I’ve just returned home from the European election count in Reading. Whilst the result for the South East Region hasn’t come in yet, in Reading Borough the Conservative Party came out as clear winners with the Labour vote trailing off sharply. But the biggest story of the evening was the poor performance of the Lib Dems, who came fourth behind the Greens and not very far ahead of UKIP.
Richard Willis has more detail here.
*BREAKING NEWS: I see that the BBC have just announced that the BNP have won a seat in Yorkshire & Humber.
Filed under: National Politics, Reading Politics