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MarkHopkins

Khan has the charisma of a door stop.

Doesn't bode well.

MarqueeMark

Why does Khan want to change London? Change it to what?

Floater

SKY - "quite a lot of stony faces in the audience"

LOOOOOL

Sandpit

JEO said:

Sandpit said:

Khan introduced as the "Embodiment of Diversity" - pass the sick bag.

How can one person be diverse?

Is it that he supports those who hate Britain as well as those who like Britain?

GIN1138

Blimey these guys ain't half a bunch of wind bags!

NickPalmer

SimonStClare said:

Is there a good on-line link to watch the LL proceedings please – TIA.

iplayer BBC2

TCPoliticalBetting

MarqueeMark said:

Why does Khan want to change London? Change it to what?

Londonistan?

Morris_Dancer

Welcome, Comrade Plato.

Pulpstar

90% of £3 ers went 1Corbyn
The rest went 1 Kendall 2 Corbyn

Scrapheap_as_was

I could burst

Slackbladder

Looks like i might miss the announcement, not that itll be a surprise now

hunchman

DavidL said:

hunchman said:

Sunil_Prasannan said:

It's coming home!
It's coming home!
Labour's coming home!

Coming home to planet Mars!

No, no Corbyn has nothing to do with Mars, with all its bellicose paraphanalia. They are on the way to Venus, a Labour luvvie love in.

All about to get fried to death then! Harman's face said 1000 words of despair. One of the images of the day!

dr_spyn

https://twitter.com/MikeGapes/status/642591165989187588

Sandpit

Laura K - JC has won on 1st round.

RodCrosby

SimonStClare said:

Is there a good on-line link to watch the LL proceedings please – TIA.

You can get Sky live on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y60wDzZt8yg

CopperSulphate

MarqueeMark said:

Why does Khan want to change London? Change it to what?

There are still 40% of white people living there.

Sunil_Prasannan

Here we go!

Beverley_C

Morris_Dancer said:

Welcome, Comrade Plato.

We know Plato. We have blogged with Plato. Plato is a friend of ours. Comrade - you are no Plato

JosiasJessop

Morris_Dancer said:

Mr. Jessop, you might become Bananaman.

Why would I want to become David Miliband?

Floater

Sunil_Prasannan said:

It's coming home!
It's coming home!
Labour's coming home!

To a slightly different tune

"you're unelectable ....... da, da , da da da de da da da

JEO

alex. said:

Is Sadiq Khan using "son of an immigrant" as his main selling point, good or bad for changing attitudes on immigration.

It would be good if he didn't want to discriminate against people of non-immigrant stock.

Sunil_Prasannan

408,470 votes

RodCrosby

408,870 votes cast.

kle4

Slackbladder said:

Khan already calling for Unity.

It's a decent Game Engine.

Yvette staring creepily at Burnham for a few seconds there, that was weird.

GIN1138

Jezza looks like he's smartened himself up for once...

Casino_Royale

Being told Corbyn has won in first round - not officially confirmed tho

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) September 12, 2015

AndyJS

This might be a good Twitter feed to keep an eye on:

https://mobile.twitter.com/jwoodcockmp

ThomasNashe

Creasy less than 20% in first round

kle4

Whatever happens Labour, remember, it's not that bad.

dr_spyn

https://twitter.com/DickieA/status/642613006959005696

alex.

JC looks like he's shitting himself.

Slackbladder

Sky calls it for corbyn

GIN1138

Keep an eye on Tim's Twitter feed;


https://twitter.com/GOsborneGenius


He might have a meltdown later...

MarqueeMark

SKY: declaring Corbyn the winner on first round

Sunil_Prasannan

Watson 39.4%
Creasey 19.1%
Eagle 16.2%
Flint 15.8%
Bradshaw 9.6%

kle4

Sound keeps getting disrupted for me - anyone else have that problem?

ThomasNashe

Watson 39.4% - almost certainly wins it.

JEO

Burnham looks like he's been crying.

dr_spyn

Britain Elects ‏@britainelects 27s27 seconds ago
Labour deputy leadership result (first round):
Watson - 39.3%
Creasy - 19.1%
Eagle - 16.2%
Flint - 15.8%
Bradshaw - 9.6%

kle4

Sunil_Prasannan said:

Watson 39.4%
Flint 15.8%
Eagle 16.2%
Creasey 19.1%
Bradshaw 9.6%

Poor Bradshaw - now no one will bother to ask him how a Labour man managed to win votes in the SW.

Sandpit

Watson wins deputy 1st round - 39.4% so there will be a second round

Slackbladder

JEO said:

Burnham looks like he's been crying.

Is his mascara running?

CopperSulphate

Sky screwing up the deputy leadership contest.

AndyJS

Adam Boulton is an idiot. He interrupts the deputy leadership declaration for no particular reason and we don't hear Tom Watson's figure.

hunchman

Sky couldn't even get Watson's first round percentage up lol!

GIN1138

The top three faces of Labour between now and 2020 will be:

Jezza Corbyn, Tom Watson and Sadiq Khan?????

Words fail...

richardDodd

GEO..He always does.. but let us rejoice this is a great day in British Politics

rottenborough

Almost certainly Watson by look of it.

david_herdson

Sandpit said:

Watson wins deputy 1st round - 39.4% so there will be a second round

Andmore, but he's still won, comfortbly.

rottenborough

rottenborough said:

Almost certainly Watson by look of it.

