I can't work out if that's surprising or not. On balance probably not; if the SNP retain all seats and LD don't take any off the Tories it would presumably be LAB largest party about 60 seats further down the targets list.
I remember a few years ago when all the talk was that the Tories could never win a majority because of labour in Scotland...now it's the other way around (kinda).
You have to think at some point SNP level of popularity will have to drop from God worship level & traditionally labour will benefit.
Yup, being a Leaver was a 'courageous' choice in London.
Especially as EU citizens can vote in this, but not the referendum.
Combine that with the residual damage of Leavers in places like Bexley and Havering giving the Tory box a miss.
Personally, I think Goldsmith's position on the EU had little to do with the result.
He was a shy, low-profile candidate who ran a lacklustre campaign with limited policy offerings for Londoners.
Apologies if this has already been remarked upon, but as the results of London's second biggest elections (after GE) become clear, today's West End Final edition of the Standard devotes its front page to... Boaty McBoatface. It seems you have to look a couple of pages in to see how their anointed one did, first seeing a story about calls for Corbyn to quit after "poor results". I guess you have to give some credit for brazening it out.
What sort of voice of London is that? It's farcical. Can anyone explain the ES's stance? Are the sort of people who buy it hugely pro-Zac or more the proprietor influence?
Keith Prince (C) 64,483 (37.70%, +0.11%) Ivana Bartoletti (Lab) 63,045 (36.86%, +2.02%) Lawrence Webb (UKIP) 26,788 (15.66%, +8.98%) Lee Burkwood (Green) 9,617 (5.62%, +1.95%) Ian Sanderson (LD) 7,105 (4.15%, -0.39%)
Yup, being a Leaver was a 'courageous' choice in London.
Especially as EU citizens can vote in this, but not the referendum.
Combine that with the residual damage of Leavers in places like Bexley and Havering giving the Tory box a miss.
Personally, I think Goldsmith's position on the EU had little to do with the result.
He was a shy, low-profile candidate who ran a lacklustre campaign with limited policy offerings for Londoners.
There was another problem, pithily captured by a friend of mine: "not good enough for a ministerial position, not good enough for London".
Having looked through the three sets of results published on the London elects site, it seems that Zac has probably generated as many votes as Boris did in 2012.
There is a clear uplift in overall turnout though.
In terms of Labour having any chance of winning the next election, these election results have been a bit of a disaster. They keep Corbyn in place and Labour can't win a general election with him as leader. If you go backwards in Bury, Dudley, Thurrock, Tamworth, Peterborough, etc. you're not going to win a GE.
Ken Livingstone is asked about the impact the anti-Semitism row - and his comments about Hitler in a BBC radio interview - has had on the ability of Jewish Londoners to back Sadiq Khan.
Mr Livingston says Sadiq Khan "was 12 years old when Lenni Brenner published his book about the deal between the Zionist movement and the Nazis".
I've just seen one of the most powerful films I've ever seen. It's the really brilliant Oscar winning 'Son of Saul' and takes place in a concentration camp. Ken should be forced to sit through it as should the shroud wavers. It's almost without dialogue and a difficult watch but I can't think anyone could leave the cinema without being a little wiser
TIPPING Paddy Labour Party 80926 HARPER Tony The Conservative Party Candidate 48155 LOI Fran UK Independence Party (UKIP) 20030 BATES Tony Independent 14579 ZADROZNY Jason Bernard Independent 7164
Round 2
Tipping 89749 Harper 56105
Round 1 in Broxtowe was Lab 7882 Con 7378
It's that 2015 surge I was talking about - just arrived a bit late.
I see Respect has now lost all its councillors in Bradford. Tough day for Galloway.
@edmorrish: "Your name?" "Ken Livingstone" "Your specialist subject?" "Not bringing up Hitler" "You have sixty seconds and your time starts n-" "Hitler"
@edmorrish: "Your name?" "Ken Livingstone" "Your specialist subject?" "Not bringing up Hitler" "You have sixty seconds and your time starts n-" "Hitler"
I can see a new TV show..."What would Hitler do" starring acclaimed amateur historian ken livingstone. Each week he tackles modern day issues & using his expert knowledge of the former nazis leader he will tell us what Hitler would have do e to solve them.
