And Two Great Labour Holds

It's been a fantastic evening for Labour.

Our candidate in Sedgefield, Phil Wilson, won by a massive 6,956 votes - down just a tiny bit from the 18,449 majority at the last general election in 2005.

The only bad news was that the LibDems overtook the Conservatives for second place, as I hate the LibDems even more than I hate the Tories.

As you can see, our campaign was a positive one, based on Labour's achievements and not a scurrilous negative campaign of smearing our opponents. Clearly this was much appreciated by the electorate.


Meanwhile, the LibDems in Southall spent the weekend raising funds with a "Bush & Blair" rotten fruit shy stall, using missiles supplied by the fruit and veg market at Western International Market.

But it didn't do them much good, because our 60-year-old septuagenarian candidate easily won the seat with a massive majority over the LibDems of 5,070, hardly down at all from the 11,440 majority in 2005.

The LibDems were left with a measly 10,118 votes for their efforts.

I'm off home now to crack open the Bolly!