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  • RodCrosby
    RodCrosby Posts: 7,737
    dyedwoolie said:

    GIN1138 said:

    AndyJS said:

    Casino_Royale said:

    MikeL said:

    London latest:

    Lab 32
    Con 24
    UKIP 17
    Green 10
    LD 9

    What does that pump out the forecast national GB totals out?
    You'd think those figures with Scotland would put Labour ahead of the Tories overall.
    Looks like it's gong to finish up:

    UKIP 29% Lab 25% Con 24% Green 8% Lib-Dem LOL!

    Am I missing something? Even though Labour will do well in London, are the Tories not over performing versus UNS in Scotland? Will that not tip the scales back to the blue camp?

    Scotland is smaller than London...
  • MikeL
    MikeL Posts: 7,809
    Lab 49,000 ahead of Con in London SO FAR.

    So Con lead by 31,000.
  • GIN1138
    GIN1138 Posts: 22,938
    YossariansChild said:

    is that right about Margaret Beckett? Cos thats a great pub quiz question: Name the last Labour leader to win a Euro election?

    Indeed. Even Mother Becket did something Ed The Younger has not.
  • dyedwoolie
    dyedwoolie Posts: 7,786
    MikeL said:

    Lab 49,000 ahead of Con in London SO FAR.

    So Con lead by 31,000.

    A few thousand Con votes in NI counting Monday decide it either way?
  • Pulpstar
    Pulpstar Posts: 79,813
    How is Labour doing in London ?

    Have they won ?

    Have £60 on that at 11-10 /
  • RepublicanTory
    RepublicanTory Posts: 563
    Great night
    Thank you for the best coverage of the elections anywhere.
  • Casino_Royale
    Casino_Royale Posts: 63,687
    GIN1138 said:

    AndyJS said:

    Casino_Royale said:

    MikeL said:

    London latest:

    Lab 32
    Con 24
    UKIP 17
    Green 10
    LD 9

    What does that pump out the forecast national GB totals out?
    You'd think those figures with Scotland would put Labour ahead of the Tories overall.
    Looks like it's gong to finish up:

    UKIP 29% Lab 25% Con 24% Green 8% Lib-Dem LOL!

    Thanks. If true, that's an impressive rearguard action by the Conservatives.
  • AndyJS
    AndyJS Posts: 29,395
    SNP were praying that UKIP wouldn't win a seat apparently.
  • dyedwoolie
    dyedwoolie Posts: 7,786
    RodCrosby said:

    dyedwoolie said:

    GIN1138 said:

    AndyJS said:

    Casino_Royale said:

    MikeL said:

    London latest:

    Lab 32
    Con 24
    UKIP 17
    Green 10
    LD 9

    What does that pump out the forecast national GB totals out?
    You'd think those figures with Scotland would put Labour ahead of the Tories overall.
    Looks like it's gong to finish up:

    UKIP 29% Lab 25% Con 24% Green 8% Lib-Dem LOL!

    Am I missing something? Even though Labour will do well in London, are the Tories not over performing versus UNS in Scotland? Will that not tip the scales back to the blue camp?

    Scotland is smaller than London...
    Yes, for sure, I wasn't sure if Labour would need a much bigger swing if Scotland turns out as you were.....
  • HYUFD
    HYUFD Posts: 128,924
    Small boost for union with UKIP taking final Scottish seat not SNP says Brian Taylor of BBC Scotland
  • No_Offence_Alan
    No_Offence_Alan Posts: 5,120
    Casino_Royale said:

    MikeL said:

    London latest:

    Lab 32
    Con 24
    UKIP 17
    Green 10
    LD 9

    What does that pump out the forecast national GB totals out?
    My arithmetic is a bit shaky at this time of night, but Labour are already 50K ahead in London when 30K behind Con in the rest of the nation.

    For London it looks like 3 Lab 2 Con 1 UKIP 1 Green, with the 8th seat between Lab/Con/UKIP.
  • MikeL
    MikeL Posts: 7,809
    edited May 2014
    RodCrosby said:

    dyedwoolie said:

    GIN1138 said:

    AndyJS said:

    Casino_Royale said:

    MikeL said:

    London latest:

    Lab 32
    Con 24
    UKIP 17
    Green 10
    LD 9

    What does that pump out the forecast national GB totals out?
    You'd think those figures with Scotland would put Labour ahead of the Tories overall.
    Looks like it's gong to finish up:

    UKIP 29% Lab 25% Con 24% Green 8% Lib-Dem LOL!

