Posted on 05/04/2024 8:09:27 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Labour has retained control of Bradford City Council, with a large number of young independents also winning seats.
Independent candidates now hold the same number of seats as the Conservatives, with both having 13 elected members.
Labour suffered four net losses, but made gains in Keighley and Wyke.
Council leader Susan Hinchliffe said: "We won some seats, but lost some, and lost some good colleagues."
According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the success of independent candidates in many of Bradford’s inner-city wards was due to dissatisfaction with how the national Labour Party has handled the war in Gaza.
Among those successful candidates were three young people - Mohammed Ali Islam, 20, Ismail Uddin,19, and 18-year-old Atira Malik, who is studying for her A-Levels.
They were met with cheering crowds outside, with Mohammed Ali Islam carried out of the election count on the shoulders of supporters.
The Conservative's own ranks were also weakened, with losses to Labour and the Greens.
SNIP
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
You ain’t kidding...
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1895646/london-mayoral-election-result-2024-sadiq-khan
Stick a fork in the UK.
Even if they didn’t vote for this, they’re doing bugger all to stop it.
Mohammed Ali Islam, 20, Ismail Uddin,19, and 18-year-old Atira Malik”
No comment needed
Note the changes to election law that have taken place in the UK since 2016.
And that there is still no date set for the general election.
Wonder if London was a practice run and now, after a successful test, a date will be set for the general.
The UK and London were fabulous to visit.
I’m glad I got the chance.
Couldn’t bear to see it now.
Note to the House of Windsor: Hoping to be eaten last, eh? Good luck with that.
Latest on the vote count in London...
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1895646/london-mayoral-election-result-2024-sadiq-khan
Khan by around 200,000 votes, 11%.
Not a squeaker this time.
But we’ll never know for sure without an audit.
For anyone else curious, a stat from 2017...
“A total of 3,354,000 people born in other countries made up an estimated 37.7% of London’s population of 8,888,000 in 2017. This is more than double the UK average of 14.4%.”
UK is so screwed. I would advise indigenous English folk to flee Britain for France. But last time I did that I advised a Japanese friend to flee Hiroshima for Nagasaki. I never heard from the ingrate to thank me after he arrived there.
Does he float like a butterfly, sting like a bee?
You mean those AREN’T English names?? 🤓
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