West Midlands mayoral election on ‘knife edge’ as recount under way
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- Опубліковано 3 тра 2024
- Our Senior Political Correspondent Paul McNamara joined us live from Birmingham to discuss that recount in the West Midlands.
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What a surprise that a conservative cries "Unfair" when they lose.
They call US the snowflakes, though.
It's almost like they're projecting! 😂😂😂😂 F the tories
🐑
They didn't cry unfair. They just asked for a recount?
To the people who think ‘Asians’ voted for khan:
All asians are not people from ‘isl*m’.. people from India, Srilanka, and other non-isl*mic countries vote for tories if you don’t know.. The people who come here on a mission to make this an isl*mic state mostly vote for labour. Asia is not a country, it’s a continent just for convenience to refer in text books..
i was gonna make a "facts do not care about your feelings" joke, but im too busy giggling that Count Binface beat Nick Scanlon by 4k votes. a literal anthropomorphised trash can got more votes than Nick Scanlon
No one who is ok in their mind will vote for toris for any seat or any office.
800,000 londoners voted for Susan Hall ! ! ! ! ! ? ? ?
Noone in their right mind would vote Labour
I will never vote for "THIS!" Tory government and never for Sunak. I am in deep shock at the state that our country the UK is in and the damage the conservative government has done, especially from The Boris Johnson era
You think labour will be any better? You're in for a shock
I love that they call the tories out for "nearly win"... the labour candidate "nearly lost" then too?😊
Breaking news says that Andy Street has LOST! Labour's Richard Parker has WON! Torries are TOAST!
Fantastic stuff!!
Good! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
So are we
we are fucced which ever party wins at this stage. No leader with a back bone. Mark my works starmer is going to be a rough ride
Andy Burnham would have made a far better Leader for Labour than Keir Starmer, BUT Andy made his choice, and Manchester has been the better for it. Good luck Mayor Burnham, for the term ahead.
Amen
If he will scrap ULEZ then I'm happy..
@@toffeeblue2201But the people want Ulez.
I agree, Andy Burnham has a better style of communication. He's more relatable. He's more radically minded than Starmer too
I hate Labour but Andy seems like a nice normal person.
I am glad that the Greens and LibDems did well in the local elections. The two main parties are far too complacent and do not want to do the things that the public want them to do. We need proportional representation so we can get away from this undemocratic two party system.
That means in the national election voting for a party who eventually wants it. (Labour)
@@erikaverink8418 no labour pls
You wouldn't feel that way if you had the freaky Greens calling the tune as we have here in Scotland. More concerned about gender politics than the NHS.
Yet in the Blackpool South by-election, they finished 4th & 5th with a paltry 387 & 368 points respectively 😂
You have forgotten that the central government LibDems were part of the coaltion government that brought us Austerity, the Austerity that paved the way for Brexit. I haven't forgotten that Clegg and the LibDems did that, and I haven't forgiven them.
Thoughts are with GB news , talk tv and Laura kunsberg at this difficult time
Was hilarious watching Kuenssberg trying to find a “bad night for Labour” angle the other night. She’s not a journalist, she’s a Tory party spokeswoman!
😂😂 well said mate
She needs to be removed from her position as a Tory spokesperson.
Love it 😂😂😂
Is this another opportunity for you to interview ReformUK again for absolutely no justifiable reason while ignoring the huge success of the Green Party. Why not? Thats how your Election Special went. 🙄🙄🙄
Exactly. It make it obvious how biased the billionaire-owned right-wing media are when they shower so much attention on Reform despite the fact those swivel-eyed loons have yet to win a single seat, while barely mentioning the greens, Lib Dems, etc. in comparison.
Why do they do this?
@@Lando-kx6sono idea, they aren't even 3rd largest party. They are no one, yet they're being propped up by mainstream
Because the Green Party is a party made up of hypocrisy and entitlement.They only get any votes as protest votes .They have just replaced the Monster Raving Looney Party .
