#44

Also these municipal mayorship thingys are just distractions so they can cut everything under the sun and blame it on some Herbert from the Library.

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#45

Apparently Stephen Williams is seen as a likely winner (although ā€œwhat the hellā€™s a Metro Mayor?ā€ is still enjoying a healthy polling lead), which I find somewhat baffling. Going to vote for Big Darren Hall first and probably the Labour one second.

#46

I guess thatā€™s because theyā€™re expecting him to hoover up second preferences on the basis that heā€™s not a Tory. And I guess heā€™s known in Bristol from being an MP.

Iā€™ll probably put him second after Labour for the reason above. Saw some polling that suggested it was currently pretty much equal between the three of them, expecting a pitiful turnout.

#47

What voting system is in use elsewhere in the UK today?

Itā€™s STV (single transferable vote) in Scotland, which is satisfying because it means I can put the tory and ukip candidates right at the bottom of my list of preference.

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#48

Supplementary Vote for the bog people, which is good because it meant I could put the ā€œelectric scooters for everyoneā€ independent candidate first and the UKIP man second.

#49

For the mayoral one. City and county council votes were the boring kind.

#50

rewatched this and theres literally no mention of him being a tory, only realised when the leaflet about all the candidates came through the door. burnhamā€™s going to walk it, obvs, and i cant find anything terrible about him and no one has mentioned anythign so im going to assume its coz one of my old managers (who is a dickhead) used to work with him and i think thats where the association has come from maybe

#51

Done my supplementary voting for the West of England. Would have been nice to have STV, as I didnā€™t like having to put the Lib Dems 2nd, especially as its Stephen Williams. Heā€™d have been 4th if Iā€™d had STV.

#53

Aw he used to lecture me.
He didnā€™t have facial hair back then.

#54
#55

I did actually vote LibDem in the end

(kill me now)

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#56

Just read that.

Fucking wow.

#57

It looks pretty bad, doesnā€™t it?

#58

Yup

Except for ukip wipeout

#59

But thatā€™s just a depressing reminder of how right-wing the Tories have gone now, eh?

#60

So assuming corbyn = foot and 2017 = 1983, weā€™ve gotā€¦ 14 more years of this shit? With the only hope the Tories wonā€™t last so long being that brexit fucks us so badly AND Labour can convince the general populace that they can turn things roundā€¦

Cool.

#61

Labour actually donā€™t seem to have done as badly as many expected in Wales. Theyā€™ve kept control in Cardiff, which they were widely expected to lose. Some of their loses may also be down to local issues e.g. Blaenau Gwent where the outgoing Council pissed off a lot of people by mucking around with the bin collections.

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#62

Really depends on who takes over if Corbyn even leaves. Probably down to how the leadership election thing changes over time. In theory if Corbyn just goes and doesnā€™t support a successor then Iā€™d assume Labour will get a very centrist leader, but that leader will still have to do deals with Murdoch in order to have a hope of winning an election, IMO.

#63

Not necessarily - depending on how many seats Labour loses at the GE, the Corbyncentric wing (if you want to call them that) of the PLP is likely to be proportionally significant in and of itself (15%) to be able to get a candidate on the ballot. In other words more Corbyn supporting MPs are in very safe seats - itā€™s more the centrist wing who risk getting shipped out in a Tory landslide.

So donā€™t put the house on a glorious victory for Chuka just yet.

#64

These results are really dreadful for Labour.

But they seem to be pointing to the Lib Dems not really gaining any seats in the GE also.