In Bury for Remembrance Sunday parade. Looks like the East Lancs Railway have gained an Intercity 125

the only instance in recorded history of a traffic collision between a car and a u-boat!

Last ever event at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in Oldham, scene of many election counts over the years.

BBC really burying the lede there

All change in tonight's by-election results: Fife, Buckhaven/Methil/Wemyss Villages: SNP gain from Lab Newark/Sherwood, Balderton N/Coddington: RUK gain from Ind Newark/Sherwood, Castle: RUK gain from Ind S Derbys, Seales: Ind gain from Lab

Now this is how you detect whether an election was stolen. Humans choose rounder numbers. by @TheEconomist

As I said in the Previews last week, Kent RUK have a long way to go yet to match the disintegration of the ruling UKIP group on Thanet council in 2015-18.

It's by-election Thursday! - 8 polls today, defences C 2 Lab 2 Ind 1 Res 1 Free-for-all 2 Something for everyone to enjoy in today's edition of Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com: open.substack.com/pub/andrewsp...

The Queen Elizabeth Hall in Oldham, where Steve Davis made the first televised maximum break, is due for demolition soon. I understand the final event there will be the town's Festival of Remembrance on Friday night at 7pm, with my band doing the music. See you there! youtu.be/CgnAIsPY8hA

Tomorrow's edition of Andrew's Previews, covering 8 council by-elections, is now available for paying subscribers: open.substack.com/pub/andrewsp...

65536 here we come!

Last night's by-election results came through very late... Burnley, Lanehead: Ind gain from Lab Burnley, Queensgate: Ind gain from Lab The latter independent was Parvez, I told you so at andrewteale.me.uk/previews

Polls are now closed for today's two by-elections in Burrnley. Get the lowdown with Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com: andrewteale.me.uk/previews

It's by-election TUESDAY! - 2 polls today in Burrnley, both notional Lab defences but anything could happen in a place like this... Be better prepared for the result with Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com: andrewspreviews.substack.com/p/previewing...

Burrnley's politics can be confusing to outsiders. With two by-elections coming up tomorrow, Andrew's Previews will attempt to explain what the heck is going on there. Coming out later today for paid subscribers and tomorrow for everyone else: sign up at andrewteale.me.uk/previews

Local Elections Archive Project: By-election results 30th October 2025 added www.andrewteale.me.uk/1kvf

There's a recent trend for UK Election Court cases from this school of craziness. If the Election Court wasn't so fantastically expensive there would probably be more.

DIdn't make it to 32768. Next time!

This is good on how fundamental research can lead to unanticipated applications. I especially like the study of root vegetables leading to flat screen TVs (through the discovery of liquid crystals) www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The last survivor of the Crimean War died in 2004. "Timothy" spent 40 years in the Navy. After retirement, having moved in with the Earl of Devon, she revealed she was a girl. She would wander round his garden wearing a sign that said. "My name is Timothy. I am very old. Pease do not pick me up".

No, the Plantagenets would have plonked some siege engines outside his castle for the duration.

Counting in 2026 Scottish parliamentary elections will start on Friday morning, not overnight, officials announce, @severincarrell.bsky.social reports - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

I regret that I can't remember who drew my attention to this but perhaps we might, in fact, get to see the full ceremony of the Degradation of a Garter Knight?

If i can just make clear that Andrew's Previews is not a reference to the ex-Prince. Or Andrew Tate for that matter. These people are sullying my good name.

Tories coming fifth in Tunbridge Wells is a moment.

Last night's by-election results:

Tonight's by-election results: Thanet, Garlinge: RUK gain from Thanet Ind Tunbridge Wells, St John's: LD hold Barnet, Hendon: C hold Stevenage, Roebuck: RUK gain from Lab Worcs CC, Bromsgrove S: LD gain from RUK Stirling, Stirling E: SNP gain from C Previews: andrewteale.me.uk/previews

Local Elections Archive Project: Thanet 2023 results added www.andrewteale.me.uk/1her

Counting is now underway in all six of today's by-elections. As usual your Andrew's Previews briefing for @britainelects.com will tell all: andrewspreviews.substack.com/p/previewing...

It's by-election Thursday! A diverse set of 6 wards are going to the polls today. Find out all about them with Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com andrewspreviews.substack.com/p/previewing...

It's by-election Thursday! A diverse set of 6 wards are going to the polls today. Find out all about them with Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com andrewspreviews.substack.com/p/previewing...

Good morning

Tomorrow's edition of Andrew's Previews has now gone out to paying subscribers. open.substack.com/pub/andrewsp...

These things here are emergency wreck buoys, and if you're thinking the colour scheme looks somewhat like a circus big top, just wait until you hear about the clown show that inspired their introduction.

I've just drafted the Preview for a ward which had been C v Lab right up until 2025, when it suddenly turned into LD v RUK. RUK won and they are defending the seat on Thursday. We might see a few more of these places going forward.

Good morning to everyone trying to explain Daylight Saving Time to their cat.

Local Elections Archive Project: King's Lynn and West Norfolk 2023 results added www.andrewteale.me.uk/1hns

Local Elections Archive Project: By-election results 23rd October 2025 added www.andrewteale.me.uk/1kvy

Local Elections Archive Project: By-election results 16th October 2025 added www.andrewteale.me.uk/1kvr

Processing through the council by-election results from Thursday for LEAP and this caught my eye: there wasn't a single spoiled vote in this Devon ward. Compare and contrast with what's going on over the Irish Sea.

Votes are being counted in the Irish presidential election and early tallies suggest that Catherine Connolly is well-placed to become the Republic's tenth President. Read @paddyduffy.bsky.social's take on the campaign, and her predecessors, at andrewspreviews.substack.com/p/previewing...

Wonderful stuff. I wonder what Tommy Cash made of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuFZ...

The polls are open in the Irish presidential election, and Andrew's Previews is delighted to bring you a guest Preview on that election from @paddyduffy.bsky.social:

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Caerphilly, Senedd constituency by-election result: PC: 47.4% (+19.0) REF: 36.0% (+34.2) LAB: 11.0% (-34.9) CON: 2.0% (-15.3) GRN: 1.5% (+1.5) LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2) GWL: 0.3% (+0.3) UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2) Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.

Last night's by-elections: Senedd Cymru, Caerphilly: PC gain from Lab Birmingham, Moseley: LD gain from Lab Fenland, Whittlesey NW: C hold Colchester, New Town/Christ Church: counting today 1/2

It's by-election Thursday! - The voters of Caerphilly go to the polls in the last Senedd by-election - 7 local by-elections on the undercard, defences C 2 Lab 2 LD 1 Ind 1 Free-for-all 1 Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com:

Even Maj-Gen Robert Ross and his troops of blessed memory didn't manage this.

Andrew's Previews is delighted to bring you a special guest post by @paddyduffy.bsky.social on tomorrow's Irish presidential election. Allow Paddy to take you on a historical tour of Áras an Uachtaráin and its residents, in the established Previews style... open.substack.com/pub/andrewsp...