Labour Gain Wandsworth and may also win Westminster Council

Johnson is a dead man walking. It will be in Labour's interest though for him to try to "limp on" as he is a vote loser than a winner. The North East Tories know that, the London Tories know and are now saying that, crikey even the Southern shire Tories know it.
 
Zoophonic said:
Johnson is a dead man walking. It will be in Labour's interest though for him to try to "limp on" as he is a vote loser than a winner. The North East Tories know that, the London Tories know and are now saying that, crikey even the Southern shire Tories know it.
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Who could they replace him with, Sunak is also tied to party gate and the others are very poor options, Truss is the Tory equivalent of Abbott
 
Doing well in London is not going to make much difference, they haven't made any gains outside of the Capital. That's what a professor of politics had just said on the BBC....
SO....
 
Nobby_Barnes said:
Like I've said the Labour vote is actually down outside London....so I don't know how you work that out...
Thanks 👍
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Down slightly compared to the highs of 2018 when the last council elections were held.

Labour have largely held their ground in the "red wall" areas, which if holds would see gains in the GE.

You're not comparing like for like.
 
Laughing said:
Not sure how many are left to declare but the Tories have lost 131 councillors so far which if it stays that way would probably see Johnson under a bit of pressure but he would probably limp on as pm.

If it gets to 200+ loses my understanding is there are 50 letters post dated sent into the 1922 committee ready to be triggered
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Only half in England declared, none anywhere else.
 
GazC_MFC said:
It shows that a pact will need to be done
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LibDems have given Tories a free run at Labour in a few seats I've seen - where Labour lost by a percentage or 2 or just held on despite Tories gaining votes.
I'm not seeing any sign of a nationwide anti-Tory pact this time round.
Tories leader in Sunderland was wanting a pact with LibDems if they could get Labour out
Labour not doing anywhere near enough to win an election, but I suppose we need to remember they had their worst defeat in 80 years in 2019 when Corbyn' won the argument'
 
One other positive point that has gone a little under the radar; overall the Tories and UKIP have gone down by around 5% since 2018. The gains have gone to the Lib Dems and Greens so it looks like there is definitely a reaction against the right.
 
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Context, Labour are defending the majority of councils, councils won when the May government was in tatters and Corbyn was riding high.

Labour gains on the performance of 2018 are a big win and so is holding as much ground as possible in the "red wall" areas as this translates as an improvement on 2019.

However, due to these elections being majority Labour councils, are more about the Tory collapse in their strongest areas when defending less councils.

It's very difficult to translate LE results over to a GE, mainly due to turnout, local issues and no manifestos, however if these numbers persist into the rest of the day, the Tories will lose 100+ MP's.
 
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