Are the local election results sufficiently terrible that Rishi Sunak has earnt the right to march us slowly towards the guns later this year?
The former Minister for London there’s “no vision for the future. You can’t just win an election for the sake of winning an election. You have to have a purpose.”
The former Justice Secretary argues that “instead of worrying about other parties, the Conservatives should be making an alliance with the British people.” There needs to be a focus on home ownership for “people that want to have a stake in our society.”
The Transport Secretary highlighted “the analysis that Rallings and Thrasher have done, that we’re looking at a hung parliament. The election’s outcome is closer than the polls are suggesting.”
The front runner to be the next leader of the SNP adds “but that’s not the question that the people of Scotland face.”
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The outgoing Mayor of the West Midlands says he is proud to have lost “by 1500 votes in a region of millions”, especially “given the situation the party finds itself in”.
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For the strongly Conservative territory of Bexley and Bromley turnout is up. For Barking and Dagenham, Newham and Tower Hamlets it is down.
According to one outgoing councillor, “the Gaza issue” is losing Labour seats with Muslim voters.
The newly re-elected Tees Valley was speaking to the BBC.
He points to Harlow as an example of where Keir Starmer has failed to make inroads.
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Of the rest, one fifth think he should resign regardless; only 13 per cent of our panel think the local authority and mayoral elections should be the deciding factor.