Labour win West Midlands mayoral election

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1. Absurdly damming for Conservatives, wouldn’t be surprised if the plots to get rid of Sunak were reignited by this. Even if it was a close call.

2. That Teeside result is going to have to do a lot of heavy lifting

3. This election couldn’t have gone any better for labour could it? They have fought off a big anti-ulez campaign which seemed to be a weak point for them and gained ground. Now they have showed that even a large pro-Palestinian opposition couldn’t stop them. They seem invulnerable at the moment.

4. That’s a massive up-yours to Galloway and the losers who voted for Akhmed. Hopefully they get a one way ticket to Gaza because that’s all they seem to care about.

5. This isn’t confirmed yet. Labour has only claimed it at this point

6. Sweet

7. Good. Now get on with booting out this corrupt dross at an actual General Election.

8. A huge, huge upset. Street has generally been a good mayor, has a sound sense of judgement, has worked across party divides amazingly well, and has been instrumental in winning investment for the region. The fact that the Tory party brand has stained even him does not bode well for them.

9. since last night, the Tories have been saying “ignore how shit everything else has been, because West Mids West Mids West Mids, Labour bad Starmer Resign because West Mids”

   and now, they’ve *lost* West Mids – and Sky News are still doing “Please Mr Tory, tell me why this result is actually amazing for you”.

10. Not sure what I feel about Richard Parker, but Andy Street can get to fuck. Always loved a photo op but only ever seemed interested in Central Birmingham rather than the region at large, and he definitely had a finger in some of the dodgy (attempted) demolitions of cultural landmarks in the city (like The Crown and The Electric).

11. Somewhere, a helicopter pilot gets an unexpected day off.

    I hope they don’t do refunds for late cancellation.

12. I say this as a lefty. Andy Street was a formidable mayor, genuinely wanted to make peoples lives better and was proud of his home. I’m not convinced by Richard Parker, because Street was bogged down by the toxicity of whats going on nationally, he spent the past couple of years distancing himself from the Tories.

    I can Street him running for the vacant Solihull seat (Tory stronghold) and may contend for leadership.

13. Good he always shows up at our train station saying it will open soon every year same rubbish. Time to recharge and get ready to kick the tories out