can't agree that the Guardian is right wing. It reflects the concerns and aspirations of the well-to-do elements of the liberal left (a poison to society), As does, to all intents and purposes, the contemporary Tory party,

I was joking ffs

 

[RD2003]

I was joking ffs

Phew.

 

[Dom Traynor]

Writing from afar the Libdem resurgence does seen to bode well for those who want the Tories out in the next election. Councillors are absolutely essential as activists on the ground to build the vote and Libdems taking votes from the Tories are very useful to causing them to lose a GE. Not a reason to support them - but worth bearing in mind.

 

[Dom Traynor]

You just know he's a cunt.

 

[RD2003]

Writing from afar the Libdem resurgence does seen to bode well for those who want the Tories out in the next election. Councillors are absolutely essential as activists on the ground to build the vote and Libdems taking votes from the Tories are very useful to causing them to lose a GE. Not a reason to support them - but worth bearing in mind.

Only if you think a government that essentially agrees with the Tories on almost every issue is worth the effort.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

You just know he's a cunt.

faces that are made for smacking with a big wet fish...

 

[tim]

Woking has fallen to the lib dems

That will not surprise any of the presenters at GBnews