Thread 23. Sunak - Unicorn Kingdom

[DuncinToffee]

previouus thread
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/4769680-thread-22-sunak-taxes-truth-and-tories?page=40&reply=125746141

I'm Borough too. Weird, isn't it!?

Dover is Nathalie Elphicke. Such a shame.

As I understand things a nine point lead in the way the BBC do these things, if it were a general election would be a really quite substantial Labour majority.

@Piggywaspushed hi fellow Bedfordian. I keep refreshing to see if there are any declarations. We used to have a really good independent Councillor but he retired a couple of elections ago. He had a personal following based entirely on being ethical and competent. Sadly our ward has reverted to Tory and I wouldn't say either description applies to his replacement. Not bothering to acknowledge queries from his constituents didn't stop him being re-elected last time.

Yes , that's the BBC's take

Sir John Curtice explained that the Projected National Share is good.
•Biggest Labour lead since 2010 (actually since 2001)
•Labour share same as last year
•Tories "not far-off rock bottom" of Major years
•LibDem share highest since 2010

I read they did but gained no seats.

That's exactly what I thought. Gaining Dover sends a very clear message to the Tory party.

The trouble is for the Tories, now that they have successfully stopped the boats no one is very much interested it anymore.

They are planning to replace the small boats with bigger prison boats, but maybe only in non Tory controlled councils

Should be much easier to find those now, perhaps that was the plan?

So that’s why they are making it easier to find non Tory councils.

as if they are that cunning

Tories crash to defeat - here are the latest updates More results are being declared all the time.
Here are the latest results that have come in:

• The Tories have lost Central Bedfordshire to no overall control - losing a whopping 23 seats in former culture secretary Nadine Dorries' backyard;
• The party has also lost Runnymede to no overall control, losing a slightly less disastrous four seats, remaining the largest party;
• Wealden has also fallen to no overall control after the Tories lost 26 seats to all the other parties;
• But the party has held Rushcliffe, despite losing five seats;
• The Liberal Democrats have won control of Chichester council from no overall control after the Tories lost 13 seats;
• The Tories have also lost control of Charnwood and Melton to no overall control, losing 16 and 11 seats respectively;
• Labour has won Gravesham from no overall control, winning four seats;
• And the Lib Dems have taken control of Teignbridge council.

Yeah if they tried it they’d probably end up with a landslide.

That's, at the very least, the Tory majority gone for East Yorkshire! Been Tory for as long as I can remember!

Our ward has stayed with Lib Dem and Residents and kept the Cons out (no other parties)

Word of the day, again, is ‘stiffrump’ (18th century): one who sticks obstinately to the same path despite clear evidence it’s the wrong one.

https://twitter.com/susie_dent/status/1654384632333312000?s=46&t=Uw4lJNwxFZFnX0Xs3doHYg

Minimal seat losses for Tories here. Big gains for Lib Dems but that’s mostly come from independents.

They're currently down 546 seats overall. Still plenty of time to lose more.

666 according to the BBC?

No seat losses for the Tories here, which they probably will be claiming as a triumph.
The absence of elections may though be a factor.

😂

Lost 3 here which probably looks like a victory.

687 now and they’ve only declared 2 more councils.

Be curious if the Tories did worse in areas where the MP was a headbanger Brexiteer, rather than a more restrained remainer ?

Ditto here!