Election parties galore last night. CNN hosted a bash at One Mayfair attended by Labour MPs Austin Mitchell, Gloria del Piero, Harriet Harman and Dame Tessa Jowell. “Nobody in this country can be indifferent to this election,” Jowell told me.
Guests were offered the choice of Obama and Romney badges on the way in and Jowell was pleased to point out that the Romney jar was distinctly full at the night’s close while his rival’s was emptied by midnight.
But by far the most fun was Popbitch’s election party at Redhook in Clerkenwell. Richard Bacon skyped in live from Tampa with updates.
“The event was non-partisan,” said the site’s founder, Camilla Wright. “Republicans had a long wait for their cocktails as we outsourced their waiting staff to China. And some Obama fans ran out of food stamps for their espresso martinis at midnight.
“The Republicans behaved with good spirit all night. Almost everyone called the states right in the guessing game so no one was able to win Jimmy Savile’s commander-in-chief baseball cap.”