    Am I missing something? Even though Labour will do well in London, are the Tories not over performing versus UNS in Scotland? Will that not tip the scales back to the blue camp?

    Scotland is smaller than London...
    Scotland is already in the BBC numbers.

    It's all down to London. Lab needs to beat Con by more than 80,000. Currently lead by 49,000.
  • GIN1138
    GIN1138 Posts: 22,938
    Ed is on a par with IDS in the uselessness stakes.

    UKIP, Lord Ashcrost and favourable boundaries are the only thing keeping him in the game.

    Oh and nobody in Labour want's to admit Dan Hodges has been right all along, of course. ;)
  • GeoffM
    GeoffM Posts: 6,071
    YossariansChild said:

    is that right about Margaret Beckett? Cos thats a great pub quiz question: Name the last Labour leader to win a Euro election?

    I'll use that one if its true! I set our pub quiz tonight and I only used the "name the Gib candidate" as my token politics question. Might sneak the Labour leader one in next Sunday :)

  • MikeL
    MikeL Posts: 7,809
    NO LD seat in London based on 550,000 votes counted so far.
  • Casino_Royale
    Casino_Royale Posts: 63,687
    MrJones said:

    Casino_Royale said:

    >50% turnout in Tower Hamlets?? Hmm.

    If Lab didn't have postal votes as a cushion Cerise would be running for the airport as we speak.
    It's a shame I haven't heard any commentator yet raise the question of electoral fraud. I would not be surprised if 10% of that turnout was phoney.

    A full investigation is needed, and a re-run of the election if necessary.

  • RodCrosby
    RodCrosby Posts: 7,737
    MikeL said:

    All Scotland votes are IN the BBC total (except Western Isles).

    Con lead Lab by 80,000 excluding London.

    Lab will lead Con in London by at least 120,000 votes.
  • AndyJS
    AndyJS Posts: 29,395
    The irony is that it's pretty much the same sentiment that's leading to UKIP's success in England as is responsible for the SNP's success in Scotland.
  • GIN1138
    GIN1138 Posts: 22,938
    Casino_Royale said:

    GIN1138 said:

    AndyJS said:

    Casino_Royale said:

    MikeL said:

    London latest:

    Lab 32
    Con 24
    UKIP 17
    Green 10
    LD 9

    What does that pump out the forecast national GB totals out?
    You'd think those figures with Scotland would put Labour ahead of the Tories overall.
    Looks like it's gong to finish up:

    UKIP 29% Lab 25% Con 24% Green 8% Lib-Dem LOL!

    Thanks. If true, that's an impressive rearguard action by the Conservatives.
    Well hang on, we might still end up with Con and Lab joint second both on 24%.
  • david_herdson
    david_herdson Posts: 18,357
    YossariansChild said:

    is that right about Margaret Beckett? Cos thats a great pub quiz question: Name the last Labour leader to win a Euro election?

    The Labour leaders to have won a European election: Kinnock, Beckett
    The Labour leaders who never won a European election: Callaghan, Blair, Brown.

    Miliband is in that second group which clearly implies he will be prime minister, as all the others were. Wonderful thing, false logic.
  • Scrapheap_as_was
    Scrapheap_as_was Posts: 10,069
    Oh no Afriye, .....time for bed
  • MikeL
    MikeL Posts: 7,809
    London LOOKING like:

    Lab 3, Con 2, UKIP 2, Green 1, LD 0
  • Casino_Royale
    Casino_Royale Posts: 63,687
    No_Offence_Alan said:

    Casino_Royale said:

    MikeL said:

    London latest:

    Lab 32
    Con 24
    UKIP 17
    Green 10
    LD 9

    What does that pump out the forecast national GB totals out?
    My arithmetic is a bit shaky at this time of night, but Labour are already 50K ahead in London when 30K behind Con in the rest of the nation.

    For London it looks like 3 Lab 2 Con 1 UKIP 1 Green, with the 8th seat between Lab/Con/UKIP.
    Cheers. I'm trying to work out if I'll win my SELL bet with Ladbrokes on Labour at 26%. On these numbers, I think I should be ok but am too tired to be sure.

