BBC are still claiming Labour are only +43 when its now +127
Laughably shit
Is there anyone out there in the real world that thinks the LibDems have picked up 124 seats in England alone? Apparently the BBC do
Yes but Dem, Stamford Hill isn't a Council Area and Barnet is. 1 in 5 of Barnet's population identify as Jewish, not specifically Hasidic Jewish, just Jewish. Hackney as a council is not in the top 2 across the borough
No, they are not. 1 in 5 of Barnets population identify as Jewish. Second largest Jewish population is Hertsmere Council which has 1 in 9 residents identifying as Jewish
Well if Durham Police are reopening investigations into lock down breaches they've already investigated... I can think of another they might want to look at!
No, only a third of them. The only way Solihull would have changed would have been to No Overall COntrol by the Tories losing every single one of the 18 seats up for election (1 ward had 2), the majority was 18 before these results
EDIT: English councils (Not London) elect 3 Councillors per ward on a 4 yearly basis. Three years out of Four there is an election with one year no having elections (by-elections notwithstanding)
No Dem, Wandsworth, Barnet and Westminster going Labour is actually a huge shift
Just think, all through the Blair / Brown years where Labour were in the ascendancy mostly, those three councils remained Tory
You can't just say London is Labour, those councils aren't and rarely ever were.
Westminster and Wandsworth were the London flagbearers for different reasons for the Tory Party. They no longer run them
I've just gone through the London results and I may have added a few that "aren't London" (was using all seats elected as a guide) and Labour were +63 and as they were definitely +39 from just Barnet / Wandsworth and Westminster, the +40 figure for London from the BBC is rubbish, I think I only spotted one London council where they lost seats.
The election will not be called early, there really isn't the time if it's with a new leader. A new leader will not be in place until the autumn, that only gives him one budget cycle anyway before 2024
West Oxfordshire is very interesting. 17 Wards. Tories lost 7 seats, 5 to LibDem, and 1 each to Labour and Green
West Oxfordshire includes Witney which was the David Cameron seat
Its gone from Tory to NOC with the LibDems being a firm second party
Beeb and Sky are saying that the Indie / Ratepayers that always win seats in council elections haven't lost any seats when they have, currently around 32