To be mad with the BBC re election reporting

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Conservatives have lost a shit tonne of seats, so have Labour.

Lib Dems, Green and a load of pro Remain Independents have seen a massive upswing in votes.

Why, then, is the message that's coming across that the public want Brexit to happen ASAP. Surely the opposite?!

Normally I'm a big fan of the BBC but this is really winding me up.

Totally agree with you.

Yes I've been wonderibg this. The clear message from those who voted (not me) is anti Brexit

BBC are little more than a Tory puppet now. It's a shame.

Because people are angry at politicians for failing to carry out the will of the people, ie make Brexit happen.

It goes against democracy.

Yep this has been aggravating me all day. Over 1300 seats lost from the leave parties and at least 600 gone to remain parties yet apparently we want brexit. Wtf

Yes it is odd! Labour lost a few seats but it was the really staunch Brexit party UKIP that lost the most with pro Brexit Tories next... I guess labour's ambivalence lost them some seats.... and the pro second referendum parties cleaned up massively... surely that sends the exact opposite message ?

Or I think maybe the BBC might mean Brexit supporters have just not bothered to vote because they are now disillusioned.... but if that's the case that's a strong argument for remain because it shows that it's the remainers who arent going to let this go

I decided not to watch any of the coverage on the day, on any channel It's irritating the hell out of me (and is almost certainly a contributory cause of disenchantment with current politics)

I'll wait until the more considered pieces in the weekend press

I thought the same. The clear message is people are pissed off with the main party politics with the shameless conservatives fighting for power and Jeremy Corbyn not providing strong enough opposition to counter the shitshow that is Brexit....

Also, Tories have lost 1000+ seats, Labour 100+, Ukip100-ish, reported as 'Tories and Labour have suffered significant defeats'. And the PM claiming it's due to dissatisfaction with Brexit not being delivered is reported without comment, even though most votes were lost to anti-Brexit parties. More lazy reporting from the BBC, it's not uncommon unfortunately.

I think the BBC have been pro brexit since the referendum. What I can't understand is Corbyn saying this is a vote for Brexit to be implemented. I usually vote Labour but this time voted Lib Dem because I am a remainer and am disgusted with Labour's both sides against the middle policy. What the hell is wrong with having a second vote and then we will all know where we are?

Funny how those people have chosen to show that anger by voting for the openly remain Liberal Democrat’s Ivegotthree. Seems an odd strategy

Ivegotthree but why would people who were cross that Brexit hasn't happened vote Lib Dem? That's illogical.

The logical explanation is that a lot of people don't want Brexit to happen.

Channel 4 saying similar

If you wanted to get Brexit through, why vote for a party which is likely to frustrate it? Makes no sense ivegotthree.

Brexit didn't enter my head in my reasons for voting in council elections, it's completely separate. Maybe that's the case for a lot of other voters - local and national politics can be very different.

Does anyone know what impact adding in the people who didn't have a vote this time would have had?

I didn't get that we wanted to delay Brexit...what I got was that most people are in agreement that the UK think we can't organise a piss up in a brewery and both Labour and Conservative are as bad as each other. The fact that there was a low turn out shows that people are very disillusioned and fed up.

I think the proxy Brexit vote will be for the Euro elections.

Local council elections are too confounded by apathy and local issues and reputations to be that good an indicator (plus it's the only set of elections where independents stand much of a chance), and frankly it's pledges on holding down council tax that win.

Agree that the telly coverage is unwatchable.

What concerns me is that I felt BBC current affairs were pro remain before the referendum, which definitely suggests influence from somewhere.

Nomorechickens the lack of commentary was noticeable to me too. You'd get Hancock tweeting it's a clear message to crack on with Brexit which the BBC just stuck in its reporting with no comment or analysis. They could at least have picked one of the hundreds of articulate twitter responses to provide a bit of balance.

A PP has referred to the loss of seats by Labour and the Tories and has referred to them both as the Brexit parties. Neither Labour nor Conservative are pro Brexit. Both parties comprise leavers and remainders. The only Brexit parties are UKIP and now Farage's Brexit party. The Liberal Democrat party do have an anti-Brexit manifesto so have picked up votes from remainers who normally vote labour or Tory.

I'm not bothered about local council elections and most people I know aren't either. Maybe 'leavers' couldn't be bothered to vote?

I think it will be a different story on 22nd May when leave voters will vote for The Brexit Party in their droves (as long as they are fielding enough candidates). That will give a truer picture of how the electorate feel about Brexit.

But parts of the country didn't vote anyway. So what were their votes back in 2016

its staggering.

i mean the exact motivations of people's vote is always unclear but pretending this is some unanimous demand for brexit now, has been one of the weirdest interpretations ever. it makes teresa may and the bbc look stupid.

Only around 400 of the 1700 registered to vote in my ward actually voted. We only had Labour / Tories / UKIP to choose from, so there wasn't anyone for people like me to vote for. That's not being commented on anywhere.

Wxaxlt and those of us who couldn't vote