  • Scott_P
    Scott_P Posts: 51,453
    AndyJS said:

    The irony is that it's pretty much the same sentiment that's leading to UKIP's success in England as is responsible for the SNP's success in Scotland.

    It's not ironic.

    SNP = UKIP in kilts
  • viewcode
    viewcode Posts: 25,202
    edited May 2014
    Y0kel said:

    Northern Ireland doesn't count until Monday and given the local council results will be pretty much as you were.

    The Conservatives are standing in NI for this Euro election., Be well lucky to grab 10k first preferences.

    Thank you. Although I would have preferred to learn that from my national broadcaster to whom I pay a licence fee [grits teeth]

  • AndyJS
    AndyJS Posts: 29,395
    MikeL said:

    Lab 49,000 ahead of Con in London SO FAR.

    So Con lead by 31,000.

    Do you know how that compares to the situation in Scotland?
  • AndyJS
    AndyJS Posts: 29,395
    MikeL said:

    RodCrosby said:

    dyedwoolie said:

    GIN1138 said:

    AndyJS said:

    Casino_Royale said:

    MikeL said:

    London latest:

    Lab 32
    Con 24
    UKIP 17
    Green 10
    LD 9

    What does that pump out the forecast national GB totals out?
    You'd think those figures with Scotland would put Labour ahead of the Tories overall.
    Looks like it's gong to finish up:

    UKIP 29% Lab 25% Con 24% Green 8% Lib-Dem LOL!

    Am I missing something? Even though Labour will do well in London, are the Tories not over performing versus UNS in Scotland? Will that not tip the scales back to the blue camp?

    Scotland is smaller than London...
    Scotland is already in the BBC numbers.

    It's all down to London. Lab needs to beat Con by more than 80,000. Currently lead by 49,000.
    Maybe it'll come down to how many votes can be found in Tower Hamlets — allegedly.
  • EDW
    EDW Posts: 6
    what time Tower Hamlets?
  • dyedwoolie
    dyedwoolie Posts: 7,786
    So, statistical tie for second, probable seat tie for second. Greens 4th, Lib Dems 5th
    Someone predicted that after the locals *whistles*
  • Casino_Royale
    Casino_Royale Posts: 63,687
    Hannan will shortly show-up the decidedly underwhelming Afriye.
  • Pulpstar
    Pulpstar Posts: 79,813
    LD 1 seat - where is that ? SE or London ?
  • MikeL
    MikeL Posts: 7,809
    London: No way Lab gets 4 seats to UKIP on 1.
  • fitalass
    fitalass Posts: 4,444
    I am not surprised, no matter how the Nats try to spin this, its not good news for them and the Yes campaign in the Indy Ref.
    HYUFD said:

    Fitalass Salmond looking sour on BBC earlier, saying even if Scotland gets a UKIP MEP still a lower UKIP voteshare than rUK

  • No_Offence_Alan
    No_Offence_Alan Posts: 5,120
    HYUFD said:

    Small boost for union with UKIP taking final Scottish seat not SNP says Brian Taylor of BBC Scotland

    OFFS. It was the LDs who lost the seat, not the SNP.
  • marke09
    marke09 Posts: 926
    SKy and BBc out of synch with number of MEP's

    BBC has UKIP 22 Labour 14 Cons 16
    Sky has Ukip 23 Labour 16
    Con 17
  • JBriskin
    JBriskin Posts: 2,380
    It's SE Pulpstar - confirmed
  • Dadge
    Dadge Posts: 2,052
    The "No shit, Sherlock" moment of the evening from the Guardian: https://twitter.com/BaileyNagy/status/470723535095463936/photo/1
  • Pulpstar
    Pulpstar Posts: 79,813
    Need the Lib Dems to get a seat in London, Labour to win but not by alot so Con gets 2nd...
  • MikeL
    MikeL Posts: 7,809
    marke09 said:

    SKy and BBc out of synch with number of MEP's

    BBC has UKIP 22 Labour 14 Cons 16
    Sky has Ukip 23 Labour 16
    Con 17

    Sky including Scotland.
  • Ninoinoz
    Ninoinoz Posts: 1,312
    edited May 2014
    another_richard said:

    So we're been kept waiting by one set of religious nutters in the Western Isles and another set of religious nutters in Tower Hamlets.