Then again.

MarqueeMark

So Mr Burnham, how do you feel about those MP votes you lent to Jeremy?

Slackbladder

Eagles votes went to watson

AndyJS

Tom Watson elected Deputy Leader. West Bromwich's finest.

"Former close aid of Gordon Brown".

Sunil_Prasannan

Round 3

Flint 22.8%
Creasy 26.4%
Watson 50.7%

kle4

This guy has more personality than the previous 2 speakers already.

RodCrosby

Watson win

ThomasNashe

Watson on the third round

Sean_F

JEO said:

Burnham looks like he's been crying.

As well he might.

hunchman

JEO said:

Burnham looks like he's been crying.

Tory election ppb just needs to show the faces of labour people today if corbyn gets that far! Never has a ppb been so easy to do!

CornishBlue

It's Tom & Jerry!

HAHAHAHAHAHA

david_herdson

CopperSulphate said:

Sky screwing up the deputy leadership contest.

Beeb keeping quiet so far - lessons fom 2010 learned?

rottenborough

GIN1138 said:

The top three faces of Labour between now and 2020 will be:

Jezza Corbyn, Tom Watson and Sadiq Khan?????

Words fail...

Don't forget the new Shadow Chancellor.

Sandpit

Watson gets it!

CopperSulphate

Watson, Jez and Khan. Can things get any better for the Tories?

welshowl

AndyJS said:

Tom Watson elected Deputy Leader. West Bromwich's finest.

"Former close aid of Gordon Brown".

Nah that was Jeff Astle

Pulpstar

Slackbladder said:

Eagles votes went to watson

Mine didn't!

rottenborough

Sandpit said:

Watson gets it!

Bet he wishes he hasn't.

TCPoliticalBetting

AndyJS said:

Tom Watson elected Deputy Leader. West Bromwich's finest.

Not a nice thing to say about the people there.

CopperSulphate

Amusing how the Labour audience couldn't add up two numbers to calculate Watson had won until the bloke announced the final number.

Slackbladder

Watsons tone will be important

MarqueeMark

Watson, deputy leader.....

Hur hur hur......

GIN1138

CornishBlue said:

It's Tom & Jerry!

HAHAHAHAHAHA

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sunil_Prasannan

I voted Creasy first choice!

Slackbladder

Its the tom and Jerry show

PlatoSays

Golly, isn't Tom Watson stunning.

I think he shades it over Angela Eagle.

Morris_Dancer said:

Welcome, Comrade Plato.

alex.

"I'm not renowned for being well-prepared".

Way to sell yourself!

HYUFD

Watson wins Deputy BBC told Corbyn has won on first ballot

CopperSulphate

You heard the man Tubs....get undressed!

Speedy

No surprises so far.

Slackbladder

Watson looks a bit sweaty..

MarkHopkins

Mr. Watson — Come here — I want you.

Richard_Nabavi

What a feeble speech by Watson.

PlatoSays

Holy crap!

Pulpstar said:

90% of £3 ers went 1Corbyn
The rest went 1 Kendall 2 Corbyn

AndyJS

Wholesale Labour rejection of female candidates. Yesterday Tessa Jowell, today Stella Creasy and Caroline Flint.

JosiasJessop

Oh Lordy, it's looking like the perfect line-up for a Labour disaster. Two out of three so far.

(And before Labourites get all uppety, remember Watson's had to resign from Labour's front bench twice before. and his dirty fingers were heavily involved in the Falkirk mess, which helped Labour to a wipeout in Scotland. And you've made him deputy !!!)

GIN1138

rottenborough said:

GIN1138 said:

The top three faces of Labour between now and 2020 will be:

Jezza Corbyn, Tom Watson and Sadiq Khan?????

Words fail...

Don't forget the new Shadow Chancellor.

Dianne Abbott? Denis Skinner?

Slackbladder

Watson already going back to the 70s

Casino_Royale

Could this get any worse for Labour?

hunchman

1972 miners strike. Wow that's forward looking mr Watson!

JosiasJessop

Watson's going on about the mineworkers, and things he was told when he was five.

FFS.

CornishBlue

SeanT said:

First remark by Tom Watson, deputy leader, is to admit that he's incompetent.

That almost makes him overqualified for the Labour party.

kle4

Watson: 'Being prepared is not something I'm renowned for'.

I don't really know Watson well. He's coming across alright, if trying for folksy.

GIN1138

Watson still looking hacked off!

Speedy

A reference to the 1972 strike?

Slackbladder

Eagle for CoE shadow nailed on?

welshowl

Miners, ASLEF, 1972.

It's all about the future

CopperSulphate

Oh God he's going on about the miners strike in the 1970s now.

Can Labour get any more self indulgent?

CornishBlue

hunchman said:

1972 miners strike. Wow that's forward looking mr Watson!

1972 is almost as far back as the last time old Labour won a working majority at a GE.

Blueberry

Richard_Nabavi said:

What a feeble speech by Watson.

"Miners strike, solidarity, Aslef, Unite." Jesus.

alex.

kle4 said:

Watson: 'Being prepared is not something I'm renowned for'.

I don't really know Watson well. He's coming across alright, if trying for folksy.

Well, you were probably expecting a strong West Brom accent...