Yup, being a Leaver was a 'courageous' choice in London.
Especially as EU citizens can vote in this, but not the referendum.
Combine that with the residual damage of Leavers in places like Bexley and Havering giving the Tory box a miss.
Personally, I think Goldsmith's position on the EU had little to do with the result.
He was a shy, low-profile candidate who ran a lacklustre campaign with limited policy offerings for Londoners.
Apologies if this has already been remarked upon, but as the results of London's second biggest elections (after GE) become clear, today's West End Final edition of the Standard devotes its front page to... Boaty McBoatface. It seems you have to look a couple of pages in to see how their anointed one did, first seeing a story about calls for Corbyn to quit after "poor results". I guess you have to give some credit for brazening it out.
What sort of voice of London is that? It's farcical. Can anyone explain the ES's stance? Are the sort of people who buy it hugely pro-Zac or more the proprietor influence?
TIPPING Paddy Labour Party 80926 HARPER Tony The Conservative Party Candidate 48155 LOI Fran UK Independence Party (UKIP) 20030 BATES Tony Independent 14579 ZADROZNY Jason Bernard Independent 7164
Round 2
Tipping 89749 Harper 56105
Round 1 in Broxtowe was Lab 7882 Con 7378
It's that 2015 surge I was talking about - just arrived a bit late.
I see Respect has now lost all its councillors in Bradford. Tough day for Galloway.
I thought Ian Murray the last Labour MP in Scotland gave a far more sensible appraisal of the elections than the pile of drivel that McDonnell treated us to. The sooner this bunch of chancers get kicked out the better
Conservatives not winning in London, Wales or Scotland.
These are big gaps in the ONE NATION CONSERVATIVE approach of Cameron.
It will be hard for any subsequent Conservative leader to do the One Nation stuff as well as Cameron - maybe Johnson?
So is this peak Conservative now?
The big gaps you cite is the exact reason I voted Labour for the first time in my life yesterday. True, my vote is just one but I felt the Conservatives needed a kick in the posterior. Shame the results are not worse for the Tories, that's all I can say as they will carry on regardless. I will have to spoil my ballot or look for a party that will do little damage to the country like the Lib Dems at the next GE.
GMB union: Jeremy Corbyn should be given 'a year or so' to prove himself Posted at 17:18 Jeremy Corbyn should be given "a year or so" to prove himself, according to Tim Roache, the general secretary of the GMB union.
He said the Labour leader's critics should rally around his leadership - but conceded the party "should be winning hundreds of seats" at this stage.
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How many times did we hear this about ed & 5 years later he was still there in a car park with a 7ft high tablet of stone...
Hitlers deal wiyth the Zionists.. H..We wont kill you if you start shipping Jews out of Germany to Israel Z..OK H ..Deal done...now piss off and get on with it.... Schnell
I.am not sure Jezza is very wise to keep linking labour with extremists...surely he would be better saying Tories ran a very negative campaign etc etc etc, but he said numerous times in his speech about Tories claims of Sadiq connections to extremists.
I thought the advice was always never repeat your opponents allegations rather reframe them. Cameron going in about offshore tax.havens just makes people think he is a tax dodger.
Quite right. He's gone 67 years without needing to understand the finer points of his trade and it shows
Paul Waugh Team Corbyn shd buy Rallings&Thrasher a big bottle of champers. Their forecast of Lab losing 150 seats set the bar the party cleared today
Helped, certainly, although team Corbyn played the expectations game very well bar Corbyn's one 'won't lose seats gaffe'. Made their message management seem less absurd.