    Night everyone.

    If a community decides to keep the Sabbath then that's what's been decided. Democratically.

    A community decides its procedures to suit themselves, not for the benefit of outsiders.

    The Tower Hamlets result delay in any case is due to a high turnout. The "nutters" send their apologies for having the temerity to actually vote.

    Incidentally, you missed out N.Ireland in your religious "nutters" rant.
  • Quincel
    Quincel Posts: 4,042
    Whichever way the Lab/Con fight goes, I can't deny that those of you plugging the Kip/Con/Lab tricast at long prices were bang on.
  • AndreaParma_82
    AndreaParma_82 Posts: 4,714
    I think Sky added Scottish MEPs without waiting for the Western Islands counting tomorrow as they are unlikely to change the picture given few people live there
    marke09 said:

    SKy and BBc out of synch with number of MEP's

    BBC has UKIP 22 Labour 14 Cons 16
    Sky has Ukip 23 Labour 16
    Con 17

  • MikeL
    MikeL Posts: 7,809
    AndyJS said:

    MikeL said:

    Lab 49,000 ahead of Con in London SO FAR.

    So Con lead by 31,000.

    Do you know how that compares to the situation in Scotland?
    Scotland is already in the numbers.
  • RochdalePioneers
    RochdalePioneers Posts: 30,611
    Hannah describing the elephant in the room. Regardless of national % UKIP will split the Tories vote and let Labour in. And with vast swathes of the country switching from blue to purple as shown on Emily Mmmmmmmmmaitless's map, dismissing Labour's +9% as rubbish seems rather silly. Not with the kippers running amok
  • Quincel
    Quincel Posts: 4,042
    EDW said:

    what time Tower Hamlets?

    How long is a long piece of string which keeps lengthening?
  • AndyJS
    AndyJS Posts: 29,395
    I'd rather live in Western Isles than Tower Hamlets.

    Let's leave it at that.
  • No_Offence_Alan
    No_Offence_Alan Posts: 5,120
    MikeL said:

    London: No way Lab gets 4 seats to UKIP on 1.

    It's possible - Lab 32.01% UKIP 15.99%, say. Labour entitled to 4th before UKIP's second.
  • MikeL
    MikeL Posts: 7,809
    RochdalePioneers said:

    Hannah describing the elephant in the room. Regardless of national % UKIP will split the Tories vote and let Labour in. And with vast swathes of the country switching from blue to purple as shown on Emily Mmmmmmmmmaitless's map, dismissing Labour's +9% as rubbish seems rather silly. Not with the kippers running amok

    Supporter of Party X says Party X will win.

    Primary school standard stuff - listen to Kellner - and note that he is a Labour supporter.
  • Eh_ehm_a_eh
    Eh_ehm_a_eh Posts: 552
    EDW said:

    what time Tower Hamlets?

    1435AH
  • marke09
    marke09 Posts: 926
    Retweeted by Dan Hodges
    Iain McNicol ‏@IainMcNicol 5m

    News from Tower Hamlets. It's not coming in any time soon
  • RodCrosby
    RodCrosby Posts: 7,737
    marke09 said:

    SKy and BBc out of synch with number of MEP's

    BBC has UKIP 22 Labour 14 Cons 16
    Sky has Ukip 23 Labour 16
    Con 17

    final result will be... (barring something extraordinary in London or Scotland)

    UKIP 25 (+12)
    Lab 19 (+6)
    Con 19 (-7)
    LD 1 (-10)
    Green 3 (+1)
    SNP 2 (nc)
    Plaid 1 (nc)
  • AndyJS
    AndyJS Posts: 29,395
    Sky News - UKIP win seat, LDs no seats.
  • marke09
    marke09 Posts: 926
    Retweeted by Dan Hodges
    Tim Hammond ‏@timhammo 5m

    With results obtained from 9 London councils, Labour's share is up 14 points and UKIP's up 6 points - smaller than elsewher
  • Casino_Royale
    Casino_Royale Posts: 63,687
    Ed Miliband feels more and more like Kinnock in 1987. Only popular in his heartlands.

