“R/w “red meat” is not in short supply from Sunak. The trouble for the Tories is that even r/w voters aren’t finding it appetising while centrist ones are repelled”

| Andrew Rawnsley | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

May the Forth be With You*

And I'm not particularly celebrating Labour's win, but the pushback against gerrymandering, voter suppression, lies and Topham Guerin style information ops. Well done all democrats

*also my son's 34th birthday - love to him

The race in London wasn’t close. It was Sadiq Khan’s most convincing result of the three he’s won with an 11% lead over Susan Hall. That should not really be a surprise. There were some crazy hares running around yesterday!

Whether error, bias, or just enthusiasm for a narrative the line 'the race is much much closer' is disinformation parlayed as 'clear' fact and look at the result: now the 'vote rigging' cries have more credence.

BBC News (UK) you need to look at this

#LondonMayorElection

It's clear.. to use your words, that you were stirring last night with what now proves to be completely false speculation. It is unbecoming of a bbc journalist, you have zero credibility.

Laura Kuenssberg Sadiq Khan BBC News (UK) Why were there jitters? Just made up fake news that you repeated? Why totally unprofessional

If only all the people coming on Twitter to say they hate #SadiqKhan actually lived in London and could vote against him.

Most Londoners who have lived through his last two terms admire his dignity, like his policies and are, by a large majority, very pleased to have him back

You know what I'd really love just now? To hear Sangita Myska dissect these results on LBC. I just hope she'll be back on air soon. Meanwhile, I'll be joining Hardeep Matharu Adam Bienkov and Josiah Mortimer for a Byline Times election special in an hour youtube.com/live/t7djMWlJk…

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When an obvious mass influence campaign is executed to suggest an election result which isn’t in doubt has in fact gone the other way, journalists, politicians & voters shouldn’t boost it.

They should understand it’s an attack on the country.

Not just a bit of social media fun.

See, Rishi Sunak, depsite your gerrymandering, your boundary changes to favour your lot, your stupid and unfair #VoterID requirements, your smearing of Labour MPs and goodness knows what other cheating methods, the message is clear: kindly fuck off and call a #GeneralElectionNow

Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu The Green Party BBC News (UK) Reform UK Zack Polanski Very much so: Reform's agenda is anti science, anti law, anti British values. The Greens are none of those things. So it is odd, even sinister, that the BBC pumps the former and not the latter.

The Vicar of Wibbly looks like he's upset too. Why do these people hate our democracy?

Sky calling Labour winning West Midlands!
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Labour is quietly celebrating by the stage.

They have just squeaked through thanks to Sandwell.

Richard Parker will be the next West Midlands Mayor.

Full declaration expected soon.

ITV News Central

Excellent news. Sadiq Khan is not perfect - but Susan Hall certainly does not represent most Londoners’ values. I can now say that with confidence. #LondonMayoralElection

Trump just told TIME Magazine that in his second term as president he’d force every pregnant woman to submit to constant government monitoring to ensure she’s doing nothing to endanger her “unborn child” — like, say, abortion.

A vote for Trump is a vote for The Handmaid’s Tale.

Nigel Farage can fuck off, then he can fuck off some more.

After that he can continue to fuck off because nobody likes this bastard.

Do you agree?

But then, that might involve the party itself actually liking the capital city of the country it governs, and the things that city represents. Which seems a very long way off.

At some point, the Conservative party might wish to consider a London mayoral candidate who actually likes the city they want to run. Then it genuinely might turn into a tight race.