Liberal Burblings

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It is marvellous to see that Portsmouth LibDems have held their own in the election and remain the largest party on the council, despite a ferocious Tory campaign onslaught.

It is particularly cheering to see Gerald Vernon-Jackson being returned as councillor for Milton ward. The Tories put up their golden girl, Sarah Dineage, against him, complete with heavy campaign artillery. Gerald is a fantastically hard worker for his local community and an electoral genius to boot.

Sky seem to have given different change figures here to the ones shown half an hour ago on BBC1.

The BBC web site is showing:

Party Seats/change

LibDem 19 0
Con 17 +1
Lab 5 0
Others 1 -1

Sky (if you don’t die of boredom scrolling down) is showing:

LibDem 19 -2
Con 17 +1
Lab 5 0
Others 1 1

Portsmouth City Council site, who I presume know what they are talking about (joke!) confirm the BBC result. Well done BBC.

Sky’s confusion seems to be based on them thinking that there were no others/independents on the council before May 3rd. But the Portsmouth CC site confirms that there were two independents on the council before yesterday.

It is over. It is difficult to believe, but it is. I need a reassuring quotation from Shakespeare:

“What ‘s done is done”. Macbeth ( Quote Act III, Scene II).

Thank you Will, I needed that sort of reassurance to move to closure.

My daughter has coincidentally just sent me a chain email with a poem from a teenager dying of cancer. I don’t want to risk abusing copyright by quoting it. But let’s just say it helps me move on from elections.

It is over. It is difficult to believe, but it is. I need a reassuring quotation from Shakespeare:

“What ‘s done is done”. Macbeth ( Quote Act III, Scene II).

Thank you Will, I needed that sort of reassurance to move to closure.

My daughter has coincidentally just sent me a chain email with a poem from a teenager dying of cancer. I don’t want to risk abusing copyright by quoting it. But let’s just say it helps me move on from elections.

A hard copy of my predictions blog posting for the election results for West Berkshire Council and Newbury Town Council has now come back to me in a sealed envelope via Royal Mail, postmarked for 27th April. I will be publishing that posting after the election results have been announced. I will leave the envelope sealed, so that anyone can check the fact that I did indeed make the prediction blog posting on 27th April.

Pictured: the sealed envelope.

This evening, I had a chat with a local Tory candidate and council colleague who I am quite friendly with. He was putting up the usual stakeboards in his garden. “How’s it going?” he asked. “Very well”, I said,”Lovely weather for it.”

I do wonder whether he was hoping I would divulge our detailed canvass statistics. Some hope.

This evening, I had a chat with a local Tory candidate and council colleague who I am quite friendly with. He was putting up the usual stakeboards in his garden. “How’s it going?” he asked. “Very well”, I said,”Lovely weather for it.”

I do wonder whether he was hoping I would divulge our detailed canvass statistics. Some hope.