29/1 odds on Susan Hall - worth a punt!

[SueEllen]

Andy Street is losing and coming to terms with it gradually, over a period of recounts

I heard there was 2K in it from the Beeb.

Nope.

According to The Guardian

In Coventry, Richard Parker took 32,704 votes, while Street got 23,327 – a big increase for Labour in what was last time a close call between the two parties.

[SueEllen]

Street has lost by 1k according to Labour party sources

[tazdevil]

What do people want? Twats on the left and twats on the right but ne're a right mind between them. There's a Leeds councillor who shouted the call to Jihad on finding he'd won on a green ticket! Is this the British spirit?

[fiisch]

Bottled it and cashed out for £40 profit, which in hindsight was a good decision.

Now I'm a Betfair trading god, seriously considering backing the Tories at 15/1 to win the next General Election. They obviously won't get re-elected, but 15/1 seems outrageously long. Potential for another profitable cash-out when the Tories pull their fingers out and start promising the world in a desperate attempt to stay in?

[sreed]

Street has Sunak to thank for his loss. He couldn't have gotten any more help from the Gaza candidate who polled almost 70k votes! The Greens didn't do as well as elsewhere but they weren't too far off Reform's total of 35k.

[ladymuck]

Diamond Geezer's summary: https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2...otes-2024.html

[SueEllen]

Street has Sunak to thank for his loss. He couldn't have gotten any more help from the Gaza candidate who polled almost 70k votes! The Greens didn't do as well as elsewhere but they weren't too far off Reform's total of 35k.

Street should have stood as an independent by resigning after Rishi's HS2 announcement.

Remember Livingston won in London as an independent when Blair didn't want him to stand?

So if Street had truly stood as an independent rather then try to hide he was a Tory I think he would have won. Particularly as the Labour candidate, now Mayor's, claim to fame was that he worked with Street on some policy.

[SueEllen]

Diamond Geezer's summary: https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2...otes-2024.html

Failed: Laurence

Currently being investigated by the police for upskirting and posting now deleted images on X (Twitter) of a former Big Brother contestant.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...-narinder-kaur

[Andy2022]

Street should have stood as an independent by resigning after Rishi's HS2 announcement.

Remember Livingston won in London as an independent when Blair didn't want him to stand?

So if Street had truly stood as an independent rather then try to hide he was a Tory I think he would have won. Particularly as the Labour candidate, now Mayor's, claim to fame was that he worked with Street on some policy.

Street is Michael Fabricant’s partner so it’s a bit hard for him to disavow the Tories

[ladymuck]

Street is Michael Fabricant’s partner so it’s a bit hard for him to disavow the Tories

My goodness, that's a mental image that needs more than just mind bleach