It's hard not to take some pleasure from this overnight council results summary, care of the Guardian at 7.15am:
Councils
Conservatives: 26 - down 11
Labour: 49 - up 21
Lib Dems: 3 - down 1
Councillors
Conservatives: 549 - down 272
Labour: 1,087 - up 456
Lib Dems: 211 - down 128
Plaid Cymru: 32 - down 11
Green: 16 - up 3
BNP: 0 - down 3
Respect: 5 - up 5
Ukip: 7 - up 1
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I also felt quite pleased when I turned on the television. Labour making gains in bad weather conditions is indeed good news.