RICHEY'S ELECTION REVIEW

Due to a combination of work commitments, illness and the absurdly staggered timing of election counts, we could not pull an all nighter on Thursday - as we have in the past.  The process of counting votes and then declaring results a few hours after the polls close seems to be getting more scarce in recent years.  This week the overwhelming majority of English councils joined Scotland and Wales in deferring their counts until the following day.  This rendered an 'all nighter' pointless and with work commitments standing in Karl's way and illness hindering Richey, a full programme of coverage on this website was very difficult indeed.

Instead, we tried our best to cover the election on our social media accounts and succeeded in communicating the main points, which resulted in impressive distribution and engagement.  In place of our usual election coverage on binlabour.com, Richey has recorded a video review - under difficult circumstances.  He is currently suffering from a horrendous cough that has lingered from a recent chest infection, not helped by little sleep during these staggered election counts.  Multiple takes due to this cough delayed the release of the video.  By the time Karl had received and edited the files, the election and its fallout had progressed further.  Therefore, the declarations of Bradford City Council and Tower Hamlets had come and gone by the time the video was posted.  The Catherine West ultimatum had also come and gone.

Regardless, the review is still relevant and you are welcome to watch below (18 minute watch)

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