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Labour comfortably holds Barnet/Camden despite local Tories (naturally) exploiting the AS stuff for all it was worth.

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Tories hold onto Havering/Redbridge by the skin of their teeth - slightly frustrating and if the scare tactics "worked" anywhere it may well have been here

On a happier note, Leicestershire PCC is a Labour GAIN.

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Meanwhile in NI, after their mini-revival at Westminster last year the UUP are now having disappointing Assembly results.

Looks like it will clearly be 1DUP 2SF again.

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Still an excellent Labour performance, though

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Chris Leslie putting the boot in for John McDonnell and the leadership on the BBC. Says we've all got to pull out socks up. He & his pals could start by not causing trouble. He was imposed (literally so) on his constituency just before the 2010 GE, his local party nominated JC for the leadershi...

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I know that Jo Cox was vocal around the time of the Syria business, but has she been mouthing off that much lately?

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citizenJA wrote:I don't think we had that yet
I'm awaiting Staffordshire's results for PCC

Labour not far behind the Tories on the first round of voting there.

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All-out elections in Rotherham - Labour trounce UKIP by 48 to 14. Farage had been bigging up their chances there recently

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Tories losing seats. On 2012. Has this even been mentioned in the MSM?

John Curtice is about the only honourable exception I can recall.

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Yes, certain "moderates" have been bigging up how much the two supposedly dislike each other recently.

I both hope and believe that is largely bull***t.

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Maeght wrote:
AnatolyKasparov wrote:It would be amazing if Labour were ever to win that one, tbf.
It's closer than you might think. In Bromley Labour have no chance but Croydon has changed a lot.

Croydon, yeah - but it is Sutton that makes it hard for them to win.

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It would be amazing if Labour were ever to win that one, tbf.

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HindleA wrote:Three libdem gains from Labour in Liverpool.

Just two, I think (Allerton and Woolton)

Its amazing that they ever lost the latter especially in the first place, tbh.

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Sad news - the People's Republic (One Party State) of Manchester is no more, as former LibDem MP John Leech absolutely smashed it in his ward.

Labour could well still be winning everywhere else, though.

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John Rentoul ‏@JohnRentoul 2m2 minutes ago Paul Mason, calling for mass reselections, but luckily we ignore ppl who can't spell Chilcot https://medium.com/mosquito-ridge/elections-2016-the-scottish-earthquake-continues-f829864192b5#.od1fr2kc6" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;...

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1m ago 12:28 Ken Livingstone has been ranting about Hitler and antisemitism again. (Politics Live, Guardian) Oh, well. It's all done and dusted now (I hope). I do think that it's time for Ken Livingstone to get out less, though. Unfortunately, that just adds to the suspicions that he is not actuall...

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When you consider everything it was a stonking performance from Welsh labour "ruthlessly efficient" is one way I heard it described this morning. As for PC, apart from the Rhonnda it was ordinary, spinning no doubt but they basically stood still, no new day for Wales quite yet then. Looki...

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On the other hand, I suspect that the antisemitism media storm made absolutely not one iota of difference to the results today There is evidence it may have hurt Labour in a few places with substantial Jewish populations (a couple of seats they lost in Bury, for instance) Beyond that, however, not ...

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The silver lining there is that I can think of few who could do a better job of discrediting the UKIP cause (and more quickly)

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Dan Hodges ‏@DPJHodges 2m2 minutes ago We criticise the Corbyn spin operation. But success in getting BBC to legitimise the ludicrous '2015 comparison' important moment. He can't help himself. In what way is that comparison "ludicrous"? Certainly it makes more sense in some ways to compar...

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There were also quite a few council by-elections yesterday, including one in Barrow - where, of course, JC's stance on Trident has made Labour toxic for so many.

So here we go - Lab GAIN from Tory (erm, is that right? - BBC Political Ed)

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I'm reminded of a previous election where the pre-set narrative was about Labour's collapse, but the eventual results didn't bear that out at all - and yet the reporting continued in that vein anyway. Was it the local elections last year? Both 2013 and 2014 were like that to some extent. I recall M...

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RobertSnozers wrote:I'm reminded of a previous election where the pre-set narrative was about Labour's collapse, but the eventual results didn't bear that out at all - and yet the reporting continued in that vein anyway. Was it the local elections last year?

Both 2013 and 2014 were like that to some extent.

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It appears that the LabourList site is currently down - great timing there

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Labour "sources" allegedly briefing that they will have a net loss of "about 100" council seats. Actually slightly less than some have predicted......

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Tubby Isaacs wrote:Talking of Tories and drugs, TRG, don't know if you saw it before but Toby Young coughed in the Observer to supplying Class A drugs.

He's got a school.

