Labour avoided a zero return of councillors in Halton by 8 votes, winning Farnworth ward by a single vote and Highfield ward by 7 votes. 16 Reform, 2 Labour and 1 LD were returned. By-thirds so a Lab… (View Post)

For a local election round it surely has to be: D'hondt stand so close to me (View Post)

Not just the losses, they are baked in, it will be the wipeouts, zero seats won in Sunderland and/or Wigan and/or St Helens and/or Barnsley and/or Tameside (and so forth). (View Post)

From Wikipedia: 7,111,504(updated 3 April 2026) confirmed COVID-induced deaths have been reported worldwide. As of January 2023, taking into account likely COVID-induced deaths via excess deaths, the… (View Post)

I think we agree Burnham's team may have some plans but they are not fully formed end-to-end. The purpose of the spin at this point is entirely to get some Labour MPs to hold back their signatur… (View Post)