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Is a trifecta of Tory mayoral victories on the cards? – politicalbetting.com
Is a trifecta of Tory mayoral victories on the cards? – politicalbetting.com
HOUCHEN HOLDS TEES VALLEY with reduced majority Ben Houchen (Con)81,930 (53.6%)Chris McEwan (Lab) 63,141 (41.3%)Simon Thorley (Lib Dem) 7,679 (5%)
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@JonnElledge
Generally curious how West Midlands Labour are so consistently bad at everything. It's the only regional Labour party I have any sense of an institutonal personality for, and the personality is "weirdly aggro while also consistently being shit at everything"."
https://twitter.com/JonnElledge/status/1786357608720273882
Love the line that he "forgot" to bring his blue rosette to the count, and that no, he was unable to unable to borrow one. Not that he in anyway was trying to hide from the Tory Party. No sir.
Politics.
Thirteen Conservative candidates failed to appear on ballot papers after a "human error" on the nomination papers.
Lab +69
Con -177
LD +30
Ind +63
Grn +15
Giving me flashbacks to the 1990s when half the local Tories on Bridgnorth DC started calling themselves Independents.
Led eventually to much hilarity when there was a schism over the creation of Shropshire UA and the blocs split into the Tories with Independents who led the council whilst the opposition was the Independents with Tories.
https://www.londonelects.org.uk/im-voter/candidates/mayoral-candidates
https://www.womensequality.org.uk/commons_vote_on_pension_equality_fails_women
Lab: 421
LD: 164
Con: 153
Ind + RA: 135
Grn: 37
...it's a close run race for second place on that measure.
"Women, as a class, are discriminated against and oppressed. There is a shared experience as a class but that discrimination and oppression will often express itself differently for cis women and trans women, just as other factors such as age, ethnicity, economic background and disability are likely to have an impact.
"WE are committed to addressing the very real oppression of trans people as well as the social structures that oppress and sometimes erase cis women and damage all genders. Cis inclusivity must never mean trans exclusivity, nor vice versa. There are huge and serious issues to address and it is vital that we find ways to discuss our experiences in an environment of mutual respect and tolerance if we are to progress to equality for all."
https://www.womensequality.org.uk/nov_17_statement
https://twitter.com/andrewteale/status/1786374307595083942?t=hP_XBWC9oM1cs6G55h2SaA&s=19
Don't forget the stay at home party too.
If Hall runs Khan close imagine just how batshit the next relaunch is going to be.
Q2 2024 now available at 22 on Betfair.
A reminder of when the Onion was so funny it was genius. Also very dark: don’t think you’d get away with this now
https://youtu.be/MGXSPf9b-xI?si=pfqZFox1sA93khat
If you spread batshit on the fields you get great crop yields.
If you spread Susan Halls policies on the fields…..
*a portrait of our patron -
(Edit: I'm using the Citizen Smith definition of 'Popular')
With some by-elections, the candidate is a serious a problem. Labour's Rochdale candidate is an obvious example. Others aren't ideal (the Tories picked a buffoon in Chesham, and a man who'd apparently not been there in Shropshire) but the margins were enough in both cases that it probably wasn't decisive. But I don't think any real blame can attach to the Mid Beds Tory candidate.
Translation: we're not going anywhere near this issue
The PB Pedantry Patrol never sleeps.
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Apple is trying to move some of its production out of China. Yet, Chinese firms are taking over an increasingly high-tech share of Apple's manufacturing. What does this mean for decoupling?
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The LA Police Foundation sent a C&D letter to the seller of shirts that said "FUCK THE LAPD."
The Foundation said it holds exclusive IP rights to the word "LAPD."
The seller's response was succinct..
https://twitter.com/RobertFreundLaw/status/1786079615544590678
They'd need a greater than 15% Labour -> Green swing to win a constituency seat - North East or Lambeth & Southwark would be the most likely. But that'd be proper earthquake territory.
"We are committed to addressing the very real oppression of trans people as well as the social structures that oppress and sometimes erase cis women"
Only Labour and Conservative have ever won constituency seats in the London Assembly, although I expect the LibDems to break that record this year.
I did say last night and today I still sure Khan has won it with gap in the teens.
Labours struggles today because of Gaza Backlash isn’t at all fair really, in the politics of things.
Edit: I mean for heaven's sake let's leave it there I don't want this thread to take that turn but I am interested in the language.
(I read something about them going back to manual counting because they were allowing for the possibility of a concurrent GE count, but I'm not sure I understand the reasoning)
Not to mention an army of volunteers who keep an eye on things on behalf of the candidates?
Your getting stressed is a small price to pay for other people's wellbeing.
Tories wiped out on Castle Point.
Interviewer: You wouldn't want that to happen every game.
Saka: Um, we won, so yes I would.
(15% in 2021)
Are the Tory rebels giving up?
After Ben Houchen’s victory the air is coming out of the balloon
“It is off ramp”, a Tory rebel source tells me. “Rishi is now going to own the election. He gets what he wants. He is going to lead us to oblivion.”
Another: “we're off to the pub"
I am very very critical of him and expect fun times ahead as the authorities start to pull back the curtain. But it isn't what he is doing (regeneration) that I have a problem with, it is the brazen malfeasance and the way that all criticism is blocked and silenced, as if asking questions is a crime.
McGuinness (Lab): 185,051 (41.3%)
Jamie Driscoll (Ind): 126,652 (28.2%)
Guy Renner-Thompson (Con): 52,446 (11.7%)
Paul Donaghy: (Reform) 41,147 (9.2%)
Other: 43,116 votes (9.6%)
After a slowing of Tory losses momentum building towards a total meltdown during the afternoon and evening.
Labour says it has won the York & North Yorkshire Mayor race
“This is a truly historic result in York and North Yorkshire. Keir Starmer's Labour party is now winning in Rishi Sunak’s backyard," says a spokeswoman
God didn’t create North Yorkshire for it to go Labour ☹️
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-68609729
All Tories.
Con 46.6% (-10.8)
LD 34.3% (+21.3)
Lab 13.2 (+0.7)
Ind 5.7 (-7.6)
No Hampshire Ind (4.0)
Just thought I'd post it for completeness as Fareham was reviewed. Surprised LD vote was up rather than Labour, given neither were anywhere previously but perhaps shows that in former LD-ish areas there is still a tendency for the anti-Con vote to go to them.
No danger to Ms Braverman.
The Lib Dems should do well this afternoon .
Aldborough 28.0%
Barkingside 34.8%
Clayhall 38.4%
Cranbrook 48.9%
Fairlop 18.4%
Fullwell 28.6%
Hainault 17.7%
Valentines 47.3%
So the Muslim vote is substantial but it's not 50% of population in any ward much less 50% of the constituency's electorate.