Well done London for ignoring the right wing bs
What BS is that then?
@@damianbutterworth2434 oooh i don't know, maybe the conservative candidate hanging out with neo nazis.
@ed-rg5so ah well I guess there is something good about being a muslim mayor in London !
@@revol148 legalizing child rape????
A foreign terrorist supporter as mayor - what could possibly go wrong?
In any other organisation Kwasi would be ignored after he showed he is utterly incompetent at his job. Yet he's still on TV giving his opinion.
These elections have left Sunak walking dead 😳
Hahaha haha
He his still being paid for a job which he is unable to do and is way out of his depth, he is laughing all the way to the bank.
Sunak threw the local Conservatives under the bus by not calling a GE. Quite a price to stay in government for a few more months. Still, we have not seen a no confidence vote within the Tory party. This is somewhat surprising given that the Red Wall Tories must realise they have nothing to lose at this point. They will go down just like the local Tories unless something changes drastically. Sunak will not bring that change.
Then Keir Starmer in at number 10 walking alive,Who is an even bigger short of a blank 🤡
@@dalebenton3354 You're doing the Tories' work for them. 14 years of disaster capitalism. Haven't you had enough?
And the Tories lose yet again, crying 'not fair!'. That clown Andrew Mitchell claiming a defeat as 'nearly won'. What a tool!
Don’t worry, Ben Habib, Hamza Yousuf, Sadiq khan are all British and will serve you all better. Sunak is a non-violent, a practicing Hindu, non-British, and moreover he is a multimillionaire’s son-in-law which makes him less likeable to your taste. He’s too brown to be a British. Good luck to Londonistan and Britainistan 👍
It's never their fault. They learn nothing. One reason they are still pushing trickle-down policies from the 80s - ie. Austerity.
you need to check the opinion polls - ULEZ isn't even unpopular in outdoor London ... and is very popular in inner London
????? How many voters from outside GLC register with London councils as resident and got on the electoral register
@@wow47GLC????😂
ULEZ is approved by the majority of the people of London, it's only a minority of whitee that have an issue because of the skin tone of the mayor. Suk it up Nazis
Judgement Day is coming for all Tories!!
he'll be back
Not on a knife edge any more. Another catastrophic Tory defeat.
Utter tory tosh..i will never forgive the tory party for partying as the queen grieved the loss of her husband.
Oh..i thought you would be more upset about the families who were not allowef near their dying parents during Covid whilst Johnson partied
Londoners rejected racism.
And voted for a foreign terrorist supporter.
Londoners had a low turn out
@@chucky2316 To the people who think ‘Asians’ voted for khan:
All asians are not people from ‘isl*m’.. people from India, Srilanka, and other non-isl*mic countries vote for tories if you don’t know.. The people who come here on a mission to make this an isl*mic state mostly vote for labour. Asia is not a country, it’s a continent just for convenience to refer in text books..
Durka... durka 🧕
Over 800k didnt
Conservatives support israel even more than labour so I don’t understand not voting labour because of gaza. That guarantees status quo
What's your evidence that Labour aren't every bit as supportive of Israel as the Tortes?
Starmer has frequently expressed his support for Israel. He literally said it had the right to starve the people of Gaza. He has done events with openly racist Israeli ministers and ambassadors.
Israel has its hooks in Labour every bit as much as it does I the Tories.
Zionism is very much a bipartisan cause these days.
@susanb4816 both parties can't get enough of Israel - you need to look further to find parties that don't support ethno-genocide !
Why would anyone vote on the basis of a foreign war started by Hamas scum?
I think one must have a very easy life if they can afford to cast their vote on one single issue that has zero effects on the life of British citizens.
All brits must have an eady life when they voted ,cameron ,may and johnson and rejected labour when they would have helped the nhs.education housing and employment.why do the alectorate have such low standards.at least the muslims have pricipals@pansepot1490
Why cant tories just be honest and say "we fucked up" wish labour luck and try helping the entering government for the people they couldnt care less and 14 years later its still "labours fault" 😅 stop lying
Beucase every day longer is a chance for them to send our tax money to their mates.
