Unlike on a general election night, when the sun rises we won’t have the definitive outcome.Yes, the result of the Blackpool South parliamentary by-el
Unlike on a
general election night, when the sun rises we won’t have the definitive
outcome.
Yes, the
result of the Blackpool South parliamentary by-election will come at daft
o’clock in the morning.
Labour are
very confident about their likely performance on the Lancashire coast.
And about a
third of the local authorities in England with elections are doing the
nocturnal arithmetic thing too.
But, plenty
are getting a night’s kip before the counting starts.
This means the story, the sentiment, the moods of the various parties will have taken
a shape by breakfast time on Friday.
All of
the above may change as Friday does its thing and then Saturday arrives.
That is
because results will continue to trundle in throughout Friday afternoon – and yes,
throughout Saturday too.
The big
question is whether all the declarations are done by the time Match of the Day
is on on Saturday night.
It could be
a close run thing.
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