Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
Tories lose more than 1,300 councillors
The Conservatives have lost more than 1,300 councillors, with Theresa May saying voters gave politicians a message to "get on" with Brexit.
Labour also lost almost 80 seats in the English local elections, in which it had been expected to make gains.
But the Lib Dems gained more than 670 seats and the Greens more than 180.
The BBC projects that, if results it analysed were replicated across Britain, both the Conservatives and Labour would get 28% of the total vote.
The data, based on 650 wards in which detailed voting figures were collected, implies the Lib Dems would get 19% and other parties and independents 25%.
I am struggling to make sense of this. The tories were punished for their brexit failures as was expected. But labour failed to profit from this which is in itself a major failure.
Ukip also got a kicking which doesnt suggest that this was all down to angry brexiteers.
The Libs and the Greens did well and mopped up a large swathe of the defectors . The libs campaigned on "stop brexit" and the greens are solid remainers.
So as a theory I would say that remain is in the ascendancy - just about.
The Conservatives have lost more than 1,300 councillors, with Theresa May saying voters gave politicians a message to "get on" with Brexit.
Labour also lost almost 80 seats in the English local elections, in which it had been expected to make gains.
But the Lib Dems gained more than 670 seats and the Greens more than 180.
The BBC projects that, if results it analysed were replicated across Britain, both the Conservatives and Labour would get 28% of the total vote.
The data, based on 650 wards in which detailed voting figures were collected, implies the Lib Dems would get 19% and other parties and independents 25%.
I am struggling to make sense of this. The tories were punished for their brexit failures as was expected. But labour failed to profit from this which is in itself a major failure.
Ukip also got a kicking which doesnt suggest that this was all down to angry brexiteers.
The Libs and the Greens did well and mopped up a large swathe of the defectors . The libs campaigned on "stop brexit" and the greens are solid remainers.
So as a theory I would say that remain is in the ascendancy - just about.