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Very very very early local election take, before I get some sleep (this could all be nonsense in a few hours, so take with a Mt Everest of salt please!)
- Tories aren't doing *that* badly because in many areas they're the "hardest" Brexit party there is (no local UKIP candidate)
- Tories aren't doing *that* badly because in many areas they're the "hardest" Brexit party there is (no local UKIP candidate)
- Greens and Liberal Democrats seeing some fab numbers 🤗
- Labour discovering that when you sit on the fence and attempt to please everyone in a *highly* polarised situation, you please nobody at all. So they're suffering at the hands of voters putting Brexit over local issues.
- Labour discovering that when you sit on the fence and attempt to please everyone in a *highly* polarised situation, you please nobody at all. So they're suffering at the hands of voters putting Brexit over local issues.
Overall, a good way for the pro-Remain forces to kick off an intense 3 weeks running up to the European elections.
And with that, good night!
And with that, good night!
Added: this prediction held up pretty well overnight. Still a long way to go, though!
Another thought: the LibDems could have done better yet had they stood in more areas. I can't count the number of tweets I saw yesterday bemoaning the fact there wasn't any pro-Remain choice to vote for in a particular area, only Tories/Labour (or Tories/Labour/UKIP)