And they are just not very nice folk.
@@gavinsmith9564 yeah and Starmer will be so much more successful LOL !
@@revol148 Anyone voting for the Tories after experiencing the last 14 years under their rule is either a millionaire/billionaire or a masochist.
Largely because to them it isn't a f*ck up. The poor (and even the middle class) have become poorer while the mega rich rake in more than ever and pay less tax. Public services have been slashed and funds funneled to private associates of Tory politicians and donors. Conservatives have been vastly successful for those they represent. They've done everything they were meant to do. The only thing they didn't manage to get away with was the Truss plan.
Conservative lies has normal!
Land slide victory of Sadiq Khan as mayor of🇬🇧 London shows how popular is he.
🤣🤣😂🤣
Landslide leaflets from that postal vote..
@@andrewjohn5951 He got more votes then previously, so that means he is popular. Or can i better say how unpopular the tories are?
😂
@@erikaverink8418it shows how popular he is with the invaders. 👍
The irony of "Knife Edge" in the heading with a picture of Sadiq "stab city" Khan
Knife crime is worse in the West Midlands
He has 'won' or 'nearly won' lol you mean 'he lost!' one of the few good Tories!
That bloke is an absolute clown
And the typical Tory that Andrew Mitchell is has cost Andy Street his position. A very good man. Honest and truthful.
Andy Steet lost him his job the tramline in wolverhampton had to be relayed 3 times through incompitance and that is just one of his failures , never should have been an area mayor in the first place just another layer of taxpayer funded governance
Tories support Israel so blame labour for gaza.
Can someone explain this to me.
Well because labour also support it.
Labour Friends of Israel...party is full of them..Starmer big supporter!
Anyone who votes in a local because of Gaza is an idiot anyway.
Andy Street has won or nearly won.... He lost lol
Just re-written the Head line "West Midlands mayoral election ‘clutching at straws’ as recount under way".
If voting made any difference
They wouldn’t let us do it
Very defeatist. If you look at wait times for the NHS, they are record lows under Labour, record highs under the Tories. Voting makes a huge difference.
Aaaaaaand he lost, bye bye tories
Rishi Sunak and David Cameron should understand that this is a public verdict against the genocide in Gaza and wasting billions of dollars on the Ukraine war.
14 years of austerity pushing the middle class to poverty, lets hope this is a sign of people finally realising that voting tories won’t make them richer or wealthy like them, to the contrary, no social mobility, just falling into slavery work poorly paid while they continue to become wealthier.
Don’t worry, Ben Habib, Hamza Yousuf, Sadiq khan are all British and will serve you all better. Sunak is a non-violent, a practicing Hindu, non-British, and moreover he is a multimillionaire’s son-in-law which makes him less likeable to your taste. He’s too brown to be a British. Good luck to Londonistan and Britainistan 👍
Tracy Brabin's smile today at being re-elected Grand
She's a Zionist sadly.
Pleased to see this. Local result in my area was not who I wanted but my second choice.
Even their voter suppression tactics cant stop the tidal wave of anti tory sentiment. Unless you're boris, then the voter suppression tactics actually worked. 😂
Street lost!
Rejoice rejoice !
Don’t worry, Ben Habib, Hamza Yousuf, Sadiq khan are all British and will serve you all better. Sunak is a non-violent, a practicing Hindu, non-British, and moreover he is a multimillionaire’s son-in-law which makes him less likeable to your taste. He’s too brown to be a British. Good luck to Londonistan and Britainistan 👍
Mayoralties, an expensive and unnecessary complete irrelevance.
Good luck to all the winners
How can a man be so biased towards the Conservatives? Its sickening listening to andrew
He’s an adult with a functioning brain living in Britain. Doesn’t that automatically make him biased against the Conservatives?
