Bailey performed above expectations. The Council by-elections were good. But we need to build a lot of beautiful new homes.
Police and Crime Commissioner elections saw Conservative gains – well beyond reasonable expectations.
Labour councils hurt the poor the most. It is the Conservatives who offer practical improvements.
Some may scoff at the Green Party being included as a “main political party”. By next week this classification may not seem so far-fetched.
All three contests took place in Torfaen. In one of them, Labour gained a seat from an independent.
It is by no means the only offender. Such payments show the wrong priorities and are dubious associations.
The West of England was a narrow Conservative victory last time. It is likely to be closely fought again.
Voters who felt taken for granted by Labour, have a Conservative Mayor fighting hard on their behalf.
He won narrowly in 2017 in a shock result. Another victory would signify more fundamental political change.
Finding home ownership unaffordable means that many Conservatives have abandoned the capital.
The Conservatives gained a seat from the SNP in Perth and Kinross. Plaid Cymru held a seat in Gwynedd.
The fourth in a series of pieces on ConHome this week, looking forward to the elections this spring.
The third in a series of pieces on ConHome this week, looking forward to the elections this spring.
The second in a series of pieces on ConHome this week’s looking forward to the elections this spring.
Imagine if the Thatcher Government had sought to run the City from Whitehall. The self-defeating militancy seems to have been discarded.