Local Tories

[SueEllen]

Well people in Wandsworth and Westminster weren't fooled.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...d-live-updates
Better update here- BBC NewBBC News - Elections 2022: Conservatives lose seats on English councils
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-6134335

[vetran]

Milliband gained 800 seats and that was with the Edstone around his neck.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-election.html

Sucker is gaining seats but so are the lib dems in equal measure and who the hell are they?

So before you all get excited by a high tax economy and rejoining the EU under the red flag lets wait to see if its anywhere near B'liar & Ed's gains.

[SimonMac]

Local elections are protest votes as most people don't think they matter, most won't vote for Labour so I exepct the Lib Dems to come out of this best, Tories will lose seats as expected but not to Labour so they will contine to fight among themselves

[d000hg]

Considering all the stuff that's been going on with partygate and other scandals, this seems a very damp squib. Tories see some losses in certain areas but no clear and drastic slap in the face, and we'd expect some modest losses regardless.

Does this mean that the public really has got bored of the partygate thing and doesn't care Boris got a fine? Or does Ukraine overshadow it?

[SimonMac]

Considering all the stuff that's been going on with partygate and other scandals, this seems a very damp squib. Tories see some losses in certain areas but no clear and drastic slap in the face, and we'd expect some modest losses regardless.

Does this mean that the public really has got bored of the partygate thing and doesn't care Boris got a fine? Or does Ukraine overshadow it?

It means the only people making noise about Partygate were never going to vote for Boris anyway, those that supported him it didn't matter

[d000hg]

It means the only people making noise about Partygate were never going to vote for Boris anyway, those that supported him it didn't matter

I don't think that's the case. Lots of Tories including MPS have publicly condemned him for it. Not every Tory/Labour voter is so partisan as to automatically side with their guy regardless.

[TheDude]

Not every Tory/Labour voter is so partisan as to automatically side with their guy regardless.

There are plenty that are though - especially here in South East Essex.

[d000hg]

There are plenty that are though - especially here in South East Essex.

Sadly it's far too often the case. Partisanship is something I really dislike.

[tazdevil]

Well people in Wandsworth and Westminster weren't fooled.

People in Wandsworth and Westminster are fools

[vetran]

Sadly despite our PM being an idiot there is no viable alternative.