Friday 6th May 2016

[rebeccariots2]

Is this some kind of joke?

I have a very, very bad feeling about this.

Are we about to see an election stolen?

If there was such an attempt ... any rerun would surely see London come out in just as great force to vote for Khan again?

[PaulfromYorkshire]

If we want a conspiracy, it will have kept the definitive result off tomorrow's front pages.

[rebeccariots2]

So the total net loss of council seats by Labour is 17 at present - with most of the councils declared. Conservative net losses are 23.

That's a very long way off the supposed 150 losses Labour was predicted to have.

[rebeccariots2]

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Is this so. Can it be verified anywhere else?

[Hobiejoe]

If we want a conspiracy, it will have kept the definitive result off tomorrow's front pages.

I'll don my tinfoil hat and join you in that conspiratorial thought. Although on second thoughts when did actual reality affect the front pages of the the Times, Sun and Evening Standard over the last few weeks and days?

[PaulfromYorkshire]

Jon HaworthVerified account ‏@JonHaworthSky 4m4 minutes ago
#BREAKING: Final makeup of #London Assembly: Con 8 (-1), Lab 12 (no change), LibDems 1 (-1), UKIP 2 (+2), Green 2 (no change) #LondonElects

[NonOxCol]

For fuck's SAKE:

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[HindleA]

Announcement at 00'30 apparently.

[Temulkar]

[mbc1955]

I've just watched the announcement, and the speeches by Sadiq Khan and Zac Goldsmith.

One about hope rather than fear, about the inclusivity of everyone, about candidates and teams contributing to the entire election.

One about his team, his campaign, his manifesto, his disappointment and what Boris has built up already.

And I thought to myself: wot a w*nker.

[HindleA]

And here are the final votes, once second preferences from the minor candidates were taken into account.

Sadiq Khan - 1,310,143

Zac Goldsmith - 994,614

[Tubby Isaacs]

Useless Labour and extremist Khan win by 316,000.

Doubtless this is brutally "Londoncentric" to point out, but Khan alone got more 250,000 more votes than the SNP did and 785,000 more than Ruth Davidson's Scottish Tories. I'll not mention Scottish Labour, but you get the point.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Jon HaworthVerified account ‏@JonHaworthSky 4m4 minutes ago
#BREAKING: Final makeup of #London Assembly: Con 8 (-1), Lab 12 (no change), LibDems 1 (-1), UKIP 2 (+2), Green 2 (no change) #LondonElects

Out of touch metropolitan Tories lose out to UKIP.

[AnatolyKasparov]

Is this some kind of joke?

I have a very, very bad feeling about this.

Are we about to see an election stolen?

Nah