Local Elections 2023

[hilts]

Not heard of this HUNG party before but they have 23 councils. A very firm showing from the new boys.

 

[Vic]

So some voters turned away for not looking like their photo. Shaved a beard, grew one, or of a colour that means they all look the same?

 

[Gabriel]

2019 was Corbyn and Brexit, explains LibDem showing but usually Labour has been second.

Indeed they have but never really in a way that was close, not in the way they have been elsewhere. It‘s why it really is a fascinating seat. The Liberal Democrats have certainly got the momentum on the ground, as evidenced by last night’s results.
https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/bath-north-east-somerset-local-8407791

 

[bluethrunthru]

So some voters turned away for not looking like their photo. Shaved a beard, grew one, or of a colour that means they all look the same?

I showed my drivers license and passport - photos over 10 years apart - on the license I was clean shaven and had collar length hair on the passport I have a number two cut and a beard and 'tash combo. Not the silver fox that I am now on either of them so fuck knows what they were looking at

 

[Gundoggin]

Tories getting wiped out in mainly southern safe blue wall territory is a thing a beauty.
The fucking pathetic lame excuses they are wheeling out even better . They are broken beyond repair .

 

[Bodicoteblue]

Today’s quiz question.
Whatever happened to brexit?
The tories swept to an 80seat majority on the back of it.
It was going to solve all our problems and make us great politically, socially and economically.
Remember all that stuff?
Now they can’t even mention its name.
They claimed ownership of its design (?) and implementation and now The wee bastard is running around causing chaos and not one - and I hold Labour to account in this too - is taking any responsibility.
Barely a mention all night and all day of it.
The biggest most incontinent elephant-in-the-room ever seen and no-one says a word.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Tories getting wiped out in mainly southern safe blue wall territory is a thing a beauty.
The fucking pathetic lame excuses they are wheeling out even better . They are broken beyond repair .

They've got 2 years to clean it up.

I'm not a fan of the yellow Tories looking the current results they should go balls out for Vote Lib Dem to put corrupt Tories GE campaign in constituencies they nearly won in last time.

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

I've not heard anybody on Sky or BBC mention it (to be expected)... but this is a local election where people are generally concerned with local issues and so are more comfortable voting for the smaller parties, mainly Lib Dem and Greens. Around me the Greens are getting vote shares in some wards of 30%+ in deep Tory country and despite that the Labour voteshare is still holding up. I voted Green, but I'm not going to be voting for them at the General.

If I were the Tories, I wouldn't be looking at Labour's vote share. I would be looking nervously at the left wing parties accruing a collective vote share of nearly 65%+. Because those are much more likely to stack on Labour at a general election. If they do then they are beyond fucked. Even if the vote share stayed as it is in these results, they'd still be fucked. But we know they won't, which tells me they are probably mega fucked if this result is replicated next year.

But of course the Tories expected to be total fucking shit and lose thousands of seats so I guess that makes it okay then? That seems to be the party line.

 

[staffsblue]

Not heard of this HUNG party before but they have 23 councils. A very firm showing from the new boys.

Apparently they are all "showers" rather than "growers".

 

[bluethrunthru]