Senedd Election 2026

[Neath_Jack]

The 20mph issue was much ado about nothing in my opinion. When I phoned Direct Line and renewed the two car policy in March I was pleasantly surprised that it was £90 cheaper this year than last. I asked what had happened and was told that fewer and smaller claims had occurred in my postcode area since the 20mph has been in place.

It’s a no brainer, early stats have already shown fewer accidents and injuries. Only the terminally thick would think otherwise.

 

[Cooperman]

About to head up to the station. I quite liked the green lady that knocked the door, the only one that did. I quite like their policies too. Plaid policies are decent at first glance but the devil is in the detail (20 mph for Labour which thankfully has seen a number of local roads revert thatnks to the pressure of the election) and Labour policies are similar to Green and Plaid but provide more beef on health. Big promises which are not going to be delivered unless they can get some sort of deal with whoever actually wins but they need to have some seats in the Senedd. That is where I am at. I was going to vote Plaid but they have more than enough "promised" vote to get them at least two seats so have Labour got enough to get 1 in this area if our house throws in its quota.

It was the health section in the Plaid manifesto which stood out for me.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

The 20mph issue was much ado about nothing in my opinion. When I phoned Direct Line and renewed the two car policy in March I was pleasantly surprised that it was £90 cheaper this year than last. I asked what had happened and was told that fewer and smaller claims had occurred in my postcode area since the 20mph has been in place.

You mean driving slower leads to fewer accidents, fewer deaths, fewer injuries and thus fewer insurance claims leading to financial savings?

If only someone could have predicted such an outlandish outcome.

 

[jack_lord]

It was the health section in the Plaid manifesto which stood out for me.

Yes, possibly easier to grasp the Plaid promises. Back from the polling station and my first comment is that is the busiest I have ever seen it. Not sure if that is a good or bad thing!

 

[jack_lord]

You mean driving slower leads to fewer accidents, fewer deaths, fewer injuries and thus fewer insurance claims leading to financial savings?

If only someone could have predicted such an outlandish outcome.

If they hadn't changed Mayals road to 20 then I would probably never have protested because there is clear sense in the above but some roads absolutely not. Plaid wanted 20 as well it needs to be said

 

[Niigata Jack]

We really have no clue how tomorrow will pan out given the new system. It’s gonna be exciting.

Did you manage to sleep last night

 

[exiledclaseboy]

Did you manage to sleep last night

Better than you should be, Tory boy.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Better than you should be, Tory boy.

I sleep around 3hrs and then catnap the rest of the night done so for years, then sometimes when I wake I just keep thinking about various things playing on my mind, tried not drinking anything after 8pm even 6pm makes no difference, still wake and go for a piss then virtually every hr.
Would love to sleep for 5 or 6 hrs or more, get up most mornings around 5:15 - 5:30, bit later on a weekend just cat napping or just resting before the onslaught, Mrs gets up because lad wakes and I can't just stay in bed its not fair.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Better than you should be, Tory boy.

Voted on way home, first box at the top got my X

 

[exiledclaseboy]

I sleep around 3hrs and then catnap the rest of the night done so for years, then sometimes when I wake I just keep thinking about various things playing on my mind, tried not drinking anything after 8pm even 6pm makes no difference, still wake and go for a piss then virtually every hr.
Would love to sleep for 5 or 6 hrs or more, get up most mornings around 5:15 - 5:30, bit later on a weekend just cat napping or just resting before the onslaught, Mrs gets up because lad wakes and I can't just stay in bed its not fair.

Same as you mate. Three or four hours a night is the norm for me. Has been for decades now. The rare occasion I get five or even six hours is a triumph.

 

[JustJack]

Not even 10.05 and the algorithm was in full swing

Theres outrage about the fact that nobody at the polls asked for ID

Oh and that there were only pencils available

Ffs

 

[Scotia]

Not even 10.05 and the algorithm was in full swing

Theres outrage about the fact that nobody at the polls asked for ID

Oh and that there were only pencils available

Ffs

You can use your own pen. There's a good reason ink isn't provided in polling stations.

 

[jack_lord]

Not even 10.05 and the algorithm was in full swing

Theres outrage about the fact that nobody at the polls asked for ID

Oh and that there were only pencils available

Ffs

My next door neighbour will have a heart attack when he finds out he voted Plaid

 

[monmouth]

I have a very bad feeling about this. Feels like Brexshit all over again.

If they don’t win this time they probably will next, as nobody can ‘sort Wales out’ and they’ll just obstruct and throw stones to make things worse. Thats their real favoured strategy anyway as they are shit at everything else if they actually have to do anything.

Perhaps the best hope (assuming they don’t get any Senedd control) is they win a lot of English councils and the total fuck ups they produce is actually reported and does actually register. It never will with the racists and bigots and easily led, but maybe with those that ‘want a change’.

Early English results look pretty depressing. I knew Labour would collapse but hoped the votes wouldn’t pool to the facists.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

I have a very bad feeling about this. Feels like Brexshit all over again.

If they don’t win this time they probably will next, as nobody can ‘sort Wales out’ and they’ll just obstruct and throw stones to make things worse. Thats their real favoured strategy anyway as they are shit at everything else if they actually have to do anything.

Perhaps the best hope (assuming they don’t get any Senedd control) is they win a lot of English councils and the total fuck ups they produce is actually reported and does actually register. It never will with the racists and bigots and easily led, but maybe with those that ‘want a change’.

Early English results look pretty depressing. I knew Labour would collapse but hoped the votes wouldn’t pool to the facists.

This is an interesting analysis but there are still a lot of votes to be counted.

Peter Kellner, the elections expert and former YouGov president, has posted a good analysis of the results so far on his Substack blog. It is well worth reading in full, but here’s an extract.

Behind the impressive tally of Reform’s gains – likely to end up well over 1,000 – Nigel Farage should be privately worried. In last year’s local elections Reform won 41 per cent of all seats contested across England. On the basis of the overnight figures, this year’s tally is around 33 per cent. If there were no polls, and there had been no elections last year, this year’s figure would be astonishing. But we do have the record of recent polls and elections, and it seems clear that Reform has peaked …

In contrast to Reform, Labour has cause for relief, despite losing half the seats it was defending yesterday. It’s bad – and in normal times it would be catastrophic – but it’s not as bad as its record in local council by-elections over the past 12 months, where it hast lost three-quarters of the seats it was defending …

However, even on the most optimistic interpretation of Labour’s performance, the overnight figures contain a stark warning. John Curtice told BBC viewers in the early hours that while Labour has lost many SEATS to Reform, it has lost VOTES more to the Greens.