Friday, May 05, 2006

Ming's the 1

1 - the number of councils the LibDems gained last night
1- the overall number of councillors the LibDems gained last night
Ming's the one.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Unfortunately now up 3...

Chris Palmer said...

According to the BBC, it unfortunately appears to have gone back up to 3.

Also, check your email Iain.

Iain Dale said...

Chris, no email from you on my email.

Anonymous said...

That may be so but it was nice while it lasted.

And nice to see them get something they richly deserve as well.

Never thought I'd see the day I would be praying for Labour just to get a few more votes so the Blubberals would be pushed into third.

Chris Palmer said...

DO NOT POST

I posted it with the title Little Red Book and from support@reinstateroger.com

May be in Junk.

Thanks,

Chris.

If not, it was about the Little Red book. If you have any catagories left to fill, then send me them and I will do one for you by tonight.

Chris Palmer said...

Back to one now according to the BBC.

Anonymous said...

Didn't you say it was 18 a couple of posts ago?

Still not overwhelming though...

Iain Dale said...

Chris, please resend the email

Iain Dale said...

Yes, it was 18, but now all the results are in it has gone down to 1

Gregor said...

1 council, 2 councillors, a complete failure for captain dull's team.

On the other hand +316 seats for the Tories, a fantastic result by any measure.

Iain Dale said...

Curtis, I agree it is not a disaster, but I expected you to gain at least 100 seats, and I'm sure if you're honest, you did too.

Chris Palmer said...

Have resent the email Iain.

Anonymous said...

Not a good result. If I were looking for consolation, I'd say that it's a lot better than anyone would have dared predict in January, but nobody ever got anywhere by holding low expectations. It's going to take a redoubling of efforts all round to improve this.

Anonymous said...

I see, like the LimpDems, the UKIP also had a stunning night. We tremble in fear.

Anonymous said...

It's rather odd that the Limps are blaming it on the events in December and January (Kennedy, Oaten, Hughes) when Dunfermline was meant to have wiped that clean.

Perhaps it all comes down to Labour being so unpopular that people would make a protest but didn't really trust the Limps or that still being in Charlie's shadow (although technically leaderless) was better for them.

Added to that must have been their incumbents either getting found out for telling whoppers or their councils being incompetent. There is a trend of Limp councils only lasting one term.

A quick scan of the BBC's map is interesting in terms of Richmond. They did very well but in surrounding councils were losing seats. They must have thrown everything into Richmond and got complacent in the others. Perhaps they started to believe Lord Rennard's hype and put their feet up.

Which with Ming's shaky leadership begs a question of what will be done with Rennard since their dishonest campaigning style appears to be blowing up in their face.

Doesn't auger well for they're future as their stuck with Ming until the next election. If they knife him it will only make things worse.