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and City and East
https://twitter.com/PlatoSays/status/728598915747065856
Onkar Sahota (Lab) 86,088 (42.83%, +2.80%)
Dominic Gilham (C) 70,155 (34.91%, -3.23%)
Alex Nieora (UKIP) 15,832 (7.88%, +3.76%)
Meena Hans (Green) 15,758 (7.84%, +1.20%)
Francesco Fruzza (LD) 13,154 (6.54%, -0.66%)
Unmesh Desai (Lab) 122,175 (57.79%, -5.18%)
Chris Chapman (C) 32,546 (15.39%, +0.82%)
Rachel Collinson (Green) 18,766 (8.88%, +2.51%)
Peter Harris (UKIP) 18,071 (8.55%, +5.48%)
Elaine Bagshaw (LD) 10,714 (5.07%, +0.77%)
Rayne Mickail (Respect GG) 6,772 (3.20%)
Amina Gichinga (TBTC) 1,368 (0.65%)
Aaron D'Souza (APP) 1,009 (0.48%)
They are missing Ken there.
Between Labour and Conservative now.
You have to think at some point SNP level of popularity will have to drop from God worship level & traditionally labour will benefit.
I will be writing a webscraper to get them off the BBC otherwise.
Similar question over Boris as well - and he wasn't the 1st choice of Tory command - but he had the stardust factor.
Keith Prince (C) 64,483 (37.70%, +0.11%)
Ivana Bartoletti (Lab) 63,045 (36.86%, +2.02%)
Lawrence Webb (UKIP) 26,788 (15.66%, +8.98%)
Lee Burkwood (Green) 9,617 (5.62%, +1.95%)
Ian Sanderson (LD) 7,105 (4.15%, -0.39%)
There is a clear uplift in overall turnout though.
Lab/Green = one bloc.
https://t.co/3uyrzPD1Ay
Con hold Staffordshire PCC
CON hold
Full results:
• Keith Prince (C) 64,483 (37.70%, +0.11%)
• Ivana Bartoletti (Lab) 63,045 (36.86%, +2.02%)
• Lawrence Webb (UKIP) 26,788 (15.66%, +8.98%)
• Lee Burkwood (Green) 9,617 (5.62%, +1.95%)
• Ian Sanderson (LD) 7,105 (4.15%, -0.39%)
The turnout was up 8.2% on 2012 with 171,038 people voting
http://www.britishelectionstudy.com/bes-impact/what-do-the-2016-local-elections-tell-us-about-what-might-happen-in-2020/
These are big gaps in the ONE NATION CONSERVATIVE approach of Cameron.
It will be hard for any subsequent Conservative leader to do the One Nation stuff as well as Cameron - maybe Johnson?
So is this peak Conservative now?
I see Respect has now lost all its councillors in Bradford. Tough day for Galloway.
"Ken Livingstone"
"Your specialist subject?"
"Not bringing up Hitler"
"You have sixty seconds and your time starts n-"
"Hitler"
Lab hold Greenwich & Lewisham and Enfield & Haringey GLA seats
Len Duvall (Lab) 85,735 (52.48%, +2.87%)
Adam Thomas (C) 30,840 (18.88%, -1.86%)
Imogen Solly (Green) 20,520 (12.56%, +3.13%)
Paul Oakley (UKIP) 13,686 (8.38%, +4.59%)
Julia Fletcher (LD) 11,303 (6.92%, -0.21%)
Ajaratu Bangura (APP) 1,275 (0.78%)
Enfield and Haringay
Joanne McCartney (Lab) 91,075 (54.00%, +2.80%)
Linda Kelly (C) 39,923 (23.67%, -2.12%)
Ronald Stewart (Green) 15,409 (9.14%, +0.64%)
Nicholas da Costa (LD) 12,038 (7.14%, -2.27%)
Neville Watson (UKIP) 9,042 (5.36%, +2.39%)
Godson Azu (APP) 1,172 (0.69%)
Posted at 17:18
Jeremy Corbyn should be given "a year or so" to prove himself, according to Tim Roache, the general secretary of the GMB union.
He said the Labour leader's critics should rally around his leadership - but conceded the party "should be winning hundreds of seats" at this stage.
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How many times did we hear this about ed & 5 years later he was still there in a car park with a 7ft high tablet of stone...
H..We wont kill you if you start shipping Jews out of Germany to Israel
Z..OK
H ..Deal done...now piss off and get on with it.... Schnell
Team Corbyn shd buy Rallings&Thrasher a big bottle of champers. Their forecast of Lab losing 150 seats set the bar the party cleared today