[Watchman]

Labour have just taken Swindon

[Tubby Isaacs]

You beat me to it!

[Tubby Isaacs]

This is an incredibly affluent area (not the town so much as the countryside).

[Youngian]

Can’t see a major bun fight breaking out as Johnson has no wind in his sails. Tories are bonkers so what do I know? Bring it on.

[Andy McDandy]

The town itself has always been an LD stronghold, but the surroundings are blue through and through. Crikey.

[Tubby Isaacs]

This is good, but I seem to be in the only place in the country where non-Tory pincers keep falling over each other...

[Tubby Isaacs]

Yeah, Ben because it's not like Lib Dems and Greens do much better in local elections than general elections or anything, is it?

[Tubby Isaacs]

Greens gain our ward, massive swing!

[Arrowhead]

Yeah, Ben because it's not like Lib Dems and Greens do much better in local elections than general elections or anything, is it?

Plus of course London and Wales (i.e. two of the strongest Labour areas) aren't even voting today.

[Tubby Isaacs]

In fairness, he may be referring to projected national vote share, but I don't know.

[Andy McDandy]

Fuck, Wokingham's gone to NOC. That's Redwood territory. Incredibly affluent.

[Oboogie]

Yeah, Ben because it's not like Lib Dems and Greens do much better in local elections than general elections or anything, is it?

Plus of course London and Wales (i.e. two of the strongest Labour areas) aren't even voting today.

Nor Scotland, Birmingham and Bristol.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Seems like lot of terrible Tory votes coming through now. Hammered in Dacorum (Herts) and Milton Keynes. Let's watch those seat losses pile up.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Did Greg walk around waving Liam Byrne's letter?

[Tubby Isaacs]

Doubtless this is better than other places, but the Lib Dems still went up 4 and the Tories down 1. That's not great for the Tories, when they had a local trump card issue.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Disaster for Labour in Slough. Council effectively bankrupt, so probably not unexpected.

[Andy McDandy]

Dacorum

Sounds like the byproduct of a certain editor's effusions.

[Spoonman]

I see Reform have finally picked up a few councillors, six so far, but a piss in the sea compared to the Greens.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Ha ha ha.

[davidjay]

Stratford upon Avon goes LD. The Zahawi factor.