    Well, London.
  • AndyJS
    AndyJS Posts: 29,395
    RodCrosby said:

    marke09 said:

    SKy and BBc out of synch with number of MEP's

    BBC has UKIP 22 Labour 14 Cons 16
    Sky has Ukip 23 Labour 16
    Con 17

    final result will be... (barring something extraordinary in London or Scotland)

    UKIP 25 (+12)
    Lab 19 (+6)
    Con 19 (-7)
    LD 1 (-10)
    Green 3 (+1)
    SNP 2 (nc)
    Plaid 1 (nc)
    Are you able to separate Con and Lab in terms of popluar votes?
  • MikeL
    MikeL Posts: 7,809
    edited May 2014
    No_Offence_Alan said:

    MikeL said:

    London: No way Lab gets 4 seats to UKIP on 1.

    It's possible - Lab 32.01% UKIP 15.99%, say. Labour entitled to 4th before UKIP's second.
    Not sure that's right.

    At 3-1 each Lab is worth 11, each UKIP is worth 16 so UKIP gets the next one.
  • GIN1138
    GIN1138 Posts: 22,938
    OGH and TSE will have plenty of new Ed Is Crap material to go at after this Labour shambles anyway.
  • david_herdson
    david_herdson Posts: 18,357
    RochdalePioneers said:

    Hannah describing the elephant in the room. Regardless of national % UKIP will split the Tories vote and let Labour in. And with vast swathes of the country switching from blue to purple as shown on Emily Mmmmmmmmmaitless's map, dismissing Labour's +9% as rubbish seems rather silly. Not with the kippers running amok

    If UKIP is splitting the Tory vote, you ought to be damned worried if any of that 30%+ starts going back, given that Con and Lab are neck and neck.

    Except that isn't the case, as you and I both know. In reality, UKIP is taking votes from Labour too, and in large numbers (yes, they're up on 2009 but that's not saying much).
  • MikeK
    MikeK Posts: 9,053
    EDW said:

    what time Tower Hamlets?

    About 1130AD
  • old_labour
    old_labour Posts: 3,238
    I gather, the no people were praying that Ukip would win one so that they could say Scots voters were no better than those from other parts of Britain.
    AndyJS said:

    SNP were praying that UKIP wouldn't win a seat apparently.

  • Scott_P
    Scott_P Posts: 51,453
    @JGForsyth: Labour expect to be on 25.7% v Tories 24.5% report @patrickwintour + @nicholaswatt, Cameron would've bitten your hand off 4 that a month ago
  • Pulpstar
    Pulpstar Posts: 79,813
    AndyJS Have you spreadsheeted and totted the votes ?

    (A far easier task than the locals !)
  • AndyJS
    AndyJS Posts: 29,395
    Sky News - people on Twitter apparently getting exasperated with Tower Hamlets
  • AndyJS
    AndyJS Posts: 29,395
    Sky News - London returning officer is tearing his hair out at the antics of Tower Hamlets.
  • GIN1138
    GIN1138 Posts: 22,938
    Scott_P said:

    @JGForsyth: Labour expect to be on 25.7% v Tories 24.5% report @patrickwintour + @nicholaswatt, Cameron would've bitten your hand off 4 that a month ago

    LOL! 1% ahead of Con in the euro elections just one year before a general election.

    Say's it all really.
  • Scott_P
    Scott_P Posts: 51,453
    BBC saying London may give up for the night and try again tomorrow
  • RodCrosby
    RodCrosby Posts: 7,737
    Effective number of parties falls from 6.3 in 2009 to approximately 4.7 in 2014.
  • AndyJS
    AndyJS Posts: 29,395
    Pulpstar said:

    AndyJS Have you spreadsheeted and totted the votes ?

    (A far easier task than the locals !)

    Sorry, no, I'm still concentrating on the local elections.

    I was up all last night entering data and I still haven't finished.

    I'm a pretty fast typer so it just shows how much data there is to deal with.
  • Casino_Royale
    Casino_Royale Posts: 63,687
    Scott_P said:

    @JGForsyth: Labour expect to be on 25.7% v Tories 24.5% report @patrickwintour + @nicholaswatt, Cameron would've bitten your hand off 4 that a month ago

    That's darn tight for me!
  • FrankBooth
    FrankBooth Posts: 10,022
    Casino_Royale said:

    Ed Miliband feels more and more like Kinnock in 1987. Only popular in his heartlands.

    Well, London.

