Congratulations my friend Sadiq Khan on a brilliant victory.🌹

This is a massive win for your progressive values against a nasty, lurch to the right, climate denying Tory campaign.

If the Conservatives think this is their future message, it will fail….

Can Twitter lol again now

BREAKING: Sadiq Khan has won record third term as London mayor, beating Tory Susan Hall by 11.1 points (around 280,000 votes), final results confirm.

It’s his biggest lead yet - Khan beat Shaun Bailey in 2021 by 4.7 points and Zac Goldsmith in 2016 by 9.2 points.

Only one…

These elections have shown pro-environment parties and mayors who made net zero central to their campaigns made significant gains.

Reform have won 2 council seats out of 2500.

Time to recognise the net zero row back and kowtowing to an extreme fringe was a strategic disaster

Jemima Hartshorn, founder/ director of Mums for Lungs said:

“It is clear - Londoners want clean air for healthy kids. Winning a historic third term comes with a strong brief for Sadiq: Continue reducing air pollution for all of us”

London definitely closer than expected - I opened my door and it was right there

First London mayoral results in - Merton and Wandsworth

Khan 48.3%
Hall 28.6%

5.1% swing from Conservative to Labour since last time

If you're an editor who relies on ad revenue from your print product to keep the business afloat, *do not* say this

TWO ICONS Simon Hattenstone and Dua Lipa! theguardian.com/music/2024/may…

The No Mow May campaign goes from strength to strength. Put your mower away for a month, everyone. Do it for the bees. The National Trust is at it again this year. Well done ⁦Plantlife⁩ theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Just picking up on this after my earlier thread, DESNZ's response in the article is downright misleading. It claims the judgement is largely about 'process' rather than 'detailed plans'; this misrepresents the substance of the judgement. /1
theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Labour candidate David Skaith has won new York & North Yorkshire mayoral race. It's particularly significant because it's in Rishi Sunak's backyard - his Richmond seat is within new combined authority's boundaries.

UK tenants should have ‘right to garden’, leading horticulturalist says theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/a…

Great to speak with BBC Panorama for their investigation into the carbon offsetting industry alongside so many impressive researchers & impacted communities.

Watch on the iPlayer link below 👇

Big congratulations to Jess Kelly & Ben Bryant
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Confirmed - Ben Houchen holds Tees Valley. A relief for Rishi Sunak but still bodes badly for Tories.

If 16.7% swing was repeated at general election Labour would win every seat in Tees Valley: Darlington, Hartlepool, Redcar, Middlesbrough S & Stockton W
theguardian.com/politics/artic…