Morning round-up
Peter Hoskin 6:56amFor those who missed the drama of last night, a quick round-up...
At time of writing, results have come in for 100 of 159 councils. So far, the Tories have gained 147 seats and 8 councils; Labour have lost 162 seats and 6 councils; and the Lib Dems have gained 9 seats and lost 1 council. In terms of the overall share of the vote, it's projected to be - Tories, 44 percent; Lib Dems, 25 percent; and Labour, 24 percent.
An absolute battering for Labour, then. And joy for the Tories, who have soared to the upper end of their expectations, claiming key victories in Bury and Southampton along the way. So where does this leave Gordon Brown? Well, he's just presided over the worst Labour results since 1968 - a performance which could doom his premiership. Expect the succession mutterings to restart in earnest over the next few days.
The results from London are still to filter through - we'll see them today - but most pundits have already claimed the mayoral race for Boris. If so, these elections will have been everything the Tories hoped for, and more.
If you want to see how things transpired through the night, then just scroll through our coverage. And stay with Coffee House for live updates and analysis on the results as they come in today.
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Perry
May 2nd, 2008 7:57am Report this commentWELL DONE TO ALL CONCERNED - AND FOR SPECCY COVERAGE THROUGH THE NIGHT.
NOW LET'S LOOK FORWARD TO THE CHERRY ON THE CAKE.
THANKS
Faceless Bureaucrat
May 2nd, 2008 8:26am Report this commentExcellent coverage - The Spectator delivers, as usual...
Tanuki
May 2nd, 2008 9:16am Report this commentI am now smiling and quietly humming Beethoven's 'Ode to Schadenfreude', much to the annoyance of the socialistically-inclined types in my office.
Paul B
May 2nd, 2008 9:40am Report this commentOh happy day!! As Perry, lets hope pray that Boris tops it off.
Superb coverage by the Speccy. Well done to Matt, Peter, Fraser and to all the others,simply magnificent. Go to bed and wake up to the sweet news that BJ has consigned the bully boy Mr Livingstone & all his cronies to unpleasant footnote in the history of dear old London Town.
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