Hmmm. This depends very much on how they organise it. Generally, baskets get emptied and carted off to counted votes as they become full. So an apparently modest basket can either mean a moderate vot… (View Post)

...and with the Ashes on the line, Stevie Wonder strides out to bat with a stick of celery. (View Post)

In my experience, journalists are f***ing dreadful at reading counts. They don't spend time at the tables, don't account for the fact trays are emptied when full, and don't even look a… (View Post)

So Tory leaning wards are close, and Labour leaning wards less so? I could tell you that, and I've never been to Wakefield in my life. (View Post)

I'd be rather surprised if that wasn't 10%+ rather than up to 99 votes. The latter would be a bold call this early on. (View Post)