A thread for talking about the local, Scottish and Senedd election disaster results.
The Guardian has a live updating page where you can search for your council (or any other council you’re interested in).
How are we all feeling? Depressed? Terrified? Vindicated? For me, I see no reason to change my view that Starmer should have resigned months ago. I’m also hoping Anas Sarwar goes with him (granted I’m writing this before the Scottish results have come in, I just think he’s a dickhead).
I’m not saying that Reform won’t, but I would note that while Reform saw a very large surge, the past six months has seen a very considerable downturn in polling for Reform in voting intentions for the next general election. If you are not aware of that decline, I thought I might make you aware.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_next_United_Kingdom_general_election
That, I wasn’t aware of. Appreciated! I do hope it manages to turn around. I fear the alternative, we’ve already seen how that goes in the US.