Bit of a mixed bag of results for Labour: strong but falling short in a few stretch targets and taking some losses in home seats due to Gaza/Greens.

But main takeaway thus far is that the polls are correct and the main driving force is anti-Tory. Blackpool awful for them

Ahead of the result and pretty much regardless of the result, the thing I'd say is that for three elections running, Sadiq Khan's main selling point is 'I'm not that Tory nutjob' and really he ought to have more than that by now. It's all been pretty mediocre

A shout out today to everyone standing in any kind of election.

It’s easy to carp from the sidelines.

It’s bloody hard to leaflet, call, persuade, debate, care deeply about pot holes and parking and the fate of the butchers, all while staying calm when faced with rudeness.

In the end this arguments boils down to a childish insistence that voters should not be allowed to reject a politician for what they say they will do.

Espouse unpopular views, say you will act on them as a legislator - pay the price.

One of *many* reasons I felt they should go for May.

Potentially misses the natural wastage in their vote as well - which costs them roughly 0.5% every 6 months. A small effect but a notable one

Hard to see what happens now which changes things positively for them pre-election

Worth noting we haven't had a period of fine weather yet. This isn't going to be a high - and a few days like this entirely overwhelms the Rwanda's capacity

Rwanda is going to be a very public, very costly failure which just boosts the salience of Reform's key issues.

That is more than twice Rwanda's annual asylum capacity in one day. The idea this is going to be a deterrent is for the birds.

Taking this a tacit signalling that Labour is going for full right to roam btw

I *utterly* adore this graphic. Pretty much custom made for me. Plus it into my veins

18% 🤯 with a reputable pollster.

I genuinely didn't think the Tories could go this low for a sustained period.

We are seeing one half of closure - the Lab % falling slightly. It's just the Tories are falling further

It's entirely reasonable to care about a politician's religious beliefs if they have been explicit that they would act on them in legislating

They paid him £3k, paid for the flight, and then will lavishly pay Rwanda to feed and house him for five years.

I’m not sure why voters are supposed to think this is a superior system to just assessing claims properly and fairly.

Aside from this being utterly, utterly vile - the fact this is being released the day before a election, by the Home Office rather than the Tories, is utterly wrong.

Remember purdah? It was a good idea.

See Guido Fawkes this is what I was saying was sick.... using human beings as election props.