Coalition punished at elections (live updates)

Friday, May 4, 2012 Tories and Lib Dems Lose Hundreds Of Council Seats Results are coming in from the 2012 local elections in England and Wales, and all indications are that Labour are making significant gains at the expense of the coalition parties. With about half of the English and Welsh councils declared the results are starting to look particularly embarrassing for David Cameron, who has seen Labour make gains in Tory heartlands. Elsewhere Nottingham, Manchester and Coventry all voted No to the PM's plan to have elected Mayors. A referendum on in Birmingham is likely to produce the same result. As for the Lib Dems this morning, they are all very sad. Nick Clegg is sad. Sarah Teather is sad. It's all a bit sad. Follow all the developments throughout the day with us LIVE on HuffPost. CLEGG SAD Andy Coulson To Make Leveson Appearance Next Week How Much Are They Worth? Voters To Get Say On MPs Pay IT Failure Throws UK Border Agency Into Further Chaos Mitt Romney Campaign Deny Rift With Downing Street Over Obama 'Love In' BLOG POSTS Philip White: Back to the Future: Argentina Doesn't Believe The Falkland Islands Deserve Democracy On 2 April, 1982, Argentina invaded The Falkland Islands, believing it had a historical right to re-claim the British protectorate, against the will of its pro-British citizens. Jeremy Browne: World Press Freedom Day 2012: Protecting Freedom of Expression Online Media freedom has the power to transform societies and to change the course of history. Over the past year, across the Middle East and North Africa, ordinary citizens found their voices using social media and blogs. But freedom of expression continues to be repressed in many countries and some have seen a significant decline in media freedoms. Around the world, journalists, bloggers and others have been obstructed from doing their work by being harassed, monitored, detained, or subjected to violence. Peter Kellner: Boris on Course for Victory Our final London elections poll shows Boris Johnson defeating Ken Livingstone in the run-off vote for Mayor. Siobhan Benita: Forget Boris and Ken - Vote for Me Having spent the last 16 weeks on the campaign trail where I have watched the dominant BorKen show up close, I'm more sure than ever that we need new voices in UK politics and much more diversity of public leaders. We need politicians who are in touch, more willing to listen, less egotistical and not stifled by inflexible party lines. We need more women, more ethnic minorities and more people with different life and professional experiences. I hope that many of you choose to give your first vote to me. Dr. Leon Moosavi: The Beginning of the End for the EDL Welcoming Tommy Robinson into the political process also means that his Islamophobic rhetoric can be challenged head-on. On the streets, Tommy Robinson is heard and applauded. In political chambers, he will be undone.

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