This is the view right now from my seat at Wembley. Up the City!
Update: OK, that was meant to come with a photo. Thanks, TypePad mobile.
Month: May 2007
How far people engage online
Some interesting stats here on what levels of participation/content creation different net users reach. (via Paul Evans).
The Long Tail of Participation
Interesting blog post on the Guardian’s technology blog about how democracy can be supported online. Astonishing fact: UN resolutions can’t be searched by Google because they use session-specific URIs.
Sarkozy at the Palazzo Fribi
Nicolas Sarkozy, now the next president of France, has taken himself off to a luxury yacht to unwind from the rigours of the campaign. Not his yacht: like our own Prime Minister, M. Sarkozy seems not to be short of rich friends now he’s in office. Pictures of the luxury accommodation at Coulisses de Bruxelles.
Sussex food and drink
Off to the Taste of Sussex food fair at the Weald and Downland museum at Singleton. Among lots of lovely stuff to try, particular stars were O’Hagans Sausages (which are also stocked by Archer’s on Islingword Road); Forest of Bere ice cream from Petersfield; jam from Deerview Products; and tarts from the Picnic and Hamper Company. Also worth a mention was Hepworth breweries’ Blonde lager, an organic lager that was really tasty and refreshing.
Final result
The final ward has now been declared. The Greens took all three seats in Queen’s Park, displacing both Ken Bodfish and Simon Burgess. The Tories have just failed to get past the 27 required to control the Council, with 26 seats. The Labour party are second with 13, the Greens third with 12. The Lib Dems shed one to get to 2, and one independent is re-elected. The council remains under no overall control.
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Two down, one to go. The Tories have picked up one seat in Moulsecoomb and Labour have survived in Preston Park with two seats, the third being Green as before. The last ward remaining is Queen’s Park, where the current and former leaders of the council are standing for Labour. It looks like the Conservatives will end the day on 26 seats, one short of the number required to control the Council. Results from Queen’s Park as soon as they are declared.
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Two more declarations and it’s still very close. Goldsmid splits 2 Tory 1 Labour. Withdean held by three Tories.
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It’s looking very close. Two Tory seats held in Wish, Brian Fitch loses his seat in Hangleton which is therefore three Tory.
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Three more declarations. Labour have lost their one seat in Hanover, making that ward three green. They have held on to three seats in Hollingdean, while the one Tory and one Independent have held their seats in Stanford. Current state of the parties C15 G8 LD2 LAB8 IND1