Because he is one…even if a reasonable one
Bankers. Property speculators. Hedge Fund managers ?
Fantastic to see a Pro EU Mayor re-elected, there's hope for the country yet !
Pro EU. You mean more illegals.
😂
The EU is sending illegals back home. Are you racist? :)
Mainline the Copium
Free Palestine
Free britain
Not our concern - England and Britain is
the pm has no plan what tosh, am drinking tory tears
They keep saying “the plan is working” but always refuse to explain what their plan is
All asians are not people from ‘isl*m’.. people from India, Srilanka, and other non-isl*mic countries vote for tories if you don’t know.. The people who come here on a mission to make this an isl*mic state mostly vote for labour. Asia is not a country, it’s a continent just for convenience to refer in text books..
Oh yeah, the labour and ‘isl*mists’ have better plans for UK.. just wait for that! Common sense has left the brains of common people in UK it seems!
@@WhichDoctor1 their plan is to make you poor and keep filling their own pockets, and that plan is working
Drinking to celebrate for there loss 😂
Susan Hall's face at 14:11. 😂
Jess Phillips saying this is the first time shes had a result she never knew the outcome of is probably the most honest thing shes ever said, she knew outcomes necause of labour vote rigging
My boy is high on Copium there! The good stuff, not the watered down one. He nearly won..... Ffs....
Vote green or independent! The main four parties are mouthpieces for millionaires.
The Conservative party is a broard church thats excatly what we are all sick of hearing. indicating right and turning left has become the Tory way absolutely useless.
Well done London ❤ I have been living abroad and watching all the media bias about him BBC and the right wing papers.
His polls are the lowest of every mayoral candidate. This once great city built by the indigenous British people who made it an extremely prosperous city. But alas! The city we once knew, is no more - a city rife with violent crime from acid attacks to serial knife violence - a city with the highest crime rate in the world with an illegitimate nonentity occupying the mayor's office whose clique members falsified ballot papers to scam this divisive individual in - the man who takes his lavish privileges for granted - the very people whom he projects his unwarrantable racism on - the white people who worked hard for those privileges.. His rancid ideology is as welcome as an asteroid is to this planet. Now that this illegitimate fraud who has no connection with us whatsoever has usurped the mayor's office again, London doesn't have a prayer.
He didn't "win". It's a total scam - you see, members of his clique falsified ballot papers to scam the likes of him in. It's because they're a persuasion of liars.
US and and EU including the UK.
Said Ukraine occupation is unacceptable from the first day.
But Palestine occupation for 76 years is acceptable?
Double standard.
Lol Suzanne Hall = wasteman
'We are all psycopaths'
Speak for yourself 😂
"Nearly won"
If Andy Street loses the West Midlands Mayoralty, he will always be able to cry on Sir Michael Fabricant's shoulder and dry his tears on his draylon hair!
Not up my street!
1st Time ooooh welll what a surprise when we have about a billion Muslims voting now and all of a sudden we have to check the votes hmmm
To the people who think ‘Asians’ voted for khan:
All asians are not people from ‘isl*m’.. people from India, Srilanka, and other non-isl*mic countries vote for tories if you don’t know.. The people who come here on a mission to make this an isl*mic state mostly vote for labour. Asia is not a country, it’s a continent just for convenience to refer in text books..
If a billion Muslims voted in the UK elections, I'd demand acrecount too! Considering there is only 65 million people in the country !
Ya fecking muppet !
I think you need a recount for central London and Khan
Not interested what party they represent just interested in the quality of the job they do and Andy Street has done a decent job, I always fear the worst when the voters base their votes on what party the candidate represents rather than how well they would carry out the job alternatively they just vote “for a change” and just hope for the best!
“I don’t think it works like that.”
Last night indicates otherwise.
Sadiq khan and knife edge goes well together
Nearly won!!! Labour nearly lost😎
Nearly🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
If my Nan nearly had two wheels she'd nearly be a bike.
