Well they won 8 out of 21 seats. More than anyone else, but hardly convincing. And Trafford now appears to exemplify Labour's new heartlands - comfortable, not that Muslim, urban but not too urb… (View Post)

GM was among Labour's worst results. They lost about 80% of the seats they were defending. (Have you clocked they elect in thirds so most councillors weren't up for reelection?) (View Post)

So all the councils electing in thirds can go through the same Labour bloodbath next year too. (View Post)

A pedant would note: East Anglia is where East Angles settled. Essex is where the East Saxons settled. Essex is not East Anglia, is it Essex. East Anglia is Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, possi… (View Post)

The point of which being, again, it is not so much that that segment of the population has changed its mind; it is is that now there is a party which expresses that view. (View Post)