Lucy Fisher

So I wish I could pretend I'm as frazzled and over-caffeinated as I presume you guys are.

As I mentioned, vote counts are happening as we speak, but there are some clear themes emerging.

Jim, give us a snapshot of where we stand.

Jen, let's come to you.

Not all council seats in England have been up for election, but huge swathes of the North and Midlands we've seen turn from red to turquoise.

Give us the lowdown of the key results so far.

Stephen, so far Labour's losing about 70% of its seats.

Governments almost always do badly in midterms.

But is this worse than expected?

How bad should we read it, given that Jim pointed out it's falling short of some of the worst predictions from analysts?

But Jim, we've heard Nigel Farage come out, call this a historic election.

That's fair for reform, isn't it?

It does feel like this is the death knell for the two-party system and that a fragmented multi-party landscape is now here to stay in England.

And of course, that's something we've already seen take place north of the border and to some extent in Wales too.

Jen, I noticed blogging through the night, you were ahead of the pack in noticing that turnout appears to be up.

Is that a phenomenon that's been borne out?

And what's that all about?

We hear a lot about the anything but reform brigade and it potentially galvanising progressive liberal voters to come out.

Is that what's happened here, if turnout really is up?

Stephen, let's talk about the Tories now.