    You missed Lord Ashcroft's marginals poll then? Just a poll of course but not disastrous.
  • Pulpstar
    Pulpstar Posts: 79,813
    How the hell can it take Tower Hamlets so fucking long to count the votes ?

    Can they read English there ?
  • Tykejohnno
    Tykejohnno Posts: 7,362
    CCHQ Press Office ‏@CCHQPress · 11 mins
    The blame game begins MT @PickardJE: Dugher called Farage a"bullshit artist": Miliband aide: “You don’t deal with Ukip by calling names"

    lol
  • ZenPagan
    ZenPagan Posts: 689
    EDW said:

    what time Tower Hamlets?

    Circa 1887 ad I believe
  • RochdalePioneers
    RochdalePioneers Posts: 30,611
    Apparently the turnout in Tower Hamlets was 117%.
  • fitalass
    fitalass Posts: 4,444
    With this Conservative result tonight, its going to get ever more harder to spin that all Ed Miliband and Labour have to do is turn up at the next GE and they will get the keys to No10 with a majority or as the largest party.....
    Casino_Royale said:

    GIN1138 said:

    AndyJS said:

    Casino_Royale said:

    MikeL said:

    London latest:

    Lab 32
    Con 24
    UKIP 17
    Green 10
    LD 9

    What does that pump out the forecast national GB totals out?
    You'd think those figures with Scotland would put Labour ahead of the Tories overall.
    Looks like it's gong to finish up:

    UKIP 29% Lab 25% Con 24% Green 8% Lib-Dem LOL!

    Thanks. If true, that's an impressive rearguard action by the Conservatives.
    Bang on the money with that comment. The whole SNP campaign was run on gaining a third MEP with a keep UKIP out of Scotland ticket, Salmond and the SNP Government were desperate to be in a position to spin that they had been immune to any UKIP surge elsewhere in the UK. And they can't blame the only right leaning party in Scotland for that failure as our vote held up strongly despite the UKIP performance.
    AndyJS said:

    SNP were praying that UKIP wouldn't win a seat apparently.

  • GIN1138
    GIN1138 Posts: 22,938
    FrankBooth said:

    Casino_Royale said:

    Ed Miliband feels more and more like Kinnock in 1987. Only popular in his heartlands.

    Well, London.

    You missed Lord Ashcroft's marginals poll then? Just a poll of course but not disastrous.
    RodCrosby thinks marginals polls are a waste of time...

  • AveryLP
    AveryLP Posts: 7,815
    edited May 2014
    Kippers celebrate on twitter

    Mohammed Ansar ‏@MoAnsar 1h
    An incredible night for the far right in the UK. Amazing things can be achieved with wall-to-wall coverage from the state broadcaster.

    United till I die ‏@dennydedog 25m
    @MoAnsar let's all laugh at Muslims let's all laugh at Muslims la la la la la la la!
    Face it mo soon as ukip get power your fucked!

    Nice people! Still haven't worked out where to put the apostrophe though.
  • shiney2
    shiney2 Posts: 672
    MikeK said:

    EDW said:

    what time Tower Hamlets?

    LOL.
  • Dadge
    Dadge Posts: 2,052
    According to Dan Hannan, it would be unfair if the will of the people were frustrated by the workings of the first-past-the-post system. FFS!
  • MikeL
    MikeL Posts: 7,809
    London latest (650,000 votes counted):

    Lab 34
    Con 24
    UKIP 17
    Green 10
    LD 7
  • Floater
    Floater Posts: 14,207
    AndyJS said:

    Kellner - Labour should be "terrified" by these results.

    LMFAO

  • marke09
    marke09 Posts: 926

    Dan Hodges ‏@DPJHodges 3m

    Guardian reporting Labour may finish 1% ahead of Tories. Probably spin. But if that is true Ed Miliband is in serious trouble.
  • corporeal
    corporeal Posts: 2,549
    RochdalePioneers said:

    corporeal said:

    RochdalePioneers said:

    Beaker following the spin line of "great job by Clegg". Yes, losing 41% of councillors this time and 92% of MEPs is such a triumph

    The party collectively signed off on the coalition. I went, I was there.
    And that may have been the right decision at the time. Now that it has literally gutted your party at council level do you agree with the cabal that Clegg should hold on so you can lose a third or more of your councillors running next year, or pull the plug and save something you can rebuild from?
    I think Clegg should go for just before the election campaign.

