Local Elections May 5th 2022
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Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
Soooo. Only local issues came up according to the Tory, but but, Keir starmer hypocrisy did. Things that never happened then.
Lammy declaring himself next foreign secretary on the back of Sunderland was a bit cringe.
Lammy declaring himself next foreign secretary on the back of Sunderland was a bit cringe.
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
Dystopiary
putting up a hook to hang my hopes upon
Spoilt me ballot.
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
Carlisle tory councillor scathing about Johnson and eustice being a twat 
. Richard Holden (my knobhead MP) squirming and rambling.
. Richard Holden (my knobhead MP) squirming and rambling.miktheword
Well-Known Member
Early results seems to indicate a disaster for Starmer. His minions on bbc contradicting themselves between saying we had such a mountain to climb from 2019, but did well in 2018 (elephant in room is starmers 2018 brexit switch which is airbrushed out of analysis)
Greens picking up, plus LDs even in working class areas.
Suspect the blairites may make their move, the terrain doesn't get any better for starmer than this, cost of living, party gate etc.
Funny watching them trying to spin this as all corbyn's fault yet they did well last time they fought, under corbyn, so can't expect many gains. Tory scum seem quite happy with losses so far. Both Tory, labour pollsters plus curtice saying no love for starmer.
Greens picking up, plus LDs even in working class areas.
Suspect the blairites may make their move, the terrain doesn't get any better for starmer than this, cost of living, party gate etc.
Funny watching them trying to spin this as all corbyn's fault yet they did well last time they fought, under corbyn, so can't expect many gains. Tory scum seem quite happy with losses so far. Both Tory, labour pollsters plus curtice saying no love for starmer.
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
Wandsworth 
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sparkybird
ask the bird...
Well done Wandsworth!
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Greens have gained three seats here in Exeter. The toriest part of town has gone to Labour.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Summary so far seems to be not as bad as expected for the Tories, not as good as expected for Labour, with turnout in some areas hovering around just 20%.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Westminster has fallen to Labour, Sky reporting 29 seats gives them an overall majority, first time since 1964.
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
That pretty much summarises it perfectly.
The green/LD votes in some working class areas is interesting. Both are pro EU neo-liberalism but, critically, neither are of the Labour variant or are Tories.
Overall the results indicate the further and deepening detachment and peripheralisation of another chunk of the working class away from ‘mainstream politics’. The next step for these voters is not to vote joining the millions of others who abandoned new labour or went Brexit Party. What’s abundantly clear is that:
a) they aren’t coming back to Labour. Like Labour learnt in Scotland, once you lose working class voters they don’t come back,
b) the ‘blue wall’ was a stopping off destination for these working class voters as they are ejected from any form of political representation, and
c) the political vacuum in deindustrialised and forgotten working class areas becomes ever more fertile ground for any organisation of the populist left or right that is capable of getting its act together. No signs of that at all at the moment, but as we know from France, the vacuum always gets filled at some point.
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May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Remained LD over here, with slight gains by the vermin 
None of the three indies in my ward got anywhere, haha.
None of the three indies in my ward got anywhere, haha.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Looks like the LP have broken their 16 years Councillor drought in Sutton getting both of the newly designated Hackbridge seats & 1 in the smaller St Helier Ward.Remained LD over here, with slight gains by the vermin
Labour are just as bourgeois as the tories so its no surprise to me at all.Wow! Westminster a Labour Council. Never thought I'd see that in my lifetime!
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Seems Labour have the two councils with the lowest council tax in the country. Safe fiscal pair of hands is Keith’s.
Voley
🐀
Article full of moaning Tories here with particularly miserable looking chap in the photo at the top.
www.theguardian.com
Tory council leaders point finger at Johnson after election losses blamed on Partygate
Grassroots Conservatives say PM should consider his position, while Labour takes control of Westminster and Wandsworth
a_chap
When the world came apart, where were you?
Story as reported by the piss-poor Worcester News, complete with usual shite proof-reading....
"tool"
tim
EXPLODED TIM! (Help me!!!)
Yes, but I'm not getting my hopes up about seeing a Labour Government in Westminster in what's left of my lifetime.Wow! Westminster a Labour Council. Never thought I'd see that in my lifetime!
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