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to see whether they can _ is on siddique khan to see whether they can keep these seat.t doesn't represent — the capital of the uk, it doesn't represent what is going on in other parts _ represent what is going on in other parts of— represent what is going on in other parts of the — represent what is going on in other parts of the country and the job of the next _ parts of the country and the job of the next london mayor is to look at how the _ the next london mayor is to look at how the mayor takes london out of the pandemic, how the economy can -et the pandemic, how the economy can get moving _ the pandemic, how the economy can get moving again and how people can really— get moving again and how people can really get _ get moving again and how people can really get back on track in terms of theiriohs, — really get back on track in terms of theirjobs, in terms of business and to get— theirjobs, in terms of business and to get london really moving again. thank_ to get london really moving again. thank you — to get london really moving again. thank you very much. traditio

, presumably and very— london and siddique khan, presumably and very likely to still come home againtesting grounds of the west midlands because that i the west midlands because that really is where labour is on test. my really is where labour is on test. my colleague there is in birmingham. thanks forjoining us, elizabeth, give us a guide, then, tell us about this hugely important battleground. and given that vicky was talk about labour and its performance, just give us a guide as to what has been going on with labour in the west midlands in these elections. a challenging night for labour in the west midlands, similar to what we have heard in the north—east. we are talking about those battlegrounds in the 2019 general election, the red wall if you like across the black country in the post—industrial areas. these are seats where the conservatives made huge gains in the 2019 general election. and i think we are almost seeing a bit of a continuation of that attitude from voters in these council elections. the big one really dudley, up by a third, they gained 12 seats of the conservativ

siddique khan saying his people were saying that turnout is down, is that your sense?t we have seen _ counts in progress. what we have seen so _ counts in progress. what we have seen so far— counts in progress. what we have seen so far is that turnout has been higher— seen so far is that turnout has been higher than— seen so far is that turnout has been higher than expected. so that has gone _ higher than expected. so that has gone against what we were hearing yesterday _ gone against what we were hearing yesterday and in the days before that _ yesterday and in the days before that we — yesterday and in the days before that. we are starting to get an early— that. we are starting to get an early picture in terms of who could become _ early picture in terms of who could become the next mayor of london. bellowing — become the next mayor of london. bellowing in mind these are early results _ bellowing in mind these are early results and only seven constituencies have their accounts in progress. it looks like a very close _ in progress. it looks like a very close to — in pr