BBC reporting of elections in Orwellian 1984 Britain

BBC turns impressive gains for Corbyn's Labour in local elections into"No clear winner as Labour and Tories neck and neck"

Kropotkin‏ @DoctorKropotkin

The final results are in for the English local elections: LAB: 2,350, diff. +78

CON: 1,332, diff. −33 LIB DEM: 536, diff. +75 UKIP: 3, diff. −122 (lol) BBC headline: "No clear winner as Labour and Tories neck and neck"

11:15 PM - 4 May 2018

Evolve Politics‏ @evolvepolitics

Here are the BBC News Headlines at 18:00: The Tories WIN the local elections with -23 Meanwhile, it was a catastrophic night for Labour who made HUGE losses of +60 Now we go live to a Labour right-winger to explain why Jeremy Corbyn should resign.

9:40 AM - 4 May 2018

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Local election results 2018: No clear winner as Labour and Tories neck and neck

No clear winner has emerged from the local elections in England.



As the final election result was declared in the London borough of Tower Hamlets overnight, Labour sealed their best result in the capital since 1971.

Local election results 2018: Parties fail to make decisive gains