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From BBC,results after 138 of 150 councils.

Labour 2020 +63
Cons 1284 – 14
Libems 475 + 53
Green 34 + 5
Ukip 3 -123
Other 142 + 16

Terrible results for Labour.
One of BBC headlines is about Labour losing Barnet.Labour haven’t held Barnet since the 60s.

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Redbridge Labour now have 51 seats, an increase of 16.
Labour lost out in Wandsworth by only 141 votes.
Gained 4 councillors in Westminster.
Took Plymouth and Kirklees Council.
Labour is now the largest party in Trafford.

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Worthing

Broadwater
Lab 45.8% (+32.8%)

Central
Lab 56.9% (+41.3%)

Herne
Lab 45.4% (+34.8%)

Seldon
Lab 49.4% (+31.5%)

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I presume this would be at a GE based on yesterday's figures?

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No matter how dire the news, Liz always manages to raise a smile. Rachael Swindon and 7 others liked Liam Lavery ‏ @LiamLavery1 16h16 hours ago So on Sky News with @faisalislam, @trussliz just said the Tories hope to take some seats in Middlesbrough tonight. There's no elections in Middlesbrough #In...

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Marsha de Cordova MP
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@MarshadeCordova

Last night Labour came within 150 votes of beating the Tories in Wandsworth – a Tory stronghold for 40 years.

Our activists and council candidates fought incredibly hard and deserved even better results. My full statement on last night's results

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citizenJA wrote:Everyone
I think Labour did okay
Am I missing something?

No you're not missing something. They're the best results since 1971.

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Sean Tomney
@seanfaeglasgow

The Tories are down 62 seats in the London, How are @SkyNews trying to spin this as a good result in London for the Tories?! Your bias this morning is an insult to the public. #localelections2018 #Elections2018

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Ukip has confirmed its apparent slide into political irrelevance with a disastrous performance in the local elections in England, prompting a senior official to compare the party to the Black Death. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/may/04/black-death-ukip-almost-wiped-out-in-english-local-e...

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Latest figures. The Labour Party has around 552,000 members, as of January 2018 The Conservative Party has 124,000 members as of March 2018 The Scottish National Party has around 118,200 members, as of April 2018 The Liberal Democrat Party has around 100,500 members, as of April 2018 The Green Party...

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Re ohsocynical 's link, above, I hope something is made of this by Labour after the local elections dust has died down. Can't see anything about it in the mainstream news but the Conservatives should be shown up for such despicable behaviour. Water off a ducks back I'm afraid. Look how they messed ...

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Mike Garry @mikegarry My dad was disabled. On polling day, he’d call the Conservative party office on great western street & they’d give him a lift to the polling station where he’d religiously vote Labour. Then, he’d get them to drop him at the parkside pub on lloyd st in Moss Side. I miss him ...

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David Osland
@David__Osland

I've been canvassing the council estates in Hackney South, one of the most heavily #Remain seats in Britain, and not been asked about #Brexit once. Can't generalise from the particular, I suppose, but what are other people's experiences?

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Cambridge Analytica closing after Facebook data harvesting scandal Political consultancy, under fire over use of millions of Facebook users’ data, has begun insolvency proceedings (Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/02/cambridge-analytica-closing-down-after-facebook-row-reports-...

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HindleA wrote:[youtube]04kABseFSIg[/youtube]

Unfortunately I didn't meet any Tories....

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ohsocynical wrote:Blimey! Feral shock troops. Fancy that. Another name to add to the list.

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I didn't feel like that when I was staggering around with my walking stick delivering leaflets.

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Blimey! Feral shock troops. Fancy that. Another name to add to the list.

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PaulfromYorkshire wrote:
Willow904 wrote:
gilsey wrote:Rudd’s gone.
The leaks just kept coming. Someone wanted rid of her.
Well she should never have blamed her staff should she?!

Once upon a time a Minister resigned if his staff cocked up even if he was totally unaware of what happened. His/her department, his/her responsibility.

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James and 21 others liked James O'Brien ‏Verified account @mrjamesob A significant number of accounts with no followers are punting the nonsense that Labour is somehow responsible for the Windrush scandal & Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ policies. Is this the first foray of a Tory troll fa...

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The vetting files: How the BBC kept out ‘subversives’ BBC: “We vetted many thousands of our workers for 60 years to make sure people we deemed hard left never got a chance to work for the BBC”. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-43754737" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; fyfXX0...

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Neil Henderson Verified account @hendopolis MAIL: Car theft kit for sale on Amazon #tomorrowspaperstoday 11:02 PM - 22 Apr 2018 from Plymouth, England Lil'oldme NO# ‏@relovedreams More Lil'oldme NO# Retweeted Neil Henderson The country's going to shit. Our neighbours are being deported. We're being...

