But Hall still has chance.

Doubtful - they’ll be gong harder in this general election and after.

In a result, that will surprise absolutely no-one, Andy Burnham has just been re-elected as GM Mayor. Well done Andy Burnham . Well deserved! 🌹

Interesting if possibly predictable variation in turnout in the great city of Manchester for the council elections.

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Mad Magazine.

They seem to be sensibly Avoiding talking to someone who will gleefully take any opportunity to make them look stupid if he can.

How much of a human face do we see of the range of Muslim voters in places such as Oldham and inner city areas of Birmingham who have been alienated from Labour over Gaza? How much does lack of familiarity or sympathy with different 🇬🇧 communities hobble our media?

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Will a Labour govt have the skills & space to retain returning working class voters but prevent the Green insurgency developing further? Till now Starmer’s approach has been unsubtle: he faced one way to win members then another to win back lost voters. Can he finesse in office?

As recently as 2018 Trafford, a largely & hardly poor suburban borough, was run by the Conservatives. It used to be seen as the party’s jewel in the crown. There are some things the Cons can change to recover a bit but at least here: politics + demography = disaster.

Warrington, by John Bulmer.

Hard to disagree.

A massive congratulations to Tina4Chorlton for a very convincing win.

Delighted to hand the baton over to a brilliant local woman I know will work hard for the people of #Chorlton . Great to see so many people got out and voted, highest turn out in the City. #Participation

*That* Realignment: URGENT UPDATE.

The world is in crisis and you Gov is asking us if we think muffins are cakes or not…

‘my friend’

Andre Walker, the thuggish windbag coming out with this shit, was implicated in the bullying scandal around the suicide of young Conservate activist Elliott Johnson in 2015, in case you're wondering what sort of detritus makes up the sociopath class.

At this point, who really cares?