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My twitter compendium from election night and since (Read from bottom up, for the full effect...)

RupertRead RupertRead Hooray! Our Mayoral vote has gone up, and we've comfortably held our Assembly seats. My nerves were excessive... Boo: Boris is Mayor. Gulp.
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RupertRead RupertRead We are suffering a two party squeeze in london. I am therefore nervous about the assembly election results for us. . .
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RupertRead RupertRead Greens come within 100 votes of winning TWO seats in waveney But near miss in both. . .
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RupertRead RupertRead Jill Weston misses in Welwyn by just 82 votes. St albans greens a strong 3rd place in their target ward. I wil be on Anglia at lunch
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RupertRead RupertRead Norw Cllr. tots: Lab 15, GRN 13, LD 6, Con 5. We won across Norwich Sth nat target constit by circa 2K votes.
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RupertRead RupertRead NORWICH first GP to become official opposition on a Principal Authority. 2 holds + 3 gains from LDs.
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RupertRead RupertRead Norw: greens win the popular vote across the whole city for the first time ever.
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RupertRead RupertRead 3 GAINS! Norwich - Thorpe Hamlet Man croft and Town Close Wards fall to Grn from LD. Projected net gains now +8, taking us to 119 Cllrs.
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RupertRead RupertRead Greens win the seat in norw which we lost last yr by 1 vote by 501 votes this time! There is poetic justice. . .
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RupertRead RupertRead GAIN! - Liverpool have won their 2nd seat. Norwich - Nelson held with 65.63%. LOSS - our Manch Hulme seat by 50.
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RupertRead RupertRead I'll be twittering thru the night and thru Friday with election result live updates--follow them by following me on Twitter, or on Facebook

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Jim Jepps said…
I have my doubts about twittering - what would you say to persuade me?

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