Local Elections 2023

[Lionator]

No vitriol please. 
 

Tories have lost control of North West Leicestershire, looks like a bad night for them. 

[Jon the Hat]

17 minutes ago, Lionator said:

No vitriol please. 
 

Tories have lost control of North West Leicestershire, looks like a bad night for them. 

And well deserved.  If Labour and Lib Dems can't beat the Tories after the last 3 years of complete shit show they never will.

[Lako42]

A truly pathetic turnout from the local population. 

 

Years of being shit on and the brits can't even be arsed to get up and tick a box. 

[HighPeakFox]

5 minutes ago, Lako42 said:

A truly pathetic turnout from the local population. 

 

Years of being shit on and the brits can't even be arsed to get up and tick a box. 

I suspect that we have decided that's all we're worth, collectively.

[StanSP]

Looking good for Labour? Anything that gets the Tories out is welcome. Not meaning to be rude or insulting, just my polite opinion. 

[StanSP]

35 minutes ago, Lako42 said:

A truly pathetic turnout from the local population. 

 

Years of being shit on and the brits can't even be arsed to get up and tick a box. 

Do you think much of it was to do with the voter ID thing? 

[StanSP]

Fair play! 

[Lionator]

17 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Looking good for Labour? Anything that gets the Tories out is welcome. Not meaning to be rude or insulting, just my polite opinion. 

I think it’s looking good for all of the Greens, LD’s and Labour. Which is a good sign for an election. People want change. 

[Raj]

54 minutes ago, Lako42 said:

A truly pathetic turnout from the local population. 

 

Years of being shit on and the brits can't even be arsed to get up and tick a box. 

Really cant understand the mentality in people not voting.

Especially when they moan about things being inept

[Footballwipe]

Interesting to see what the rest of Leicestershire does today. You suspect Blaby, Charnwood and Melton will remain blue and O&W to stay yellow (though not sure of the impact of the Cons promise to scrap car park charges in O&W, could be a vote winner if people hold their nose).

 

City to stay very red, ofc.

 

Greens have gone big in Blaby (they might have gone big elsewhere but Blaby is my area) so they could pick up a couple of seats. Harborough might be interesting today, they lost seats in the 2019 locals so with how things are nationally it could be squeaky bum.

 

Looking forward to seeing a few shocks!

[SemperEadem]

 

5 minutes ago, Footballwipe said:

Interesting to see what the rest of Leicestershire does today. You suspect Blaby, Charnwood and Melton will remain blue and O&W to stay yellow (though not sure of the impact of the Cons promise to scrap car park charges in O&W, could be a vote winner if people hold their nose).

 

City to stay very red, ofc.

 

Greens have gone big in Blaby (they might have gone big elsewhere but Blaby is my area) so they could pick up a couple of seats. Harborough might be interesting today, they lost seats in the 2019 locals so with how things are nationally it could be squeaky bum.

 

Looking forward to seeing a few shocks!

My folks are in the Kirby area and Green's there put out some decent stuff.

[RoboFox]

Could be the best result for Labour in over a quarter of a century. Lib Dems also cleaning up. 

 

Having said that, still a lot of Tory support. 

 

Who the fvck is looking at the last 13 years of austerity, systematic destruction of public services, nosediving living standards, crises after crises, sleaze, scandal and corruption and going "yeah I want more of that"

 

The turkeys still love Christmas. 

 

Edited 5 May 2023 by RoboFox

[ClaphamFox]

2 hours ago, Lako42 said:

A truly pathetic turnout from the local population. 

 

Years of being shit on and the brits can't even be arsed to get up and tick a box. 

Are there any figures on whether the national turnout was significantly below average? I haven't seen anything yet.

 

A lot of people find it very difficult to muster any enthusiasm for local elections. I don't really blame them either. But to your point, if it turns out that the turnout is much lower than normal, I suppose it may indicate a country that has simply become even more cynical about politics rather than desperate for change.

[Foxdiamond]

1 hour ago, StanSP said:

Do you think much of it was to do with the voter ID thing? 

The ID issue will no doubt will an obstacle to some. No prove that voter fraud was anywhere near to require the new rules.

[Unabomber]

11 minutes ago, RoboFox said:

Could be the best result for Labour in over a quarter of a century. Lib Dems also cleaning up. 

 

Having said that, still a lot of Tory support. 

 

Who the fvck is looking at the last 13 years of austerity, systematic destruction of public services, nosediving living standards, crises after crises, sleaze, scandal and corruption and going "yeah I want more of that"

 

The turkeys still love Christmas. 

 

I’m currently in Norfolk and the amount of “Vote Conservatives” signs everywhere is pretty sickening and just shows some will never change regardless of how bad things are. I guess around here people are in their own bubble and are almost cult like.

[Col city fan]

10 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

I’m currently in Norfolk and the amount of “Vote Conservatives” signs everywhere is pretty sickening and just shows some will never change regardless of how bad things are. I guess around here people are in their own bubble and are almost cult like.

Norfolk is a blue wall and has been for years. 
It’s full of ‘old Englanders’ who would vote Tory whatever. 
I took my wife (a person of dual-heritage) to Blakeney Hotel a few years ago, and we had a (very nice) evening meal in the hotel restaurant. 
Literally, some of the other diners looked at her as though she was an alien. So much so, that I challenged a number of them and asked them what their fookin problem was. It was Overt racism in action, I’m afraid. 
Don’t get me wrong, I love Norfolk, the place. But Norfolk, the people, are your typical, older, staunch Brits who would rather keep the status quo.

Edited 5 May 2023 by Col city fan

[st albans fox]

It’s always tough to make assumptions- Labour don’t seem to be increasing their vote share by a lot but then how well did they do last time ? 
 

however, you dress it up, the tories are losing control of a fair few councils that they would expect to control 

[BKLFox]

My postal vote turned up yesterday morning so no tick for me as not allowed to vote at the door.

[bovril]

Less of the Norfolk slander please

[bovril]

At least we're not Lincs

[Greg2607]

3 hours ago, Lionator said:

No vitriol please. 
 

Tories have lost control of North West Leicestershire, looks like a bad night for them. 

GREAT night for those of us in NW Leicestershire though. 

[Greg2607]

8 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

Excuse me? 

some people have a view that the furlough response and energy bills support is tantamount to communism. 

 

forgetting the fact that they've effectively banned protesting, banned immigration, and a variety of other facist leaning appraches to government. 

 

But yeah... totally left wing this tory lot. 

Edited 5 May 2023 by Greg2607

[yorkie1999]

The problem with bullshit and lies is that they eventually catch up with you. I think the entire electorate is just waiting for the next GE.

[goose2010]

was an average of around 27% turn out around me (hinckley etc) i have no idea if that is good, bad or average for local elections? It seems extremely low though! 

[Tuna]

51 minutes ago, bovril said:

At least we're not Lincs

Steady!