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.

Local election season is bringing yet more crazies out of the woodwork, beyond Guido’s (now suspended) “cocktail of hatred” candidate, and the murder-obsessed trans hopeful, revealed by Christian Calgie at the Express, there’s now a Labour name to add to the mix. Israr Ahmed, is standing for election as a Labour candidate to Calderdale Council. Despite the fact he called for “pig f*cker” Tories to be hanged…

Israr has since issued a grovelling apology. Which is convenient for his local party, who used it as cover to rush to the defence of their “excellent” candidate. In a foretaste of what might be to come Labour councillor Josh Fenton-Glynn expressed his pride at Ahmed’s apology, whilst local LibDem leader James Baker promised to make sure “our party won’t criticise you for what you once said.” Guido thought local politicians were used to dealing with rubbish…