Isn't that rather a serious offence?

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I really missed the experience of going to a polling station, and making the mark on the ballot paper in the voting booth. Postal voting isn't the same at all. Done that three times today - once for myself and two proxy votes for my parents (on holiday) PCC elections only here - in neither polling ...

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Contesting elections legally can only happen after the result and is done by lodging what is called an election petition. The petition, which outlines why there should be a rerun of the election, can be submitted a candidate or by voters themselves if they are in a group of four or more. It is hand...

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There is also a council by-election in Barnet today - its certainly not impossible to see strong calls for a rerun there if the result is close.

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Anyway, today's elections...... Can't say I am feeling supremely optimistic about Labour's chances tbh - council seat losses on four years ago are almost inevitable. At least it looks like we might hold onto second in Scotland now (the desperation of so much of the chatterati, both sides of the bor...

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I get the impression Labour campaigners are actually cautiously optimistic in Bristol, FWIW.

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Anyway, today's elections...... Can't say I am feeling supremely optimistic about Labour's chances tbh - council seat losses on four years ago are almost inevitable. At least it looks like we might hold onto second in Scotland now (the desperation of so much of the chatterati, both sides of the bord...

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Apparently what happened in Barnet was that only the "updates" register (ie those recently added) was sent to polling stations rather than the full electoral roll.

You might have thought somebody somewhere could have noticed a problem, wouldn't you?

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citizenJA wrote:
ohsocynical wrote:I woke up this morning wondering where Seeeingclearly is, and hoping she's okay.
I've not received any message and am wondering the same

Didn't they post here just the other day?

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PorFavor wrote:Fleeting mention of Barnet on the BBC TV news. A few seconds' worth and no background.

There are long standing restrictions on reporting elections whilst they are in progress, tbf.

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No,then again we haven't got any local elections. But you have the PCC thing, no? That's actually how 2016 is unique in recent non-GE years - everybody in the UK is getting some sort of vote tomorrow. (this includes NI which has its Assembly elections, these have had if anything even less media cov...

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HindleA wrote:http://labourlist.org/2016/05/labour-co ... itism-row/

Labour has confirmed the number of party members suspended in the row over anti-Semitism stands at 18.

Roughly 0.005% of the total membership, then.

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She has come in for a fair amount of abuse for her stand, brave lady.

Of course, if (as we all hope) Zac does indeed crash and burn, there will be lots emerging from the woodwork to agree......

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Ah yes, "absolutely no recollection" - in other words, "you've got me bang to rights even if you can't actually prove it".

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Good morning. Much as I dislike Cruz, the world has just become a much scarier place now that Trump has no real opposition for the GOP nomination. The Tweets of Laura Kuensservativeberg have been monitored by people who go in for that sort of thing. For 5 days, every single one has been on the subj...

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Not that surprising that some have a rose tinted view of BoJo's mayoralty as it comes to a close. Also, there will be those saying they would support a hypothetical Boris 3rd term bid as a way of expressing disapproval of Goldsmith's campaign. After transfers, that surely suggests Khan and Johnson w...

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What the hell is that about PF? Former LibDem, now Labour Cllr thinks Jeremy Corbyn was "too slow off the mark" etc etc. I haven't actually seen the letter, though. But aren't they now ex Labour according to the bit you quoted? Aaaah - too too confusing. Welcome to politics in Portsmouth ...

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It may be a powerful article, but Finkelstein is - it is fair to say - a deeply controversial character.

Freedland is an awful hack writer (all the more so in recent years) Let's leave it at that.

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The bitterites know that conference could well strengthen Jez's position, that's why they are desperate to "do something" before then.

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Anyway, last night's "exclusive". Margaret Hodge, eh? Not only is she actually older than Corbyn, she has a fair amount of "baggage". If that is currently the best that the Bitterites can do...... This is as a stalking horse though - presumably if she did successfully trigger a ...

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Anyway, last night's "exclusive".

Margaret Hodge, eh? Not only is she actually older than Corbyn, she has a fair amount of "baggage".

If that is currently the best that the Bitterites can do......

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It would only be possible if the parliamentary party put him on the ballot. Does he have much support among MPs? I actually might welcome PM Gove. I think he'd be a complete disaster and thus easier to beat in a subsequent GE than Boris or May. I think you're right. Gove as leader is a fantasy. The...

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There are no council elections in ohso's part of the world, Willow - just the PCC. No council elections in Scotland (or Wales) until next year either.

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It now seems that Livingstone isn't the only political veteran to put their foot in it. Gerry Adams

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It (J McG's Hillsboro) is difficult to watch, but that is how it should be. Even if you don't agree with the "case" in every detail, it is an exceptional piece of drama.

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