[Abernathy]

News from Birmingham : It ain’t good. Looks like we might be headed for only about 25 Labour seats (there are currently 65).
Reform might have up to 40.

Lib Dems about 30. Others around 10.

Looks bloody ungovernable to me, but I surmise a Reform/Tory coalition is what we’ll end up with.

[Dalem Lake]

Isn't Birmingham broke?

[The Weeping Angel]

No, the council moved out of bankruptcy last year.

[mattomac]

Are they still on the strike the bin men?

[davidjay]

Are they still on the strike the bin men?

We're still waiting for the ballot result.

[Youngian]

Looks bloody ungovernable to me, but I surmise a Reform/Tory coalition is what we’ll end up with.

Tories having to play junior partner to councillors too shit or unhinged to have been selected as Conservative candidates. Its what this party deserve.

[mattomac]

It will be interesting to see how that plays out and if they do get bad press it might be something to hammer home in a few years time. I am speaking from relative security in Morden which I expect goes from Lab to NOC or Lib Dems

[The Weeping Angel]

Other than the results, the worst thing will be the discourse.

[mattomac]

Other than the results, the worst thing will be the discourse.

Discourse will be worse than the results probably. They will get the debunked model out that told them for about 3 years that Labour wouldn’t win an Election only for them to win and it’s going be even worse this time with 5 not 4 parties.

[Watchman]

No elections in Leicestershire, as we’re on the “opposite” cycle. I can take this as a small mercy

[Youngian]

Other than the results, the worst thing will be the discourse.

If Reform's seat gains aren't that different from the Greens, Plaid or Lib Dems and Labour's losses lower than expected, it will still be Nigel's night.

[AOB]

Problem with local elections is that the party elected to run the council can be an incompetent no policy bunch of life's misfits but the government get the blame as the term goes on, because they're the government and the people who voted for said party at the locals certainly aren't capable of differentiating between the two.