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Even Sunak's Nazi style round up of asylum seekers for detention camps pre Rwanda didn't help..maybe the British public is just not as nasty as the Tories think they are.

I can't see Reform winning a seat off their own back - even UKIP only ever had two MPs due to defections from Tories. Lee Anderson is almost certain to lose his seat (thankfully) so won't be re-elected under the Reform banner. BTW Laurence Fox and Dan Wooton have both vowed to move out of London after Khan's win. Our cup really overfloweth.

I definitely hear 'Say So' in the chorus - with an interpolation of George Michael 'Fastlove' in the verse.

First region declaring for London Mayor- Greenwich and Lewisham show a swing of 5% TOWARDS Labour The outer parts will have to do a lot of heavy lifting to stand a chance to pollute us all on the cheap!

Flo Rida is an artist who had 14 top 10 UK hits (Inc features) from 2008-2015, many of them very long lasting, but hasn't troubled the charts since.

And overall think it was a great night for Starmer - he won lots of unglamourous areas in the North and Midlands that would make all the difference in the General Election Places like Nuneaton, Hartlepool, Burnley (ie the Red Wall(. Yes people go 'Oh Greens are beating Labour in Bristol and Norwich" but there are so few parliamentary seats affected so although it may make a few headlines and be of interest to younger voters, it's not significant. There could be more of a problem with certain inner cities with large Muslim population due to the stance on Palestine but maybe Starmer will work on that issue. God it sounds like I'm a fan - I'm not but so so so want the Tories out.

To be fair, although I and many others in London saw through Johnson's narcissism from the get go- he was heavily promoted by an adoring press as an ultra liberal, pro EU, lively character representing the good times - it was during the golden Olympic 2012 period in London, which was an age away. He then took a sharp turn fash and Brexity when he spotted an opening to become PM. Hall from the get go has been portrayed as a gaffe prone, hard right divisive character without a clue how to run a bath let alone a global city. Plus she's heavily Brexity in a very pro Remain city. Yes, the suburbs will be slightly more in favour of her but there will be lots there who are voting against her too as it's a very cosmopolitan area. Khan is suffering from the general anti Starmer feeling in London, plus a lot of mendacious attacks purely because he's a Muslim but I do know lots of people who are disliking the current Labour leader and voting for him as Mayor (and Green etc other votes). Plus the polls would have to be wrong on an unprecedented level - they varied from 10 point lead to 22 point lead. One thing I would say is that I didn't get a single leaflet or see a single placard/flyer anywhere- I live in Waltham Forest which is as Labour as they come but the Mayoral election is a pure popularity contest covering whole of London not voted on by winning the most areas. It would be so so easy to forget it was on. So if anything it could have been due to shit campaigning if he only scrapes through

Emeli Sande and possibly Jess Glynne, although the latter did have 2 albums of big success In terms of bands The Darkness were everywhere and then the joke wore very tired, very quickly

Thanks - that's useful to know.

Jamie Driscoll did lose in the end and by a significant margin too. London Mayoral loads of rumours going around that Hall has upset Khan. At first I thought it was some Trumpian cast aspersion on the votes nonsense by the right wing but even Khan's team is saying it's going to be closed. Think it's a bit much waiting till Saturday to count the vote, that allows these rumours to take part - FWIW I think Khan has won comfortably but being cautious/downplaying expectations. Definitely would be a tale of Inner vs Outer London too.

Cheapest I can find is £112! She's excellent though so could be tempted. Edit - can find some for £96 but every time I select, I run out of time!

Sweet People reformed of course back in 2019 under another name and had a top 20 hit with 'Let Nature Sing' - that one was of course acapella! :P

That's a terrible vote for Tories in Blackpool South and great for Labour. The council elections aren't that great for Labour, although some good wins like Thurrock and Rushmoor. Lots of Green and Independent wins, showing lack of enthusiasm for Starmer. But so far does indicate in a GE that they will win. Loads more results to go though.

Labour symbolically win Hartlepool from NOC. Their loss of the parliamentary sest to the Conservatives when they were extremely popular under Johnson a couple years back was the darkest hours for Labour before their recovery. Great swings too for Labour in North East Lincolnshire

Polls closed but hours to wait for any decent news it seems.....Saturday for big mayoral elections inc London

Guess Burnham and Khan are staying put as they can implement policies/take positions not as predictable or reactionary as Starmer. Not worth it whilst Starmer is rock solid in the Labour Party. Shame what could have been though as both are miles more human and seem to want to change things for the better.

Complete pisstake especially as Spotify have announced record profits of over €1 billion but with precious little going to artists. Virtual monopoly but heh that's Capitalism for you I'll subscribe still as just too convenient but meh

I'm sure in previous years they've just announced the chart live and maybe played the no.1 but not had a proper show.

My concern is that to have a lot of people turn up to a certain area with their passports in hand could be a green light for criminals*, not to mention an opportunity to lose the passport itself (done that once before and such a hassle!) Especially at the General Election when more crowded. *Obviously that happens at airports but there's more security there I might think of getting a form of photo ID purely for voting purposes as it makes me feel uneasy.

I know the West Midlands mayor has campaigned on a pro Andy Street ticket without mentioning the Tories. So a personal vote (I don't follow that area enough to know if he is actually very good but he was very vocal re the HS2 being reduced debacle). The Teeside mayor, Ben Houchen was miles ahead. It depends on the other votes. Some are saying that if these two provide Sunak with enough of a consolation prize to avoid a leadership challenge and the other results are diabolical then that would be worse for the Tories. If all results including them are bad we may get Mordaunt as PM and you know that she won't do as badly as Sunak at the GE. Blackpool South MP by election today too. Result should be a big Labour win. Depends by how much.

Tomorrow's poll day. Got my passport to hand and ready to vote Khan. The odds and polls look great for him but even though inconvenient to vote (as missed postal deadline and had planned to be elsewhere) learned after Brexit, where I voted Remain at the last minute, that can't take anything for granted.

I would have thought as that as a joke - it's difficult to say without the guy who attended the signing giving context about how he felt about it. And I say that as not a fan.

Was 'Another Brick in the Wall' the last time a track sold over 200K in a single week? And any ideas about its highest weekly sale? Guessing Boney M's 'Mary Boy's Child must have been a huge weekly seller too as that sold over a million copies alone in the Christmas period of 1978 'My Old Piano' is a nice little track - not as well remembered as 'Upside Down' or 'Coming Out' but just as good.

Whereas Tories who vote for crippling austerity year after year to damage the poorest and most marginalised and support Prime Ministers and Home Secretaries who stir up racism and demonise immigrants like Christian Wakeford and Dan Poulter are welcomed to the Labour party with open arms nowadays and given key roles. :???:

Utterly pathetic..all of the anti semetism smears of the Corbyn years are proved to be utterly bullshit.