If this turns out like it is looking then I will happily pay more taxes to try to repair the Tory damage. Not borrowing from a magic money tree but an increase in real money from a taxpayer.
Up at 4.45am. On duty as a Poll Clerk at 6.00am. Solid graft from 7.00am until 10.00pm (with x2 ten-minute breaks for lunch and supper). Off duty at 10.30pm. Thence to the pub (Yum)... to speculate on what might be.
By Christ, I despise the Tories. Self, self, self.
Comments
CON 17044
LAB 19423
LD 666
PC 1551
Swing CON to LAB 3.4%.
Vale of Clwyd:
Lab: 50.2% (+11.9)
Con: 44.1% (+5.0)
PC: 4.0% (-3.0)
LDem: 1.7% (-0.9)
Gone from a 10k majority to 1500, big swing.
The Lib Dems would have to be in coalition - they say very strongly they wont.
With the other smaller parties making it up
And it still wouldn't be a majority going on predictions.....
The key for me is getting that coalition to a majority. Otherwise we can't go on for 5 years with a bigger opposition than Corbyns Labour.
Nothing would ever get done.
Majority cut from ~10k to ~1.5k.
10% swing to LAB.
Con: 44.1% (-9.7)
Lab: 40.8% (+10.8)
LDem: 11.6% (+5.3)
Grn: 2.4% (-2.5)
UKIP: 1.0% (-3.6)
Ind: 0.1% (-0.3)
The pub was flooded with Labour people, and they seemed chipper.
I went and thanked him for helping us get our Mums Blue Badge back.
Then I asked him if he remembered The Valley Party, and doesn't he owe me a few thousand pints ? Due to his ill judged bet.
He claimed a new version of the bet. That he would buy Steve Dixon a beer if we got more votes than CAFC scored goals.
Dissembling politician, worthless commitments.
:-)
On duty as a Poll Clerk at 6.00am.
Solid graft from 7.00am until 10.00pm (with x2 ten-minute breaks for lunch and supper).
Off duty at 10.30pm.
Thence to the pub (Yum)... to speculate on what might be.
By Christ, I despise the Tories. Self, self, self.
Yours,
...for Green Socialism.
A_K
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