What do Labour believe about London

Looking afresh this morning, what is striking is that most of the middle-of-the-night bullish talk from Labour about the London mayoralty being closer than everyone had assumed seems to have disappeared in the early hours. Why did they do it? Was it a temporary strategy to prevent panic? Did they believe it when they said it?

Also keep an eye on this excellent TimesOnline list of the council seats changing hands, by region. It shows the Tories making solid progress in the swing belt in the West Midlands as well as advancing in the south.

Comments

[MN]

Am I missing something but why when the rest of the country can provide the results of the elections by the morning, do we in London have to wait till this evening? I for one always try to vote - I feel it is a great privilege and after so many times still feel the buzz of walking into the polling station, announcing my name and address and making my mark on the ballot paper. However this morning instead of participating in the feeling of joy/sorrow and feeling I was part of that, I am not just left feeling empty but feeling that the rest of the country has continued in the tradition of our great democracy whereas London has decided to follow the example of Mugabe.....and that feeling with be reinforced if the other friend of Venezuela's Chavez, ie. Mr.Livingstone, gets back in.

[JJ]

Is Sam Coates related to Samuel Coates the editor of conservative home which gets a lot of plugs in this blog?