New Statesman General Election Weblog

A tired, but dedicated, Brighton Blogger has called in with observations from the Hove count.

After two re-counts Respect, amongst others, were apparently not respectful of Celia Barlow’s success at winning Hove, booing and barracking her whilst she was on stage.

Although the Conservatives ran a clever campaign in Hove, in what should have been a Tory win, the BB reckons that times have changed. “The Conservative base is dying”, he told me, “They should have been able to strike against an unknown Labour candidate from outside the local area.”

The selection of Celia Barlow was made from an all woman shortlist, and it seems that this issue (thanks to the results in Blaenau Gwent) may prove to be more controversial than in the past.

BB, like others now confident of a Labour victory (however close), has now retired to bed.

Thanks BB.

This entry was posted on Friday, May 6th, 2005 at 4:12 am by Kathryn Corrick. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.