    But what to do if Clegg won't resign is another question.
  • JBriskin
    JBriskin Posts: 2,380
    edited May 2014
    I've not got much -

    French open - 9.30am tomorrow

    EDIT - Itv4
  • GIN1138
    GIN1138 Posts: 22,938
    AveryLP said:

    Kippers celebrate on twitter

    Mohammed Ansar ‏@MoAnsar 1h
    An incredible night for the far right in the UK. Amazing things can be achieved with wall-to-wall coverage from the state broadcaster.

    United till I die ‏@dennydedog 25m
    @MoAnsar let's all laugh at Muslims let's all laugh at Muslims la la la la la la la!
    Face it mo soon as ukip get power your fucked!

    Nice people! Still haven't worked out where to put the apostrophe though.

    You'll fine all sorts of strange people on Twitter.
  • fitalass
    fitalass Posts: 4,444
    Scott_P, absolutely spot on with that comment!
    Scott_P said:

    AndyJS said:

    The irony is that it's pretty much the same sentiment that's leading to UKIP's success in England as is responsible for the SNP's success in Scotland.

    It's not ironic.

    SNP = UKIP in kilts
  • MikeL
    MikeL Posts: 7,809
    London latest (730,000 votes counted):

    Lab 32
    Con 24
    UKIP 20
    Green 10
    LD 7
  • Scrapheap_as_was
    Scrapheap_as_was Posts: 10,069
    Has tower Hamlets photo copiers broken down? National laughing stock.
  • david_herdson
    david_herdson Posts: 18,357
    All the best to those waiting for London. I'm calling it a day at this point. And a very historic one it's been too.
  • shiney2
    shiney2 Posts: 672
    edited May 2014
    AveryLP said:

    Kippers celebrate on twitter


    Nice people!

    Careful Avery, these are your 2015 voters.

    You hope..
  • BobaFett
    BobaFett Posts: 2,789
    marke09 said:


    Dan Hodges ‏@DPJHodges 3m

    Guardian reporting Labour may finish 1% ahead of Tories. Probably spin. But if that is true Ed Miliband is in serious trouble.

    This is the prediction from the man who a few days ago declared Farage's career over.
  • RodCrosby
    RodCrosby Posts: 7,737
    edited May 2014
    GIN1138 said:

    FrankBooth said:

    Casino_Royale said:

    Ed Miliband feels more and more like Kinnock in 1987. Only popular in his heartlands.

    Well, London.

    You missed Lord Ashcroft's marginals poll then? Just a poll of course but not disastrous.
    RodCrosby thinks marginals polls are a waste of time...

    I do.

    Just ignore all marginals polls.
  • corporeal
    corporeal Posts: 2,549
    Pulpstar said:

    How the hell can it take Tower Hamlets so fucking long to count the votes ?

    Can they read English there ?

    It takes time to fill out all those ballot papers.
  • peter_from_putney
    peter_from_putney Posts: 6,956
    Q. Where is Mark Senior tonight?

    A. Totally invisible.

    Quelle surprise!
  • corporeal
    corporeal Posts: 2,549
    Damian Lyons Lowe ‏@DamianSurvation 5m
    >>>Hearing Tower Hamlets has now released their latest count, the result is a firm NO to AV. #Vote2014
  • MikeL
    MikeL Posts: 7,809
    London latest (800,000 votes counted):

    Lab 32
    Con 24
    UKIP 20
    Green 9
    LD 6

    LD down to 6 - no chance of a seat.
  • corporeal
    corporeal Posts: 2,549
    My twitter feed is filled with Tower Hamlets jokes.
  • old_labour
    old_labour Posts: 3,238
    720 in Tower Hamlets and about 1650 in the Hebrides
    EDW said:

    what time Tower Hamlets?

  • SouthamObserver
    SouthamObserver Posts: 40,054
    MikeL said:

    London latest (800,000 votes counted):

    Lab 32
    Con 24
    UKIP 20
    Green 9
    LD 6

    LD down to 6 - no chance of a seat.

    With 800k counted that must mean there's still a way to go, doesn't it?

  • dyedwoolie
    dyedwoolie Posts: 7,786
    What would the Tories give for 50,000 NI votes!!
    Looks like London has saved Eds job
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