Election 2005

Germaine Greer has some advice for newly elected politicians - don’t wear little red suits. You’ll have to listen to the Radio 4 Any Answers stream of the show to hear it…

Not awake at 415am? Shame as you missed Sarah’s victory speech! If you want to watch it you can thanks to the BBC. Paul Palmer of the Evening Standard, who was having terrible trouble with his laptop when trying to submit his story, writes about the Brent East result. He focuses on Yasmin loosing rather than Sarah winning. More later, when google news advises me of it!

I’ve posted over at Brent East Campaigning about yesterday, the election count and the result - take a peek. Looks like the BELDs need to get their website updated… no mention yet of Sarahs HOLD of Brent East. From the Lib Dem website election news ticker: 04.12 GAIN - Sarah Teather wins the Brent East seat she won at a by-election (technically a gain measured from 2001) with a swing of 30% and a majority of 2,700...

I’ve woken up and eaten - needed to do that before posting anything. NK and I left the count after Sarah Teather had been returned as the MP for Brent East, but not before posting to sarah teather is my MP. I’ve still got the ‘wild eyes’ I had yesterday, although that’s now from lack of sleep. This politics junkie had quite an Election Day. As I posted yesterday, I’d been out and about in Mapesbury and Willesden with June Thomas from Slate Magazine....

I’m reminded of the Banksy piece in Barcelona Zoo. Tally mark after tally mark after tally mark. From what I’m seeing as I tally out the ballots as they come out of the box for the collate before the count, it really is neck and neck. For every one vote the Greens receive, the Conservatives are getting seven, the Liberal Democrats 45 and Labour 47 = 100 votes. Thats my personal tally count taken from a few different wards and averaged....