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2.5.03

Bad news elsewhere in the Midlands though. I have to go to work today in a B*N*P ward. I'm horrified, and I won't be able to look the locals in the face at Asda. The ward which includes my office has become one of two B*N*P wins (their first) in Sandwell. Until today, they only had 5 councillors across the country, but tonight they have 8 in Burnley alone (up from 3), becoming the second largest party. That's absolutely horrific. They've also won one in Dudley and one in Stoke, but thankfully didn't win a single one of the 25 they contested in Sunderland.

Up the road from me, in trendy Moseley, the usual three-way tussle has seen it go Tory! Moseley's very odd. On the one hand it's full of studenty, arty types, hippies and the 'lecturer belt', but it also has some massive houses and super-duper new purpose-built, cordoned-off flats. It's fertile territory for all three main parties AND also gives the Greens one of their biggest shares (8.28% today). The Tories won by a mere 307 votes, with 34.66% over Labour's 30.30% and the Lib Dems' 26.44%. It's clearly the Green votes that the other three need.

Too much excitement! And all this after Eurovision karaoke night at Missing with Gingerprince. (No, I didn't, before you ask. We just watched.) It's 2.40am - time for bed!

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