Amongst today’s local election results, Guido’s been paying close attention to the fortunes of our favourite council crazies, and so far, they’ve had mixed fortunes. After a win for the LibDems’ two-timing councillor in his second seat and a loss for Newcastle Uni’s least favourite Tory, Labour’s Israr Ahmed – who co-conspirators may recall argued he wanted to “hang Tories” – has won his seat in Calderdale. Israr didn’t just take the seat… he won it by a landslide.

Clearly a popular message…

UPDATE: Labour’s Chris Mawby has lost his bid for election in Rugby. The Liberal Democrats’ “cocktail of hatred” candidate has also lost.