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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) is joined by CEO Duncan Drasdo and Financial Director Andy Green from the Manchester United Supporters Trust for a special episode on all things behind the scenes at Old Trafford including a brief history of MUST and their aims today, views on INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe so far, and the Old Trafford regeneration.
Labour doing all they can to further alienate the Muslim vote. Great strategy.
Yeah, right.
Even the Tories recognised the comment as vile, whereas Labour deflecting with the 'it weren't one of us guv, I swear it!'. Needs to be named and shamed.
I reckon their name will just so happen to rhyme with Duke Bakewurst.
I've never understood the general negativity around electronic voting. Entire industries use MFA to prove that the person doing something is who they say they are and that include fingerprints, face ID, authentication codes, passwords, personal information or some of these combined. I really can't see why that's less secure but it seems to be perceived as such.
I think it’s down to the cyber security element and it being prone to hacking. Can’t see any other reason for it.
The Comms team at Labour need to come down hard on the idiot who said that. Unbelievable own goal
That would involve a journalist giving up a source. Never going to happen for this.
We're what, a fortnight removed from a collective whinge on Twitter that Joe Lycett was mocking the state of journalism in this country on his Channel 4 show? And now here we are, a BBC Political Editor reporting that he is a liar, in order to protect the anonymity of a racist source.
We are blessed with the most pathetic 'journalists' of any country on earth. At least the servile press in other countries (i.e. Russia/North Korea) are doing it under the threat of death if they went against the grain. What's the excuse for this bunch of cowards?
We are blessed with the most pathetic 'journalists' of any country on earth. At least the servile press in other countries (i.e. Russia/North Korea) are doing it under the threat of death if they went against the grain. What's the excuse for this bunch of cowards?
Rob Mayor has called himself a liar?
Houchen literally said he doesn’t care who the prime minister is and didn’t wear a blue rosette. Also if the same swing was repeated in a general election, it would wipe Tory MPs from the area.
At least the Cnut Ben Bradley has lost.
Interesting to see the beating the Tories took in Grant Shapp's constituency, they've lost the bulk of the wards there. He's looking like another Portillo candidate for the upcoming GE. Just waiting for him to inevitably bow out a coward like his other ministerial peers instead of facing the humiliation of losing his seat.
Lots of rumours about Susan Hall beating Khan. If this is the case then Londoners have lost their mind voting for her.
Neh I ain’t having it, Kahn will win.
The turnout in London was historically low (2 out of 6million voted) which is alarming, but I don't see that being enough to get that Gammon to beat Khan. Even the Tory base in London consider her a calamitous candidate. Khan will win I reckon, but it'll be closer than what earlier polls projected.
Major cities would be the voting areas most impacted by the voter suppression. I hear turnout was down from the 42% last time to under 33% now (not confirmed).
I hope so, but worried for him
I reckon Hall will win, with a lower total vote than Shaun Bailey got.
Has there been any polling or early numbers suggesting a Hall win? So far all I'm seeing is some jitters from the Labour camp owing to a lower turnout. It probably works in Hall's favour but certainly not enough to topple Khan surely?
Counting starts tomorrow at 9am. From Labour canvassing, reportedly much lower turnout in the inner cities in areas where Khan's vote was strong; generally the same levels of turnout in Outer London which voted blue last time. We should have the first districts reporting tomorrow lunchtime with confirmed figures.
Labour's Kim McGuiness elected North East mayor, seeing off challenge from former Labour mayor Jamie Driscoll
Labour’s Kim McGuinness has comfortable won the contest to be the first North East mayor. She had 41% of the vote, beating Jamie Driscoll, who was on 28%. Driscoll was Labour’s North of Tyne mayor but was blocked by the party from standing to be its candidate for the new post because he was perceived as too leftwing, or insufficiently loyal to the Labour leadership.
The new North East mayoralty is a larger version of the North of Tyne one, which is replaces.
Here are the results in full.
Kim McGuinness (Lab) 185,051 (41.27%)
+Jamie Driscoll (Ind) 126,652 (28.24%)
Guy Renner-Thompson (C) 52,446 (11.70%)
Paul Donaghy (Reform) 41,147 (9.18%)
Aidan King (LD) 25,485 (5.68%)
Andrew Gray (Green) 17,631 (3.93%)
Lab maj 58,399 (13.02%)
Electorate 1,459,195; Turnout 448,412 (30.73%)
Labour’s Kim McGuinness has comfortable won the contest to be the first North East mayor. She had 41% of the vote, beating Jamie Driscoll, who was on 28%. Driscoll was Labour’s North of Tyne mayor but was blocked by the party from standing to be its candidate for the new post because he was perceived as too leftwing, or insufficiently loyal to the Labour leadership.
The new North East mayoralty is a larger version of the North of Tyne one, which is replaces.
Here are the results in full.
Kim McGuinness (Lab) 185,051 (41.27%)
+Jamie Driscoll (Ind) 126,652 (28.24%)
Guy Renner-Thompson (C) 52,446 (11.70%)
Paul Donaghy (Reform) 41,147 (9.18%)
Aidan King (LD) 25,485 (5.68%)
Andrew Gray (Green) 17,631 (3.93%)
Lab maj 58,399 (13.02%)
Electorate 1,459,195; Turnout 448,412 (30.73%)
That's actually quite impressive from Labour
Great result.
We're living in really dangerous times. I'm too old to care but I fear for my children. As Muslims (brown ones at that) there's some tough times coming up whether we live in the UK or Saudi Arabia. Both countries are following identical agendas. But its written these times will come so it's not a shock for us, just sad.
They have verified the votes today so they are verified face up so you can get a good idea of how the voting is. Lots of reports the Muslim community hasn’t voted for him and turnout is low. It remains to be seen tomorrow but Susan Hall is a total nut job so Londoners are going to regret that.
This fecking chancer. Call a general election you Cnut.
Tim Montgomerie is a twat. On Sunak: "We don't really know what he would do with a majority."
Yeah. No evidence of that whatsoever.
Yeah. No evidence of that whatsoever.
'This person must be thrown out of the party. And no, the fact they're not going to say who it is, so we'll have no clue whether they have or haven't been thrown out of the party, doesn't bother me at all.'
State of that photo
I watched the start of the BBC coverage last night and lasted about 11 minutes before having to turn it off. How on earth a blatant conservative supporter can front a BBC results show I'll never ever know. Everybody is entitled to their political opinions but she could at least try and hide who she supports.