Delighted. The campaign expressed their disappointment despite significant wins in the countrys biggest city and the proindependence minister admits defeat but says the question will not go away. Let us not dwell on the distance we have fallen short. Let us dwell on the distance we have traveled and confidence the movement is abroad and scotland will take this nation forward and we shall go forward as one nation. Britains politicians will have to find a way to work together. Well hear from those leaders and the people they represent. Welcome to a very gray and misty morning here. Very few people in scotland slept overnight. They were up watching the results come in in this historic referendum. A remarkable night after a couple months of campaigning. The opinion polls put it so close but in the end it was decisive. Scots voted to stay with the United Kingdom. Lets show you those results. All 32 councils have delivered their results. There was a holdup with votes coming in from the highl
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May 07, 2021
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England’s Conservative Party made significant gains in Thursday’s local elections, to the surprise of many prognosticators and Labour supporters.
Final results are still being tallied, but the Tories have already flipped numerous seats across 145 English Local Councils. Many of the gains came in working-class areas in the north of England, indicating what some are calling a realignment of workers away from the Labour Party.
One of the most shocking results was in Hartlepool, where Conservatives won a by-election (akin to a U.S. special election) for a Parliamentary seat held by Labour since its creation in 1974. Tory candidate Jill Mortimer increased the party’s vote share by 23% from 2019.