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Matt Thomas
@Trickyjabs

Tory Party Donors, Last 12 Months:

Corrupt Russian Oligarchs.
Mobile Money Launderers.
President Club Gropers.
Banking Money Launderers.
Cambridge Analytica Executives.
Hedge Funders Betting On Carillion Demise.
Insider Dealing Oil Executive.
Panama Paper's Tax Avoiders.

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Labour Whips
Verified account
@labourwhips

We’re expecting an oral statement on the Windrush Scandal from @AmberRuddHR At 3.30pm Today

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RUPERT Murdoch’s Sunday Times newspaper stole Government Ministers’ household trash in an illegal and sustained search for stories it hoped would bring down New Labour, Byline Investigations can reveal. The traditional Tory mouthpiece used the product of midnight raids on homes of Westminster power...

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(((Dan Hodges))) Verified account @DPJHodges You may agree with Nick Timothy. You may not agree with him. But the fact he appears to have just been hounded off Twitter is another example of the increasingly dangerous intolerance we're witnessing in our public discourse. Jo Maugham QC Verified accoun...

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/apr/14/financial-doubts-over-national-citizen-service-david-cameron-big-society-youth-programme Financial doubts surface over Cameron’s ‘big society’ youth programme National Citizen Service, the £1.5bn state-funded scheme for teenagers, failed targets and i...

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/15/trump-bluster-about-syria-james-mattis-calling-shots Syria: Trump may bluster but James Mattis is calling the shots I think a better headline would be "just about anyone on Trump's staff could make a better job of being President than the President...

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"One by one, the great institutions that bind Britain together are being allowed to fray, weaken and decline. They may do good and even vital work, but whatever their purpose – from the system of legal aid to the Open University – they are under siege. Britain might be substantially richer tha...

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Paul Mason Retweeted Adam Wagner ‏Verified account @AdamWagner1 Just heard BBC radio calling this government’s ‘legal advice’. It’s not. It’s a ‘legal position’ which means it is the government’s chosen justification for intervention. The full legal advice will be far more nuanced and may even advis...

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This bloke doesn't like Trump. Understatement.

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-crisis-un/u-n-has-testimony-that-syrian-rebels-used-sarin-gas-investigator-idUSBRE94409Z20130505?irpc=932 GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. human rights investigators have gathered testimony from casualties of Syria’s civil war and medical staff indicating that rebel ...

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-crisis-un/u-n-has-testimony-that-syrian-rebels-used-sarin-gas-investigator-idUSBRE94409Z20130505?irpc=932" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. human rights investigators have gathered testimony from casualties of Sy...

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European Commission raids Murdoch's Fox offices in London over sports rights 'cartel'

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SKRIPALS ‘SURVIVED B/C NOVICHOK IN THEIR SKIN’. BUT PORTON DOWN IDENTIFIED IT FROM THEIR BLOOD Russia still prime suspect but government story becoming more convoluted Sergei Skripal joins his daughter in recovery medics say survival thanks to fact of skin-absorption from door handle Porton Down tol...

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How is Mr ohso these days? Thanks for asking. Coming up to three years since he was diagnosed. We call it B/C and A/C. Thankfully nearly two years free of bladder and bowel cancer with lots of checks still, but now has a malignant mole on his lower eyelid, which is being removed in two weeks. But h...

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Macron’s Thatcher moment has arrived
The honeymoon is over for Emmanuel Macron. His first 11 months in office have been something of a breeze —…

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Briefcase Michael @BriefcaseMike Resident expert of #bbcnews just said the miraculous recovery of Yulia Skripal was because Porton Down would have had antidotes. We were previously told there were no antidotes to Novochek. They're making it up as they go along. ‏@delhi_dave They, Porton Down, can on...

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Labour’s new General Secretary Jennie Formby made a strong start to her new role with a first-day email to all Labour members calling on them to work with her to unite the party for the good of the country, with a particular emphasis on addressing instances of antisemitism and other abuse – and layi...

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PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Thanks Di for retweeting it

Sometimes all you can do is laugh.

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PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Finding myself quoting Chilcot at folk on Twitter!

"intelligence regarding weapons of mass destruction was presented with unwarranted certainty"

Will we never learn?

I think politicians are always eager for that 'Falklands' moment.

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Boris Johnson appears before MPs to answer questions on Skripal case

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tinybgoat wrote:https://www.politico.eu/article/ukip-sa ... im-leader/
"UKIP ‘safe’ from financial ruin, says interim leader"

All together now --- Bugger!

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Gary Spedding
‏Verified account
@GarySpedding

Both @angelasmithmp & @JWoodcockMP have been had complaints sent in about them to the Labour Party and the cases have, I can confirm, been passed to the Labour Chief Whip office for review.

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