Why are the conservatives shocked?
I do feel for andy street
Election now you demons
Where do the Tories GET these freaking people!!!?
How does one "Nearly win"?
andy cant be that good the council is bankrupt
Local councils have been long underfunded by central government with an ever increasing demand for council services.
It’s not though
The only way to get the country back on its feet…Vote Labour.👍🏼✌🏼
Jess Phillips would be lucky to get a job in a Birmingham chip shop if she wasn't in politics, and God only knows who voted for her to be a Labour candidate in the first place.
1508 the difference- just goes to show the importance of every vote. The Tories will be seething as they tried their best at gerrymandering - well that turned out well 😂
Not every vote is crucial.... 1507 could have stayed at home, same result.
@@zivkovicable people don’t know what the winning margin will be when the cast it. In councils, seats etc where they are predicted to be tight/swing seats it is particularly important to get out. 1508 represents roughly 0.25% of al valid votes cast. If just a few hundred of those people hadn’t turned up, stuck with the incumbent or voted differently the result would have been different. This result is the ultimate example of how important it is to vote as you can’t be sure of the win unless you do. Right now there will be a few Andy Street/Tory would-be voters that stayed at home presuming the win that will be kicking themselves
Send R sunak to Rwanda 😂😂
The tory talking in Birmingham was a bellend. I voted Tory nor Labour for the Mayor. Either way im happy the Tories are out!
Id have anyone in who wants to protect the British empire and get rid of the country haters, Islam and Palestine
Count Binface for PM
Birmingham is a good cycling city?
Girl get a strepsil
Wouldn't touch the tories with a bargepole, but I did vote Andy Street
Hay pacientes que no pueden quedar solos sin vigilancia médica pero yo no creo que William haga de enfermero las 24 horas del día.
Where is our Human rights? we enjoy aciggie
Paul Gascoigne for PM
Define Labour: Just like the conservatives, but worse.
you can't trust a tory
I hope the recount reveals that the Tories got even less votes.
This is why ranked choice voting should be used, Labour would have sweeped the Tories.
Won or nearly won….😂😂😂
..when it was announced that the tories had asked for the recount, it was clear that Labour had one...
😮
General Election now Conservatives are pissing me off
Why can’t we get rid of all parties and just vote for individuals and anyone standing up must have grown up in the area not some Eaton school guy born in London standing in Essex.
Because English people like voting for people who went to Eton and Oxbridge as they somehow think they are their betters. England is a nation of cap-doffers who like to be looked down upon (among other things) from a great height by posh nobs.
Everyone in the uk should have a vote and say on our so called capital
For the people who say ‘Asians’ voted for Khan:
All asians are not people from ‘isl*m’.. people from India, Srilanka, and other non-isl*mic countries vote for tories if you don’t know.. The people who come here on a mission to make this an isl*mic state mostly vote for labour. Asia is not a country, it’s a continent just for convenience to refer in text books..
I did not get a polling card...?
welcome to the end of london
Tories lie to the end lol
Well times radio already says Labour getting ready to celebrate - oops
So labour are in charge of more bin collections now then
Lol, yeah Labour failed because of gaza? Try the plarps in power.
Solar panels attract the sun and where does the heat go to within the planet
MORE ISLAMPHOPIA IN THE COMMENT PLEASE DON'T BE BUSSY ABOUT HIS RELIGION BUT TALK ABOUT WHAT HE HAS BEEN DOING WETHER IT IS GOOD OR NOT FOR THE COUNTRY
Recount? Here we go, Trumpism..
Come off it, recounts have happened before and it's not like we are recounting millions of votes here
Keir Starmer also has no plans for this country, and labour gains are as a result of Tories' continuous failure.
Gaza vs Israel 😅😅
Hijab doesn't understand, the terms go over his head
Reporters voice Rest up now sleep it off he sounds poorly 🤒🤗🤗